HCGL. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

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List, from unknown source, noting the date, name of vessel, tonnage, and location of casualty.

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Annual reports of accidents and maritime law cases on the Great Lakes which were investigated by the Steamboat Inspection service and its successor, the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation.

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A handwritten list of the photographs taken of the USS CRONIN when newly completed in 1944.

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Booklet of railroad and steamboat freight rates for different destinations across the Midwest.

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Bills of lading for iron shipped from various Great Lakes ports.

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Shipbuilding company financial record sheets noting general, operating, labor, maintenance, plant expenses, and liabilities, and earnings from stocks, shipyards, and property resources.

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Unidentified company ledger, probably of a fuel and supply company in the Duluth-Superior area, serving Great Lakes vessels.

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Loose survey sheets by shipyard with name of vessel, type of vessel, dimensions, and construction dates.

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Bethlehem Ship Building Co. built the POLARIS in 1945 as LST 1063 for the U.S. Navy at Hingham, Massachusetts. Cleveland Tankers acquired the vessel in 1949 and rebuilt the ship as a tanker. The collection spans the years from 1958 to 1977 when the POLARIS was scrapped and includes correspondence, injury reports, vessel casualty reports, wage scales, and individual trip records. there is no information for the years 1945-1957.

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Material outlining the background history and ownership details of the ship COMET/MAY FLOWER; with a survey drawing tentatively identified as the schooner MORNING STAR.

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Data sheets, photographs, and correspondence with information on the ship MYSTIC ISLE.

Scope and Contents The Siegfried collection contains a wide variety of materials that mainly relate to passenger cruises on a wide variety of Great Lakes and international liners in the pre-1960s era. Materials include publications, brochures and timetables, menus, photographs, and a small amount of correspondence. Also present is a scrapbook of Great Lakes passenger travel during the 1920s that features timetables, deck plans, photographs, and excerpts from publications. Most of the scrapbook material appears...

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Statements by the President of the Lake Carriers' Association, dated Sept 16, 1977 and June 1, 1978 in regard to the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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Narrative of a marine disaster on Lake Erie, near Dunkirk, New York, when the steamboat Erie burned resulting in loss of life of around 200 in 1841.

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Typescript of travel account of a cruise on the St. Lawrence River aboard the yacht Peerless by members of the York and Boardman families and other individuals. Photocopy of typescript original.

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Photocopy of an article in Reader's Digest recounting the sinking of the CITY OF DRESDEN in Lake Erie, and the locals' attempts to obtain some of its whiskey cargo.

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A periodical created and published by the employees of the Defoe Shipbuilding Company with information on company status, contributions to the war effort, and extracurricular activities.

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Independent Study paper with the Maine State Museum at the Allie Ryan Maritime Heritage Museum, Castine, Maine, June-August 1979

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Publication of the Midwest Federated Fisheries Council covering topics of interest to commercial fishermen and government regulators.

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A monthly publication covering marine industry news and labor issues.

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Outline of a presentation given in 1996 at an unknown location, but in the Chicago area. The outline includes a bibliography and photocopies of photographs used in the presentation.

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Unpublished manuscript, with handwritten comments and corrections by Richard J. Wright.

Scope and Contents This collection documents daily activities in the engine room of the THOMAS E. MILLSOP (U.S. 224662) and general vessel inspections during its service with National Steel Corporation. Engine room logs in 8 volumes cover, in scattered form, the years 1957-1975. The chief engineer assigned to the MILLSOP on each trip during the shipping season was responsible for the entries in this log. Engine performance and ballast water monitoring are two primary items examined daily through these logs....

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A letter written by Thomas Graham to the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper at Meldrum Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, regarding LaSalle's GRIFFON. Includes a response from the Assistant. Also present is a similar response with Dwight Boyer of the Toledo Blade.

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The records in this collection document the activities of the Toledo/Lucas County Port Authority from the late nineteenth century to the present day. The collection includes: minutes, monthly reports, annual reports, correspondence, shipping statistics, engineering reports, financial records, and newsletters. The collection provides excellent sources for the study of the operations of a major port authority and the importance of the St. Lawrence Seaway to the economy of an inland port.