Ted Siegfried collection

Collection

Identifier: GLMS-0088

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents

The Siegfried collection contains a wide variety of materials that mainly relate to passenger cruises on a wide variety of Great Lakes and international liners in the pre-1960s era. Materials include publications, brochures and timetables, menus, photographs, and a small amount of correspondence. Also present is a scrapbook of Great Lakes passenger travel during the 1920s that features timetables, deck plans, photographs, and excerpts from publications. Most of the scrapbook material appears to have been removed from travel brochures.

Dates

Creation: 1859-1982
Creation: Majority of material found within 1900-1960

Extent

1.11 Cubic Feet (2 legal manuscript boxes, 1 half letter manuscript box, and 4 oversize folders)

Creator

Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company (Organization)
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company (Organization)
Canada Steamship Lines (Organization)
Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Separated Materials

A number of Great Lakes periodicals included in the original donation were separated and cataloged with the HCGL periodicals collection, which can be searched via the Library catalog.