HCGL. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

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A narrative of the last sailing schooner on the Great Lakes, which spent various times as a lumber and pulpwood carrier, rum runner, and museum.

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Great Lakes vessel history, including photocopies of certificates, wreck reports, and photographs.

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Photocopies of enrollment certificates, newclippings, typed notes, photographs, correspondence, articles and extracts from published histories and a compiled vessel list, relating to the Slauson Fleet, involved in the Great Lakes lumber and grain trade out of Racine, Wisconsin.

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A maritime history of the St. Lawrence River region written by Captain Eugene Peo.

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Narrative history of the sidewheel steamer PLOUGHBOY, which was launched at Chatham, Ont., in 1851 and lost in 1871. A published version of this narrative appeared in the periodical Fort Malden Museum, No. 53.8.14 in 1953

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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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Manifest sheets of cargo transported from Leamington, Ont. to Pelee Island, blank stock certificates, summer ferry timetables, handwritten history of the M/S Leamington, and blank stationery.

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Album with views of Port Dalhousie, Duluth, Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and other Great Lakes ports. Also contains views of the whaleback steamer PILLSBURY. Inscribed: "Thos. P. Fowler with compliments of I.F. Anderson, Aug. 8th to 18th, 1892".

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Court case proceedings related to financial liability in the loss of the Cleveco and Admiral with all hands during a storm on Lake Erie on Dec. 2, 1942.

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Transcripts of articles about Great Lakes shipping at the port of Ogdensburg, NY, from 1877-1892, compiled by Lawrence G. Bovard.

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A nearly six-month run of a weekly periodical dedicated to news of the Great Lakes shipping industry.

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Engineer's logs, Official Logs, Rough Deck Logs, crew lists and articles of agreement for six freighters owned by the Inland Steel Company, 1978-1981.

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American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard certificates documenting vessel inspections and load line surveys over a fifteen-year span for the CARLE C. CONWAY.

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American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard certificates documenting vessel capacity inspections, load line surveys, and damage reports over a eleven-year span for the EDWARD J. BERWIND.

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Includes both American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard certificates for annual inspections required for vessel to be in service.

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American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard certificates documenting vessel capacity inspections, load line surveys, and damage reports over a twenty-year span for the GEORGE R. FINK.

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American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard certificates documenting vessel capacity inspections, load line surveys, and damage reports over a twenty-year span for the MATTHEW ANDREWS.

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Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Interlake Steamship Company vessels.

Abstract Of interest to those researching the labor history of the Great Lakes shipping industry, this collection presents the records of a benevolent association devoted to the welfare of its members. Files on annual meetings, membership benefits, lobbying interests, and local lodge activities are included. Coverage spans the 1886 to the present. Issues of concern to those actively involved in operating lake vessels are discussed at length providing insights into how these men perceived their roles...

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Interview conducted by radio station CHML, Hamilton, Ontario, April 7, 1974, with the president of the Steel Company of Canada, Ldt. regarding shipping and tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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Oral history interview with Oswego, New York, resident John T. Donovan, who describes his work at Parson's Ship Chandlery in Oswego and discusses his youth on a farm in Oswego County; transcribed from oral interview conducted by Heidi Kromphardt for the Sea Grant's Bi-Centennial Project of the Oswego County Oral History Program.

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Speech presented by Bruce McLeod, VIce President of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority at opening day ceremonies, Welland Canal 1987 Season, April 1, 1987. Also contains a program for the rest of the event.

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Historic American Engineering Record sheets for Great Lakes lighthouses eligible for the National Register, and a folder of lighthouses inventoried and undetermined.

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An invoice created by John O'Neill of John O'Neill, Ship Chandler and Grocer, for supplies fo the schooner S.A. WOOD.