Hutchinson & Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0139

Collection Organization

This collection provides a glimpse into the operations of Huchinson & and its subsidiary companies. Of particular note are a report on the assessment of management practices in the Pioneer and Buckeye Steamship Company, group photographs of Hutchinson Fleet crews, and the first fitout manual for the JOHN T. HUTCHINSON. The most unique materials in the collection are audio and color film recordings of the launch of the JOHN T. HUTCHINSON in 1943. While the HCGl dores not hold the original film, both the audio and film have previously been digtized by the donor. Click here to view the film. Please note that the audio and video do not match up.

Photograph of MARIPOSA entering the Welland Canal, 1934

 File – Box 1, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1934

Two photographs of JUNIATA and OCTORARA, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: undated

Four photographs of HURONIC and NORONIC, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: undated

Photograph of Point Abino, ON, lighthouse, 1929

 File – Box 1, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1929

Two photographs of ERIE ISLE ferry construction at Rudd Machine in Cleveland, 1951

 File – Box 1, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: 1951

Photograph of tank top renewal for PRINCETON, 1953

 File – Box 1, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1953

Photograph of deck of freighter covered in ice and hatches stacked, 1929

 File – Box 1, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1929

Report of Management Survey of Pioneer Steamship Company and Buckeye Steamship Company, 1959

 File – Box 1, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: 1959

Lithograph of Henry LaLiberte, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: undated

Proposal for Sale of Main Propulsion Equipment of the SS ALCO PROSPECTOR, and Auxiliary Equipment on Same Vessel, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: undated

Fitout lists for MARTIN MULLEN, undated

 File – Box 1, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: undated

Album of photographs of the christening of the HENRY LALIBE at Superior, WI, May 15, 1954

 File – Box 1, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: May 15, 1954

Charles L. Hutchinson's copy of the book America's Maritime Progress by George Weiss, 1920

 File – Box 1, Folder: 13
Dates
Creation: 1920

Group photo of captains of the Hutchinson Fleet (most identified), 1943

 File – Box 2, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1943

Group photo of stewards of the Hutchinson Fleet (some identified), 1943

 File – Box 2, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: 1943

Group photo of Chief Engineers of the Hutchinson Fleet (some identified), 1943

 File – Box 2, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1943

First loading manual for the JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, 1943

 File – Box 2, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1943

Audio recording of the launch of JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, part 1 of 3, 1943

 Item – Box 2, Item: 1
Conditions Governing Access

Original LPs are glass and should not be handled.
Dates
Creation: 1943

Audio recording of the launch of JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, part 2 of 3, 1943

 File – Box 2, Item: 2
Conditions Governing Access

Original LPs are glass and should not be handled.
Dates
Creation: 1943

Audio recording of the launch of JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, part 3 of 3, 1943

 File – Box 2, Item: 3
Conditions Governing Access

Original LPs are glass and should not be handled.
Dates
Creation: 1943

Audio recording of the launch of JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, part 3 of 3 (copy - broken), 1943

 Item – Box 2, Item: 4
Conditions Governing Access

Original LPs are glass and should not be handled.
Dates
Creation: 1943

Color film of the launch of the JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, May 1943

 Item – Item 1
Dates
Creation: May 1943