Abstract This is a collection of naval papers of William D. Newman (ca. 1800-1844) and his sons, L. Howard Newman (1833-1866) and William Bogert Newman (1834-1912), U.S. Navy officers, including correspondence, orders, regulations, reports, complaints and requests, and other official paper work typical to ships' officers. Includes 18 photos of William Bogert Newman and fellow officers and one abstract log. Vessels represented include the frigate PRESIDENT, frigate CONGRESS, ship INDEPENDENCE, and...

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Collection, 1932-1953, consists of four scrapbooks and loose papers containing newspaper and magazine clippings, letters, photographs, brochures, sail race results and banquet menus as well as racing history pertaining to several yachts owned by yachtsman, businessman and philanthropist Philip LeBoutillier (1880-1972) including STORMY WEATHER (built 1934), VIKING (built 1930), ALSUMAR (built 1930) and NANCY (built 1932).

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Correspondence, business cards, letterhead, timesheets, and clippings for the Britt Brothers Boat Builders of West Lynn and Saugus, Massachusetts.

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Bills, receipts, accounts, correspondence, and other business records; printed materials, either for Wilson or associated businesses; items relating to yachting; signal flag drawings and measurements, photographs, and pamphlet; stock certificates; account books; and miscellaneous materials, including photographs, obituaries, stationery, advertisements, and business cards.

Abstract The collection primarily consists of the broker's vessel listings (14 boxes); with tugs and towboats, tankers, barges, side and sternwheel steamers, yachts, sail boats, steamships, fishing boats, and many other vessels, all represented. These listings are organized by vessel type and listing number. Following these, there are 9 boxes of scrapbook material, with photographs and clippings for vessels of all kinds, in addition to other items of marine news. These scrapbook pages have been...

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This is a collection of business correspondence, bills, statements, receipts, licenses, inventories of salvage equipment and gear, reports relating to particular salvage projects, photographs, and other records, relating to diving and salvage operations. Persons represented include Richard L. Dyer, president.

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Records, 20th century, of the United States Army Watercraft Collection. Includes certifications, datasheets, reports and photographs of various Army watercraft.

Abstract A glossy photo of TITANIC autographed on the back by Edwina MacKenzie, a survivor of the disaster. She was travelling to the U.S., where her sister was pregnant and needed help. She travelled in Second Class. After the iceberg collision, Edwina MacKenzie alerted others and helped them prepare to evacuate, watching lifeboat after lifeboat depart. It was only when someone handed her a baby who had become separated from its mother that she agreed to board a lifeboat herself. The message on the...

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Correspondence, account books, bills, receipts, and other papers, relating to the business activities of Capt. Martin Waterman (1793-1860), of Duxbury, Mass., and to numerous vessels he mastered or owned, with hymns, poetry, and religious verse by Waterman; together with papers of Waterman's parents, Eliphalet and Silvinia Waterman, and his youngest son, Lucius A. Waterman; and prints and photos of ships and family members.

Abstract Correspondence, research notes, photographs, clippings, and other papers, relating to the history and construction of Whitehall boats (pulling boats developed in the 1820s near Whitehall St., New York, N.Y., used originally as workboats but later for recreation), principally pertaining to the AMERICAN STAR, a Whitehall boat, presented to Marquis de Lafayette in New York in 1825. Includes photographs and other information for John Gardner's article on the AMERICAN STAR published in The Log of...