Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America)

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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.

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...

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Informational bulletins, some with handwritten marginal notations.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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Agreement between the Cleveland, Detroit, and Lake Superior Line and the Detroit and Lake Superior Company to pool resources. This operation would later become the Lake Superior Transit Company.

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This collection contains ship's records for vessels that served with the Coastwise Trading Company Fleet from 1913-1983. Records consist mainly of Captain's Logs and crew lists, while small numbers of other material such as Engine Room Log books are also present.

Scope and Contents This collection documents daily activities on the COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS (US 225394) from 1952 to 1974. In 26 log books, the chief engineers and deck officers recorded daily events for each trip sailed in the shipping season lasating from April to December.Engineer's logs monitored engine performance and are found in 21 of the 26 volumes of this collection. Official logs in five volumes reflect the interests of the officers in consistently noting the speed of the vessel on the...

Scope and Contents This collection provides information on the operation of the Columbia Transportation Company. Data on vessels and officers is available. A series on the annual meeting of vessel masters held in March provides material covering issues of interest to the captains working for the Columbia fleet in the years 1976-1979.Rosters for the Columbia vessels and the officers assigned to them appear for 1978 and 1980. Wage scales, accident reports, and company earnings also appear with these...

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General logbooks or trip sheets detailing dates, cargo, and remarks for shipping seasons 1952, 1960-1964, and 1966-1967.

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Reports of receipts and expenditures, with details on costs for oil, towing, wages, and other operational expenses, for the steamers SAMUEL MITCHELL and REPUBLIC, operated by the Jackson Transit Company on the Great Lakes.

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Loose log sheets giving departure and arrival ports, dates, time steaming and time in canal, cargo and other remarks.