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Collection of Rosanna Duncan Sanderson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-273
Abstract

The Collection of Rosanna Duncan Sanderson contains the notes of her research into late-seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth century shipping, drawn from various printed and manuscript sources along the U.S. eastern seacoast, and in Hawaii and Australia.

Dates: 1937-1947
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of Seaman's Examinations and Related Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-280
Abstract

Seamanship examinations, notes, and related information possibly belonging to O. Wilhelmsen, a shipmaster with the Esso fleet during the 1940's. The examinations guides were the product of Kweder's Navigation School, 61 Whitehall Street, New York City, but some of the related material has "NDCTC FF Sch" in the upper corner.

Dates: ca. 1943-1947
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of S.F. Nininger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-269
Abstract

Papers, 1950-1974, collected by S. F. Nininger regarding the one-design Amphibi-Con. Papers include pamphlets from builders, correspondence and publications of the Amphibi-Con Association, and documents of the Amphibi-Con ARBELLA.

Dates: 1950 - 1974
Found in: Manuscripts

Collection of William H. Tripp

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-058
Abstract

This collection was assembled by William H. Tripp of New Bedford, Massachusetts and pertains primarily to the subject of whaling. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, account books, logbooks, and other miscellaneous manuscript items and memorabilia. Persons represented include H. Percy Ashley, and shipmasters Edward F. Potter, William Potter II, and Zenas Winsor.

Dates: 1802 - 1959
Found in: Manuscripts

Cottrell, Gallup & Company Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-076
Abstract

This collection is made up of account books containing entries for many early shipbuilders on the banks of the Mystic River, and other individuals and firms.

Dates: 1836 - 1873
Found in: Manuscripts

Cox & Stevens, Inc. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-034
Abstract

The collection contains plans for watercraft in all sizes, sail and power, commercial and recreational. Some wartime work and military conversions of yachts are also included as well as work collected from other designers. This material complements the time line of the material contained within the Philip L. Rhodes collection (Collection 80).

Dates: 1895 - 1947

D. G. & W.B. Bacon & Co. Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-107
Abstract A collection of approximately 1,000 detailing the business activities of D.G. & W.B. Bacon, one of the largest shipping firms in Boston, between 1861 and 1866. Letters to the firm, chiefly from commission merchants, describing market condition, their business activities, politics, and weather, in East Indian and Chinese ports. The letters in this collection were years ago glued into a letter book. Many still remain pasted together, which prohibits us from arranging them in perfect...
Dates: 1861 - 1866
Found in: Manuscripts

Daniel Sackett Moore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-144
Abstract

The collection contains logbooks, cargo books, and disbursements records for the ships BESTSEY, MARY, TRUMBULL, AND CERES, which cover trading voyages from New York and other East Coast ports to various ports in Europe, the West Indies, and Asia.

Dates: 1787 - 1803
Found in: Manuscripts

Daniel Ventres Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-116
Abstract

Chiefly incoming business letters, primarily 1840-1848, including letters from agents in New York, N.Y. and New Orleans, La. The names of numerous Gulf Coast packets and Connecticut River coasters appear throughout, along with those of several ship captains.

Dates: 1838 - 1852
Found in: Manuscripts

Dauntless Shipyard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-025
Abstract

Plans mostly for yachts built between 1916 and 1937. Some government work is included.

Dates: 1916 - 1937

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