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Robert S. Blumenstock Collection
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-122
Dates:
1928 - 1969
Found in:
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library
Robert Weir Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-245
Abstract
Rough drafts of recollections and short stories. Includes "Some War Remembrances Aboard U.S. Sloop Richmond" (1863 Mar.); personal recollections of the Battle of the Mobile Bay, relating to Weir's experiences as assistant engineer; recollections of an incident with dynamite at Cairo, Ill. (ca. 1864); "Buttons", a fictional maritime tale (ca. 1890); "Jessica Snow", fragment of a fictional love story (ca. 1890); pencil sketches of sharks, gentoos, flying fish, etc.; and miscellaneous and...
Dates:
1864-ca.1890
Found in:
Manuscripts
Roderick Stephens collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-163
Abstract
Logs, navigator's notebooks, scrapbooks, guest registers, notes, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, and other papers, chiefly relating to Stephen's activities as navigator and/or captain of various vessels in long distance racing, but also reflecting his and his brother, Olin Stephens' personal and business affairs. Includes materials relating to the yawls DORADE and STORMY WEATHER, winners of the Transatlantic and Fastnet races, and races aboard his personal sloop MUSTANG; his...
Dates:
1931 - 1990
Found in:
Manuscripts
Roy G. Roberts Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-337
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.
Dates:
1938 - 1964
Found in:
Manuscripts
Rudder Magazine Collection
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-056
Dates:
1890 - 1983
Found in:
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library
Rupert Decker Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-242
Abstract
Correspondence and personal papers; certificates and membership cards; information relating to various vessels on which Decker served, reflecting the diversity of American shipping during the first half of the 20th century; and diary (1936-1937) recording voyages aboard M.S. NEW ORLEANS and S.S. COLDBROOK. Vessels represented include S.S. ISAAC T. MANN, S.S. ALCOA GUARD, and others owned by the Alcoa Steamship Company; S.S. SEACLIFFE, and the S.S. LEHIGH which was torpedoed by the Germans in...
Dates:
1919 - 1990
Found in:
Manuscripts
Sally & Donald Malin Collection
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-064
Dates:
0000
Found in:
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library
Samuel A. Beebe Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-274
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1863 - 1897
Found in:
Manuscripts
Samuel Thompson’s Nephew & Co. Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-060
Abstract
Included are portage bills, insurance policies, bills, accounts, and correspondence relative to the Ships ARGO, CALEB GRIMSHAW, CHARLES H. MARSHALL, CITY OF NEW YORK, EXCELSIOR, JEREMIAH THOMPSON, JOSEPH WALKER, LADY FRANKLIN, LUCY THOMPSON, ORIENT, SARDINIA, STAR OF THE WEST, and TWILIGHT. There is also a large collection of general business accounts, bills, receipts, letters, and documents, as well as a small amount of information relative to personal property and investments by John W....
Dates:
1827 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1900
Found in:
Manuscripts