Ship captains -- Great Lakes (North America)
Subject
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Biographies of some Great Lakes captains from Lorain, Ohio
Collection – Box GLMMS 43, Folder: 2
Identifier: GLMMS-2149
Scope and Contents
The collection contains compiled biographies for 26 Great Lakes captains who came from Lorain, Ohio.
Dates:
Creation: undated
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
Biography Captain John Spence of Southampton, Ontario
Collection – Box GLMMS 33, Folder: 6
Identifier: GLMMS-1229
Captain William C. McCorkell correspondence
Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-0675
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
Creation: 1941-1960
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
G. Victor Chamberlain collection
Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0068
Abstract
This collection contains items accumulated by Captain G. Victor Chamberlain during his career on lake vessels from 1940 to 1981. A file of correspondence reveals the importance of safety issues, while radar logs and loading logs record operations aboard the ship. News clippings, particularly ones covering the sinking of the EDMUND FITZGERALD, provide insight on events of interest to Captain Chamberlain. Navigational and weather-related charts illustrate another area of the captain's...
Dates:
Creation: 1927-2008; Creation: Majority of material found within 1941-2000
Found in:
Center for Archival Collections
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- Great Lakes (North America)