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Richard Columbus Mears Collection
Robert Bartlett Papers
The collection primarily contains letters from Barlett to his close friend, Southmayd Hatch, an engineer with Socony Vacuum Company, relating to Barlett's travels in Greenland, Newfoundland, and the Arctic, and other mutual interests.
Robert Bruce Strout Collection
Sea journals, diary, account book, obituaries, and related papers. Includes journal describing Pacific whaling voyages (1855-1862), out of New Bedford, Mass., by ship ALICE MANDELL and barks CLEONE, MARTHA, and SALAMANDRE; diary detailing voyage of the CLEONE, chiefly an indictment against the master and first mate; and ships accounts (1868-1871) of the brig CAMILLE, engaged in West Indian trade. Persons represented include Strout's wife, Jane F. Strout.
Robert J. Walker Letters
Letters to C.W Lawrence, Collector of Customs at the Port of New York, dealing with the interpretation of tariff acts and enforcement of customs regulations, including information concerning import duties, drawbacks, expenses for maintaining revenue vessels and customs property, and the names of many vessels.
Robert Palmer Wilbur Collection
The collection consists of scattered papers and volumes including a diary (1863) containing information on shipbuilding. There are also account, bills, and receipts (1876-1881) concerning Wilbur's command of the Ship M.P. GRACE and two survey record books (1896-1899)
Robert Weir Papers
Roderick Stephens collection
Roy G. Roberts Collection
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.
Rupert Decker Papers
Samuel A. Beebe Papers
Thirty-five daily journals of Samuel A. Beebe (1843-1897) of East Lyme, Connecticut. The journals include details of Beebe's life on shore and on fishing and trading voyages, including cargo, daily catch numbers, location of fishing grounds, and various ports of call along the east coast from Key West to Nova Scotia.