HCGL. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

 Collecting Area
Identifier: HCGL

Found in 602 Collections and/or Records:

Association for Great Lakes Maritime History records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0099
Abstract

Proceedings, financial records, and project files for an organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of Great Lakes maritime history.

Dates: Creation: 1983-

At St. Lawrence College, Cornwall Campus, New Program for Marine Engineers

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0623
Scope and Contents

Overview, program summary, and course listings for new program at the St. Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology campus in Cornwall, Ontario.

Dates: Creation: 1973

Barque SWEETHEART logbook

 Collection – Box GLMMS 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: GLMMS-1096
Dates: Creation: 1867-1870

Basic specifications for the yacht CRESCEUS

 Collection – Box GLMMS 52, Folder: 12
Identifier: GLMMS-2202
Scope and Contents

Basic particulars of the yacht CRESCEUS during the time of its ownership by F.W. Defoe.

Dates: Creation: 1933

Bathymetric and sedimentary maps of the U.S. Lake Erie islands area

 Collection – Box GLMMS 52, Folder: 18
Identifier: GLMMS-2211
Scope and Contents

A series of 30 maps of various sizes detailing the bathymetry and geology of the lake bottom around the Lake Erie islands. Source and author unknown.

Dates: Creation: circa 1980s

Bay City, MI, newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-2224-mf
Scope and Contents

Short runs of two Bay City, MI, newspapers, with many articles and columns discussing marine issues.

Dates: Creation: May 16, 1857-September 5, 1861

Bay Port Fish Company records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0019
Abstract 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 documents the activities and problems of commercial fishermen from the late Depression years (from 1936) through the 1960s, including the decline of commercial fishing in Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron in American...
Dates: Creation: 1883-1970; Creation: Majority of material found within 1932-1970

BENSON FORD Mechanical and engineering log

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0641
Scope and Contents

Technical data on ship mechanical equipment compiled by the 3rd assistant engineer, Frank W. Trevorrow; includes statistics, calculations, and some specification drawings on generators, pumps, compressors, refrigeration machinery, boilers, tank capacities, and generator engine log readings for 1924 and 1925.

Dates: Creation: 1924-1925

Bert Payea correspondence

 Collection – Box GLMMS 13, Folder: 21
Identifier: GLMMS-0717
Scope and Contents

Letters concerning Great Lakes ships and shipping, probably all written to Ralph K. Roberts of Saginaw, Michigan. Payea was a Ship captain serving on the Great Lakes, master of the LANGELL BOYS and later the AETNA.

Dates: Creation: 1957-1959

Berthing drawing for the M/V MONTROSE at Toledo, Ohio

 Collection – Box GLMMS 30, Folder: 7
Identifier: GLMMS-1117
Scope and Contents

Line drawing showing lines required at berth no. 6, Presque Isle Dock, Toledo, Ohio, on the Maumee River for the vessel M/V MONTROSE.

Dates: Creation: December 10, 1962

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Great Lakes Steamship Division records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-1364
Scope and Contents

Wage rate schedules for wheelsmen, oilers, and handymen; labor agreements with United Steel Workers Union and with MEBA; and minor correspondence.

Dates: Creation: 1966-1986

Bethlehem Transportation Corporation office manual

 Collection – Box GLMMS 30, Folder: 3
Identifier: GLMMS-1112
Scope and Contents

Office information sheets, with ship names, transportation statistics, personnel lists, and seasonal shipping summaries.

Dates: Creation: 1955-1956

B.F. FERRIS cash book

 Collection – Box GLMMS 21, Folder: 2
Identifier: GLMMS-0771
Scope and Contents

Financial record-book of a steamer providing service to Put-in-Bay from Sandusky, Ohio, noting cash received for excursions and cargo, and operating expenses.

Dates: Creation: 1873-1878

B.F. FERRIS daybook

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0577
Scope and Contents

Financial daybook of a steamer providing service to Put-in-Bay from Sandusky, Ohio.

Dates: Creation: 1873-1875

Bill Buell letter

 Collection – Box GLMMS 27, Folder: 6
Identifier: GLMMS-0814
Scope and Contents

Letter concerns Great Lakes shipping and the movements of the ship JAMES A. FARRELL. Buell was the Wheelsman of the BUELL at the time of writing.

Dates: Creation: November 4, 1972

Bill of exceptions, Louisa Fantozzi, plaintiff, vs. the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, defendant

 Collection – Box GLMMS 27, Folder: 9
Identifier: GLMMS-0817
Scope and Contents

Testimony in the Court of Common Pleas, Erie County, Ohio, involving the death of Angelo Fantozzi at the ore-loading operation of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, operated by the Cleveland Stevedore Company in Huron, Ohio.

Dates: Creation: 1952

Bill of exceptions, Turinski Brothers, plaintiffs, vs. the United Fisheries Company, defendant

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-636
Scope and Contents

Testimony in the Court of Common Pleas, Erie County, Ohio, involving a financial dispute over handling and payment for live carp in a pond owned by United Fisheries, Sandusky, Ohio.

Dates: Creation: 1917-1918

Bill of lading for the schooner EXILE

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0291
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and bill of lading for 683 tons of iron ore, shipped from Escanaba, Michigan, to Cleveland, Ohio, Thomas Wilford, Master

Dates: Creation: 1878; Creation: 1904

Bill of lading for the schooner MYSTIC

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0671
Scope and Contents

Bill of lading for a cargo of wheat, shipped September 1, 1869. on board the schooner MYSTIC.

Dates: Creation: 1869

Bill of Sale of Enrolled Vessel C.S. ROBINSON

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0485
Scope and Contents

Property transfer document for Great Lakes vessel C.S. Robinson with statistical data on the ship and owners; sold by Interlake Steamship Company to Kinsman Marine Transit Company.

Dates: Creation: 1954

Bill of Sale of Enrolled Vessel E.C. COLLINS

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0487
Scope and Contents

Property transfer document for Great Lakes vessel E.C. COLLINS with statistical data on the ship and owners; sold by Pittsburgh Steamship Company to Kinsman Marine Transit Company.

Dates: Creation: 1944

Bill of sale of enrolled vessel for the CONRAD REID

 Collection – GLMMS 20, Folder: 7
Identifier: GLMMS-0765
Scope and Contents

Legal document, transferring ownership from partners in the schooner CONRAD REID to Cornelius C. Reid of Lorain, Ohio.

Dates: Creation: April 12, 1884

Bill of Sale of Enrolled Vessel LABELLE

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0488
Scope and Contents

Property transfer document for Great Lakes vessel LABELLE with statistical data on the ship and owners; sold by Pittsburgh Steamship Company to Kinsman Marine Transit Company.

Dates: Creation: 1953

Bill of Sale of Enrolled Vessel MACGILVRAY SHIRAS

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0484
Scope and Contents

Property transfer document for Great Lakes vessel MACGILVRAY SHIRAS with statistical data on the ship and owners; sold by Pittsburgh Steamship Company to Kinsman Marine Transit Company.

Dates: Creation: 1944

Bill of Sale of Enrolled Vessel SATURN

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0486
Scope and Contents

Property transfer document for Great Lakes vessel SATURN with statistical data on the ship and owners; sold by Interlake Steamship Company to Kinsman Marine Transit Company.

Dates: Creation: 1959