Abstract Primarily a collection of Mr. Leavitt's outgoing correspondence during his period of employment at Associate Curator at Mystic Seaport Museum Musuem, 1966-1974, accompanied by numerous folders of John's notes and research into various subjects. Included also are 3 of his sketchbooks and several notebooks and scrapbooks. The correspondence has been arranged in chronological order and is indexed for vessels and other subjects. The remainder of loose manuscript materials are grouped by...

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...