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Eldredge-McInnis, Inc. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-094
Abstract

The plans in this collection are primarily for tenders, power cruisers, commercial fisherman, stock boats, and government watercraft. The work of some other designers is also represented. Cataloging of this collection is still in progress.

Dates: 1924 - 1971

Elihu Spicer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-003
Abstract This collection is comprised mostly of accounts and bills, but there are some letters to Captain Spicer. Among the notable items are accounts of Charles H. Mallory & Co. including monthly trial balance sheets; a series of bills for provisioning the ship MARY L. SUTTON in San Francisco; accounts, of the owners of the ship MARY L. SUTTON, with Charles Mallory; an agreement, between Spicer and Norman Wales, Norwich, CT, concerning the employment of Wales' son, Joseph Wales, on the ship...
Dates: 1830 - 1918
Found in: Manuscripts

Elisha H. Holmes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-036
Abstract Material relating to Holmes' partnership with George Randall and John C. Haskell in the dredging firm of Randall, Haskell, and Holmes of New Bedford, Mass. Includes correspondence relating to partnership arrangements, the patent for operations, boat building, contracts, financial matters, daily operation of the dredging boats, patent difficulties, and outfitting. Also includes accounting records of the firm, including checks, bills, accounts, account books, ledgers, logbooks, daybooks,...
Dates: 1832-1848
Found in: Manuscripts

Enoch Hobart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-174
Abstract

The collection has been organized chronologically including letters from Hobart regarding the disposition of vessels and cargo; miscellaneous accounts, receipts, and business agreements; instructions to shipmasters; copies of cargo invoices; accounts of cargo sales; and expenses for construction, repair, and outfitting of various vessels. The papers also covey Hobart's difficulties in the West Indies trade during the French and Indian War (1754-1763.)

Dates: 1754 - 1766
Found in: Manuscripts

Eric T. Ball Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-073
Abstract

This is a collection contains minutes of the commission and pamphlets, clippings, maps, other papers relating to tax collection, leasing, and harvesting of oyster grounds. It also includes information regarding shellfish in the Mystic River.

Dates: 1927 - 1963
Found in: Manuscripts

Ernest F. Gates Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-218
Abstract Chiefly correspondence, clippings, notes, and memorabilia relating to Gate's whaling hobby and his curatorship of the Jibboom Club. Includes a large amount of personal correspondence with William H. Tripp, director of Old Dartmouth Historical Society, and George H. Reynolds, New Bedford, Mass., printer, relating to whaling matters, the efforts to keep the bark CHARLES W. MORGAN in New Bedford, the failure of fund raising efforts, subsequent move of the vessel to Mystic, Conn., when it was...
Dates: 1927 - 1967
Found in: Manuscripts

Everett A. Scholfield Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-148
Abstract

Correspondence, accounts, bills, order books, cashbooks, appointment books, price lists, photography formulas, charts, advertisements, technical information, and other papers. Persons represented include photographers (and partners) Nathan E. Nash, Lucius Thompson, W.T. Dyer, Addison Scholfield, and George E. Tingley, and E.A. Scholfield's wife, Leonora B. (Ashbey) Scholfield.

Dates: 1843 - 1930
Found in: Manuscripts

Facilities and Maintenance Records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-005-fac
Dates: 1939 - 2025
Found in: Museum Archives

Fish Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-043
Abstract

This is a collection of correspondence (1810-1864) and 12 diaries (1811-1868). Persons represented include Asa Fish, Dr. Asa Fish, Asa Fish III, Benjamin Fish, Emeline (Beebe) Fish, John Dean Fish, Prudence Fish, Capt. Nathan Fish, Sands Helme Fish, Silas Fish, and Fanny Dean (Fish) Woodhull.

Dates: 1810-1868
Found in: Manuscripts

Fish Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-178
Abstract

Chiefly letters written to Simeon G. Fish, son of shipbuilder Nathan G. Fish, owner of Maxon, Fish & Co., containing descriptions of social life and daily activities in Mystic during the mid-19th century. Other persons represented include members of the Miner and Randall families.

Dates: 1849 - 1894
Found in: Manuscripts

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