HCGL. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

Abstract

This collection is composed of 766 35 mm photographic slides of Great Lakes Vessels. These slides were taken from 1980 to 1993 by William P. Roest in various locations around the Great Lakes, in both the United States and Canada. A large number of the slides were taken in the Soo area or on the St. Mary’s River near Round Island or Lime Island.

Abstract The WILLIAM P. SNYDER, JR. was built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works at Ecorse, MI and launched in 1912. The items compiled here were acquired by the SNYDER's chief engineers between 1932 and 1980. A series of catalogs and one of briefer sales brochures illustrate the choices available to engineers purchasing equipment and parts, and a series of manuals provide the information needed to operate the purchased equipment. A final series containing log books provides information on the...

Abstract Included are files of the Wilson Marine Transit Company and its predecessors, the Wilson Transit Line and the Wilson Transit Company for the years 1884-1970. Coverage is most extensive in the post-World War II era. Correspondence, subject files, meeting minutes, policy circulars, reports, financial documents, and legal files are all present. This collection is of particular interest to researchers examining the growth of the transportation network on the Great Lakes. Subsidiary companies are...

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A small collection of subject files collected by the Wilson Marine Transit Company. Subjects include [shipping] Traffic, Engineering, Purchasing, Personal [sic] (Personnel), Payroll, Coast Guard, Union, and Miscellaneous. Files contain memoranda, correspondence, circulars, notes, and other similar materials.

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Material from many of the major Great Lakes fleets giving winter mooring lists, appointments, retirements, and deaths for the year, including Amoco, Upper Lakes Shipping, Pickands Mather, Halco, Algoma, Ford, Cleveland Cliffs, Hanna, and others; compiled by Richard Wright.

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Included in this collection are daily log books from the marine radio station WLC in Rogers City, Michigan for the years 1923-1930. Vessels traveling in Lake Huron received weather data and other navigational assistance from the radio telephone operators at WLC. The daily entries over an eight-year period provide a detailed account of how such a station operated. This time capsule is of interest to researchers studying the development of aids to navigation and safety on the Great Lakes.

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Photocopy of a 1963 detailing women's work at an olive-packing plant at Vermilion, Ohio.

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Photocopies and transcripts of 19th-century annual lists of shipwrecks from several regional newspapers.

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Correspondence regarding the establishment and operation of the Soo River Pilots Association. Newman was a founding member.