Merchant mariners -- Great Lakes (North America)

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Outline of a presentation given in 1996 at an unknown location, but in the Chicago area. The outline includes a bibliography and photocopies of photographs used in the presentation.

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Certificate issued by the Inspectors of Steam Vessels for service as a shipmaster on the Great Lakes.

Scope and Contents This collection contains files acquired and created by the United Steel Workers--Great Lakes Seamen's Local 5000 office in Cleveland, Ohio. The eleven cubic feet of files span the years 1937-1981. Most files represent interests of the members of Local 5000 after 1960.A relatively small portion of the administrative records of Local 5000 are present. Scattered sets of meeting minutes appear along with membership correspondence files. Financial records cover the years from...

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Material from many of the major Great Lakes fleets giving winter mooring lists, appointments, retirements, and deaths for the year, including Amoco, Upper Lakes Shipping, Pickands Mather, Halco, Algoma, Ford, Cleveland Cliffs, Hanna, and others; compiled by Richard Wright.