Marine Historical Society of Detroit records
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0007
Collection Organization
The proceedings of the Marine Historical Society include minutes of the Advisory Council (1949 to the present) and general membership meetings (1944-1970) as well as a variety of miscellaneous committees. These minutes are fairly complete and reflect the administrative history of the Society as well as programs held and projects undertaken. Other administrative records include the Society's constitution, by-laws, and membership lists.
Correspondence, including intra-Society mailings, are detailed and informative as to the plans of this organization and date from 1945 to the present. Also included in this collection are a variety of speeches and papers delivered before Society members at general meetings. In addition, the complete files of The Detroit Marine Historian, (1947-), the Society's monthly newsletter, and other Society publications are available and, together with the speeches, provide a great deal of information on Great Lakes shipping. Lastly the collection contains a variety of flyers, brochures, newsletters, and pamphlets pertaining to the Great Lakes shipping scene.
Proceedings, 1944-2002
Series
Box 1-3, 16
MINUTES-ADVISORY COUNCIL;
June 21, 1949 - May 2002;
Includes business conducted, resolutions, elections, new members admitted, treasurer's report.
MINUTES-GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS;
July 13, 1944 - September 26, 1970;
Includes announcements, reports, programs held.
MINUTES-EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE;
October 18, 1944 - August 14, 1945 (scattered);
Includes similar information as found in the Advisory Council minutes.
MINUTES-NOMINATING COMMITTEE;
1956-1969, undated (scattered);
Contains report of committee providing slate of officers.
MINUTES-MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES;
1953, 1962, 1965, undated;
Arranged by type of committee and chronologically.
Includes minutes of Publication, Program, Moving, and Financial Report committees.
CONSTITUTIONS/BY-LAWS;
1944-1989, undated (scattered);
Contains purposes and rules by which organization is managed.
MEMBERSHIP/OFFICERS LISTS;
1949-1978, 1984-1986, 1988-1990;
Contains names and addresses.
TREASURER'S REPORT;
1968-1970;
Includes itemized listing of expenditures and receipts.
- Arrangement
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Arranged chronologically.
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-2002
Advisory Council minutes, June 21, 1949 - November 7, 1956
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: June 21, 1949 - November 7, 1956
Advisory Council minutes, January 2, 1957 - December 5, 1960
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: January 2, 1957 - December 5, 1960
Advisory Council minutes, January 4, 1961 - December 12, 1963
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: January 4, 1961 - December 12, 1963
Advisory Council minutes, January 2, 1964 - October 29, 1969
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: January 2, 1964 - October 29, 1969
Advisory Council minutes, January 21, 1970 - December 9, 1975
File – Box 1, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: January 21, 1970 - December 9, 1975
Advisory Council minutes, January 6, 1976 - December 13, 1979
File – Box 1, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: January 6, 1976 - December 13, 1979
Advisory Council minutes, January 16, 1980 - December 1984
File – Box 1, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: January 16, 1980 - December 1984
Advisory Council minutes, January 26, 1985 - December 6, 1988
File – Box 1, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: January 26, 1985 - December 6, 1988
Advisory Council minutes, January 14, 1989 - November 17, 1990
File – Box 1, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: January 14, 1989 - November 17, 1990
Advisory Council minutes, January 19, 1991 - May 2002
File – Box 1, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: January 19, 1991 - May 2002
General membership meeting minutes, July 13, 1944 - December 17, 1947
File – Box 2, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: July 13, 1944 - December 17, 1947
General membership meeting minutes, January 29, 1948 - December 14, 1949, March 28, 1951 - December 17, 1952
File – Box 2, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: January 29, 1948 - December 14, 1949
- Creation: March 28, 1951 - December 17, 1952
General membership meeting minutes, January 11, 1956 - November 20, 1957
File – Box 2, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: January 11, 1956 - November 20, 1957
General membership meeting minutes, January 8, 1958 - November 19, 1959
File – Box 2, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: January 8, 1958 - November 19, 1959
General membership meeting minutes, January 16, 1960 - November 18, 1961
File – Box 2, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: January 16, 1960 - November 18, 1961
General membership meeting minutes, January 19, 1962 - November 14, 1963
File – Box 2, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: January 19, 1962 - November 14, 1963
General membership meeting minutes, January 8, 1964 - November 20, 1965
File – Box 2, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: January 8, 1964 - November 20, 1965
General membership meeting minutes, January 27, 1966 - October 21, 1967
File – Box 2, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: January 27, 1966 - October 21, 1967
General membership meeting minutes, January 20, 1968 - September 27, 1969
File – Box 2, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: January 20, 1968 - September 27, 1969
General membership meeting minutes, January 10, 1970 - September 26, 1970
File – Box 2, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: January 10, 1970 - September 26, 1970
Executive Committee meeting minutes, October 18, 1944 - January 9, 1945, August 14, 1945
File – Box 2, Folder: 11
- Dates
- Creation: October 18, 1944 - January 9, 1945
- Creation: August 14, 1945
Nominating Committee minutes, 1956-1969, n.d. (scattered)
File – Box 2, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: 1956-1969, n.d. (scattered)
Miscellaneous committee minutes (Publications, Program, Moving, Financial Report), 1953, 1962, 1965
File – Box 2, Folder: 13
- Dates
- Creation: 1953
- Creation: 1962
- Creation: 1965
Constitution/By-laws, 1944
File – Box 3, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
Constitution/By-laws, 1949, 1950
File – Box 3, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1949
- Creation: 1950
Constitution/By-laws, 1953, 1955, 1972
File – Box 3, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1953
- Creation: 1955
- Creation: 1972
Constitution/By-laws; revised August 2, 1988, September 11, 1989; amended September 16, 1989; draft constitution June, 1989, August 2, 1988, September 11, 1989, September 16, 1989, June 1989
File – Box 3, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: August 2, 1988
- Creation: September 11, 1989
- Creation: September 16, 1989
- Creation: June 1989
Ballots and election results, 1949-1970, n.d.
File – Box 3, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1949-1970, n.d.
List of officers on Advisory Council, 1959, 1955-1978, 1984-1985, 1989-1990
File – Box 3, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
- Creation: 1955-1978
- Creation: 1984-1985
- Creation: 1989-1990
Membership lists, 1949-1970
File – Box 3, Folder: 11
- Dates
- Creation: 1949-1970
Membership lists, 1971-1975, 1986, 1988
File – Box 3, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: 1971-1975
- Creation: 1986
- Creation: 1988
Membership directory, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965
File – Box 3, Folder: 14
- Dates
- Creation: 1953
- Creation: 1957
- Creation: 1961
- Creation: 1965
Members sailing on the Great Lakes, 1967-1968
File – Box 3, Folder: 15
- Dates
- Creation: 1967-1968
Treasurer's report, 1968-1970
File – Box 3, Folder: 18
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-1970
Annual report for the State of Michigan, 1953
File – Box 3, Folder: 19
- Dates
- Creation: 1953
Membership Directory, 1965
File – Box 16, Folder: 21
- Dates
- Creation: 1965
Lists of Officers, 1978-2007
File – Box 16, Folder: 23
- Dates
- Creation: 1978-2007
Correspondence, 1945-1990, undated
Series
Box 4
CORRESPONDENCE;
1945-1990, undated;
Contains correspondence mainly from and to the President of the Society regarding business of Society--programs, reporting, membership.
MEMOS FROM THE PRESIDENT;
1963-1972, 1976, undated;
Includes letters to Society members from the President regarding business and programs.
NOTICES OF MEETINGS;
1946-;
Includes notes from either the President or Secretary of the Society on upcoming programs, advisory council meetings, and general membership meetings.
- Arrangement
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Arranged chronologically.
- Dates
- Creation: 1945-1990, undated
Correspondence, 1945-1966, 1967-1988, 1990
File – Box 4, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1945-1966
- Creation: 1967-1988
- Creation: 1990
Correspondence, 1945-1966, 1967-1988, 1990
File – Box 4, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1945-1966
- Creation: 1967-1988
- Creation: 1990
Messages and memos from the President, 1963-1972, 1976
File – Box 4, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1963-1972
- Creation: 1976
Notices and announcements sent to members, 1946-1952
File – Box 4, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1946-1952
Notices and announcements sent to members, 1953-1991
File – Box 4, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1953-1991
Notices of Advisory Council Meetings, September 25, 1957 - December 13, 1965
File – Box 4, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: September 25, 1957 - December 13, 1965
Notices of Advisory Council Meetings, January 17, 1966 - December 10, 1969
File – Box 4, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: January 17, 1966 - December 10, 1969
Notices of Advisory Council Meetings, March 3, 1970 - December 3, 1975
File – Box 4, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: March 3, 1970 - December 3, 1975
Notices of Advisory Council Meetings, July 15, 1979 - April 4, 1989
File – Box 4, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: July 15, 1979 - April 4, 1989
Subject Files, 1944-1970, undated
Series
Box 3
ARCHIVES FILES;
1957-1970, undated;
arranged chronologically.
Includes listing of the items in the Society's archives, accessions correspondence, and display agreements.
MAIL AUCTIONS/PUBLICATIONS LISTS;
1950-1979, undated;
Includes letters sent to members with publications or items which can be purchased. Also includes letters announcing special trips for members.
RESOLUTIONS/AGREEMENTS;
1957, 1962, 1965, 1967;
arranged chronologically.
Includes resolutions of Board establishing bank accounts and agreement with the City School District of Wyandotte, Michigan, for the storage of the archives.
LISTS/SHIP HISTORIES;
1845-1858, 1940-1968, 1976-1980, undated (scattered);
Unarranged.
Includes list of types of ships, appointment lists, list of fleets, lay up lists (1961-1979), and some ship histories.
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1970, undated
Proposed amendments. 1949-1956, n.d., 1949-1956
File – Box 3, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1949-1956
Corporate resolutions for deposit account, 1962, 1967
File – Box 3, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1962
- Creation: 1967
Board of Directors resolution on bank account, June 12, 1957, October 7, 1957
File – Box 3, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: June 12, 1957
- Creation: October 7, 1957
Agreement with city school district of Wyandotte, MI, March 10, 1965
File – Box 3, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: March 10, 1965
Inventory of archives, 1965-1966
File – Box 3, Folder: 16
- Dates
- Creation: 1965-1966
Accessions file, display agreements, 1957-1970
File – Box 3, Folder: 17
- Dates
- Creation: 1957-1970
Mail auctions, trips, publication lists, 1950-1979
File – Box 3, Folder: 13
- Dates
- Creation: 1950-1979
Literary Productions, 1944-
Series
Box 5-9, 11-16
THE DETROIT MARINE HISTORIAN;
1947-;
arranged chronologically.
The Society's monthly publication.
SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS;
Scattered dates.
Includes: Ships That Never Die, including proofs; Ahoy and Farewell; and Date Calendars.
SPEECHES/PAPERS;
1944-1970, undated (scattered);
arranged chronologically and alphabetically.
Includes speeches and papers delivered before the Society as well as radio scripts and histories written of the Society.
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 1 and Index, 1947-1948
File – Box 5, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1947-1948
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 2 and Index, 1948-1949
File – Box 5, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1948-1949
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 3 and Index, 1949-1950
File – Box 5, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1949-1950
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 4 and Index, 1950-1951
File – Box 5, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1950-1951
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 5 and Index, 1951-1952
File – Box 5, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1951-1952
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 6 and Index, 1952-1953
File – Box 5, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1952-1953
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 7 and Index; Mid-Summer Supplement, 1953-1954
File – Box 5, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1953-1954
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 8 and Index; Mid-Summer Supplement, 1954-1955
File – Box 5, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 1954-1955
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 9 and Index; Mid-Summer Supplement, Reprint of Vol. 1, 1955-1956
File – Box 5, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: 1955-1956
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 10 and Index, 1956-1957
File – Box 5, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: 1956-1957
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 11 and Index; Mid-Autumn Supplement, 1957-1958
File – Box 5, Folder: 11
- Dates
- Creation: 1957-1958
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 12 and Index; Index to "Ships That Never Die", 1958-1959
File – Box 5, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: 1958-1959
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 13 and Index; The Year in Review, 1959, 1959-1960
File – Box 5, Folder: 13
- Dates
- Creation: 1959-1960
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 14 and Index; The Year in Review, 1960, 1960-1961
File – Box 5, Folder: 14
- Dates
- Creation: 1960-1961
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 15 and Index; The Year in Review, 1961, 1961-1962
File – Box 5, Folder: 15
- Dates
- Creation: 1961-1962
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 16 and Index; The Year in Review, 1962, 1962-1963
File – Box 5, Folder: 16
- Dates
- Creation: 1962-1963
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 17, 1963-1964
File – Box 5, Folder: 17
- Dates
- Creation: 1963-1964
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 18 and Index; Reprint of Vol. 3 with revisions, 1964-1965
File – Box 5, Folder: 18
- Dates
- Creation: 1964-1965
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 19, 1965-1966
File – Box 5, Folder: 19
- Dates
- Creation: 1965-1966
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 20, 1966-1967
File – Box 5, Folder: 20
- Dates
- Creation: 1966-1967
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 21 and Index; Winter Lay-up List, 1967-1968
File – Box 5, Folder: 21
- Dates
- Creation: 1967-1968
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 22 and Index; Winter Lay-up List; The Year in Review: 1968, 1968-1969
File – Box 5, Folder: 22
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-1969
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 23; The Year in Review 1969; Winter Lay-up List, 1969-1970
File – Box 6, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1969-1970
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 24; The Year in Review, 1970; Winter Lay-up List, 1970-1971
File – Box 6, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1970-1971
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 25, 1971-1972
File – Box 6, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1971-1972
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 26, 1972-1973
File – Box 6, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1972-1973
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 27; Winter Lay-up List, 1973-1974
File – Box 6, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1973-1974
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 28; Winter Lay-up List, 1974-1975
File – Box 6, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1974-1975
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 29, no cover sheet, 1975-1976
File – Box 6, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1975-1976
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 30, no cover sheet, 1976-1977
File – Box 6, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 1976-1977
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 31 and Index, no cover sheet, 1977-1978
File – Box 6, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: 1977-1978
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 32-36, 1978-1983
File – Box 6, Folder: 10-14
- Dates
- Creation: 1978-1983
Ships That Never Die, 1952
File – Box 7, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1952
Ahoy and Farewell, 1970
File – Box 7, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1970
Annual photo calendar, 1972-1997
File – Box 7, Folder: 3-28
- Dates
- Creation: 1972-1997
List of addresses and speakers, 1944
File – Box 8, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
"History of Shipping at Mt. Clemens, ", September 27, 1945
File – Box 8, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: September 27, 1945
"Navigation Around the History of Sault Sainte Marie", Raymond J. Knight, February 28, 1946
File – Box 8, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: February 28, 1946
"Red Stacks in the Sunset", Rev. Edward J. Dowling, May 23, 1946
File – Box 8, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: May 23, 1946
"Livingstone Channel", A.D.R. Fraser, June 3, 1950
File – Box 8, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: June 3, 1950
Talk by Fred Dutton, October 28, 1953
File – Box 8, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: October 28, 1953
"Marine Operations - Ford Motor Company", Clare J. Snider, November 19, 1959
File – Box 8, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: November 19, 1959
"The Great Lake Carriers' Association", Vice Admiral Lyndon Spencer, February 20, 1960
File – Box 8, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: February 20, 1960
"History of Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd.", 1961
File – Box 8, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: 1961
"Some Differences Between Us", Stuart Armour, February 21, 1970
File – Box 8, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: February 21, 1970
"Dustless Road to Happy Land", n.d.
File – Box 8, Folder: 11
"First Carferry Crosses Lake Michigan", n.d.
File – Box 8, Folder: 12
"Life and Times of Captain James D. Morrison", Neil F. Morrison, n.d.
File – Box 8, Folder: 13
"The Tashmoo", Ken Smith, n.d.
File – Box 8, Folder: 14
"The Vanishing Fleets", Rev. Edward J. Dowling, n.d.
File – Box 8, Folder: 15
Note on speeches given at the Society, 1945-1951, n.d.
File – Box 8, Folder: 16
- Dates
- Creation: 1945-1951, n.d.
Notes of radio sketches (CKLW), 1949
File – Box 8, Folder: 17
- Dates
- Creation: 1949
Radio script: "Ferry Service on the Detroit River", CKLW, 1951
File – Box 8, Folder: 18
- Dates
- Creation: 1951
"Founding of the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company", n.d.
File – Box 8, Folder: 19
"First Passenger Launch Trip in History", July 3, 1958
File – Box 8, Folder: 20
- Dates
- Creation: July 3, 1958
Published articles by Society members, 1931-1948
File – Box 8, Folder: 21
- Dates
- Creation: 1931-1948
History of the Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 1944
File – Box 8, Folder: 22
- Dates
- Creation: 1944
"FITZ Sinking Prompts Query of Lakes Safety, Economics", February 24, 1976
File – Box 8, Folder: 23
- Dates
- Creation: February 24, 1976
Appointment lists, 1940, 1976-1980
File – Box 9, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1940
- Creation: 1976-1980
List of Great Lakes package freighter fleets, January 20, 1968
File – Box 9, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: January 20, 1968
List of whale back steamships and barges, 1956
File – Box 9, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1956
List of railway car ferries, n.d.
File – Box 9, Folder: 4
List of vessels in Lake Superior trade, 1845-1858
File – Box 9, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1845-1858
List of Chicago to Lake Superior passenger trips, October 27, 1954
File – Box 9, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: October 27, 1954
Pittsburgh Steamship Company freights, additions, removals, May 22, 1965
File – Box 9, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: May 22, 1965
Overseas vessel traffic analysis, December 29, 1963
File – Box 9, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: December 29, 1963
Canallers by type, November 14, 1963
File – Box 9, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: November 14, 1963
Story of Pittsburgh Steamship Company with list of ships, n.d.
File – Box 9, Folder: 10
List of Boland and Cornelius fleet, n.d.
File – Box 9, Folder: 11
Ships that made Milwaukee famous, March 3, 1948
File – Box 9, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: March 3, 1948
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company list of steamers, December 17, 1947
File – Box 9, Folder: 13
- Dates
- Creation: December 17, 1947
List of transportation companies, n.d.
File – Box 9, Folder: 14
List of Glen Line vessels, n.d.
File – Box 9, Folder: 15
Bradley Fleet list, n.d.
File – Box 9, Folder: 16
Graham and Morton fleet list, 1947
File – Box 9, Folder: 17
- Dates
- Creation: 1947
Vessel list, narrative of Detroit and Cleveland fleet, n.d.
File – Box 9, Folder: 18
List of ships in The Detroit Marine Historian, 1971
File – Box 9, Folder: 19
- Dates
- Creation: 1971
Information sheets on the S.M. DEAN, October 26, 1949
File – Box 9, Folder: 20
- Dates
- Creation: October 26, 1949
Michigan Historical Commission Site No. 110; text for roadside park marker, March 22, 1957
File – Box 9, Folder: 21
- Dates
- Creation: March 22, 1957
Miscellaneous ship histories, 1970
File – Box 9, Folder: 22
- Dates
- Creation: 1970
Miscellaneous ships, n.d.
File – Box 9, Folder: 23
Marine Historical Society of Detroit; programs, souvenirs, tickets, cards, 1945-1956 (scattered)
File – Box 9, Folder: 25
- Dates
- Creation: 1945-1956 (scattered)
Proofs of Ships that Never Die, 1952
File – Box 9, Folder: 28-30
- Dates
- Creation: 1952
Lay up lists, 1961-1979
File – Box 9, Folder: 31
- Dates
- Creation: 1961-1979
Fit out dates, 1975-1976
File – Box 9, Folder: 32
- Dates
- Creation: 1975-1976
Vessel traffic, 1975-1976
File – Box 9, Folder: 33
- Dates
- Creation: 1975-1976
Cargo tonnage, 1929-1975
File – Box 9, Folder: 34
- Dates
- Creation: 1929-1975
Vessel lists, 1955-1969
File – Box 9, Folder: 35
- Dates
- Creation: 1955-1969
Ships We Remember I, Research Materials, ca. 1976
File – Box 11, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: ca. 1976
Ships We Remember I & II, Publishing Agreements, 1976, 1982
File – Box 11, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1976
- Creation: 1982
Ships We Remember I, Correspondence, 1974-1979
File – Box 11, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1974-1979
Ships We Remember I, Rough Draft #1, n.d.
File – Box 11, Folder: 4-5
Ships We Remember I, Rough Draft #2, n.d.
File – Box 12, Folder: 1
Ships We Remember I, Final Rough Draft, n.d.
File – Box 12, Folder: 2
Ships We Remember I, Master Proof, February 16, 1976
File – Box 12, Folder: 3-4
- Dates
- Creation: February 16, 1976
Ships We Remember I, Vessel listings from Vander Linden and Dowling Collections, n.d.
File – Box 13, Folder: 1
Ships We Remember II, Index, n.d.
File – Box 13, Folder: 2
Ships We Remember II, Publicity, 1983-1984
File – Box 13, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1983-1984
Ships We Remember II, Correspondence, Freshwater Press, 1980-1984
File – Box 13, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1980-1984
Ships We Remember II, Correspondence, Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 1980-1984
File – Box 13, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1980-1984
Ships We Remember II, Pre-publishing editing changes, 1983-1984
File – Box 13, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1983-1984
Ships We Remember II, Rough Draft #1, n.d.
File – Box 13, Folder: 7-8
Ships We Remember II, Rough Draft #2, n.d.
File – Box 14, Folder: 1-3
Ships We Remember II, Vessel dimensions from Van der Linden and Dowling Collections, n.d.
File – Box 14, Folder: 4
Ships We Remember III, Correspondence, Freshwater Press, 1985-1987
File – Box 14, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1985-1987
Ahoy & Farewell II (3 copies), 1996
File – Box 15, Folder: 1-3
- Dates
- Creation: 1996
Annual Photo Calendar, 1998-2001
File – Box 15, Folder: 4-7
- Dates
- Creation: 1998-2001
Annual Photo Calendar, 2013
File – Box 15, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 2013
Annual Photo Calendar, 2016-2017
File – Box 15, Folder: 9-10
- Dates
- Creation: 2016-2017
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 11-20 and Index, 1957-1967
File – Box 15, Folder: 11
- Dates
- Creation: 1957-1967
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 31-40 and Index, 1977-1987
File – Box 15, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: 1977-1987
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 31, 1977-1978
File – Box 15, Folder: 13
- Dates
- Creation: 1977-1978
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 35, No. 11-12, July-Aug. 1982
File – Box 15, Folder: 14
- Dates
- Creation: July-Aug. 1982
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 37, 1983-1984
File – Box 15, Folder: 15
- Dates
- Creation: 1983-1984
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 38, 1984-1985
File – Box 15, Folder: 16
- Dates
- Creation: 1984-1985
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 39, 1985-1986
File – Box 15, Folder: 17
- Dates
- Creation: 1985-1986
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 40, 1986-1987
File – Box 15, Folder: 18
- Dates
- Creation: 1986-1987
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 41, 1987-1988
File – Box 15, Folder: 19
- Dates
- Creation: 1987-1988
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 42 and Index to Vol. 41-42, 1988-1989
File – Box 15, Folder: 20
- Dates
- Creation: 1988-1989
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 43 and Index, 1989-1990
File – Box 15, Folder: 21
- Dates
- Creation: 1989-1990
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 44 and Index, 1990-1991
File – Box 15, Folder: 22
- Dates
- Creation: 1990-1991
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 45 and Index, 1991-1992
File – Box 15, Folder: 23
- Dates
- Creation: 1991-1992
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 46 and Index, 1992-1993
File – Box 15, Folder: 24
- Dates
- Creation: 1992-1993
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 47 and Index, 1993-1994
File – Box 15, Folder: 25
- Dates
- Creation: 1993-1994
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 48 and Index, 1994-1995
File – Box 15, Folder: 26
- Dates
- Creation: 1994-1995
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 49 and Index, 1994-1995
File – Box 15, Folder: 27
- Dates
- Creation: 1994-1995
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 1-10 and Index, Vol. 21-30 and Index, 1947-1957, 1967-1977
File – Box 15, Folder: 28
- Dates
- Creation: 1947-1957
- Creation: 1967-1977
Date Calendar, 1981-1982, 1986-1987
File – Box 15, Folder: 29
- Dates
- Creation: 1981-1982
- Creation: 1986-1987
Great Lakes Ships We Remember, 1979
File – Box 15, Folder: 30
- Dates
- Creation: 1979
Great Lakes Ships We Remember, Revised Edition, 1984
File – Box 15, Folder: 31
- Dates
- Creation: 1984
Ahoy & Farewell, Revised Edition, 2001
File – Box 16, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 2001
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 41-50 and Index, 1987-1997
File – Box 16, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1987-1997
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 53 and Index, 1999-2000
File – Box 16, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1999-2000
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 54 and Index, 2000-2001
File – Box 16, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 2000-2001
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 55, 2001-2002
File – Box 16, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 2001-2002
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 56, 2002-2003
File – Box 16, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 2002-2003
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 57, 2003-2004
File – Box 16, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 2003-2004
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 58, 2004-2005
File – Box 16, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: 2004-2005
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 59, 2005-2006
File – Box 16, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: 2005-2006
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 60 and Index, 2006-2007
File – Box 16, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: 2006-2007
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 61 and Index, 2007-2008
File – Box 16, Folder: 11
- Dates
- Creation: 2007-2008
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 62 and Index, 2008-2009
File – Box 16, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: 2008-2009
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 63, 2009-2010
File – Box 16, Folder: 13
- Dates
- Creation: 2009-2010
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 64, 2010-2011
File – Box 16, Folder: 14
- Dates
- Creation: 2010-2011
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 65, 2011-2012
File – Box 16, Folder: 15
- Dates
- Creation: 2011-2012
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 66, 2012-2013
File – Box 16, Folder: 16
- Dates
- Creation: 2012-2013
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 67, 2013-2014
File – Box 16, Folder: 17
- Dates
- Creation: 2013-2014
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 68, 2014-2015
File – Box 16, Folder: 18
- Dates
- Creation: 2014-2015
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 69, 2015-2016
File – Box 16, Folder: 19
- Dates
- Creation: 2015-2016
The Detroit Marine Historian, Vol. 70, 2016-2017
File – Box 16, Folder: 20
- Dates
- Creation: 2016-2017
Historic Lake Vessels in Color, Collector Photo Series #1, 2003
File – Box 16, Folder: 22
- Dates
- Creation: 2003
Annual Photo Calendar, 2002-2015
File – Box 16, Folder: 24-36
- Dates
- Creation: 2002-2015
Printed Material, 1868-1968, bulk: 1944-1968
Series
Box 9-10
PRINTED MATERIAL
Scattered dates, arranged by title.
Includes a variety of newsletters, brochures, pamphlets, and news clippings on Great Lakes shipping.
- Dates
- Creation: 1868-1968
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1944-1968
Newspaper clippings, 1945-1958
File – Box 9, Folder: 24
- Dates
- Creation: 1945-1958
Steamship Historical Society of America; directories, minutes, correspondence, 1945-1949
File – Box 9, Folder: 26-27
- Dates
- Creation: 1945-1949
Newsletters, 1944-1953 (scattered)
File – Box 10, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1944-1953 (scattered)
Nautical Research Group, Feb.-April. 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 1, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: Feb.-April. 1948
Congressional Record, January 24, 1950
Item – Box 10, Folder: 1, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: January 24, 1950
Monroe Sentinel, February 1951, March 1952
Item – Box 10, Folder: 1, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: February 1951
- Creation: March 1952
Great Lakes News, June-July 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 1, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: June-July 1948
Great Lakes Review, September 1944, December 1953
Item – Box 10, Folder: 1, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: September 1944
- Creation: December 1953
Newsletters, 1868-1949 (scattered)
File – Box 10, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1868-1949 (scattered)
News Buoy, Apr.-May 1948, October 1948, December 1948, Jan.-Feb. 1949, April 1949
Item – Box 10, Folder: 2, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: Apr.-May 1948
- Creation: October 1948
- Creation: December 1948
- Creation: Jan.-Feb. 1949
- Creation: April 1949
Navy Club News, May 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 2, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: May 1948
Bulletin of Detroit Historical Society, April 1945
Item – Box 10, Folder: 2, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: April 1945
International Marine Engineering (reprint), 1912
Item – Box 10, Folder: 2, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1912
News Releases, Toledo Blade, 1868-1879 (scattered)
Item – Box 10, Folder: 2, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1868-1879 (scattered)
Newsletters, 1940-1960, n.d. (scattered)
File – Box 10, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1940-1960, n.d. (scattered)
"Bulletin of Information" - The Marine Historical Association, Inc., Mystic, Connecticut, ca. 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 3, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: ca. 1948
Membership Roster of the Great Lakes Historical Society, February 1960
Item – Box 10, Folder: 3, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: February 1960
"The Fictitious Glamour of the St. Lawrence", n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 3, Item: 3
"The St. Lawrence--Those It Would Injure", n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 3, Item: 4
"The St. Lawrence Project--Why, and Why Now?" by Lewis G. Haney, ca. 1940
Item – Box 10, Folder: 3-12, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: ca. 1940
Flyer--Edison Boat Club Party, February 13, 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 3-12, Item: 6
- Dates
- Creation: February 13, 1948
Newsletters and Pamphlet Material, 1947-1968, n.d. (scattered)
File – Box 10, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1947-1968, n.d. (scattered)
"Wakefield Nautical Museum--Great Lakes Historical Society", n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 1
"American Security Depends on a Strong Merchant Marine," by Hon. Christopher C. McGrath, March 19, 1952
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: March 19, 1952
Timetable--Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company, 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1948
Timetable--Miller Boat Livery, Put-in-Bay, Ohio, 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1948
"A Brief Summary Concerning the Present State of the Merchant Marine", July 26, 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: July 26, 1948
Text of the address delivered at Mariner's Church by Robert E. Lee of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, August 25, 1968
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 6
- Dates
- Creation: August 25, 1968
Program--Mariner's Church, August 25, 1968
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 7
- Dates
- Creation: August 25, 1968
Brochure--The Paris Naval Museum, n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 8
List--Motor Boat Racing Records, from Motor Boating, January 1963
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 9
- Dates
- Creation: January 1963
Flags and Insignia--Officers of the United States Power Squadron, from Motor Boating, January 1962
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 10
- Dates
- Creation: January 1962
Brochure--"The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia", n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 11
"Put-in-Bay Island", n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 12
Timetable--Ashley and Dustin Steamer Line, n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 13
Testimonial and Memento, William F. Lawler (1887-1943), n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 14
"Report of the Michigan Historical Collections," reprinted from 1956-1957 Report of President of the University of Michigan, 1956-1957
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 15
- Dates
- Creation: 1956-1957
Brochure--Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont, n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 16
Timetable and Rates--Detroit Cruise Company, 1961
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 17
- Dates
- Creation: 1961
Timetable--Erie Isle Ferry Company, 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 18
- Dates
- Creation: 1948
Timetable--S.S. Milwaukee Clipper, 1947
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 19
- Dates
- Creation: 1947
Timetable--Automobile Club of Michigan/Georgian Bay Line Cruises, 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 20
- Dates
- Creation: 1948
Brochure--80th Anniversary Souvenir, D and C Navigation Company, 1948
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 21
- Dates
- Creation: 1948
Timetable--Ann Arbor Car Ferries, 1947
Item – Box 10, Folder: 4, Item: 22
- Dates
- Creation: 1947
Pamphlet Items, 1909-1993, n.d. (scattered)
File – Box 10, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1909-1993, n.d. (scattered)
"Ohio's Bass Islands," from Popular Boating, July 1958
Item – Box 10, Folder: 5, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: July 1958
"Change," Detroit Episcopal City Mission Society and Mariners Church, 1950
Item – Box 10, Folder: 5, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1950
Timetable--Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company, 1947
Item – Box 10, Folder: 5, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1947
Timetable--S.S. Put-In-Bay, n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 5, Item: 4
Meal ticket--Cleveland and Buffalo Line, n.d.
Item – Box 10, Folder: 5, Item: 5
"The Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909" by the Hudson Day Line, 1909
Item – Box 10, Folder: 5, Item: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1909
"Keel Blocks: A Semi-Annual Report on Shipbuilding on the Great Lakes", December 1966-December 1968
Item – Box 10, Folder: 5, Item: 7
- Dates
- Creation: December 1966-December 1968
Program for Annual Dinner Meeting, April 17, 1993
Item – Box 10, Folder: 5, Item: 8
- Dates
- Creation: April 17, 1993