• Tales of Cape Cod was founded in 1949 to record the voices of old-time Cape Codders in first-hand accounts of life on the Cape in bygone days. 
• Faithfully preserved through the years and transferred into digital form, this archive now numbers hundreds of CDs, DVDs and other original documents.

Other Tales of Cape Cod activities include:

• A popular summer evening lecture series, now in its 48th. year
• Preservation of the Olde Colonial Courthouse and documentation of its place in history
• Dramatizations of the Body of the People Protest for Barnstable schoolchildren  
• Books on a variety of Cape-related subjects
• Preservation of the Iyannough Gravesite Property in collaboration with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe 
• Special Events, Book Signings and Receptions