Fisheries –New England.

This collection contains the papers of Henry Wise, who practiced law in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the early to mid-twentieth century. Wise focused his practice mainly on unions, housing, and the fishing industry. He was a strident supporter of collective bargaining for workers in the Boston and Cambridge area and assisted Massachusetts fishermen in their efforts to establish fishing collectives.

Records relating to the fishing business, coastwise shipping, and a general store. The material on fishing includes fish books, schooners' outfits, shares books, and unbound papers. On coastwise shipping there are unbound papers for a number of vessels, schooners' outfits, coasting books, and waste books. The general store, Newcastle, N.H., is represented by blotters, day book, and stock books.