American Ship Building Company

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1899 - 1995

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Agreements Between Chippewa Lake Park and the American Shipbuilding Company

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0274
Scope and Contents

Contracts between Chippewa Lake Park and the American Shipbuilding Company for reduced ride fares during company outings to the Park.

Dates: Creation: 1953-1960

American Ship Building Company and Predecessors records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0075
Abstract The primary component of this collection is naval architectural drawings produced by the company, its predecessors, and subsidiaries. Post-1900 sets tend to be more complete than earlier sets of drawings. Nearly all types of wooden and steel vessels built on the Great Lakes between 1870 and 1981 are represented. The Center for Archival Collections holds many of the original drawings extending up to 1981. Other corporate records such as minutes, correspondence, specifications, reports, and...
Dates: Creation: 1867-1989

Chicago Ship Building Company records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0001
Abstract

The records of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company span the years from 1890 to 1962 and document early twentieth-century shipbuilding on the Great Lakes. The bulk of the materials in the collection fall between 1900 and 1950. The most significant record series include dry dock ledgers and reports, legal and labor correspondence, South Yard surveys, financial records, and World War I shipbuilding activities.

Dates: Creation: 1832-1962; Creation: Majority of material found within 1900-1950

Detroit Shipbuilding Company correspondence

 Collection – Box GLMMS 29, Folder: 11
Identifier: GLMMS-1106
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and balance sheets presenting a review of the company's finances from 1899 to 1924.

Dates: Creation: November 17-19, 1924

Great Lakes Engineering Works records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0133
Abstract

Naval architectural drawings for most of the vessels built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, as well as construction specifications documents for a handful of them. Includes the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Dates: Creation: 1901-1962

Great Lakes Labor Documents collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0128
Scope and Contents The first portion of this collection consists mainly of agreements between maritime labor unions and steel production and shipping companies spanning 1914-1983, with most falling in the 1960s-1970s. Many large companies including Inland Steel, U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, and American Shipbuilding Company are represented. Major unions featured include the National Maritime Union, Seafarer's International Union, Licensed Tugmen's Protective Association, and the United Steel...
Dates: Creation: 1914-1983

History of the USS LORAIN COUNTY (LST-1177)

 Collection – Box GLMMS 45, Folder: 10
Identifier: GLMMS-2163
Scope and Contents

A narrative, correspondence, a negative and a photograph of the USS LORAIN COUNTY, a Landing Ship-Tank that served in the U.S. Navy for fourteen years.

Dates: Creation: 1958-1997 (scattered dates)

Letter from E.B. Williams, American Shipbuilding Company, to Allan L. Apter

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0599
Scope and Contents

Letter deals with iron ore shipping and vessel design on the Great Lakes.

Dates: Creation: September 1, 1961

Milwaukee Dry Dock Company correspondence

 Collection – Box GLMMS 30, Folder: 1
Identifier: GLMMS-1107
Scope and Contents

Correspondence transmitting the early financial history of Milwaukee Dry Dock Company, a subsidiary of American Shipbuilding Company.

Dates: Creation: January 29, 1925

Richard J. Wright marine collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0113
Abstract

The collection contains publications, correspondence, and manuscript materials both collected and written by Dr. Richard J. Wright, founder of the Center for Archival Collections.

Dates: Creation: 1790-1986

Welding procedure and sequence for the channel tank top of the IRVING S. OLDS

 Collection – Box GLMMS 45, Folder: 5
Identifier: GLMMS-2158
Scope and Contents

Memorandum from the Welding Superintendent to the Welding Supervisors on the proper methods for work on the steamer IRVING S. OLDS.

Dates: Creation: December 11, 1967

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