HCGL. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

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Correspondence with information on the vessel AMERICA, owned by the Bay Transportation Company.

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Correspondence and forms with information on the vessel BOIS, owned by the Bois Blanc Island Transportation Company.

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Correspondence with information on the vessel MACKINAW CLIPPER.

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Correspondence with information on the vessel MARILYN M, owned by the Courtright-St. Clair Ferry Company.

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Correspondence with information on the vessel MARQUIS ROEN.

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Correspondence with information on the vessel Nora, built in Cheboygan, Michigan.

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Letter concerns the damage to the steamer L.C. WALDO sustained in the Great Storm of 1913.

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Letter concerns pickup of a shipment of household goods at Kelleys Island, Ohio, but also includes a table listing the local passenger fares for the company for various stops between Cleveland and Saginaw.

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Letter outlining the background, services and ships of Newfoundland Steamships Limited.

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Letters outlining the background history and ownership details of the schooner JOHN WEBER.

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Letters and memoranda relating to supplies, company instructions/procedures, and maintenance issues.

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Correspondence from new owner of ferry service providing information to both the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service on their schedule.

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Collection documents business and personal elements in the life of Great Lakes shipbuilder John Craig. Includes 93 black and white photographs.

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Record book giving seaman name, position, contact information, and account of dates on or off the ship; ship originally named the Frank ROCKEFELLER. Also contains a list of the death dates for the sailors in the listings.

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A ledger containing customs duties paid on shipments in and out of the Bruce Mines, Ontario, area.

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Daily journal of weather conditions and station business from December 5, 1870-September 29, 1872 ; record of reports received at the Cleveland Station from February 6, 1871-January 27, 1872.

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Reports compiled by Marsh & McLennan, Inc., detailing damage sustained to the vessel's starboard main shaft due to stress of extreme weather and expenses of repair.

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Several pages of notes and correspondence relating to damage to dock infrastructure and vessels.

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The log contains routine navigational and and trip information recorded. Information includes location, time, course, wind speed and direction, weather, distance traveled, engine revolutions, and notes.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a scrapbook of materials compiled by David and Annette Soule, as well as Great Lakes historian Walter Remick. A large portion of the materials in the scrapbooks are brochures to mark the christening of a number of different vessels, mainly from Collingwood Shipbuilding Company and Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. There are also a number of brochures for trips aboard passenger vessels and ferries like the North American, ...

Scope and Contents This collection mainly consists of Glick's correspondence with other Great Lakes researchers regarding maritime history topics. Due to his extensive personal knowledge and network of other subject experts, Glick was regualrly consulted by researchers and institutions. For some time, he served as part of the editorial review committee for the Great Lakes Books Series at the Wayne State University Press. Several manuscripts and excerpts from proposals are present in the collection. Also...

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A scrapbook created by F.W. Atkins of Defoe Shipbuilding Company, and later, the spinoff company Bay City Boats, Inc. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, advertisements, and many photographs of yachts and pleasure craft built by the two companies.

Scope and Contents This collection contains material compiled by Captain Delmar R. Webster during his career on the Great Lakes. The largest series in the collection contains deck logs from the J. BURTON AYERS for 1945-1973. Records of the trips the AYERS made note ports of arrival and departure along with cargo and weather data. A log for loading information from the EDMUND FITZGERALD is also included for 1972-1973.Meeting information for the 1982 and 1983 conventions of Columbia Transportation...

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Work-related papers of the master of the ship J. BURTON AYERS, including a certificate of inspection and various memoranda and other papers from Kinsman Marine Transit Company.

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Photocopy of deposition given by George H. Burgner on December 13th, 1977, newspaper article about the EDMUND FITZGERALD from the Minneapolis Star Tribune November 10, 1997, 50th anniversary program set for November 10, 2008, memories April 25, 2008, and letter a letter from the donor summarizing and contextualizing the contents of this collection.