HCGL. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

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

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

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Report describes the accidental death of a merchant seaman, Adam Hill, from the schooner C.C. BARNES out of Cleveland, Ohio, in a drowning accident at Meaford, Ontario.

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A variety of promotional brochures for the Cedar Point amusement park spanning nearly two decades.

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Certificate issued by Lake Carriers' Association for duties as First Mate.

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Certificate of award of number to an undocumented vessel for a small 26 ft. gas screw pleasure craft, operating out of Port Clinton, Ohio.

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Inspection certificates issued by the U.S. Public Health Service certifying that the sanitation facilities on the vessel are adequate.

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Certificates of classification with the American Bureau of Shipping, Great Lakes Department, with renewals. Includes dimensions, builder, owner, machinery, and other data.

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Certificates of discharge to merchant seaman for Berton B. Stevens' service on the LYMAN C. SMITH in 1959-1960. The certificates give name, rating, place of shipment, place of discharge, and name of ship for each trip.

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Certificates give name, rating, place of shipment, place of discharge, and name of ship for each trip.

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Inspection certificates for the passenger vessel SEEANDBEE operated by the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company, detailing information about crew and passenger numbers, name of master, number of life preservers and other details.

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Compiled listing of individual trips during the season, indicating the points of departure/arrival, cargo, and mileage statistics; compiled by George Onchulenko.

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Logbook arranged by trip, giving location, cargo, time and distance traveled, weather conditions, and other notes.

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Reports compiled by Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing machinery damage claims to the vessel Charles M. Schwab

Abstract The Charles Thompson Harvey Papers consist of the personal correspondence between Harvey and his wife, Sarah Van Eps Harvey spanning the years 1858 to 1872. Harvey was superintendent of construction and engineer for the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal connecting Lake Superior and Lake Huron (1853-1855) and was responsible for the construction of an experimental section of the world's first elevated railroad (1868) located in New York City. The bulk of the correspondence deals with the 1858 to...

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The records of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company span the years from 1890 to 1962 and document early twentieth-century shipbuilding on the Great Lakes. The bulk of the materials in the collection fall between 1900 and 1950. The most significant record series include dry dock ledgers and reports, legal and labor correspondence, South Yard surveys, financial records, and World War I shipbuilding activities.

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Ferry built by Craig Shipbuilding in Toledo, Ohio in 1900, operated by Arnold Transit Co. at Mackinac Island until 1907 when sold to Puget Sound Navigation Company in Seattle, WA. Engineer's log for a voyage between Hoboken, NJ and Seattle, WA between Feb 18 and May 9, 1907.

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Photocopies of a logbook and account book for a tug involved in the lumber trade for the Cheboygan Lumber Company of Cheboygan, MI.

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of several sets of photographs depicting sailing vessels on the Great Lakes. Box 1 contains photographs of the J.T. WING, which may have been the last commercial sailing schooner to operate on the Great Lakes. Holman served aboard the schooner fom 1935-1937 as an able seaman and captured these photographs during his service. These images provide ample documentation of everyday life aboard, as well as other vessels encountered during the J. T. WING's cargo runs...

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Letter from the curator of the Wakefield Museum of the Great Lakes Historical Society giving details on a shipwreck incident on Lake Superior involving the schooner Henry A. Kent being towed by steamer J.C. Gilchrist in 1897.

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Collection includes two copies of a 25-minute oral internview with Clarence Perry, who served as the keeper of the Port Clinton Lighthouse for 35 years. Also contains a copy of Perry's obituary is also included.

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials on the Clemons family of Ottawa County, Ohio. Several members were in the crew assigned to the Marblehead Lighthouse and Life-Saving Station circa 1880-1920;. Items in the collection cover 1880-1993. Correspondence (1893-1993), genealogy papers (1905-1988), newspaper clippings (1880-1992), and photographs (circa 1890-1975) are the main sets of materials present. The letters and postcards describe family subjects. The genealogy files trace the Clemons family...

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Minutes from various company meetings, including Officials, Officers & Employees, and Heads of Departments.

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This collection contains files of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company that are primarily concerned with discussions of extending the length of the navigation season occurring from 1935-1981. Subject files, log books, symposia papers, and news clippings offer a number of perspectives on the movement among shipping companies toward implementing longer navigation seasons. The logbooks are from the S.S. CADILLAC for 1944-1948, 1972-1973, and 1976-1981.

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Records of overtime pay received by sailors aboard the H.L. GOBEILLE for two months in 1960 and various time spans for the ISHPEMING in 1956-1958 and 1960.