HCGL. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

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Letter deals with iron ore shipping and vessel design on the Great Lakes.

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Correspondence written to John C. Goodrich concerning the ferry MONTAUK.

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Letter to Skip Gillham describes a voyage by the M/V Fort Saint Louis to ports around Frobisher Bay, in the Arctic. Written by Gilbert Lacey, captain of the vessel.

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Letter written by a young boy describing a trip to Saginaw with his father, written to Irving Kelley on Kelleys Island, Ohio.

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Letter written from Fort Detroit, describing conditions, during winter, a shipwreck, and prospects for a trip to Pittsburg.

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Letter concerns the Navy Island Campaign and events associated with the rebellion in Canada in 1837-1838.

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Letter concerns navigation season extension on the Great Lakes and shipping safety.

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Letter in answer to inquiry, detailing the circumstances of the sinking of the vessel Charles S. Price in November 1913.

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Report to the House of Representatives, dated December 13, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee of seven members. (25th Cong., 3d sess. House.; Doc. 21).

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Letter concerns the career of William Ball, who operated a ferry on Lake Saint Clair.

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Letter concerns acceptance of a job offer as local agent for the U.S. Topographical Engineers.

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Certificate number 114900 for William Dessert verifying his license to serve as master of steam and/or motor vessels.

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Narrative of the experiences of deckhand David Barner, who served for two sailing seasons aboard the WILLIAM A. IRVIN. Barner was 18-19 years old at the time of sailing.

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List, copied from the Toronto Globe of August 4, 1856, gives vessel name, rig, master, tonnage, year and port built, owners, and value.

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Ship listing giving name, hull number, and year.

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Listing of ship names, hull numbers, and year built.

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Computer printouts (part photocopied) of shipwrecks in Lake Ontario listing name and type of vessel, tonnage, and date in one listing and name of vessel and cause in another list.

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A handwritten list of Pittsburgh Steamship Company vessles in 1945, along with their build dates.

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A typescript of a list of captains who received a Top Hat award and the fleet they served with at the time of the award.

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Typescript of information from the Chicago Inter-Ocean listing vessel losses on the Great Lakes for 1891.

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Listing of Great Lakes vessels which used coal as their fuel source, as of January 1979; compiled by unknown source.

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Compiled listing by unknown source of entries from the register of the Lasley House, Mackinac Island, Michigan, indicating the names of ships making port with passengers for the hotel; gives date, vessel type and name.

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Log book of brig between May 14, 1859 to September 17, 1860, sailing from Cleveland to Europe with a cargo of staves. Includes separate sheet of abstracted newspaper reports on the ship from 1859-1864 and vessel notes collected by John E. Poole.

Scope and Contents This collection contains over 500 logbooks from at least 100 different vessels. The number of logs available for each varies widely, with some vessels represented by individual logs. The best documented vessels include the B. F. AFFLECK, ARMCO, BLACK RIVER, PAUL H. CARNAHAN, CHAMPLAIN, LEON FALK, JR., E. G. GRACE, G. M. HUMPHREY, SARNIA, and JOSEPH H. THOMPSON. Record types mainly include standard logs, captain's or master's logs, radio telephone logs, trip logs, engine room logs, engineer's...

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Record of the ALFRED H. SMITH from October 1929-September 1930. Data includes location, time, heading, wind direction, weather distance traveled, engine revolutions, and notes.