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Clarence H. Rayner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-202
Abstract

Collection contains 23 pieces and one volume. Includes bills of sale, bills of lading, towing receipts, a description of the loss of Schooner E. H. BRAZOS, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous waybills relative to the shipping activities of C. H. Rayner. Volume is freight accounts and port charges for Schooner QUICKSTEP, 1878

Dates: 1877 - 1914
Found in: Manuscripts

Clift Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-065
Abstract Correspondence, accounts, receipts, bills of sale, ship's papers, deeds, mortgages, ledgers, daybooks, printed materials, and other papers, relating to the West Indies and coastal trade, whaling, sailmaking, charter-parties, Mystic, Connecticut town affairs, probate court in Groton, Connecticut, and other family business and domestic matters. Persons represented include shipmasters Amos Clift (1768-1818), Amos Clift (1808-1878), Amos Clift (1830-1887), Nathaniel (1775-1837), Hiram, and...
Dates: 1716 - 1920
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Charles E. Palmer

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-149
Abstract

The collection includes diaries, bills, documents, ledgers, checkbooks, and account books, relating to Palmer's oystering activities. Also included is a logbook (1897) for the oyster steamer ITHIEL, of which Palmer was master.

Dates: 1869 - 1913
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of George W. Stretch

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-071
Abstract

This collection contains over 2,000 Charter parties for vessels and cargos, issued primarily by Messrs. Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd. in New York, and preserved by Mr. George W. Stretch. A charter party is the written agreement between a shipowner and a charterer, specifying the vessel's tonnage, capacity, and condition; courses and ports proposed for the voyage; details of loading and unloading; and charter and insurance rates.

Dates: 1910 - 1940
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Howard A. Krumwiede

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-047
Abstract Approximately 850 letters, covers, and other papers carried by ships in the late 18th and 19th centuries, nearly all with ship stamps and/or other postal markings, including letters (1840's-1850's) relating to the opium trade and China trade. Also includes Krumwiede's philatelic correspondence (1943-1953) and letters, covers, prints of postal markings, and ship covers; notes and indexed for mail-carrying ships' philatelic clippings; photographs and ship pictures; clipping and articles from...
Dates: 1800-1953
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Howard E. Cornell

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-084
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: 1851 - 1938
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Howard W. Beach

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-139
Abstract

A collection of scrapbooks and loose material kept by Mr. Howard W. Beach, who was president of the Oyster Institute of North America, and the Oyster Growers and Dealers Association of North America.

Dates: ca. 1905-1941
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Louis F. Middlebrook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-050
Abstract

This collection assembled by L.F. Middlebrook is comprised of port and customs papers, miscellaneous bills, and foreign clearance documents for vessels engaged in the rum and molasses trade from Middletown to the West Indies. Items are organized by vessel name, and ten vessels are represented.

Dates: ca. 1812
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Neil D. Josephson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-088
Abstract

Collected correspondence, maps, newsletters, clippings, philatelic material, certificates and photographs, relating to Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, Operation Deep Freeze, International Geophysical Year, and the DEW line.

Dates: 1700 - 1960
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of P.A. Bonney

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-134
Abstract

This collection is composed of post cards, clippings, and articles pertaining to American and foreign lighthouses. Included is a typed volume which presents the history of various lighthouses in America, England, Australia, and Canada. A limited amount of material on lightships is also included.

Dates: 1950 - 1970
Found in: Manuscripts

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