Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America)

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Logbook for a sailing vessel detailing cargoes carried, ports visited, weather, and other data.

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Letters, written to Father Edward J. Dowling, concerning the ship MONTAUK.

Abstract The Vincent D. Nickerson Collection consists of original perspective drawings, many in color, prepared to provide the details needed for the paintings Nickerson was commissioned to produce. These drawings often provide scale drawings as well as color schemes of Great Lakes vessels from the 1840’s to 1910. In many cases his drawings are the only known details available for a particular vessel. Only a small number of Nickerson’s finished paintings survive, adding more significance to this...

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Two 16mm films taken by W.A. Hoey of Clawson, MI, depicting several vessels on the Detroit River. Identified boats include the TIPPERARY, SOUTH AMERICAN, STE. CLAIRE, and COLUMBIA.

Abstract This collection contains marine architectural subject files regarding vessel construction and conversion projects from 1901 to 1976. Most files are from the period 1940-1960. Many of Bartenfeld's projects involved vessels being converted to and from military uses in the World War II era. The technical aspects of shipbuilding are documented through files on technology and products related to vessel design. Bartenfeld's numerous patents on unloading devices for cargo vessels reflect his...

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Logbook of vessel in the bulk cargo trade on the Great Lakes.

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Log of the ship William C. Atwater, operating on the Great Lakes.

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Photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials relating to the Great Lakes careers of William Carlisle and Colin Campbell Carlisle. Colin Carlisle served on the lakes for 45 years from 1921-1965.

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Photographs taken and collected by attorney William Carle during his career as an attorney and Great Lakes enthusiast. Also contains a number of vessel log books spanning the 1950s-1970s.

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Compiled listing of individual trips during the season, indicating the points of departure/arrival, cargo, and tonnage statistics; summarized by George Onchulenko.

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This collection consists mainly of photographs taken by Willilam Luoma during his time as a sailor aboard the WILLIAM J. FILBERT. Also includes his offical Merchant Mariner's Document and a small wall sign that once hung on the ship.

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Information sheets on a variety of Canadian vessels, including vessel statistics and history.

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.