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Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc; Internal Logs for Museum Owned Vessels
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-232
Abstract
Records of vessels owned by the museum including schooners BRILLIANT, and L.A. DUNTON, smack EMMA C. BERRY, steamboat SABINO, ship JOSEPH CONRAD, tugboat KINGSTON II, and bark CHARLES W. MORGAN,. The collection consists of three forms of logs; the logbooks, a day to day journal of events on board ship; guest registers, a list of persons on board usually including address, and date; and the work progress log, a dated descriptive records of work accomplished on board by museum staff. Not all...
Dates:
1954 - 1998
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Manuscripts
Mystic Seaport Museum Sailing Card Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-112
Abstract
Sailing cards (used to advertise vessel qualifications and sailing dates) for a number of well-known vessels, including the DAVID CROCKETT, GREAT REPUBLIC, and YOUNG AMERICA, and other vessels, including several for other vessels built in Mystic, Connecticut.
Dates:
No dates given
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Manuscripts
Nathan G. Fish Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-252
Abstract
Correspondence and diaries, relating to Fish's daily life. Subjects include his command of the schooner HUDSON, brig EMELINE, and others and his shipbuilding career, associated with William Ellery Maxson, Simeon Fish (his son), Benjamin F. Hoxie, and Capt. William Clift, operating as Maxson, Fish & Co. (included shipbuilding during the Civil War). Other vessels represented include schooner ELIZABETH, brigs SAMSON and SARAH, and barks PILGRIM and WILLIAM H. BRODIE. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1826 - 1865
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Manuscripts
Nathaniel Mathews Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-079
Abstract
Papers relating to Mathews's maritime career and the vessels he commanded, including accounts and account books for the ship ALARM, ship ERICSSON, ship JOHN TUCKER, ship RADIANT, ship ROBIN HOOD, and ship WINGED ARROW, and the missionary brig MORNING STAR; journals covering voyages by ERICSSON, JOHN TUCKER, MORNING STAR, RADIANT, and WINGED ARROW; and a freight list and sailing instructions (1871-1872) for the missionary brig MORNING STAR. Mathews family material includes household bills and...
Dates:
1820 - 1900
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Manuscripts
Nelson R. Perry Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-290
Abstract
Collection, 1812-1964 (bulk 1950-1964), consists mainly of magazine and newspaper articles about Eskimo life and culture. Also included are articles about Arctic and Antarctic exploration, the surrounding lands and pamphlets from Canada's Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources. The majority of the articles are from National Geographic, Canadian Geographic, The Beaver, Alaska Sportsman, True, The Man's Magazine and the Explorer's Journal. This collection complements objects in...
Dates:
1812-1964 (bulk 1950-1964)
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Manuscripts
New Bedford Cordage Company Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-075
Abstract
Letterpress books, copybooks, and account book containing business correspondence and financial records of the New Bedford Cordage Company, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1860 - 1896
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Manuscripts
Newman Family Naval Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-051
Abstract
This is a collection of naval papers of William D. Newman (ca. 1800-1844) and his sons, L. Howard Newman (1833-1866) and William Bogert Newman (1834-1912), U.S. Navy officers, including correspondence, orders, regulations, reports, complaints and requests, and other official paper work typical to ships' officers. Includes 18 photos of William Bogert Newman and fellow officers and one abstract log. Vessels represented include the frigate PRESIDENT, frigate CONGRESS, ship INDEPENDENCE, and...
Dates:
1814 - 1898
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Manuscripts
Noank Shipyard Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-353
Abstract
Collection, 1943-2000, of the Noank Shipyard in Noank, Connecticut. Includes a variety of manuscript materials and newspaper clippings. The manuscript materials contain information concerning boating safety legislation and taxes, correspondence, bills of sale for vessels purchased by the yard and miscellaneous drawings and notes. The clippings cover topics including Noank and Groton, Connecticut history, the development of the shipyard and its purchase by Donald Singer in 1964, the EMMA C....
Dates:
1943-2000
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Manuscripts
Olin J. Stephens II Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-266
Abstract
Papers, 1937-1974, collected by, created by or regarding Olin J. Stephens. Collection includes information regarding the America's Cup races and the Stephen's yacht, STORMY WEATHER, built beginning late in 1933 and launched in May, 1934.
Dates:
1937 - 1974
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Manuscripts
Orne-Cushing-Baldwin-Tappan family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-246
Abstract
Business and personal papers of four related families, of Salem, Duxbury, Roxbury, and other locations in the Boston, Mass., area, principally engaged in the maritime trades, although members of the Orne and Cushing families operated a brick works in Salem in the early 1800's.
Dates:
1723 - 1889
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Manuscripts