Pickands Mather & Company
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1883-
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS records
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0049
Scope and Contents
This collection documents daily activities on the COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS (US 225394) from 1952 to 1974. In 26 log books, the chief engineers and deck officers recorded daily events for each trip sailed in the shipping season lasating from April to December.Engineer's logs monitored engine performance and are found in 21 of the 26 volumes of this collection. Official logs in five volumes reflect the interests of the officers in consistently noting the speed of the vessel on the...
Dates:
Creation: 1950-1974
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Logbook collection
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0126
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over 500 logbooks from at least 100 different vessels. The number of logs available for each varies widely, with some vessels represented by individual logs. The best documented vessels include the B. F. AFFLECK, ARMCO, BLACK RIVER, PAUL H. CARNAHAN, CHAMPLAIN, LEON FALK, JR., E. G. GRACE, G. M. HUMPHREY, SARNIA, and JOSEPH H. THOMPSON. Record types mainly include standard logs, captain's or master's logs, radio telephone logs, trip logs, engine room logs, engineer's...
Dates:
Creation: 1925-1985; Creation: Majority of material found within 1952-1981
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Transcripts of logs for various vessels
Collection – Box GLMMS 45, Folder: 15
Identifier: GLMMS-2166
Scope and Contents
Summary transcripts of logs of several Great Lakes vessels created by Mark Shumaker. Data normally includes date, type of cargo loaded/unloaded, source port, and destination port.
Dates:
Creation: 1940-2001 (scattered dates)
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Winter mooring lists and fleet personnel data
Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0421
Scope and Contents
Material from many of the major Great Lakes fleets giving winter mooring lists, appointments, retirements, and deaths for the year, including Amoco, Upper Lakes Shipping, Pickands Mather, Halco, Algoma, Ford, Cleveland Cliffs, Hanna, and others; compiled by Richard Wright.
Dates:
Creation: 1973
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections