Barkhausen, Henry
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry N. Barkhausen collection
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0046
Abstract
The Henry N. Barkhausen Collection contains subject files, newsclippings, and architectural drawings documenting the maritime history of the Great Lakes. The Barkhausen files date primarily from c.1879-1940. Items of note are architectural drawings of 14 schooners built for the Great Lakes trade from 1867 to 1918. Numerous sail plans are included to document this aspect of marine technology. Clippings regarding vessel sinkings in the 1930s and 1940 offer views of reactions to these tragedies...
Dates:
Creation: 1879-2006; Creation: Majority of material found within 1888-1935
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Jesse Wells Church papers
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0010
Abstract
This collection is composed of a business journal maintained by Jesse W. Church and other family members to record financial and other aspects of shipbuilding activities operated at Sugar Island, Michigan. The entries date from 1853-1895 and 1903. Cost figures for supplies, design plans, sketches of boats, and brief histories of some of the vessels are included. The Church boatyard specialized in sailing vessels of under fifty feet in length. Many Mackinaw boats were built at the Sugar...
Dates:
Creation: 1853-1895; Creation: 1903; Digitized: 2016
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections