Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America)

 Subject

Found in 260 Collections and/or Records:

Inspection certificates for the EDWIN W. MUDGE

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0680
Scope and Contents

Includes both American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard certificates for annual inspections required for vessel to be in service.

Dates: Creation: 1947-1963

Inspection certificates for the GEORGE R. FINK

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0676
Scope and Contents

American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard certificates documenting vessel capacity inspections, load line surveys, and damage reports over a twenty-year span for the GEORGE R. FINK.

Dates: Creation: 1946-1967

Inspection certificates for the MATTHEW ANDREWS

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0679
Scope and Contents

American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard certificates documenting vessel capacity inspections, load line surveys, and damage reports over a twenty-year span for the MATTHEW ANDREWS.

Dates: Creation: 1953-1973

Inspection certificates for the NATIONAL TRADER

 Collection – Box GLMMS 13, Folder: 2
Identifier: GLMMS-0682
Scope and Contents

Certificate for inspection conducted by the American Bureau of Shipping

Dates: Creation: 1974

Interview with J. Peter Gordon, conducted by Warren Beck

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0624
Scope and Contents

Interview conducted by radio station CHML, Hamilton, Ontario, April 7, 1974, with the president of the Steel Company of Canada, Ldt. regarding shipping and tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Dates: Creation: 1974

Introductory remarks for the official opening of the Welland Canal navigation season

 Collection – Box GLMMS 30, Folder: 12
Identifier: GLMMS-1122
Scope and Contents

Speech presented by Bruce McLeod, VIce President of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority at opening day ceremonies, Welland Canal 1987 Season, April 1, 1987. Also contains a program for the rest of the event.

Dates: Creation: April 1, 1987

Irvin Stanley statement concerning the grounding of the steamer GEORGE STONE in Lake Erie

 Collection – Box GLMMS 37, Folder: 5
Identifier: GLMMS-2015
Scope and Contents

Handwritten statement from the First Mate of the steamer GEORGE STONE concerning its grounding in Lake Erie on October 12, 1909. After grounding, the vessel burned to a total loss with the loss of five lives.

Dates: Creation: October 1909

Ivan S. Brookes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0057
Abstract

This collection contains copies of data sheets for vessels of the Great Lakes and the Ocean and Coastal trades compiled from official records and published marine directories. Vessel history information is included on these sheets to reflect name changes, place of construction, dimensions, changes in ownership, and other details regarding the boat. Information dates from c. 1822-1975.

Dates: Creation: ca. 1822-1975

J. A. Paisley Steamship Company and Morrow Steamship Company records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0006
Scope and Contents Financial Records for the J. A. Paisley and Morrow Steamship Companies are the complete content of this collection. The records date from 1922 to 1953. The majority of these files are in the series of Vessel Expense Vouchers for the Paisley company. Dating from 1952-1953, these files document daily expenditures involved in operating the vessels in the fleet.The remaining part of the collection contains three ledgers for the Paisley and Morrow companies. Wage expenses are recorded...
Dates: Creation: 1922-1953

J. Stanley Morton papers

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0058
Abstract J. Stanley Morton, cofounder of the Graham & Morton Company involved in Great Lakes shipping, recorded observations about the business climate in southwestern Michigan in his diary. A photocopy of his diary for the years 1920-1932 is included as the principal component of this collection. A scrapbook and clippings files provide biographical information on Morton and discuss his career in lake transport. Copies of publications discuss the history of the Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Michigan...
Dates: Creation: 1884-1951; Creation: Majority of material found within 1920-1932

Jackson Transit Company records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0292
Scope and Contents

Seasonal reports of costs and receipts for company shipping operations of the steamer SAMUEL MITCHELL and the schooner CHICKAMAUGA on the Great Lakes.

Dates: Creation: 1899-1910

Jackson Transit Company records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0293
Scope and Contents

Reports of receipts and expenditures, with details on costs for oil, towing, wages, and other operational expenses, for the steamer Samuel Mitchell, operated by the Jackson Transit Company on the Great Lakes.

Dates: Creation: 1892-1910

James Donahue newspaper clipping collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-2153
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a series of regular columns on Great Lakes history written by James Donahue of the Port Huron Times-Herald from 1988-1996.

Dates: Creation: 1988-1996

James P. Barry papers

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0132
Abstract

Photographs and manuscripts created by Great Lakes author James Barry over a nearly 50-year span from the 1960s to the 2010s. Highlights include color slides of Lake Erie and Georgian Bay, drafts of books chapters, and a 1764 French map of the Great Lakes region.

Dates: Creation: 1764-2010; Creation: Majority of material found within 1967-2003

J.B. WILBOR vessel book

 Collection – Reel GLMMS 871 mf - 875 mf
Identifier: GLMMS-0871-mf
Scope and Contents

Log of a sailing vessel detailing cargoes carried and ports visited.

Dates: Creation: 1877

Jenkins Steamship Company History and Fleet List

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0592
Scope and Contents

History and listing of vessels operated by Jenkins, including ship history and statistics. Compiled by Jim Kidd.

Dates: Creation: 1976

Jesse Wells Church papers

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0010
Abstract This collection is composed of a business journal maintained by Jesse W. Church and other family members to record financial and other aspects of shipbuilding activities operated at Sugar Island, Michigan. The entries date from 1853-1895 and 1903. Cost figures for supplies, design plans, sketches of boats, and brief histories of some of the vessels are included. The Church boatyard specialized in sailing vessels of under fifty feet in length. Many Mackinaw boats were built at the Sugar...
Dates: Creation: 1853-1895; Creation: 1903; Digitized: 2016

JOHN B. COWLE logbooks

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0776
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Creation: 1962-1969

John C. Smith collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0055
Scope and Contents This collection contains published material regarding employment on Great Lakes vessels acquired by John C. Smith during his career with several Great Lakes fleets. These items span the years 1919-1937.A lengthy manual written by Captain John C. Murray lists sample questions used in navigational schools for training examinations. Master, mates, and pilots studied this manual in order to take licensing tests prepared by the Lake Carriers' Association. John C. Smith has made...
Dates: Creation: 1919-1937

JOHN C. WILLIAMS (Steamship) records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0313
Scope and Contents

Compiled listing of individual trips during the 1954 sailing season, indicating the points of departure/arrival, cargo, and mileage statistics

Dates: Creation: 1954

John H. Gilbert collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0108
Abstract

The collection contains captain logs and account books for the tugboat TOURIST for 1921-1939, including business affairs, ports of arrivals, passenger lists, crew lists, cargo lists and prices, maintenance entries, cash accounts, newspaper clippings and a 1952 end log entry of the transfer of the TOURIST to Standard Towing Corp. An account book for the tugboat SCHNODEN begins on September 15, 1921 and continues to November 26, 1921.

Dates: Creation: 1875-1952; Creation: Majority of material found within 1921-1939

John H. Sims papers

 Collection – Box GLMMS 13, Folder: 17
Identifier: GLMMS-0711
Scope and Contents

Copies of bills of lading, receipts, and a biographical sketch written after his death.

Dates: Creation: 1839-1896 (scattered dates)

John L. Clark collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0117
Abstract

This collection is composed photographs and slides of Great Lakes vessels and assorted manuscript materials pertaining primarily to Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company and its Great Lakes vessels. Photos in this collection date mostly from the 1990s to the 2000s. The collection’s wide range of manuscripts ranges from newspaper articles to vessel crew listings and provides ample information pertaining to Cleveland-Cliffs vessels and operations.

Dates: Creation: 1914-2011

JOSEPH H. THOMPSON records

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0087
Abstract The Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company launched the MARINE ROBIN in 1944 at Chester, PA. In 1950 the vessel was added to the M.A. Hanna Co. fleet and renamed JOSEPH H. THOMPSON. This collection contains vessel records for the years 1976-1982. Correspondence describes maintenance and personnel matters, while various logs record operating details of individual trips during the sailing season. Also included is a 1980 incident report which illustrates the company's accident-reporting...
Dates: Creation: 1976-1982

J.W. Westcott scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0642
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of clippings and other material on Great Lakes shipping, the Detroit, area, and the Westcott family.

Dates: Creation: 1895-1968

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Shipping
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Great Lakes (North America)