Abstract
This collection documents vessels used in Great Lakes and ocean commerce. Clippings files, research notes, vessel log books, and a 60,000-item card file contain information on marine transportation in the United States and Canada. Events from the period 1814-1958 receive coverage. Scrapbooks form an illustrated record of vessels from circa 1890-1930. Loose clippings are drawn extensively from published articles dated c. 1930-1958. Research notes extracted from a variety of sources describe...
Log book of brig between May 14, 1859 to September 17, 1860, sailing from Cleveland to Europe with a cargo of staves. Includes separate sheet of abstracted newspaper reports on the ship from 1859-1864 and vessel notes collected by John E. Poole.