Henry N. Barkhausen collection
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0046
Collection Organization
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 about 1879-1940.
Items of note in the collection are the architectural drawings of fourteen 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 in 1940 offer views of reactions to these tragedies in the newspapers of the Great Lakes area.
Printed material and 1,555 photographs have been separated for inclusion in the main HCGL collections of such research materials.
Subject File Correspondence letterheads, ca. 1879-1908
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: ca. 1879-1908
Subject File Correspondence marine insurance, ca. 1902-1905
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: ca. 1902-1905
Subject File Correspondence Northwest Engineering Co., 1918-1921, 1927, 1939
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1918-1921
- Creation: 1927
- Creation: 1939
- Language of Materials
- Afar
Subject File Correspondence trip sheets, 1895
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1895
Subject File Correspondence Wolverine Dry Dock Company, 1888-1916
File – Box 1, Folder: 5-15
- Dates
- Creation: 1888-1916
Architectural Drawings specifications for the 100' wooden harbor tug EBEN, 1918
File – Box 1, Folder: 16
- Dates
- Creation: 1918
A Ship in the Wilderness: A study of the feasibility of building wooden ships at Michilimackinac, 1971
File – Box 2, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1971
Correspondence, clippings, and notes, 1996-2006
File – Box 2, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1996-2006
Architectural drawings for: ALICE, ARENDAL, BECKER, G. J. BOYCE, GEORGE M. CASE, CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, EBEN, KEWAUNEE, 1935
File – Folder 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1935
Architectural drawings for: Mackinaw Fishing Boat, EMILY B. MAXWELL, MILTON, OUR SON, LUCIA A. SIMPSON, VERMONT, 1935
File – Box 2, Folder: Oversize Folder 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1935