Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America)

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Abstract of the ownership and title history of the gas-powered vessel FLORENCE from 1895-1983.

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Schooner built at Milan, Ohio in 1857. and owned by J.C. Lockwood. Summary account book of wages, receipts, and expenditures of a Great Lakes schooner.

Abstract During the early years of his college career, 1941-1942, Albert A. Bartlett obtained summer employment on the Great Lakes iron ore freighters PONTIAC and PETER WHITE. During this time Bartlett photographed his fellow crew members performing routine duties and later arranged 208 of his photos in a captioned scrapbook, a copy of which is presented here. Bartlett's photographs record the daily events of vessel life, capturing crew and officers at work and play. The collection also includes 7...

Scope and Contents The Fraley collection offers three types of information to researchers interested in the history of the Great Lakes region. Fleet logs for the Great Lakes Steamship Company and the Wilson Marine Transit Company provide lists of officers for these companies serving on their vessels. Names, positions held, vessel assignments, dates of employment and performance evaluations are included for 1937-1966.Another resource for examination in thiscollection is a series of course materials...

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Includes general, load-line, radio, and fire equipment certificates for the ALGOLAKE.

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

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The focus of this collection of photographs and printed items is the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Marblehead, Ottawa County, OH on Lake Erie. Few items are dated, but they fall in the period from c. 1905-1930. In the collection are 163 black and white photographs and three printed items.

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Listings for November 4 and 9, 1977, listing name of vessel, port or location en route, and cargo.

Scope and Contents This collection mainly consists of research materials gathered by Grant Brown during the development of his book Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries. Materials include annual reports, legal documents, logbook excerpts, publications, photographs, notes, and articles. An extensive file of newspaper articles cover the history and operations of Ann Arbor Railroad Company (AARC) and Michigan Interstate Railway Company...

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Dock trials and sea trials specifications manuals, calibration tables for fuel tanks, and hull outfit inventory and sanitation inspection certificates.

Abstract The Arthur C. Frederickson Collection contains information dating from 1872 through 1969 pertaining to the history of various vessels on the Great Lakes and, in particular, Lake Michigan. Included in the collection are: daily logs, shipwreck logs, crew lists, correspondence, photographs, research notes, articles and other publications, speeches, and subject files. The Frederickson Collection is especially valuable because of his experience in saltwater, the Mississippi River, the Erie Canal,...

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Financial ledgers detailing operational expenses for tugs in the fleet and also office expenses.

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Basic particulars of the yacht CRESCEUS during the time of its ownership by F.W. Defoe.

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Technical data on ship mechanical equipment compiled by the 3rd assistant engineer, Frank W. Trevorrow; includes statistics, calculations, and some specification drawings on generators, pumps, compressors, refrigeration machinery, boilers, tank capacities, and generator engine log readings for 1924 and 1925.

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Letters concerning Great Lakes ships and shipping, probably all written to Ralph K. Roberts of Saginaw, Michigan. Payea was a Ship captain serving on the Great Lakes, master of the LANGELL BOYS and later the AETNA.

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Office information sheets, with ship names, transportation statistics, personnel lists, and seasonal shipping summaries.

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Letter concerns Great Lakes shipping and the movements of the ship JAMES A. FARRELL. Buell was the Wheelsman of the BUELL at the time of writing.

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Correspondence and bill of lading for 683 tons of iron ore, shipped from Escanaba, Michigan, to Cleveland, Ohio, Thomas Wilford, Master

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Bill of lading for a cargo of wheat, shipped September 1, 1869. on board the schooner MYSTIC.

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Legal document, transferring ownership from partners in the schooner CONRAD REID to Cornelius C. Reid of Lorain, Ohio.

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

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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.

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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.