Roy G. Roberts Collection
Scope and Contents of the Papers
This collection is organized chronologically as follows:
Series 1: Navigation workbooks, logbooks and worksheets; 1942-1946
Series 2: Training materials; undated
Series 3: Papers; 1938-1964
Dates
- Creation: 1938 - 1964
Language of Materials
English Latin
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Biography of Roy G. Roberts
Served in the U.S. Merchants Services, achieving the rank of Lieutenant (J.G.) during World War II. His civilian rank after the war was Chief Mate. It appears that he may have been an instructor or student at the training facility at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. and officer’s training facility at Fort Trumbull, New London, Conn. during World War II at which time the Merchant Service alternated between the War Shipping Department and the U. S. Coast Guard.
Extent
3 box(es) (752 pieces)
5 volume(s)
Abstract
Collection, 1938-1964, consists mainly of U.S. Merchant Service instructor training manuals for Sheepshead Bay, New York, New York and officer’s training at Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut. It also contains logbooks and papers related to shipping.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Roy G. Roberts Collection (Coll. 337)
- 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