HCGL. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

 Collecting Area
Identifier: HCGL

Found in 604 Collections and/or Records:

Bill of Sale of Enrolled Vessel VERONA

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0489
Scope and Contents

Property transfer document for Great Lakes vessel VERONA with statistical data on the ship and owners; sold by Interlake Steamship Company to Kinsman Marine Transit Company.

Dates: Creation: 1959

Bills of lading for J.A. Kent & Company

 Collection – Box GLMMS 13, Folder: 19
Identifier: GLMMS-0713
Scope and Contents

Bills of lading for lumber shipped out of Duluth for various Great Lakes ports. Photographs of the original documents.

Dates: Creation: 1898-1902

Biographical information for Captain Willis Micheler

 Collection – Box GLMMS 42, Folder: 15
Identifier: GLMMS-2146
Scope and Contents

Biographical materials on a Great Lakes captain including service summary, copies of newspaper articles, photographs, and a copies of a few of Micheler's letters home.

Dates: Creation: 1962-1974

Biographical information on Benjamin T. McCann

 Collection – Box GLMMS 42, Folder: 16
Identifier: GLMMS-2147
Scope and Contents

McCann was a marine engineer on several Great Lakes vessels. He and his business partner Frank C. Heinen applied for patent protection for improvements to the internal combustion engine.

Dates: Creation: 1899-2006

Biographies of some Great Lakes captains from Lorain, Ohio

 Collection – Box GLMMS 43, Folder: 2
Identifier: GLMMS-2149
Scope and Contents

The collection contains compiled biographies for 26 Great Lakes captains who came from Lorain, Ohio.

Dates: Creation: undated

Biography Captain John Spence of Southampton, Ontario

 Collection – Box GLMMS 33, Folder: 6
Identifier: GLMMS-1229
Dates: Creation: circa 1990

Booklets of drawings for boilers for the Haskins Wood Vulcanizing Company plants in Washington, D.C., and Harlem

 Collection – Box GLMMS 52, Folder: 10
Identifier: GLMMS-2200
Scope and Contents

Plans for several boilers designed by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company for installation at the Washington, D.C., and Harlem, New York, plants of the Haskins Wood Vulcanizing Company. Date of creation unknown.

Dates: Creation: undated

Bradley Fleet ledger book

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0810
Scope and Contents

Ledger detailing expenses and income from ships of the Bradley Fleet, operated by Alva Bradley, includes typed index giving names of various vessels and dates covered. Folder 1 contains an index to the vessels named in the ledger and provides biographical information on company owner Alva Bradley.

Dates: Creation: 1857-1876

Broadside for the Seventh annual ball of the Ship-Masters' Relief Association for the benefit of the widows and orphans of deceased sailors

 Collection – Box GLMMS 35, Folder: 3
Identifier: GLMMS-1351
Scope and Contents

An advertisement for a charity ball held by the Ship-Master's Relief Association to raise funds to support families affected by the loss of a family member while serving as a sailor on the Great Lakes. Includes a list of all the officers, members, and honorary members of the organization.

Dates: Creation: 1859

Bruce A. Terry photograph collection

 File
Identifier: GLMS-0039
Abstract

This collection is composed of approximately 1,880 35mm color photographic slides of Great Lakes vessels. Slides in this collection were taken by Bruce A. Terry, an amateur photographer. Photos were taken on Lakes Erie, Huron, and St. Clair and along the St. Marys, St. Clair, and Detroit Rivers from 1963-1977.

Dates: Creation: 1963-1977

Buffalo Dry Dock Company comparative trial balance sheets

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0772
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Creation: 1903-1904

Bulk Navigation and Towing, Inc., hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 20
Identifier: GLMMS-0743
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Bulk Navigation and Towing vessels.

Dates: Creation: 1966-1967

By-Water Magazine

 Collection – Reel 1
Identifier: GLMMS-0346-mf
Scope and Contents

One year and two months of issues of a monthly magazine on maritime topics produced by Canada Steamship Lines.

Dates: Creation: 1916; Creation: January-February 1918

C. Patrick Labadie collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0041
Abstract This collection contains information on the operation of Great Lakes vessels from 1848 to 1980. Enrollment data for 40 vessels registered between 1848 and 1942 reflects efforts to standardize licensing procedures. Log books for the WILLIAM P. PALMER, the HENRY PHIPPS and other vessels record daily activities during voyages. Meeting minutes are present for the annual meeting of the Masters and Chief Engineers of the Pittsburgh Steamship Division of the United States Steel Corporation for 1956...
Dates: Creation: 1848-1980; Creation: Majority of material found within 1932-1977

Canadian Shipowners Association circulars

 Collection – Box GLMMS 31, Folder: 1
Identifier: GLMMS-1128
Scope and Contents

Informational bulletins, some with handwritten marginal notations.

Dates: Creation: 1955-1959

Canadian Shipowners Association records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-1358
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers, including memoranda of agreement, minor correspondence, circulars, and printed material.

Dates: Creation: 1931; Creation: 1955-1959

"Canaller Odyssey", S.S. HAI LIN, by John Ivany, Master

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0667
Scope and Contents

Narrative and log book information regarding the sailing of the vessel HAI LIN (formerly LUCIUS W. ROBINSON) from Montreal to Shanghai in 1946

Dates: Creation: 1968

Captain D.L. Boyce diary

 Collection – Box GLMMS 29, Folder: 5
Identifier: GLMMS-1100
Dates: Creation: 1872

Captain F.D. Root (1849-1925) and family history

 Collection – Volume 1
Identifier: GLMS-1967-f
Scope and Contents

Family material compiled by Shirley Root Rend-Palmer, centered on the life and career of Francis Desnoyer Root, captain of the steamer MARIPOSA and other Great Lakes vessels, with information on the Root and related Wheelock families. Includes accounts of Captain Root's actions during the shipwreck of the Steamer IDAHO on Lake Erie in 1897.

Dates: Creation: 1825-2010

Captain John Paxton and his journal

 Collection – Box GLMMS 37, Folder: 3
Identifier: GLMMS-1921
Scope and Contents

Journal of the captain of the Great Lakes schooner SPARROW, between 1848 and 1851, with historical and biographical notations by the compiler, Rilla King. The SPARROW was built in 1845 and lost in 1855.

Dates: Creation: 1848-1851; Creation: 1995

Captain Theobald Emig papers

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0308
Scope and Contents

Biographical sketch including genealogical information and work history as the captain of various vessels, including the steam-barge Maud; written by his son.

Dates: Creation: 1980

Captain Wayne E. Pringle scrapbook

 Collection – Box GLMMS 28, Folder: 9
Identifier: GLMMS -1093
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, and photographs covering career in Great Lakes shipping. Pringle was a long-time captain of the vessel WILLIAM A. REISS.

Dates: Creation: 1924-1973

Captain William C. McCorkell correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0675
Scope and Contents

Letters and notices to Captain William C. McCorkell, many dealing with appointments to various Great Lakes vessels as captains during shipping seasons with Wilson Marine Transit Company and Great Lakes Steamship Company.

Dates: Creation: 1941-1960

Car ferry railcar logs

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-2126
Scope and Contents

Typewritten summaries of railcar transported across Lake Michigan between Muskegon, MI, and Milwaukee, WI. Information includes number of railcars, final destination, cargo, and railcar owner.

Dates: Creation: 1957; Creation: 1963

Cargoes, loading, and discharge ports summary for the BLACK RIVER

 Collection – Box GLMMS 29, Folder: 9
Identifier: GLMMS-1104
Scope and Contents

Statistical summary sheets of ship cargoes and ports used in Great Lakes shipping.

Dates: Creation: 1952-1979