Great Lakes Region (North America)

Abstract The primary component of this collection is naval architectural drawings produced by the company, its predecessors, and subsidiaries. Post-1900 sets tend to be more complete than earlier sets of drawings. Nearly all types of wooden and steel vessels built on the Great Lakes between 1870 and 1981 are represented. The Center for Archival Collections holds many of the original drawings extending up to 1981. Other corporate records such as minutes, correspondence, specifications, reports, and...

Scope and Contents The collection is an extensive congolmeration of numerous newspaper articles and extracts relating to Great Lakes maritime history, and represents the largest of such collections known. The majority of this collection consists of 555 binders of newspaper clippings regarding maritime news and events in the Great Lakes region from 1819-1987. A large number of American and Canadian titles are represented. Frequent ones to appear include the Cleveland Plain...

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A take on the board game Trivial Pursuit that is focused on the Great Lakes region. The box also contains a copy of a newspaper article providing more context on the game and its creation.

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This collection documents the history of Hulett unloaders, machines designed by George Hulett to empty the cargo holds of Great Lakes freighters. These machines greatly increased the efficiency of the unloading process beginning in the early 20th century. A major portion of the collection is made up of architectural plans and drawings, but also contains correspondence, reports, newsclippings, and photographs, 1908-1990.

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The PAUL J. TIETJEN was built by the American Ship Building Company and was launched at Cleveland, Ohio on January 12, 1907. The vessel was originally the MATTHEW ANDREWS (1907-1933) and later sailed as the HARRY L. FINDLAY (1933-1965). Most of the material in the collection dates from the 1970's and includes service reports, chief engineer's instructions, engine room workbook and log, inspections, and crew members' information cards.