Voyages and travels
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Ship TUSITALA
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-072
Abstract
Correspondence, track chart, articles and newspaper clippings about the ship, and logbooks (1924-1925) for three voyages.
Dates:
1924 - 1939
Found in:
Manuscripts
Redford Webster Sargent Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-103
Abstract
This collection contains business and personal papers, scrapbooks, clippings, and an unfinished biography of Sargent by his son, Redford Ames Sargent. Included is a journal kept by Redford Ames Sargent aboard the ship THOMAS DANA of Boston during a voyage 1888-1889.
Dates:
1848 - 1936
Found in:
Manuscripts
Robert Bartlett Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-132
Abstract
The collection primarily contains letters from Barlett to his close friend, Southmayd Hatch, an engineer with Socony Vacuum Company, relating to Barlett's travels in Greenland, Newfoundland, and the Arctic, and other mutual interests.
Dates:
1931 - 1946
Found in:
Manuscripts
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
S.S. FRANCONIA World Cruise Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-256
Abstract
This Collection includes Adeline Brown's diary, approximately 100 pages bound in a small 3-ring notebook provided for this particular cruise. In addition, she collected programs, brochures, travel schedules, menus, etc, given to the passengers during the trip. There is also a folder of clippings from various newspapers and other publications, probably compiled after the voyage, many of which mention the attractions and/or the various places she may have visited during her career with the...
Dates:
ca. 1925
Found in:
Manuscripts
Timothy M. Benson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-201
Abstract
The Benson Collection begins with two boxes of correspondence, primarily between Timothy Benson and Charles Brewer, discussing cargoes, provisions, repairs, and other general business matters involving the MARTHA DAVIS. Included are some letters-relative to Rebecca Benson and her business affairs with Charles Brewer & Co. 1890-1911. Box 3 contains shipping papers for Barks VIKING 1865-1869, and MARTHA DAVIS 1873-1877, while Box 4 has envelopes, stamped and addressed, ca.1876-1911. The...
Dates:
1865-1911, (bulk 1865-1880)
Found in:
Manuscripts