Spinner Publications, Inc. is a community-based, non-profit publishing house based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Their mission is to record and promote the history and culture of the cities and towns in southeastern New England. They publish books, collect oral histories, and create documentary, photographic and illustrative accounts that tell the story of the individual, the city, the land; stories of families and their work. They seek to promote the humanities and arts of the region and collaboration among artists to present local history in an accurate, dramatic and entertaining way. Spinner’s aim is to bring out the story of individuals, to show how people’s lives have impacted the community, and to portray the culture as it is realized in the lives of community members.