The collection of navigational charts has been acquired over many years, primarily from the Jerome Library at Bowling Green State University. Literary and property rights are dedicated to the public and duplication is permitted for the purpose of preservation and research. Preparation of a guide to…
The material in this collection was donated to the HCGL by Jeff Clark of Parma, Ohio in separate transfers in 1996, 1999, 2001, and 2005. Literary and property rights were donated to the public. Photocopying is permitted for purposes of conservation and research. The collection was processed in…
The 30 cubic feet of records from the National Weather Service office in Toledo, OH were donated to the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes by Charles A. Spicer of the National Weather Service Office in Cleveland, OH on May 9, 1996. These files date from 1870 to 1994. No access restrictions…
The collection documents various business activities of John H. Gilbert, specifically his operation of two vessels, the TOURIST and the SCHNODEN. The materials in this one foot collection date from 1875 - 1952. The John H. Gilbert collection was donated with George Kelley's diary to the Historical…
This collection, consisting of 6 cubic feet of photographic material, was donated to the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes on September 21, 2009 by Mr. Richard Adams of Chicago, IL. Mr. Adams received the material as a gift from Anthony Bocconcelli of Chicago. The Anthony Bocconcelli…
This one-half cubic foot collection was donated by the Great Lakes Waterways Development Association to Bowling Green State University. Literary and property rights have been dedicated to the public. Photocopying is permitted for the purposes of research and conservation.
The Vincent D. Nickerson Collection includes more than three hundred original vessel drawings dating from 1880 to circa 1910 and is one of the most, if not the most, extensive body of work of a Great Lakes marine artist in a public institution. The collection was donated to the Historical…
The original volumes from which the six rolls of microfilm in this collection were made were loaned to Bowling Green State University in 1982 by the US Coast Guard 9th District Commander, Rear Admiral James S. Gracey. The original volumes are housed in the Chicago branch of the National…
The original volumes from which the ten rolls of microfilm in this collection were made were loaned to Bowling Green State University in 1982 by the US Coast Guard 9th District Commander, Rear Admiral James S. Gracey. The original volumes are housed in the Chicago branch of the National Archives.…
This 1.5 cubic foot collection of records regarding the POLARIS (US 257935) was donated to Bowling Green State University on August 16, 1977 by Robert Weiner of Triad Salvage, Inc., of Ashtabula, Ohio. Literary and property rights are dedicated to the public and photocopying is permitted for…
The original volumes were loaned to Bowling Green State University for microfilming in 1982 by the US Coast Guard 9th District Commander, Rear Admiral James S. Gracey. The original volumes are housed in the Chicago branch of the National Archives. Copyright has been dedicated to the public and…
This three cubic foot collection was donated to Bowling Green State University on September 30, 1978 by Robert Weiner of Triad Salvage, Inc., in Ashtabula, Ohio. Literary and property rights are dedicated to the public. Photocopying is permitted for purposes of research and conservation.
The .25 cubic feet of material in this collection was donated to the HCGL by Franz VonRiedel of Duluth, Minnesota in two installments in 2003. Literary and property rights were donated to the public. Photocopying is permitted for purposes of conservation and research.
This .75 cubic foot collection was donated to Bowling Green State University on March 27, 1980 by Robert Weiner of Triad Salvage, Inc., in Ashtabula, Ohio. Literary and property rights are dedicated to the public. Photocopying is permitted for the purposes of research and conservation.
The John E. Poole Collection was donated to the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes by the Marine Historical Society of Detroit on February 6, 1989. Literary and property rights have been dedicated to the public. Photocopying is permitted for purposes of preservation and scholarly research.…
The collection dates from 1854-1969. Correspondence, log books, and research notes form the largest segments of the collection. Most photographic items were separated from the collection and placed in the main vessel and port files. The subjects of the material created and compiled by Captain…
The Charles Thompson Harvey Papers consist principally of the personal correspondence between Charles Thompson Harvey (1829-1912), engineer-inventory, and his wife Sara Van Eps Harvey (1838-1916). He was responsible for both the construction of the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal, connecting Lake…
The records from the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Canals were loaned to the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, for microfilming by the Canal Park Museum, Duluth, Minnesota. The records (1891, 1898-1901, 1919-1929) contain information on vessel passages through the…
The papers and records of the Bay Port Fish Company and its subsidiaries, the Saginaw Bay Fish Company and the Lake Huron Fish Company provide sources of information concerning the fishing industry on the Great Lakes during the first half of the twentieth century. The collection is particularly…
This collection contains the minutes, correspondence, reports, contracts, and other documents of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and its predecessor, the Toledo Port Commission. The latter body was founded in 1922 to encourage and prepare Toledo for the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The…
The records of the Point Betsie Life Saving Station date from 1883 to 1919. The records were transferred from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore by Dr. Richard J. Wright in the fall of 1980 for the purpose of microfilming. A microfilm edition is available for research purposes. The register…
This collection was donated to the Center for Archival Collections on November 26, 1973, by Mrs. Frazier Reams, Sr. The collection is composed of copies of the official communications from the records of Captain Perry in the Department of the Navy from 1799-1819. The collection consists of…
The records of the Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Dock Company of Cleveland, Ohio date from 1882 to 1963. The collection consists of two and one-half linear feet of safety committee minutes, company improvement files, vessel lists, operation reports, labor agreements-grievances, operation expenses,…