Scope and Contents
This collection provides information on the operation of the Columbia Transportation Company. Data on vessels and officers is available. A series on the annual meeting of vessel masters held in March provides material covering issues of interest to the captains working for the Columbia fleet in the years 1976-1979.Rosters for the Columbia vessels and the officers assigned to them appear for 1978 and 1980. Wage scales, accident reports, and company earnings also appear with these...
Dates:
Creation: 1961-1978; Creation: Majority of material found within 1976-1980
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material compiled by Captain Delmar R. Webster during his career on the Great Lakes. The largest series in the collection contains deck logs from the J. BURTON AYERS for 1945-1973. Records of the trips the AYERS made note ports of arrival and departure along with cargo and weather data. A log for loading information from the EDMUND FITZGERALD is also included for 1972-1973.Meeting information for the 1982 and 1983 conventions of Columbia Transportation...
Work-related papers of the master of the ship J. BURTON AYERS, including a certificate of inspection and various memoranda and other papers from Kinsman Marine Transit Company.