Collection of Howard E. Cornell
Abstract
The collection consists in part of specifications for engines, tugs, dredges, and pilot boats. There are also general business papers, of Reaney, Neafie & Co., and then Neafie and Levy Ship & Engine Building Co. Business correspondence, record books, congressional reports, and documents pertaining to the construction of three destroyers are also included.
Dates
- Creation: 1851 - 1938
Language of Materials
English Latin
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Biography of Howard E. Cornell
Howard E. Cornell was a marine engineer and naval architect who acted as the receiving officer for the Neafie and Levy Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when it went out of business in the early 1900s. In 1902 the company was building three destroyers, the U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY, for the U.S. Navy.
Extent
157 item(s) (2 boxes; 7 vols.)
Index to Personal, Corporate and Vessel Names
- BAINBRIDGE (U.S.S.) 2/7, 2/8
- Baldwin Locomotive Works 2/6
- BARRY (U.S.S.) 2/7, 2/8
- Bowles, Francis T. 2/8
- Chapman, W. C. 2/6
- CHAUNCEY (U.S.S.) 2/7, 2/8
- Harrity, William F. 2/4
- King, James R. 2/7
- Kingsley, George E. 2/6
- Lemley, Samuel C. 2/7
- Levy, John A. 2/3
- McMurtrie, R.C. 2/4
- Neafie, Jacob G. 2/3
- Reaney, Thomas 2/3
- Reaney, William B. 2/3
- Stone, George R. 2/4
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Collection of Howard E. Cornell (Coll. 84)
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of the Collection at the G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org