American Ship Building Company

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Contracts between Chippewa Lake Park and the American Shipbuilding Company for reduced ride fares during company outings to the Park.

Abstract The primary component of this collection is naval architectural drawings produced by the company, its predecessors, and subsidiaries. Post-1900 sets tend to be more complete than earlier sets of drawings. Nearly all types of wooden and steel vessels built on the Great Lakes between 1870 and 1981 are represented. The Center for Archival Collections holds many of the original drawings extending up to 1981. Other corporate records such as minutes, correspondence, specifications, reports, and...

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The records of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company span the years from 1890 to 1962 and document early twentieth-century shipbuilding on the Great Lakes. The bulk of the materials in the collection fall between 1900 and 1950. The most significant record series include dry dock ledgers and reports, legal and labor correspondence, South Yard surveys, financial records, and World War I shipbuilding activities.

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Correspondence and balance sheets presenting a review of the company's finances from 1899 to 1924.

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Naval architectural drawings for most of the vessels built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, as well as construction specifications documents for a handful of them. Includes the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Scope and Contents The first portion of this collection consists mainly of agreements between maritime labor unions and steel production and shipping companies spanning 1914-1983, with most falling in the 1960s-1970s. Many large companies including Inland Steel, U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, and American Shipbuilding Company are represented. Major unions featured include the National Maritime Union, Seafarer's International Union, Licensed Tugmen's Protective Association, and the United Steel...

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A narrative, correspondence, a negative and a photograph of the USS LORAIN COUNTY, a Landing Ship-Tank that served in the U.S. Navy for fourteen years.

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Letter deals with iron ore shipping and vessel design on the Great Lakes.

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Correspondence transmitting the early financial history of Milwaukee Dry Dock Company, a subsidiary of American Shipbuilding Company.

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The collection contains publications, correspondence, and manuscript materials both collected and written by Dr. Richard J. Wright, founder of the Center for Archival Collections.

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Cost estimate forms, correspondence, telegrams, and memoranda relating to hulls built by the Union Dry Dock Company (and Buffalo Dry Dock Company) from the 1880s to 1911.

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Summary of the initial claim in a lawsuit from the federal government alleging violations of the Clayton Act after American Ship Building Company purchased the bulk carrier fleet of Litton Industries.

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Nearly 600 pages of correspondence, specifications, and memoranda sent to the American Shipbuilding Company relating to cargo vessel construction for World War I.

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Sea trials and machinery test results for a variety of Great Lakes vessels; includes index to vessel names at beginning of volume. Some vessel records include booklets and architectural drawings.

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Memorandum from the Welding Superintendent to the Welding Supervisors on the proper methods for work on the steamer IRVING S. OLDS.