GLMS 16 - Arthur C. Frederickson Collection

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TitleGLMS 16 - Arthur C. Frederickson Collection
Introduction

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 Frederickson pertain to Great Lakes fleets and vessels.

Lucy Frederickson Bower donated the collection to Bowling Green State University in November 1969. In 1983, the collection was transferred to the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes.

There are no restrictions on collections use other than copyright for manuscripts of Frederickson publications. Photocopying is permitted for purposes of conservation and research.

The collection was originally processed by Jamie L. Stahl in March 1981. Additional material was acquired in July 1995 and reprocessing was conducted in April 1996 by Mark J. Barnes.

Biographical Sketch

Arthur C. Frederickson was born in about 1902-03 in Michigan's lower peninsula near Lake Michigan. Captain Frederickson was born into a family that sailed on Lake Michigan for several generations. At age fifteen, the future Great Lakes Captain joined the navy and saw action during World War I. A career in Great Lakes transportation began after military service was completed. By the age of 25, Frederickson had received his Captains papers and was licensed to sail on all the Great Lakes and connecting waterways.

A second career for Frederickson and his wife Lucy developed form an interest in the history of Great Lakes vessels and fleets. Numerous articles and several books were authored by each of the Fredericksons individually and by them together as co-authors. Many years of service on the car ferries departing from Frankfort, Michigan provided the Fredericksons with expertise on such vessels. Histories of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company lake operations and of the Pere Marquette Line resulted from this expertise.

The Fredericksons lived in Frankfort, Michigan for many years while the captain was sailing on the car ferries to Wisconsin. The Fredericksons helped found the Benzie County, Michigan Historical Society in Frankfort. Arthur C. Frederickson died at home in March 1966.

Scope and Content

This collection documents the research interests of Arthur C. Frederickson, author of books and articles on Great Lakes history for the years 1854-1969. Correspondence discusses projects in progress by the writers Frederickson contacted in preparing his own manuscripts. Vessels and lighthouses are frequently mentioned.

The largest series in the collection contains logbooks from vessels and lighthouses. Daily activities for the years 1874-1957, including wreck reports, are present for lighthouses in Michigan at Point Betsie, Poverty Island, and Manistee. Logs for the vessels ANN ARBOR #3, HYACINTH, and THEODORE ROOSEVELT constitute most of the vessel related material in this series.

Arthur Frederickson's research notes covering 1897-1965 offer readers the compiled information he used to prepare manuscripts for publication. Most of the notes are on vessels, shipping companies, and other marine subjects.

Financial documents from 1873-1940 record operating costs on the ANN ARBOR #3, CITY OF TOLEDO, HYACINTH, PERE MARQUETTE #6, and the GEORGE L. SANFORD. Cashiers books and crew time books are the main records in this series.

A series of book mockups appears near the end of the collection presenting versions of three books by Frederickson. These items provide a view of the research products Frederickson created from his notes.

Series Description

PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings
Box 1, Folders 1-3
1953-1961
Series contains copies of minutes for meetings of the Marine Historical Society of Detroit in 1960-1961. A membership directory for MHSH from 1957-1958 is included. Membership information for the Steamship Historical Society from 1953 is present. Arrangement is alphabetical by organization title.

CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondence
Box 1, Folders 4-6; Box 2-3; Box 4, Folders 1-6
1900-1965
Series contains correspondence created by Arthur C. Frederickson and items acquired by him through his research. The Ann Arbor car ferries, the Poverty Island Lighthouse and author George Vargo receive extended attention. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject.

SUBJECT FILE

Subject File
Box 4, Folders 7-10
1947-1960
Series contains scattered files on research topics for which no correspondence file was compiled. Typed lists and printed items appear. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject.

REPORTS

Logs
Box 4, Folders 11-16; Boxes 5-12
1874-1957
Series contains logbooks from lighthouse stations and Great Lakes commercial vessels reporting on daily activities. Lighthouses at Manistee, Poverty Island, and Point Betsie, MI are covered. Several vessels are included with the ANN ARBOR #3, HYACINTH, and THEODORE ROOSEVELT, but these three are most heavily represented. Arrangement is alphabetical by lighthouse for lighthouses and by vessel name for vessels.

LITERARY PRODUCTIONS

Manuscripts
Box 13, Folders 1-12
Ca. 1942-1962
Series contains manuscript drafts of articles Arthur C. Frederickson and other authors were preparing for publication. George Vargo and his wife prepared most of the drafts not authored by Arthur or Lucy Frederickson. The subjects of these manuscripts are Great Lakes oriented. Arrangement is by author.

Speeches
Box 13, Folders 13-14
1960, 1963
Series contains two speeches acquired by Arthur Frederickson during his research. One is a speech on the Lake Carriers Association presented by the Marine Historical Society of Detroit in February 1960. The second speech was given by W. R. Harkins of the Fraser Nelson Ship Building Company to the St. Louis County, Minnesota Historical Society in March 1963. Arrangement is chronological.

Research Notes--Vessels
Box 14
1906-1962
Series contains research notes compiled during Arthur Frederickson's preparation of articles and books on Great Lakes vessels. Items included are handwritten notes, typescripts, and clippings from publications. Arrangement is alphabetical by vessel name.

Research Notes--Vessels
Box 21
1950s-1960s
Series contains research notes compiled during Arthur Frederickson's preparation of articles and books on Great Lakes vessels.  Items included are handwritten notes, typescripts, and clippings from publications. Unarranged.

Research Notes--Transportation Lines
Box 15, Folders 1-8
1897-1964
Series contains research notes Arthur C. Frederickson compiled during his prepartion for articles and books on Great Lakes transportation companies. Items included are handwritten notes, typescripts and clippings from publications. Arrangement is alphabetical by company name.

Research Notes--Other subjects
Box 15, Folders 9-35
1886-1965
Series contains research notes Arthur C. Frederickson compiled during his prepartion for articles and books on Great Lakes subjects. Items included are handwritten notes, typescripts, and clippings from publications. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject.

Research Notes--Card Index
Boxes 16-18
n.d.
Series contains research notes Arthur C. Frederickson compiled during his research on Great Lakes vessels and ports. Entries contain vessel and port data. Arrangement is alphabetical.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Legal Documents
Box 19, Folders 1-5
1912-1936
Series contains orders, regulations and inspections certificates issued by the US Coast Guard. Arrangement is chronological.

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

Financial Documents
Box 19, Folders 6-21
1873-1940
Series contains records for the following vessels: ANN ARBOR #3, CITY OF TOLEDO, HYACINTH, PERE MARQUETTE #4, and GEORGE L. SANFORD. Cashiers books and crew time books are included. Miscellaneous financial records from other sources complete the series. Arrangement is alphabetical by record type: cashier books, crew time books, receipts, and invoices.

SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS

Book Mockups
Box 20, Folders 1-3
1955
Series contains mockup drafts for "Pictorial History of the Chesapeake and Ohio Train and Auto Ferries and Pere Marquette Line Steamers," "Flint and Pere Marquette Railway and the C and O History," and "Chesapeake and Ohio." Arrangement is by title.

Newsclippings
Box 20, Folders 4-8
1877-1969
Series contains newsclippings acquired by Arthur Frederickson from Great Lakes area newspapers. Articles pertain to marine issues. Arrangement is chronological.

MAPS, CHARTS, DRAWINGS

Maps, Charts, Drawings
Box 20, Folders 9-12; Box 21, Folders 74-75
1854-1940
Series contains seven cartographic items in the form of maps, navigational charts, and vessel plans. Subjects covered are the Ballard's Reef Channel in the Detroit River, the Manitowoc and Mississippi Railroad, Outer Island, the Welland Canal, the Great Lakes region, and the lighthouse tender HYACINTH. Arranged by title.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photographs
Box 20, Folders 13-14; Box 21, Folder 76
1947, n.d. 1950s
Series contains 26 items acquired during Arthur Frederickson's research. Seven are from a work entitled "A Pictorial History of the Seatrain Operations," n.d. Ten are of unidentified vessels.  The other nine ar miscellaneous views of people, 1947, n.d. Arranged by subject.

Inventory

Box 1

Folders

  1. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Membership, 1960-1966.
  2. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Directory, 1958-?
  3. Steamship Historical Society, Supplement, 1953
  4. Correspondence: Ann Arbor Railroad, 1923-1940
  5. Correspondence: Ann Arbor Railroad, Teletype messages, 1924-1925
  6. Correspondence: Ann Arbor Railroad, Messages to Car Ferries, 1937-1945

Box 2: Correspondence

Folders

  1. Ann Arbor Railroad, messages to Car Ferries, 1938-1954
  2. Blomey, John, 1960-1964
  3. Brandt, William H., 1963, n.d.
  4. Buffalo Drydock Co. List of photographs of vessels built there in World War I, 1954
  5. Canadian Vickers Built Vessels, 1916-1959
  6. Chesapeake and Ohio Book Correspondence, 1953-1965
  7. CITY OF CLEVELAND III, medical records, n.d.
  8. Door County Advocate, 1950, 1961

Box 3: Correspondence

Folders

  1. Arthur C. Frederickson, Incoming, 1900-1969, n.d.
  2. Arthur C. Frederickson, Incoming, 1900-1969, n.d.
  3. Arthur C. Frederickson, Incoming, 1900-1969, n.d.
  4. Arthur C. Frederickson, Incoming, 1900-1969, n.d.
  5. Arthur C. Frederickson, Outgoing, 1954-1964
  6. Arthur C. Frederickson, Personal Misc., 1959-1969
  7. Arthur C. Frederickson, with Rev. Edward J. Dowling, 1955-1962
  8. Arthur C. Frederickson, with Captain Axel Frederickson, re: Seatrain, 1929-1952
  9. Frank E.Hamilton with Michael F. Pfau, 1952-1948
  10. Frank E. Hamilton 1943-1965
  11. Manistee, MI list of boarded motor boats, 1916
  12. Manitowoc, WI list of repaired vessels, 1928
  13. Pere Marquette Line Prep. For book, 1950
  14. Robert, Ralph K., 1957-1961
  15. St. Clair, F. C., 1953-1958
  16. Sandborn, Janet Coe, 1954, 1962, n.d.
  17. Ship photograph purchases, 1956-1959
  18. Thank you list for new book, n.d.
  19. US Coast Guard, 1963, n.d.
  20. US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1905
  21. US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1906-1907
  22. US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1908
  23. US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1909
  24. US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1910
  25. US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1911
  26. US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1912
  27. US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1913-15, 1920, 1928, n.d.

Box 4

Folders

  1. Correspondence: George Vargo, 1952-1961
  2. Correspondence: George Vargo, 1952-1961
  3. Correspondence: George Vargo, 1952-1961
  4. Correspondence: George Vargo, 1952-1961
  5. Correspondence: Mable Waldeen, poem, re: Benzie County, MI, n.d.
  6. Correspondence: Edwin Wilson list of photographs, 1958-1962
  7. Subject Files: Beach apparatus duties of operation, n.d.
  8. Subject Files: Books on Ships, 1947, 1954, n.d.
  9. Subject Files: Job Positions, 1950, 1960, n.d.
  10. Subject Files: Miscellaneous, n.d.
  11. Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Manistee, MI, wreck of MICHICOTT, October 1892
  12. Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Point Betsie, MI, August 1872-June 1894
  13. Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Point Betsie, MI, July 1894-March 1905
  14. Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Point Betsie, MI, July 1913-September 1926
  15. Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Point Betsie, MI, Journal of Shipwrecks, 1886-1937 (located in oversize area at end of collection)
  16. Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Poverty Island, MI, August 1874-April 1930 (scattered entries)

Box 5: Reports, Logs

Folders

  1. Lighthouse – Poverty Island, MI. August 1874-April 1894
  2. Lighthouse – Poverty Island, MI. May 1894-July 1904
  3. Lighthouse – Poverty Island, MI. September 1913-March 1920
  4. Lighthouse – Poverty Island, MI. March 1920-May 1931
  5. Lighthouse – Poverty Island, MI. May 1931-June 1941

Box 6: Reports, Logs

Folders

  1. Lighthouse – Poverty Island, MI. Watch Log, July 1896-January 1, 1900
  2. U.S. Life-Saving Service. Manistee, MI, Shipwreck log, May 1890-August 1899
  3. U.S. Life-Saving Service. Manistee, MI, Shipwreck log, August 1899-July 1914
  4. U.S. Life-Saving Service. Wreck report of MINNEHAHA, October, 14, 1893
  5. U.S. Life-Saving Service. Manistee, MI. Shipwreck log, August 1915-June 1919
  6. Vessel ANN ARBOR #3, November 1898-August 1902

Box 7: Reports, Logs: Vessel ANN ARBOR #3

Folders

  1. 1910
  2. 1913
  3. 1914
  4. November 1917-1918
  5. 1933
  6. 1934

Box 8: Reports, Logs: Vessel ANN ARBOR #3

Folders

  1. 1935
  2. 1936
  3. 1937
  4. 1938

Box 9: Reports, Logs: Vessel ANN ARBOR #3

Folders

  1. 1939
  2. 1940
  3. Boiler Inspection, 1947
  4. Wheel Work, 1947-1948
  5. -Folder 29. Engine room crew, Timebooks, 1921-1950

Box 10: Reports, Logs: Vessels

Folders

  1. ANN ARBOR #3, Engineer's Log, 1902-1904
  2. ANN ARBOR #3, Engineer's Log, 1906-1913
  3. ANN ARBOR #3, Engineer's Log, 1906-1913
  4. ARCADIA, 1904-1906
  5. CITY OF DETROIT III, 1948
  6. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, 1917
  7. HYACINTH, Machinery log, January 1942
  8. HYACINTH, Machinery log, February 1942
  9. HYACINTH, Machinery log, March 1942
  10. HYACINTH, Machinery log, April 1942

Box 11: Reports, Logs

Folders

  1. HYACINTH, Machinery Log, May, 1942
  2. HYACINTH, Machinery Log, June 1942
  3. HYACINTH, Machinery Log, July 1942
  4. HYACINTH, Machinery Log, August 1942
  5. HYACINTH, Machinery Log, September 1942
  6. HYACINTH, Machinery Log, October 1942
  7. HYACINTH, Machinery Log, November 1942
  8. HYACINTH, Machinery Log, December 1942
  9. PERE MARQUETTE #4, 1919-1921

Box 12: Reports, Logs

Folders

  1. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, June 1929-June 1931
  2. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 1935
  3. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, August-September 1938
  4. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, August 1938
  5. WOLVERINE, 1951-1953
  6. Statistics. Report of Sand and Gravel Operations for the AMERICAN, 1955-1957, n.d.

Box 13: Literary Productions, Manuscripts

Folders

  1. Arthur C. and Lucy F. Frederickson, "Life-Saving Service in Door County," n.d.
  2. Arthur C. and Lucy F. Frederickson, "Loss of Steamer M J BARTELME," n.d.
  3. Arthur C. and Lucy F. Frederickson, "Passenger Ships and Sturgeon Bay," 1962
  4. E. Bradford Mitchell "The Pere Marquette Fleet, 1882-1942," n.d.
  5. George Vargo, articles, 1957, n.d.
  6. George Vargo, "Excursion Queens of Chicago," n.d.
  7. George Vargo, "Funeral Cruise," n.d.
  8. George Vargo, "Legends of Lake Michigan," n.d.
  9. George Vargo, "Our Great Lake," n.d.
  10. George Vargo, "The Michigan Blue Sky Law," n.d.
  11. George Vargo, "Will the New Seaway Benefit South Haven?" n.d.
  12. Mrs. George Vargo, "Funeral Cruise," n.d.
  13. "The Lake Carriers Association." Presented to the Marine Historical Society of Detroit, February 1960
  14. W. R. Harkins, presentation to St. Louis County, Minnesota. (Haskins was public relations director for Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.) March 1963

Box 14: Research Notes--Vessels

Folders

  1. ADRIATIC, 1961-1962, n.d.
  2. ATLANTA, n.d.
  3. BADGER, n.d.
  4. G J BOYCE, n.d.
  5. WELLS BURT, n.d.
  6. CAROLINA, 1906, 1933, 1937, 1956, n.d.
  7. J I CASE, n.d.
  8. CHEQUAMEGON, n.d.
  9. CITY OF BENTON HARBOR, 1962, n.d.
  10. CITY OF FLINT,n.d.
  11. CITY OF HOLLAND, n.d.
  12. CITY OF LUDINGTON, n.d.
  13. CITY OF ST. JOSEPH ex CITY OF CHICAGO, 1953-1963
  14. CITY OF SAGINAW, n.d.
  15. MARY ELLEN COOK, n.d.
  16. ADAM E. CORNELIUS, n.d.
  17. CORONA, 1934, 1936, n.d.
  18. E G CROSBY, 1962
  19. DE PERE, 1962, n.d.
  20. EMPIRE STATE and IDA CORNING, 1962
  21. FLINT and PERE MARQUETTE #1, n.d.
  22. FLINT and PERE MARQUETTE #2, n.d.
  23. FLINT and PERE MARQUETTE #3, n.d.
  24. GAZELLE, n.d.
  25. GERMAN, n.d.
  26. J HAZARD HARTZEL, n.d.
  27. J L HURD, n.d.
  28. JOSEPH L. HURD and CAYUGA, 1953, n.d.
  29. JOSEPH L. HURD, n.d.
  30. HYACINTH, n.d.
  31. IDAHO, n.d.
  32. INDIANA, n.d.
  33. KEEWENAW, n.d.
  34. S R KIRBY, n.d.
  35. LE GRIFFIN, n.d.
  36. MARINE STAR, n.d.
  37. LIZZIE METZNER, n.d.
  38. MUSKEGON, n.d.
  39. NEVADA, 1919, 1921-1922, 1935, 1941, 1944
  40. ROBERT NOBLE, n.d.
  41. NORTH SHORE, n.d.
  42. OAK LEAF, 1961, n.d.
  43. OTTAWA, 1961
  44. P.C.F. 880, n.d.
  45. PERE MARQUETTE #4, n.d.
  46. PERE MARQUETTE #5, n.d.
  47. PERE MARQUETTE #6, n.d.
  48. PERE MARQUETTE #15, n.d.
  49. PERE MARQUETTE #16, n.d.
  50. PERE MARQUETTE #18, n.d.
  51. PETOSKEY, n.d.
  52. PRIDE, 1961, n.d.
  53. WILLIAM A REISS, 1961, n.d.
  54. RENFREW and PORSTMOUTH, 1962, n.d.
  55. RESUMPTION, 1961, n.d.
  56. H C RICHARDS, n.d.
  57. RUTLAND, n.d.
  58. JOHN SCHUTTE, n.d.
  59. SEA BIRD, n.d.
  60. L SHEPARD, n.d.
  61. JOHN SHERMAN, n.d.
  62. LUCIA A SIMPSON, 1932, n.d.
  63. SPARTA, n.d.
  64. STURGEON BAY, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1943, n.d.
  65. TRAVERSE CITY SOCONY, n.d.
  66. VERNON, 1958, n.d.
  67. WESTMORELAND, n.d.

Box 15: Research Notes

Folders

  1. Barry Line, n.d.
  2. Chesapeake and Ohio Line, n.d.
  3. Goodrich Line, n.d.
  4. Goodrich Line, Masters and Captains List, n.d.
  5. Hart Line, 1905, 1911, 1913, 1963, n.d.
  6. Hill Line, n.d.
  7. Marquette and Bessemer Line, n.d.
  8. Pere Marquette Line, 1897, 1903, 1904, 1930, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964
  9. Bills of Lading, 1886, 1906-7, 1925
  10. Car ferries, n.d.
  11. Howard F. Chambers, 1965, n.d.
  12. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, n.d.
  13. C & O and Pere Marquette, fillers for book, n.d.
  14. Engineer's notes, 1948-49
  15. Engineer's notes, n.d.
  16. Arthur C. Frederickson obituary from Kewaunee, WI Enterprise, 3-31-1966
  17. Great Lakes Towing, n.d.
  18. Isle Royale, Rock of Ages, Canoe Rock Shipwrecks, n.d.
  19. Johnson Brothers, n.d.
  20. Lake Michigan History file, n.d.
  21. Lake Michigan History, Benzie County, MI Historical Society, n.d.
  22. Piloting, Detroit River to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
  23. Piloting, notes on receiver to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
  24. Piloting, notes on technical endeavors to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
  25. Piloting, notes on transmitter to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
  26. Piloting, notes on radio laws and traffic regulations to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
  27. Piloting, notes on electricity to St. Lawrence River,n.d.
  28. Piloting, St. Lawrence River notes, n.d.
  29. River Ferries, n.d.
  30. George Robinson, 1949, 1952, 1954-1955
  31. Ship notes, n.d.
  32. Ship notes, n.d.
  33. Shipwreck notes from Charlevoix, MI Sentinel, December 1900
  34. United States Coast Guard, General Orders and Circulars, 1916-1920
  35. United States Life Saving Service, notes, n.d.

Box 16: Research Notes

  1. Index Cards for Vessel Names, A-M

Box 17: Research Notes

  1. Index Cards for Vessel Names, N-Z

Box 18: Research Notes

  1. Index Cards with Vessel Names, Port Names, and Newspaper Titles, A-Z

Box 19: Legal Documents, Financial Documents

Folders

  1. US Coast Guard General Orders, 1914-1917
  2. US Coast Guard General Orders, 1916-1920
  3. US Coast Guard General Circulars, 1916-1920
  4. US Coast Guard Regulations, 1916-1917
  5. US Coast Guard Certificates of Inspection, 1912-1920, 1931-1936
  6. Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1895
  7. Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1898-99
  8. Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1900-01
  9. Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1903-04
  10. Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1904
  11. Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1905-08
  12. Crew Time Books. ANN ARBOR #3, January 1924-June 1930
  13. Crew Time Books. ANN ARBOR #3, July 1930-July 1934
  14. Crew Time Books. ANN ARBOR #3, August 1934-March 1937
  15. Crew Time Books. ANN ARBOR #3, April 1937-July 1940
  16. Crew Time Books. Unidentified vessel, June 1912-October 1917
  17. Receipts. Point Betsey, MI Light Station, 1878-1917
  18. Receipts for services rendered by tugs, 1873-1874
  19. Receipts. Passenger payment for steamer GEORGE L. SANFORD, 1888
  20. Invoices. Leathem D. Smith Dock Co., for Pere Marquette #4, 1925, HYACINTH
  21. Invoices. Expense records fo the HYACINTH, n.d.

Box 20

Folders

  1. Book mock-up. "Pictorial History of the C & O Train and Auto Ferries and Pere Marquette Line Steamers," 1955, n.d.
  2. Book mock-up. "Flint and Pere Marquette Railway and C & O History," n.d.
  3. Book mock-up. "Chesapeake & Ohio" photographs, n.d.
  4. Newsclippings, 1877, 1890, 1897, 1937
  5. Newsclippings, 1940-49
  6. Newsclippings, 1950-59
  7. Newsclippings, 1960-69
  8. Newsclippings, n.d.
  9. Map of drilling and blasting operations at Ballard's Reef channel in the Detroit River, August 16, 1933
  10. Outer Island Chart, 1888
  11. Map of the Manitowoc and Mississippi Railroad and its Connections East, North, and South, 1854
  12. HYACINTH (lightstation tender), 1938, 1940
  13. Photographs. Pictorial presentation of the Seatrain Operations (7 items), n.d.
  14. Photographs. Miscellaneous, 9 items, 1947, n.d.

Oversize

  1. Lighthouse--Poverty Island, MI, Journals of shipwrecks, November 1877-June 1884 (located in oversize area at end of collection
  2. PERE MARQUETTE #18, Captain's log, January-June 1952 (oversize)
  3. Unidentified vessel, list of duties for crew and hours worked, October 1934-March 1944 (oversize)

Box 21

Folders

  1. Clippings on the WHITE SWAN
  2. Notes, history, and clippings on the schooner FARRAND H. WILLIAMS
  3. Notes, history, and clippings on the WISCONSIN
  4. History an clippings on the MANITOU
  5. Correspondence between Frederickson and C.P.D Wegner
  6. Correspondence and postacard of the THREE SISTERS
  7. Clippings on the VIRGINIA
  8. Shipwreck report for the schooner IDA from Point Betsie Light Station, 1908
  9. "Tundras Between the Poles": Ann Arbor car ferries fighting ice
  10. History and clippings on the schooner I.N. FOSTER
  11. History, notes and clippings on the EMPIRE STATE and IDA CORNING
  12. Photographs, negatives, and newspaper clipping on the fishing season in Ludington, MI, 1963
  13. History, notes, and clippings on the FOUNTAIN CITY
  14. History, notes, and clippings on the CITY OF LUDINGTON, later GEORGIA
  15. Notes, clippings, and photographs of Captain G.T. Gabrielson
  16. History, notes, and clippings on the CITY OF GLASGOW
  17. History, notes, and clippings on the CITY OF GREEN BAY, formerly WABASH
  18. Correspdonence, 1950-1960
  19. Lists of ships produced by shipbuilders; lists of ships lost in Manistee and Chigago fires of 1871
  20. Clippings on the CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS
  21. Notes and clippings on the FANNIE C. HART
  22. Note and clippings on the ROBERT HOLLAND
  23. Correspondence and notes on the AGNES H., AMERICAN GIRL, and OIL QUEEN
  24. History, notes, and correspondnece on the R.J. HACKETT
  25. List of ships built by Manitowoc Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 1847-1909
  26. Correspondence between Frederickson and Captain Frank E. Hamilton
  27. Miscellaneous master licenses, steamboat pilot licenses, and other licenses, 1856-1917
  28. Notes, clippings, and correspondence relating to Door County, WI
  29. Notes and schooner H.J. DAVIS
  30. Correspondence relating to OIL QUEEN
  31. Notes and clippings on the tug DUNCAN CITY
  32. History, notes, and clippings on the JOHN C. DEWAR
  33. Correspondence between Frederickson and other researchers, 1950s
  34. List of ships scrapped by The Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, ON 1939-1948
  35. Notes and clippings on the BELLE CUTLER
  36. History, notes, and clippings on the W.L. BROWN, formerly NEPTUNE
  37. History, notes, and clippings on the BRIDGE BUILDER X
  38. History, notes, and clippings on the CONTINENTAL
  39. Notes on the G.A. BOECKLING
  40. History, correspondence, and clippings on the ARIZONA, formerly CITY OF RACINE
  41. Notes, history, and clippings on the ARCADIA
  42. Notes on the schooner ARROW
  43. Clippings on the ARGO
  44. Clippings on Beaver Island and local shipwrecks
  45.  Transcript of clippings on the loss of the AUSTRALASIA
  46. History of the loss of the schooner IDA
  47. Notes and clippings regarding shipping in the Sturgeon Bay, WI area
  48. Publication "The Skipper of the Golden Age"
  49. Correspondence and clipping on an unknown shipwreck, 1961
  50. Photographs and negatives of unknown schooners
  51. Correspondence with other researchers and a newspaper clipping, 1950s
  52. History, notes, and clippings on the schooner IVER LAWSON
  53. Correspondence and clippings on life-saving stations
  54. Notes of the schooner MADONNA
  55. Notes on the schooner ELFIN-MERE
  56. History, notes, and clippings on the schooner MINNEHAHA
  57. History adnd clippings on the schooner PHOENIX
  58. Correspondence between the Point Betsie Life-Saving Station and the Superintendent in Grand Haven, MI 1897-1912
  59. History, notes, clippings, and correspondence on the ROUSE SIMMONS
  60. Shipping document for the LAWRENCE, 1880
  61. History, notes, and clipping on the schooner SARDINIA
  62. Clippings on the SHEBOYGAN
  63. History, notes, and clippings on the LEATHEM D. SMITH, formerly LIGHTSHIP NO. 59
  64. Notes on John Stonehouse, oldest seaman in the fleet at 74 years old, 1961
  65. Clippings on the damage to the Sturgeon Bay Bridge, 1960
  66. Notes and clippings on ships damaged in the Milwaukee Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 1935
  67. History of vessels in the Sturgeon Bay boneyard
  68. Clippings on pre-WWII tugs in Sturgeon Bay, WI
  69. Miscellaneous marine-related newspaper clippings, 1950s-1960s
  70. Notes, correspondence, and clippings on the HENRY CORT, originally the PILLSBURY
  71. Photographs of unknown ship captains
  72. Clippings on the launch of USS COURTNEY (DE-1021), 1955
  73. Clippings on the launch of the USS LESTER (DE-1022), 1956
  74. Map of Welland Canal, n.d.
  75. Map of the Great Lakes region, 1911
  76. Photographs of unidentified vessels

Box 22 - Artifact Inventory Cards