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Guide to the Warshaw Collection of BusinessAmericana Subject Categories: Steamboats

[Ships, Boats, and Vessels] RevisedNMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Steamboats

Nicole BlechyndenFunding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant fromthe Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

2017 February

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Table of Contents

Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 4Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 4Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 8

Subseries : Business Records and Marketing Material, 1777-1965......................... 8Series : Genre, 1794-1960..................................................................................... 50Subseries : Subject, 1788-1956............................................................................. 54

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories:Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels]

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Collection Overview

Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Title: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories:Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels]

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Steamboats

Date: 1777-1965

Extent: 10.22 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 2 folders, 9 oversize folders,3 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (2 full, 1 partial.))

Creator: Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969

Language: English

Collection is in English. There are a few items in Italian, German,Finnish, French, and Spanish, where noted.

Summary: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearlyfifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accountingand Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of BusinessAmericana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categoriessubseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those createdby Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects,types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events,and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection isavailable here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Administrative Information

Acquisition InformationSteamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels] is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of theWarshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from IsadoreWarshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, whichwas donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materialsfrom other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may becontent produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Related MaterialsSeveral other Warshaw Subject Categories may have closely related material such asSubmarines and Transportation. For casual and recreational boating see Boats and BoatingEquipment and Yachts. Other subject categories that may have related materials include:Canals, Dredging, Engines, Menus, Railroads (point of common transportation transfer), andTours. .

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Forms Part OfForms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

• Series 1: Business Ephemera• Series 2: Other Collection Divisions• Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers• Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Processing InformationIn November 2016, the name of this category was modified from "Steamboats" to "Steamboats[Ships, Boats, and Vessels] to reflect the scope of the content and the integration of two, nowobsolete, categories: Sailboats and Ships/Shipping, although a few items leisure type itemswere moved to Yachts.

In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care andPreservation Fund, the Archives Center at the National Museum of American Historyimplemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about andfacilitate access to more of our collections.

For this subject, minimal processing included arrangement to the folder level, based onprior processing and preservation action, with retention of the pre-existing arrangementwhen possible, if applicable. Otherwise, an order was imposed by the Processing Archivist.Some materials were consolidated to eliminate excess bulk but items within folders were notarranged further. The guide may or may not include a more refined list of folder contents.Nonarchival housing was replaced for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners havenot all been removed.

Minimal level processing and machine-readable finding aid completed by Nicole Blechynden,2017 February.

Preferred CitationWarshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Ships, Boats, and Vessels,Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

RestrictionsCollection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Conditions Governing UseCollection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guaranteesconcerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Centercost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scope and Contents

Minimally covers the terminus of the wind-powered (sail) era and more fully documents the peak of theengine (steam) era of commercial cargo and passenger vesselsk, including freight and dockage services,maintenance and provisioning, ferry service, navigation (tug and tow) assistance, plus leisure cruising and

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touring. There is not a significant amount of material on battle or war ships. Includes both short distanceroutes such as lakes, rivers, and islets, and longer trans-oceanic crossings.

Documents within the collection consist of handbills, broadsides, leaflets, books, business cards,advertisements, insurance forms, wreck reports, passenger lists, baggage tags, freight manifests, ratecards, correspondence on letterhead stationery, booklets, newspaper clippings, postcards, menus,periodicals, manuals, photographs, engravings, woodcuts, sketches, bills of lading, receipts, catalogues,ledgers, journals, purchase orders, broadsides, brochures, custom forms, schedules, shipping andreceiving documents, early steam guides, timetables, lithographs, announcements, etc. There are nonavigational nautical maps. There is very little in the way of international import/export records. However,domestic and North American freight services are well-covered through invoices, bills of lading, manifests,and receipts for goods and services.

Some materials cover the history and development of steamships, particularly in the latter half of thenineteenth century with the iron screw replacing the wooden paddle steamer in the 1850s. The late 1860sbrought the compound engine, which led to the steamship, previously used for the conveyance of mailsand passengers, to compete with the sailing vessel in the carriage of cargo for long voyages. The 1870sbrought improvements in accommodation for the passenger, with the midship saloon, conveniences instate-rooms, and covered access to smoke rooms and ladies cabins.

Ownership of specific lines and vessels was very fluid throughout shipping history, including the renamingof vessels. Mergers, dissolution, and absorption of fleets were frequent. Thus, researchers shouldindependently seek out a more detailed history for any entity of particular interest.

The general maritime business series focuses on good and services related to maritime operations suchas repair, shipbuilding, parts, ticket agents, chandlers, groceries, coal supply, dockage, wharfs/marinas,etc.

Operation records of named vessels contains primarily bills of lading and similar receipts for themovement of material goods or in-water services such as tow and tug assistance.

The largest series covering shipping lines and conglomerates offers a wide assortment of miscellaneous,nonexhaustive operation records for cargo and passenger lines and corporations, typically those withmultiple holdings. These documents may include receipts, bills of lading, correspondence, and financialledgers, plus promotional material for services and routes offered. Passenger sailings and luxury cruisedocumentation may contain menus, passenger lists, itineraries, shore excursion information, souvenierssuch as luggage tags, ticket stubs, and postcards. See also the subject category Menus, for additionalexamples of passenger and cruise ship menus.

When not associated with any of the above, general examples of materials related to the industry havebeen by arranged by their material type such as images, reports, and serial publications. More formaldocumentation, especially legal and reports, can be found here.

Narrative type materials related to lore, history, and building and design specifications have been sortedby subject. A scarce amount of material covers ships used for military service. Likewise, there are a fewexamples of maritime related material from the art world, mostly in the form of catalogues for exhibits orauction of paintings and scale models.

A note on vessel names: those used as contract carriers of mail and when in service, were entitled tounique prefix designations such as Royal Mail Ship (RMS.), otherwise, the ship name may be precededby the more generic S.S. for single-screw steamer or steamship, SV for sailing vessel, PS for paddlesteamer, RV for research vessel or similar type prefix. USS is the standard for the United States Navycommissioned ships while in commission, with HMS used for His/Her Majesty's Ship of the British RoyalNavy.



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Some of the major lines/companies represented in the collection include: American Line, AmericanSteamship Company, Anchor Line, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Cunard-Anchor Line, CunardLine, Cunard Steam Ship Company, Limited, Cunard White Star Line, Eastern Steamship Lines, Furness,Withy & Company, Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) / Hamburg Amerika Linie, Holland America Line(N.A.S.M. / HAL), Inman Line, International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM), International NavigationCompany, North German Lloyd (Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen), Panama Pacific Line, Peninsular andOriental, Red Star Line, Royal Mail Steam Packet, U.S. Mail Steamship Company, United States Lines,White Star Line.

Arrangement

Ships, Boats, and Vessels is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material• General Maritime Businesses• Operation Records of Named Vessels• Shipping Lines/Conglomerates• Miscellaneous Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre• Keepsakes• Images• Ledger• Legal• News Clippings• Regulatory• Reports• Serial Publications• Stamps/Cigarette Cards• Associations and Societies• Images, Artwork, Racing, Technical Literature

Subject• Battleships, Warships• Destination Guides• Employment and Licensing• Insurance• Maritime History• Maritime Models and Art• Revue Generale Des Sciences• Warshaw Administrative Records

Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:

Subjects:

Boats



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Boats -- New York (N.Y.)Boats -- Southeast AsiaBoats and boatingCargoCruise shipsDocksExports -- 19th centuryFerriesFlagsHarborsHealthImportersLocal transitLocal transit -- New York (N.Y.)Marine engineeringMarine engineersMarine enginesMarine machineryMerchant Marine -- Manning of vessels -- United StatesMerchant Marine -- United StatesMerchant seamenModels and modelmakingMusical performancesNavigationOcean linersOcean travelPassenger shipsPublic healthRiver boatsRiversSailboatsSailingScientific expeditionsSeamen -- 1910-1920Seamen -- 1940-1950Shipbuilding industryShippingShipsShips -- Equipment and suppliesShips -- Far EasternShips -- New York (N.Y.)SteamboatsTrade associationsTransportationTransportation -- 1900-1910Transportation -- Far EasternTransportation -- HistoryTransportation -- JapanTransportation -- Law and legislation -- United StatesTransportation -- New York (N.Y.)Transportation -- river boatTravelWater transferWater transport -- 18th century



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WaterwaysWharvesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Merchant Marine

Types of Materials:

AdvertisementsAdvertisingAdvertising cardsAdvertising fliersAdvertising mailBillsBills of saleBusiness cardsBusiness ephemeraBusiness lettersBusiness recordsCommercial correspondenceConcert programsContractsCorrespondenceDesign patentsEphemeraIllustrationsInspectionsInvoicesLegal documentsLegal recordsLegislation (legal concepts)Legislative documentsLetterheadsMenusMenus -- Ships -- 1940-1950PatentsPhotographsPrint advertisingPrinted ephemeraProgramsPublicationsPublications -- BusinessReceiptsReportsShips' logsShips' passenger listsSouvenir programsTechnical reportsTheater programsTimetablesTrademarksTravel brochuresTravel diariesTravelogs



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Geographic Names:

Hudson RiverNew York (N.Y.) -- Transportation



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Container Listing

Business Records and Marketing Material, 1777-1965The history of water-based transportation related companies is complex in that vessels, lines, andbranding contain many joint ventures, mergers, and consolidations. Routes are often incorporated intonames and brands, so there is often one or more companies that operated lines with very similar names,but having no business association whatsoever. In addition, there were a myriad of independent operatorsowning a single vessel or a small fleet. Many companies used name derivatives. Researchers are advisedthat sorting errors and disassociation of related entities may be present and the researcher should reviewall sections of the guide or perform a keyword search to help identify possible relevant material.

General Maritime Businesses, 1777-1943Contains general receipts for goods and services including but not limited to: brokers, freight andforwarding agents, packet agents, ticketing, fuel suppliers (coal), carpenters, caulkers, dry docking,repair, riggers and rigging, shipwrights, hardware, galley, cabin outfitters, chandlery, groceries,provisions, engineers, pumps, blocks, spar makers, shipbuilders, power capstans, engines, steeringapparatus, winches, joiners, furnace grates, anchors, chain cables, bunting, submarine metalliccompounds, paints and painting, sail makers, harbor and ballast, windlass, wharfage, and tug and towoperations.

When agents represent one or more lines or routes, they are filed by their business name orproprietorship in this subseries rather than with the line(s) they represent. Folders in this subseries aremarked BUS.

Exception: Several agent files have a small volume of bills of lading. To provide an example of businessoperations from the agent perspective, in a few instances these have been kept together under the agentname, rather than sorted by the vessel.

Box 1, Folder 1 A-C, 1837-1919

Map-folder 12A Boring, James Company, 1934Brochure for 10th Anniversary Small Party Cruises. Note: damaged with largesections missing.

Box 1, Folder 2 Cramp, William and Son, 1871-1943

Box 1, Folder 3 Cook, Thos. and Son, 1902A Pyramid Proposal, shipboard romance novelette.

Box 1, Folder 4 D-F, 1834-1914 (bulk 1874-1914)

Box 1, Folder 5 G-I, 1843-1902

Box 1, Folder 6 J-L, 1838-1898Includes love letters to Lloyd Minturn from his wife, Annie (1849-1851).

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Includes a pamphlet about shipbuilder Donald McKay, Description of theLargest Ship in the World, the New Clipper Great Republic of Boston(1853)who also built the Flying Cloud, Flying Fish, Soverign of the Seas, Bald Eagle,Empress of the Sea, and Staghound.

Box 1, Folder 8 P-R, 1823-1913

Box 2, Folder 1 S-V, 1836-1911

Box 2, Folder 2 Snow, Captain Israel , 1830-1863Several documents, including correspondence, pertaining to Captain Snow'sservice.

Box 2, Folder 3 W-Z, 1829-1911

Box 2, Folder 4 Agents, 1815-1873Bills of Lading for: Balwin and Forbes; Abraham Bell and Company; AbrahamBell and Sons; W and R Brodie of Quebec; James M. Burroughs; WilliamCramond; John Hutchinson and Company; Thomas Lockyer and Company;Benjamin Greenwood; Lewis C. Drake; Hermann Heye; Richle Brothers; JohnD. Thornely and Son; and others.

Oversize 224 Cash Book, undatedDaily transaction records, many relating to maritime goods and services. Note:no covers.

Oversize 224 Daybook, 1870-1874General store transactions, with many boat provisioning entries.

Oversize 223 Daybook, 1866-1867General store transactions, with many boat provisioning entries.

Box 20, Folder 3 Expense Book, Pilot Boat Operations, 1878-1885Detailed lists of vessels departing Savannah, Georgia and relatedtransactions, plus and copied correspondence for Harbor Master bid.

Ledger

Box 20, Folder 1 Index to Ledger "C", 1856-1864

Box 20, Folder 2 Ledger "C" , 1856-1864Written on inside cover: Bascom And Gaylord Whitehall NY Erie Canal1856. Spine marked John C. Beale 78 Wall Street New York. Containstransaction records for goods and services.

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Documents in Italian, German, and Spanish (Cuba), one with an Englishtranslation. Some are handwritten, others are printed forms with handwrittenentries.

Early Business RecordsPrimarily handwritten financial receipts and related business records. In mostcases, an identifiable name is either illegible or missing on these documents.

Box 2, Folder 6 1700s and undated, 1777-1796

Box 2, Folder 7 1800s, 1800-1891

Box 2, Folder 8 Import/Export Records, 1837-1924A very small sampling of customs house documentation from Philadelphia,New York, St. Johns, Newcastle, London, Montreal, Antwerp, Naples. Includesboth domestic and international port-to-port documentation. May contain articleand goods lists, manifests, appraisals and customs house transactions, plusport inspections.

Oversize 59, Folder 8 Oversize, 1826-1881

Oversize 188, Folder2

Oversize, 1790-1806, 1900-1910

Operations Records of Named Vessels, 1784-1929These materials represent transactions involving named vessels that do not have an identifiedassociation with a specific company, line, or operation. In many cases these are smaller operations orindependently owned vessels. Unless otherwise noted, documents are service receipts, bills of lading,charter party and service contracts, and shipping manifests related to cargo and passenger transfer.

These folders are marked VES. Documents within folders are loosely arranged alphabetically byvessel name. Those vessels having a significant volume of material are interfiled between the generalalphabetical folders.

Box 2, Folder 9 A, 1790-1909 (bulk 1833-1889)

Box 2, Folder 10 B, 1812-1891 (bulk 1836-1891)

Box 3, Folder 1 C-D, 1784-1902 (bulk 1835-1886)

Map-folder 13 Columbia, 1868 June 19Tonnage measurement record with handwritten entries on form, Port ofPhiladelphia.

Box 3, Folder 2 E-F, 1784-1899 (bulk 1855-1880)



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Of note: Account of Seamen for the schooner named Equal Rights dated1863.

Box 20, Folder 5 E.A. Dickerson, Pilot Boat, 1892-1894Expense and crew accounts book.

Box 3, Folder 3 G, 1832-1891

Box 3, Folder 4 Globe, 1844-1847

Box 3, Folder 5 H-I, 1791-1892 (bulk 1827-1892)

Box 3, Folder 6 J, 1837-1899

Box 3, Folder 7 K, 1844-1889There are a significant number of receipts for the Kosciusko.

Box 3, Folder 8 L, 1792-1886 (bulk 1815-1844)

Box 4, Folder 1 M, 1827-1904Includes two Disneyland Mark Twain ride tickets, circa 1960 (B639641,B639644).

Box 4, Folder 2 N-O, 1783-1910 (bulk 1834-1885)

Box 4, Folder 3 New Champion, 1846-1851

Box 4, Folder 4 P, 1793-1887 (bulk 1817-1887)

Box 4, Folder 5 Q-R, 1793-1929 (bulk 1830-1881)

Box 4, Folder 6 S, 1793-1891 (bulk 1828-1891)

Box 4, Folder 7 T, 1827-1880

Box 4, Folder 8 U-V, 1785-circa 1900 (bulk 1836-1890)

Box 20, Folder 5 U.S.S. Trenton, 1887-1889Cash and pay book.

Box 4, Folder 9 W, 1793-1916 (bulk 1836-1916)

Box 4, Folder 10 X-Z, 1834-1866



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Box 4, Folder 11 [Steamboat], 1857-1871

Box 4, Folder 12 Arrival Records, 1875, 1864Coastwide Districts 1-6, plus Bristol.

Oversize 59, Folder 8 Oversize, 1839-1850

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Shipping Lines/Conglomerates, circa 1830-1965Locations served, line names, and vessels in fleet have been noted when available to aid in thoseresearching by geographical and name parameters, although these details should not be consideredcomplete and exhaustive as other locations and routes may have also been served. None of thesupplemental information should be considered exhaustive as the materials represent only a sampling ofoperations records and advertising produced by the companies listed.

Materials may include promotional and marketing circulars, bills of lading, receipts for services, timetables and schedules, price lists, correspondence, tickets, baggage tags, company history, menus,passenger lists, travel and tour guides, etcetera. Some effort has been made to identify certain itemswhen present, such as passenger lists.

These folders are marked LINES. Arranged alphabetically by company or line in bulk folders; materialwithin each folder is not ordered. Companies with significant brand recognition or a volume of materialhave been foldered individually.

Some documents have been affixed together and contain receipts for multiple lines; these have beenfoldered separately in Bundled Documents at the end of the subseries.

Box 5, Folder 1 A, General, 1850-1946 (bulk 1861-1913)

Adam's LineServing Providence, Baltimore.

Adirondack Steamboat CompanyServing Rochester.

African Steamship CompanyAffiliated with British and African Steam Navigation Company Limited.Serving Liverpool, West Coast of Africa, South-West Coast of Africa,Hamburg, Rotterdam, Havre.

Albany and Canal Line Tow BoatsServing New York, Albany.

Alcoa Steamship Company IncorporatedServing New Orleans, Caribbean, South America.

Allan LineRoyal Mail Steamers. Serving Montreal, Glasgow, Boston, Londonderry,Liverpool, New York, Portland, Baltimore, Halifax, Quebec, Philadelphia,Dundee, Belfast. Fleet: Laurentian, Carthaginian, Mongolian, Numidian.

American Steamboat CompanyServing Providence. Fleet: Echo.

Androscoggin Lakes Transportation CompanyServing Lowell.



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Arnold Transit Company / Arnold Line SteamersServing Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship LinesAffiliated with Clyde Steamship Company, Mallory Steamship Company,New York and Cuba Steamship Company, NY and Porto Rico SteamshipCompany.

Atlantic Coast CompanyServing Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Fleet: Anna Laura McKenney.

Atlantic Coast Mail Steamship CompanyServing New York, Savannah. Lines: Great Southern Freight Line. Fleet: H.Livingston.

Atlantic Coast Mail Steamship LineFleet: Moneka.

Atlantic Mail Steamship CompanyServing New York. Fleet: Columbia.

Atlantic Transport LineServing New York, London. Fleet: Minnehaha, Menominee, Minnetonka,minneapolis, Mesaba, Manitou.

Atlas Steamship Company LimitedServing New York, West Indies, Spanish Main. Fleet: Adirondack, Alene,Athos, Alvo, Ailsa, Andes, Alps, Alvena, Atlas, Claribel, Arden, Arran.

Box 5, Folder 2 American Line, 1874-1929Operated under International Navigation Company. Materials include bills oflading, informational booklets, menus, passenger lists, advertisements, timeschedule, price list, Paris Gazette newsletter, correspondence.

Box 5, Folder 3 American Line / Red Star Line, 1885-1893Duel branded. Operated under the International Navigation Company. Threepromotional booklets, plus advertisements and passenger list.

Box 5, Folder 4 American Steamship Company, 1873-1887Import/export records, bills of lading.

Box 5, Folder 5 Anchor Line, 1875-1911Serving New York, Glasgow, Londonderry, Mediterranean, India. Fleet: Astoria,Anchoria, Furnesia, Ethiopia, Columbia, Elysia. Time table, guide, passengerlist.

Box 5, Folder 6 Anchor Line, 1869-1896



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Operated under Erie and Western Transportation Company. Serving Buffalo.Fleet: Juanita, Tionesta. Primarily handwritten correspondence, some bills oflading.

Map-folder 13 Austro-American Line, 1914Color map of Austria-Hungary with additional line information on verso.

Box 5, Folder 7 B, General, 1836-1911

Baker, P. and CompanyServing Philadelphia, Chester. Lines: Daily Freight Line. Fleet: Chester.

Baltimore, Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat CompanyLines: York River Line.

Baltimore Steam Packet CompanyServing Baltimore, Norfolk. Lines: Old Bay Line "The Boat that WelcomesChildren". Fleet: State of Maryland, State of Virginia.

Bangor and Bar Harbor Steamboat Company

Barry Transportation Line

Bay LineServing Ft. Monroe, Norfolk, Atlanta, Macon, Athens, Georgia, Florida,Weldon, Wilmington, Charleston, Richmond, Newport News, 'all pointsSouth'.

Belfast Steamship CompanyServing Belfast, Liverpool, London.

Benjamin Franklin Line of BargesServing Yonkers, New York.

Bergenske (Det) / Det Nordenfjeldske Steamship CompaniesServing Norway, Newcastle, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondhjem, North Cape,Land of the Midnight Sun, Spitzbergen.

Bernard and Samsel Transportation Line (B&S)Serving Philadelphia.

Bodine and Alsdorf's LineServing Lloyd Landing, Ulster County.

Boston, Newport, and New York Steamboat Company



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Boston, Providence and Philadelphia SteamshipsLines: Winsor's Line.

Boston and Albany Railroad CompanyLines: Norwich Line to New York.

Boston and Baltimore Manufactures' Line of Packets

Boston and Bangor Steamship CompanyServing Penobscot River Landing, Southwest Harbor, Bar Harbor.

Boston and Hingham Steamboat CompanyAffiliated with the Nantasket Beach Railroad Company.

Boston and Philadelphia Regular Line

Boston and Philadelphia Steamship CompanyServing Boston, Philadelphia, Providence. Lines: Windsor's Line, BostonLine.

Boston and Providence Railroad and Commercial Steamboat CompanyLines: Quick Despatch Line (Q.D. Line).

Boston and Providence Railroad CompanyServing New York, Boston. Lines: Propeller Line.

Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation

Boston Packet OfficesServing Albany, Troy.

Boston Tow-Boat Company

Bridgeport Steamboat CompanyServing New York, Bridgeport.

British and American Steam Navigation CompanyServing London, Liverpool, New York.

British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet CompanyServing Cork Harbor, Liverpool, New York, Boston, Halifax.

Bucknall Steamship Lines LimitedServing London, South Africa, Johannesburg. Lines: British and ColonialLine.



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Box 5, Folder 8 Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company, 1852-1880Lines: Ericsson Line.

Box 5, Folder 9 Buck's Transportation Line, 1844-1852Serving Hartford, New York. All freight transportation receipts are from Belknapand Hamersley.

Box 6, Folder 1 Bush's Philadelphia and Wilmington Steam Freight Line, 1868-1899Name variant: Bush's Philadelphia and Wilmington Steam Freight and ExpressLine. Lines: Daily Steam Freight Line, Express Line.

C, General , 1836-1931

Box 6, Folder 2 Ca-Cf, 1863-1931

California Packet OfficeServing Boston, Maine, San Francisco, California.

Calcutta SteamersServing Liverpool, Calcutta.

Canadian Atlantic and Plant Steamship Company LimitedServing Boston, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island,Newfoundland, St. Pierre, Halifax, Charlottetown. Lines: Plant Line.Fleet: Olivette, Halifax.

Canadian National SteamshipsServing Canada, British West Indies, Boston, Bermuda, Halifax, SaintJohn. Fleet: Lady Somers, Lady Rodney, Lady Nelson, Lady Hawkins,Lady Drake.

Canadian PacificServing Pacific, Mediterranean, North America, Europe, Asia,Australasia, Honolulu, Japan, China, Philippines, Vancouver, Victoria.Fleet: Empress of Scotland, Empress of France, Empress of Canada,Empress of Asia, Empress of Canada, Empress of Russia, Empress ofJapan, Empress of Asia. Routes: White Empress to the Orient.

Canadian Pacific Railway CompanyServing Australia, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Suva, Fiji, Tasmania,New Zealand, Vancouver, Liverpool. Lines: Canadian-Australian Line.Fleet: Arawa, Warrimoo, Empress of Britain, Empress of Irelandn LakeChamplain, Lake Manitoba, Montrose. Royal Mail steamships.

Canadian Steamship LinesServing St. Lawrence, Quebec, Montreal. Fleet: Quebec, Tadoussac.



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Casco Bay Steamboat CompanyServing Maine.

Catskill Evening LineServing New York, Catskill. Operating under Catskill and New YorkSteamboat Company Limited and New York Hudson SteamboatCompany.

Central-Hudson Steamboat CompanyFleet: B.B. Odell.

Box 6, Folder 3 Cg-Ck, 1850-1915

Champlain Transportation CompanyFleet: Vermont, Adriondack, United States, Oakes Ames.

Champlain Transportation Company / Lake George SteamboatCompanyServing Burlington, Vermont, Lake George, New York, Montreal. Fleet:Mochican, Ticonderoga, Vermont, Chateaugay, Williams, Mariquita,Horicon.

Chautauqua Lake Navigation Company

Chautauqua Steamboat CompanyServing Jamestown, New York, Chautauqua Lake. Lines: Red StackLine. Fleet: City of New York, City of Cincinnati, City of Buffalo, Cityof Erie, City of Chicago, City of Cleveland, City of Pittsburg, City ofJamestown, City of Rochester, City of Mayville.

Cherokee Packet CompanyServing St. Louis. Fleet: Cherokee.

Chesapeake Steamship CompanyServing Baltimore.

Chester and CompanyServing Baltimore, New York, Wheeling, Ohio, Mississippi, Washington,Alexandria, Fredericksburgh. Line: New York, Baltimore and WheelingLine.

Chester and Philadelphia Steam Freight LineLines: Union Line. Fleet: Lamokin, Ino.K. Ide, Pilot Boy.

Chester River Steamboat Company of BaltimoreServing Baltimore. Fleet: Corsica, Emma A. Ford, B.S. Ford.



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Cincinnati, Ripley and Maysville PacketServing Cincinnati, Maysville. Fleet: Wildwood.

City Line Through to AmericaServing Calcutta, London.

Box 6, Folder 4 Cl-Cz, 1836-1915

Cleveland and Buffalo Transit CompanyServing Cleveland, Buffalo. Divisions: Buffalo, Toledo. Fleet: Cityof Buffalo, State of Ohio, State of New York, Seeandbee. Booklet,Summer Tours (1895).

Coleman's California LineServing San Francisco. Fleet: Dreadnought.

Colonial Navigation CompanyServing New York, Boston, Providence, Fall River, Worchester, LongIsland Sound, New England. Lines: Colonial Line. Fleet: Concord,Lexington.

Columbia River and Puget Sound Navigation CompanyServing Seattle, Tacoma, Puget Sound, Washington, Portland, Oregon.Fleet: Flyer.

Commercial Line of Boston and Albany PacketsServing Albany, Boston.

Commercial Line Steam Propellers Between N.Y. and Providence

Commercial Oriental Expedition CompanyServing Seattle, Orient, Africa, Australia.

Commercial Steamboat CompanyServing New York, Providence. Lines: Daily Line. Fleet: Ospray,Albatross.

Commercial Steamboat Company between New York and Providence

Commercial Transportation CompanyServing Philadelphia, Albany, Troy. Lines: Steam Propeller Line.

Companhia de Navecacao Transatlantica

Compromise Express Freight Line



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Serving St. Louis, Alton, Terre Haute, Richmond, Mississippi River,Memphis.

Cosulich LineServing New York, Trieste, Naples, Marseilles. Fleet: Vulcania,Saturnia.

Cox Towing LineServing Elizabeth, New Jersey, Staten Island Sound, Hellgate, Newark,Hackensack River. Fleet: Erie, Mabel.

Cranberry Transportation CompanyServing New York, Rochester.

Cromwell New York and New Orleans Steamship Line

Cromwell New York and Norfolk Steamship LineServing Norfolk, Portsmouth, New York.

Map-folder 12A Canadian National Steamships, 1939Brochure for Alaska Service with deck diagram.

Box 6, Folder 5 Citizen's Steamboat Company, 1903-1904Citizens Line Steamboat and Railroad Gazette (1896 June). Affiliated with andoperated under the New York Hudson Troy Line.

Clyde'sServing Philadelphia, Richmond, Norfolk, City Point, Virginia, and manyothers. This multigenerational outfit operated both independently andunder larger ownership structures. Some of the lines and name varientsinclude, but are not limited to: Wm. P. Clyde and Company, Clyde SteamshipCompany, Philadelphia, Richmond and Norfolk Steamship Company, Clyde'sPhiladelphia and New England Steamship Line, Clyde Steam Lines, Clyde'sIron Line Steamers, Clyde's Coastwise and West India Steam Lines, Clyde'sIron Steamships Philadelphia and Providence Steamship Line, Philadelphiaand New York Steam Navigation Company, Delaware and Raritan Canal Line,Philadelphia and Charleston Steamship Line, Express Steamboat Company,New Express Line, Philadelphia, Richmond and Norfolk Steamship Company.

Box 6, Folder 6 1860s, 1865-1869Serving New York, Philadelphia. Lines: Express Steamboat Company,Philadelphia and New York Express Steamboat Company; Philadelphia,Richmond, Norfolk Steamship Line.

Box 6, Folder 7 1870s, 1870-1879Lines: Philadelphia and New York Steam Navigation Company, Delawareand Raritan Canal Line.



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Box 6, Folder 8 1880s, 1880-1889

Box 6, Folder 9 1890s, 1890-1899Serving Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas. Lines: Clyde SteamshipCompany.

Box 6, Folder 10 1900s , 1903-1915

Box 6, Folder 11 Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, 1885-1958Name variant: Cie. Generale Transatlantique. Serving New York, Havre,London, Algeria, Mediterranean, Marseilles, France, England, Morocco, Tunis,Spain, Italy, North African Coast. Fleet: La Savoie, La Bretagne, La Lorraine,La Champagne, Champlain, Labrador, Lafayette, Normandie, La Gascogne,La Touranine, L'Aquitaine, Paris, La Provence, Espagne,Ile de France. Line:French Line, Coastwise Lines. Includes menus, tourism brochures, pictorialcards, passenger lists.

Box 7, Folder 1 Connecticut River Steamboat Company, 1844-1850Serving Hartford, New York.

Box 7, Folder 2 Consolidated Steamship Lines, 1907Seven pieces of correspondence.

Cunard Steam Ship Company LimitedCunard has a long, well-documented but complex history that researchersshould explore independently.

A few time-line points: was established in 1840 as the British and NorthAmerican Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company. In 1879, re-organized as theCunard Steamship Company Ltd. In 1934, merged with chief rival White StarLine to form Cunard-White Star Line. In 1949, reverted to the name CunardLine.

Multiple name variants exist and locations world-wide were served. Early fleetsincluded wooden hulls and paddle wheels. Fleets were numerous, renamingswere common, and select ships were pressed into service in war-time eras.Some of the more well-known ships include the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary2, Queen Victoria, Caronia, Mauretania, Lusitania.

Box 7, Folder 3 Advertisements and Promotional Material, 1879-1931

Box 7, Folder 3 Anchor Line, 1924-1929, undatedTravel, ship, and freight guides. Includes also two copies of Around theWorld: A Geography Painting Book for Children.

Box 7, Folder 4 Passenger Keepsakes, 1879-1961

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Includes the Cunarder 1 issue: 1921 May, Vol. 1, No.1 and one copy of theNew Cunard Building Commemorative Book (undated).

Box 7, Folder 7 Records, 1868-1932Bill of lading, two pieces of correspondence.

Box 8, Folder 1 Vessels, 1953, 1912, undatedContains information specific to the following ships: Luciana, Aquitania,Campania, Franconia, Mauretana, Caronia. Includes the CaroniaCoronation Cruise Commemorative Book (1953).

Box 8, Folder 2 White Star Line, 1875-1939The Cunard branded White Star Line history dates to 1845. It has operatedRoyal and United States Mail Steamers at various points. The line hasbeen through many mergers and transitions with multiple name varients.Circa 1870, it was absorbed by the formation of the Oceanic SteamNavigation Company, which began operation in 1871, with the fleet ofOceanic (I), Atlantic, Baltic, Republic, Celtic, and Adriatic. Later, in 1902,the White Star Line was acquired by the International Mercantile MarineCompany (IMM) and transitioned again 1927, when it was purchased bythe Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSPC). That ownership wasshort-lived when in 1932 Royal Mail Lines Limited took over the ships ofRMSPC. Finally, in 1934, the merger between White Star and Cunardresulted in the Cunard-White Star Limited, which reverted to the nameCunard in 1949.

White Star was known for its naming convention of ending in -ic such as:Britannic (I), Germanic, Teutonic, Majestic (I), Oceanic (II), Cedric, Olympic,Titanic, and Britannic (II), Majestic, Homeric, Oceanic (III), Britannic (III),Georgic.

Materials include keepsakes, menus, passenger lists, general information,newsletter, and luggage tag.

See also White Star, in the "W" section of this Shipping Lines/Conglomerates subseries.

Box 8, Folder 3 Queen Mary, 1935-1952The Queen Mary sailed under this brand during its Cunard White StarLimited era. Materials include a promotional calendar, correspondence,postcards, and a visitor's pass.

Box 8, Folder 4 D, General, 1861-1915

Delaware and Hudson Canal CompanyServing Eagle Bridge.

Despatch LineServing Albany.



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Detroit and Cleveland Navigation CompanyName variant: Detroit and Buffalo Steamboat Company. Lines: Detroit andBuffalo Line, Cleveland and Toledo Line, Coast Line to Mackinac, LakesLine.

Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company

Deutsche Ost-Afrika-LinieServing Hamburg, South Africa, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Las Palmas,Rotterdam, Lissabon, Tanger, South Hampton, Marseille, Neapel, Tenerife.

Dollar Steamship LineServing California, Havana, Panama Canal, New York, San Francisco.

Dominion Atlantic Railway CompanyServing New York, Halifax, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Fleet: Prince George,Prince Arthur. Routes: Evangeline Route.

Map-folder 13 Delta Queen Steamboat Company, 1976 July 25Broadside poster announcing the commissioning of the Mississippi Queen.

Map-folder 12A Dollar Steam Ship Line, 1932Promotional brochure for the July 2-September 2, 1932 Mediterranean cruiseon the President Johnson. Includes a deck diagram and special deck andrates for students.

Box 8, Folder 5 E, General, circa 1856-1909

Eastern Steamboat CompanyServing Bath, Boothbay. Fleet: Sasanoa, Samoset, Laurena.

Easton and McMahon Transportation CompanyServing New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Albany, Troy, New Haven,Bridgeport.

Empire and North East Transportation Company Tugs

Empire Transportation CompanyServing Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Quincy, Keokuk,Cleveland. Lines: Empire Line.

Evening Line to Albany and TroyFleet: Francis Skiddy (in service 1852-1864), Commodore.

Express Propeller LineServing Albany. Fleet: E. Corning.



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Box 8, Folder 6 Eastern Steamship Lines, 1910-1930Operated multiple lines: International Line, Metropolitan Steamship Line,Maine Steamship Line, Eastern Steamship Lines, Boston and Yarmouth Line,Old Dominion Line with additional subsidiaries such as United States ShippingCompany, Boston and Bangor Steamship Company, International SteamshipCompany, and Portland Steam Packet Company.

In 1901, the Eastern Steamship Company was established by consolidatingthe Boston and Bangor Steamship Company, the Portland Steam PacketCompany, and the International Steamship Company, established in 1859.

In 1902 acquired two overnight steamboat lines on the Hudson River, thePeople's Line and the Citizens' Line, which it operated under the HudsonNavigation Company, known collectively as the Hudson River Night Line.

In 1906, acquired control of the Metropolitan Steamship Company.

In 1907, the Consolidated Steamship Company emerged as a holdingcompany for the Eastern Steamship Company, Metropolitan SteamshipCompany, Clyde Steamship Company, and Mallory Steamship Company. Italso acquired control of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company andthe New York and Porto Rico [sic] Steamship Company.

In 1911, Metropolitan Steamship Company and Maine Steamship Companyconsolidated with the Eastern Steamship Company to form Eastern SteamshipCorporation. It went into receivership in 1914 and emerged in 1917 as EasternSteamship Lines.

Additional materials may be foldered in one or more of the lines listed above.

Box 8, Folder 7 F, General, 1847-1964

Fabre LineServing Mediterranean, New York.

Fall River LineServing Boston, New York, Newport, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia.Fleet: Bay State, Empire State, Bristol. Includes illustrated booklet PopularResorts and Fashionable Watering Places of Southern Massachusetts andNewport R.I with additional pages containing advertising, plus descriptionsof steamers Bristol and Providence. B&W print of the sidewheeler Bristol.

Fast Mail LineServing Puget Sound Navy Yard and Battleships. Fleet: H.B. Kennedy,Athlon, Tourist, Inland Flyer.

Finland Steamship Company AgencyIn Finnish.

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Serving Trenton Basin.

Frontier Steamboat Company

Furness, Withy and Company LimitedServing Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Canada, Montreal, Halifax,St. John's, Bermuda, South America, Brazil, United Kingdom, London,Manchester, West Indies. Lines: Cairn Thompson Line, Furness BermudaLine, Furness Lines, Furness Prince Line, Manchester Lines Limited,Prince Line, Red Cross Line, West Indies Service and Trinidad Line.

Map-folder 13 Fall River Line, Oversize, undatedBroadside for a traveling variety show on October 29th (no year listed),including an illustrated promotional section for Alaskan cruises on the Puritan.

Map-folder 12A Furness Bermuda Line, undatedBrochure for the Queen of Bermuda with a deck diagram.

Box 8, Folder 8 G, General, 1870-1947

Garrison and AllenServing New Orleans, Savannah, Georgia. Lines: Atlantic and MississippiSteamship Line, Empire Line for Savannah. Fleet: San Salvador.

General Transatlantic CompanyServing Havre, New York. Fleet: Pereire.

Great Eastern LineServing Boston.

Great Lakes Transit CorporationServing New York, Buffalo.

Great Northern Steamship CompanyServing Seattle, Japan, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, China, Shanghai,Hong Kong, Manila.

Great Providence LineServing Boston and New York. Fleet: Rhode Island "Queen of the Sound".

Great United States Mail LineServing Wilmington, Halifax, Charleston, Washington, Richmond,Petersburg, Weldon.

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Serving Cincinnati, Mississippi, New Orleans. Fleet: Greenwood, TomGreene.

Guion LineServing Liverpool, New York.

Box 8, Folder 9 Grace Line, 1937-1962Serving New York, Caribbean, South America, Puerto Rico, La Guaira,Netherland West Indies, Aruba, Curacao, Puerto Colombia, Cartagena,Panama Canal Zone. Menus and passenger list from 1962 sailing. 7 issues(undated) of shipboard publication South American.

Box 8, Folder 10 H, General, 1844-1915

Harlem River Towboat LineFleet: Wm. F. Burden, C. Van Cott.

Harpswell Steamboat CompanyServing 365 Island, Casco Bay, Portland, Bailey's Island, Orr's Island,South Freeport, Mare Point, Great Chebeague Island, Long Island, CliffIsland, Bibber's Island, Littlejohn's Island, Cousins Island.

Hartford and New York Steamboat CompanyServing New York, Hartford.

Hartford LineServing Hartford, Philadelphia, Delaware, and Raritan Canal.

Hingham, Hull, and Downer Landing Steamboat CompanyServing Melville Garden, Downer Landing, Boston, India Wharf,Pemberton, Hull, Strawberry Hill, Nantasket Beach, Point Allerton,Kemberma, Surfside, Ocean House. Fleet: Gov. Andrew, Gen. Lincoln.

Houston, R.P. and CompanyServing New York, River Plate, Cuba. Offices in Buenos Aires, Monevideo,London, and Liverpool. Lines: Houston Line of Steamers.

Hudson River Day LineFounded by Alfred Van Santvoord. Fleet: Chauncey Vibbard, Daniel Drew,Albany, Hendrick Hudson, Robert Fulton, Washington Irving, AlexanderHamilton, and Peter Stuyvesant.

Includes 17 form letters regarding annual exchange passes, plus oneadditional letter and a postcard featuring steamer "Robert Fulton".

Hamburg-American Line, 1864-1939Name variant: Hamberg American Packet Company. Serving New York,Hamburg, Plymouth, Bonlogne, Cherbourg, Southampton. Fleet: Deutschland,



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Auguste Victoria, Furt Bismark, Columbia, Moltke, Bluecher, Patricia,Pennsylvania, Pretoria, Graf Waldersee, Palatia, Phoenicia.

Box 9, Folder 1 Keepsakes, 1889-1939Postcards, passenger lists, passenger memoir A Trip to the Tropics(printed, circa 1905), shore excursion program, one menu.

Box 9, Folder 2 Promotional, 1897-1934Booklets with information on specific destinations: Atlantic crossings; wintercruises to the orient and summer cruises to North Cape and Spits Bergen;Famous Seaside Resorts of Europe; the Mediterranean and the Orient;West Indies, Panama Canal, South America; first class booklet, secondclass booklet (in German). Plus two issues of the Gazette: 1904 FebruaryVol. II, No. 5; 1912 July Vol. XXIII, No. 4.

Box 9, Folder 3 Promotional and Records, 1864-1913Magazine advertisements, price lists, brochures, sailing schedules.

Map-case 2, Drawer 4,Folder 13

Timetable, 1911 January-MarchBroadside for African Service.

Holland America Line , 1896-1965In 1873 an earlier company, Plate, Reuchlin & Cowas was reestablishedas Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Netherlands-American Steam-Navigation Company), (NASM), also known as the HollandAmerica Line.

All passenger ship names end in ...dam. Some ship name examples:Amsterdam, Eurodam, Maasdam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam,Noordam (which sent a message regarding ice to the Titanic, via relaythrough the Caronia), Oosterdam, Prinsendam, Rotterdam, Veendam,Volendam, Westerdam, Zaandam, Zuiderdam, Ryndam, Potsdam, Statendam,Spaarndam,Obdam.

Materials include an advertisement with color map of European routes onverso, Rhineroute, in Dutch.

Map-case 2, Drawer 4,Folder 12

Deck Plans, S.S. Veendam, 1924Lithograph of First and Second Class plans.

Box 9, Folder 4 Keepsakes, 1896-1927Passenger lists, luggage labels, postcards, numerous menus from varioussailings, pocket style cruise program.

Box 9, Folder 5 Promotional Material, 1899-1965Price lists, brochures, route detail with several enroute tourism booklets,the Monthly (2 issues: 1910 February Vol. VIII, No. 6; 1910 May Vol. XIX,No. 3).

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Serving New York, Albany, Troy, Rockland-Bar Harbor, Maine. Lines: HudsonRiver Night Lines, People's Line (also known as the Albany Division withname variants: People's Line Steamers, New Jersey Steamboat Company,Peoples Line, Peoples Line Steamers on the Hudson River, Peoples EveningLine Steamers), Murray's Line (also known as the Barge Division), andCitizen's Line (also known as the Troy Line/Division). Fleet: Princeton,Greenport, Berkshire, C.W. Morse (later renamed Fort Orange), Adriondack,Drew, Dean Richmond, Trojan, Rensselaer, St. John, J.T. Morse. Primarilycorrespondence.

Box 10, Folder 1 I, General, 1871-1910

Illinois CentralMississippi cruise brochure and other travel promotional material.

Impresa di Navigazione a Vapore sul Lago Maggiore1883 June schedule, in Italian.

International Mercantile Marine Company TO DOFleet Belgenland. Lines: Panama Pacific Line.

International Steamship CompanyServing Halifax, Yarmouth, Digby, Annapolis, Boston, Portland, St. John,Calais, Charlottetown, Maritime Provinces. Nova Scotia Excursion Route.Direct Route. Evangeline Route. Eastern Sea Coast Route. Brochures,illustrated book on sea coast resorts, schedules and price lists.

Island Steamboat CompanyServing Bar Harbor, Maine. Fleet: Golden Rod. Correspondence (13pieces). 1898/99 Financial Statement.

Box 10, Folder 2 Inman and International Steamship Company , 1875-1892Established 1850. Royal and United States Mail Steamers. Name variants:Inman Steamship Company Limited. Inman Royal Mail Steam Ship Company,International Steamship Company. Serving New York. Fleet: City of Chicago,City of Richmond, City of Montreal, City of Berlin, City of Chester, City of Paris,City of Rome, City of New York. Lines: Anchor Line (US Mail Steamers).

Box 10, Folder 3 J-L, General, circa 1836-1931

Jacksonville Southeastern Line

Joy Steamship CompanyServing New York, Providence, Boston.

Kensington and New Jersey Ferry Company

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Serving Boston, Maine, Augusta, Popham Beach, Bath, Richmond,Gardiner, Hallowell, Boothbay.

Kilgore Transportation Company, 1907

Kirk's Mississippi Snag Fender CompanyServing Philadelphia. Stock certificate issued 1845.

Knickerbocker Steam Towage CompanyServing Bath, Maine. Fleet: Knickerbocker, Adelia, Resolute, Popham, Cityof Lynn, American Union, S.J. Macy, Yosemite (excursion barge).

Lake Champlain and Lake George Steamers, 1879

Lake George Steamboat Company

Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation CompanyServing Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Duluth, Milwalkee, Chicago, SaultSte. Marie, Mackinac. Lines: Lake Superior Line.

Lake Superior Transit CompanyEstablished 1878. Fleet: Nyack.

LarianaServing Lago di Como, Italy.

Lee Line SteamersServing Memphis, Helena, Friarspoint, Osceola, Caruthersville, Tiptonville,New Madrid, Hickman, Cairo, Cape Girardeau, St. Louis, Paducah,Henderon, Evansville, Owensboro, Louisville, Cincinnati. Fleet (noexhaustive): Georgia Lee, James Lee, Peters Lee, Rees Lee, Robt. E. Lee,Sadie Lee, Stackler Lee, Ferd Herold, Sun.

Leyland LineServing Boston, Liverpool. Fleet: Lancastrian, Devonian, Winifredian,Canadian, Bohemian, Cestrian, Philadelphian.

Liverpool and Texas Steam Ship Company LimitedServing Galveston.

Liverpool PacketsServing Leinster, Ulster, Connaught, Muster.

London and New York Steamship LineServing New York, London.

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Serving New York, Long Branch Ocean Pier. Fleet: Plymouth Rock, City ofRichmond.

Luckenbach LinesUnited States Mail Steamers. Name variants: Luckenbach ShippingCompany, Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Company Incorporated,Luckenbach Steamship Company Incorporated. Serving the GulfIntercoastal, Houston, Mobile, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco,Oakland, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, NorthAtlantic.

Box 10, Folder 4 Lorillard Steamship Line, 1869-1874Name variants: Lorillard Steamship Company. Serving Philadelphia, New York.

Box 10, Folder 5-6 M, General, 1845-1958 (bulk 1845-1911)

MacBreayne, DavidServing Scotland, Glasgow, Highlands, Oban, Inverness. Royal Route.Fleet: Columba (RMS), Iona (RMS).

Maine Steamship CompanyServing Portland, New York.

Manhattan Express CompanyUS Mail Ship. Serving New York, Savannah, Montgomery, Mobile,Memphis, New Orleans, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida. Routes: SavannahRoute. Fleet: Augusta, Alabama, Florida, Start of the South.

Manhattan Steamship CompanyServing New York, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward'sIsland, Cape Boston. Stock offering.

Manitou Steamship CompanyServing Chicago.

Mary Powell Steamboat CompanyServing New York.

Matson LinesShipboard newsletter, Polynesian dated 1955 December 23. Fleet: Lurline.

Merchants' and Manufacturers' Daily Freight LineServing Philadelphia, Fleet: City of Chester, Twilight.

Merchants and Miners Transportation CompanyServing Baltimore, Boston, Norfolk, Newport News, Providence, Savannah,Philadelphia. "Queen of the Sea" Routes.



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Merchants' Canal LineServing New York, Philadelphia.

Merchants' Navigation and Transportation CompanyServing Boston, New York. Line: Stonington Line. Fleet: Plymouth Rock,Commodore.

Merchants Transportation CompanyServing Trenton, Philadelphia, New York. Lines: Trenton and PhiladelphiaPropeller Line.

Meseck Steamboat CorporationTwo B&W photographs of the dance floor and stage of the Americana.Fleet: Americana.

Messargeries Maritimes LinePassenger handbook. In French and English.

Metropolitan Steamship CompanyServing New York, Boston. Fleet: H.F. Dimock, Herman Winter, Jas. S.Whitney, H.M. Whitney, Glaucus, Neptune.

Midland Railway CompanyServing Heysham, Douglas, Manxland, Belfast, Isle of Man, Douglas. Fleet:Manxman.

Minnesota River PacketFleet: Time and Tide.

Mississippi and Dominion Steamship Company LimitedServing Philadelphia, Liverpool, Halifax. Lines: Dominion Line.

Monarch LineServing New York, London, Liverpool, Queenstown. Fleet: AssyrianMonarch, Lydian Monarch, Saxon Monarch, Grecian Monarch, PersianMonarch, Danish Monarch, Egyptian Monarch, Norman Monarch, CelticMonarch.

Montreal and Maritime Provinces S.S. LineServing Pictou, Montreal.

Montreal Ocean Steamship Company

Moore-McCormack LinesServing New York, South American (east coast). Fleet: Argentina, Uruguay.

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Moran Towing and Transportation Company, Inc.Booklet, The Moran Story: An Address at New York (1965, NewcomenSociety).

Mt. WashingtonServing Lake Winnipesaukee, Long Island, Wolfeboro, Alton Bay, CentreHarbor, Weirs. Fleet: Mt. Washington.

Muller, Wm. H. and CompanyServing Rotterdam, London. Lines: Batavier Line. Fleet: Batavier II, III, IV,and V.

Munargo Lines, 1939

Munson Steamship LinesMr. & Mrs. Ben A. Peterson wedding supper menu. Fleet: Southern Cross.

Muskingum and Ohio River Transportation CompanyServing Pittsburg, Wheeling, Marietta, Zanesville. Fleet: Lorena.

Box 10, Folder 7 Maine Steamship Company , 1873-1911Serving New York, Portland.

Box 10, Folder 8 Mallory Steamship Lines, 1880-1910Name variants: New York and Texas Steamship Company, Mallory SteamshipCompany.

Box 10, Folder 9 Manhattan Navigation Company, 1909-1914Serving New York, Albany, Troy. Lines: Manhattan Line, Empire Barge Line.1911 postcard announcing resignation of Vice President/Director Mr. JamesW. Fleming, replaced by Louis W. Emerson.

Map-folder 12 Matson South Pacific Line, 1937Promotional advertisement.

Box 10, Folder 10 Metropolitan Steamship Company, 1866-1909Serving Camden, Belfast, and North Land. Lines: Metropolitan SteamshipLine, Metropolitan Line of Steamers. Fleet: Ashland, Jersey Blue, City of Bath,Mary Sanford, Salvor, Relief, Miami, Monticello, Fairbanks, Nereus (formerlyowned by Merchants' Steamship Company), Glaucus (formerly owned byMerchants' Steamship Company), Neptune (formerly owned by Merchants'Steamship Company), General Whitney, H.F. Dimock, Herman Winter, H.M.Whitney, Boston, New York, George Washington, Robert E. Lee, Saint John,Acadia.

Box 10, Folder 11 Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company, 1879-1884



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Serving Philadelphia, New York, New Orleans. Lines: Morgan's LineSteamships.

Box 11, Folder 1-2 N, General , 1834-1915

N.B., M.V. and N. Steamboat Company

N. S. S. CompanyServing New York.

Nantasket Beach Steamboat CompanyServing Boston, Hull, Downer Landing, Nantasket, Hingham.

Narragansett Steamship Company

Naples Packet Company

National Line SteamshipsServing New York, Queenstown, Liverpool. Fleet: America, Erin, Spain.

Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI)Booklets featuring the Columbo and the Avgvstvs [Augustus]. Lines: ItalianLine. Fleet: Avgvstvs [Augustus], Columbo.

Neptune Line of Steamers / Neptune Steamship Company / Neptune Lineof Screw SteamersServing Providence, New York, Boston. See Providence and New YorkSteamship Company.

New Bedford and New York Steamship Company

New England and Savannah Steamship CompanyServing Boston, Savannah, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama,Tennessee, Missouri, Cuba. Fleet: Gate City, City of Macon, City ofSavannah.

New England Transportation Line

New Haven LineServing New York, New Haven. Fleet: C.H. Northam, Continental, Elm City.

New Haven Steamboat Company / Successors of the New HavenSteamboat CompanyServing New York, New Haven.

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Serving Albany, New York.

New Line Baltimore, Norfolk and Richmond Steamers

New Line Boston, Albany and Canal PacketsServing Albany, Boston.

New London Steamboat CompanyServing Norwich, New London, Watch Hill, Block Island. Fleet: BlockIsland.

New Orleans, Monroe, and Trenton Weekly PacketsServing New Orleans, Monroe, Trenton, Camden, Arkansas, Saline River,Bayous D'Arbone and Bartholomew, Tensas, Bayou Macon, Boeuf River.Fleet: Frank Pargoud, Vicksburg.

New Windsor Steamboat LineFleet: Norfolk, Spy.

New York, Alexandria, Washington, and Georgetown Steamship Company

New York, Maine, and New Brunswick Steamship Company

New York and Albany Propeller LineFleet: Erastus Corning, Western World.

New York and Albany Transportation CompanyServing New York, Albany, Troy. Lines: New Hudson Line.

New York and Amboy Towing Transportation Line

New York and Baltimore Transportation LineServing Chesapeake, Delaware Canal, Delaware, Raritan Canal. Lines:Inland Propeller Line.

New York and Boston, Lowell and NashuaServing Norwich, Worcester, New York, Boston, Lowell, Nashua, NewLondon.

New York and Charleston Steamship CompanyServing New York, Charleston. Lines: Great Southern Freight Line. Fleet:City of Atlanta, Manhattan, Charleston.

New York and Cuba Mail Steamship CompanyServing New York, Cuba, Bahamas, Vera Cruz. Lines: Ward Line. Circa1915 operated under the Atlantic, Gulf, and West Indies Steamship Lines.



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New York and New Orleans Steamship CompanyFleet: Cahawba, DeSoto.

New York and Philadelphia New LineServing Boston, Trenton, New York.

New York and Porto Rico Steamship CompanyLines: Porto Rico Line [sic], Santo Domingo Line. Fleet: Borinquen,Coamo, San Jacinto, Puerto Rico, Ponce.

New York and Savannah Navigation CompanyFleet: Alabama.

New York and Trenton Accommodation Line

New Zealand and Australasian Steamship CompanyServing Newcastle-on-Tyne, Land of the Midnight Sun, North Cape,Bergen, Norway. Fleet: Warrimoo, Miowera.

Niagara Navigation CompanyServing Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto. Line: Niagara River Line.

No Monopoly Evening LineFleet: Rip Van Winkle.

Norfolk and Washington, D.C. Steamboat CompanyServing Washington DC, Ft. Monroe, Norfolk, Portsmouth. . Lines: HistoricLine. Fleet: Midland, Southland, Northland, Newport News, Washington,Norfolk. Special route for the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition (April 26to November 30, 1907)

North River and New York Steamboat Company / D.D. and T. Smith'sSteamboat LineFleet: Raleigh, Chrystenah, Adelphi, Alexis and Nyack and Tarrytown Ferry.

Northern Steamship CompanyServing Duluth, Buffalo, Great Lakes, Mackinac Island, Detroit, Cleveland,Boston, New York. Fleet: North West, North Island.

Northern Transportation CompanyServing Cleveland.

Northern Transportation LineServing Lake Champlain, Deleware and Raritan Canada Canal, HudsonRiver, St. Lawrence River, New York, Philadelphia, Albany, Troy, Whitehall,Montreal, Ottawa.



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Norwich and Lowestoft NavigationA song, dedicated to the Directors of the Company of Proprietors of theNorwich and Lowestoft Navigation, by one of the Board [J.W.], to the tuneof Our Country is our Ship d'ye see. Includes historical and topographicalnotes.

Norwich and New London Steamboat Company

Norwich and New York Line Packets

Norwich and New York Transportation CompanyServing Worcester, Oxford, Webster, Dayville, Danielson, Plainfield, NewYork. Lines: Norwich Line.

Norwich and Worchester LineServing New York, Norwich.

Norwich LineServing New York, Boston, Vermont, White Mountain Tours, Rangley LakeTours, Mount Desert Tours, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire. Fleet:City of Worcester.

Box 11, Folder 3 New England Steamship Company / New England Navigation Company,1909-1932Predecessor was the New England Navigation Company. Serving New Haven,New York City, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island. Primary Line: FallRiver Line. Other Lines: Norwich Line, Providence Line, New Haven Line, NewLondon-Block Island Line, New Bedford Line, Bridgeport Line.

Box 11, Folder 4 New Jersey Steam Navigation Company, circa 1830-1869Fleet: Mohegan, Massachusetts, Providence, Narragansett.

Box 11, Folder 5 Newburgh and Haverstraw Line, 1890-1896Serving Haverstraw, Newburgh. Fleet: Emeline.

North German Lloyd Steamship Company / Norddeutscher Lloyd , 1871-1938Name variant: North German Lloyd, Bremen. Serving New York, Bremen,Plymouth, Southampton, London, Cherbourg, Paris). Fleet: Kaiser Wilhelm derGrosse, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Kaiserin Maria Theresa, Bremen, Frederick derGrosse, Koenigin, Luise, Grosser Kurfuerst, Barbarossa.

Box 11, Folder 6 Bulletin, 19122 issues: 1912 May, Vol. XXXIII, No. 5; 1912 June, Vol. XXXIII, No. 6.

Box 11, Folder 7 Keepsakes, 1910, undatedPostcards, ship map, souvenier book, concert program.



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Box 11, Folder 8 Menus, 1894-1938

Box 12, Folder 1 Passenger Lists and Regulations, 1871-1931One regulation book in German.

Box 12, Folder 2 Promotion Material, 1893-1911Advertising, Price Lists, and Cruise Promotion.

Box 12, Folder 3 Records, 1878-1909Four pieces of correspondence, two envelopes, one import/exportdocument.

Map-folder 12A Ship, George Washington Deck Plan, 1914

Box 12, Folder 4 Ship, Ocean Express "Bremen", circa 1930Illustrated book.

Box 12, Folder 5 O, General, 1862-1911

Occidental and Oriental Steam Ship CompanyAffiliated with Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company, and Toyo Kisen Kaisha(Oriental Steamship Company). Serving London, New York, San Francisco,Honolulu, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Amoy, Nagasaki, Kobe,Yokohama Fleet: Oceanic, Gaelic, Belgic.

Ocean Steamship Company of SavannahServing Philadelphia, Savannah, Georgia, Florida, Miami, Key West,Havana, New York, Boston, Alabama, Cuba. Fleet: City of Atlanta, City ofColumbus, Kansas City, City of Augusta, City of Birmingham, Nacoochee,City of Macon, City of Memphis, Chattahoochee, Tallahassee, City ofMemphis, City of Savannah. Lines: Florida Dispatch Line. .

Oceanic Steamship CompanyServing San Francisco, Honolulu, Auckland, Apia, Sydney, Australia, NewZealand, Islands of the Pacific, Tahiti.

Old Bay LineServing Richmond, Norfolk, Fort Monroe, Baltimore, Philadelphia, NewYork, Washington. Fleet: M. Martin, Thos. Collyer.

Old Colony and Fall River Rail Road CompanyServing Boston, New York, Long Island Sound. Fleet: Empire State, BayState, Metropolis. Lines: Bay State Line, Fall River Line.

Old Dominion Steamship CompanyServing New York, Old Point Comfort, Norfolk, Newport News, Richmond,Virginia, North Carolina, James River, Petersburg. Fleet: Princess Anne,



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Jamestown, Monroe, Jefferson, Hamilton, Pocahontas, Hampton Roads.Lines: Old Dominion Line; Virginia Tennessee and Georgia Line.

Old Line Steam Tow BoatsServing Albany, New York. Fleet: Cayauga, Alida, Ontario, Oswego, Anna,Mercury.

Old Oswego Line Transportation CompanyServing New York, Oswego, western states, Canada.

Ohio and Tennessee River Transportation CompanyServing Louisville, Kentucky.

Orient Steam Navigation CompanyName variant: Orient Company. Serving Mediterranean, Levant, London,England, Gibralter, Naples, Port Said, Suez, Colombo, Albany, Adelaide,Melbourne, Sydney, Australia. Fleet: Austral, Chimborazo, Cuzco,Garonne, Iberia, Liguria, Lustiania, Orient, Orizaba, Ormuz, Oroya. Lines:Orient Line.

Oriental Steamship Company (Toyo Kisen Kaisha)Affiliated with Occidental and Oriental Steam Ship Company, and PacificMail Steam Ship Company. Serving America, Hawaiian Islands, India,Philippines, Japan, China.

Ottawa River Navigation CompanyServing Ottawa, Prescott, Ogdensburg, L'Original.

Box 12, Folder 6 P, General, 1852-1925

Pacific Coast Steamship CompanyServing California, San Francisco, British Columbia, Washington, Alaska,Oregon, Mexico. Fleet: State of California.

Pacific Mail Steam Ship CompanyAffiliated with Occidental and Oriental Steam Ship Company, and ToyoKisen Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Company). Serving America, Manila,Honolulu, Russia, Japan, China, India, Syracuse, New York, California.Fleet: China.

Pacific Steam Navigation CompanyServing South America, New York, Valparaiso. Lines: Pacific Line.Passenger list for Essequibo 1921 February 26 New York to Valparaiso,Chile.

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Small, handwritten note referencing this company only; no company issueddocuments.

Peninsular and Occidental Steamship CompanyServing Cuba, Havana, Port Tampa, Key West, West Indies, Nassau,Miami. Lines: Key West Havana Line, Port Tampa Key West Havana Line.Fleet: Mascotte, Cuba, Northland, Governor Cobb.

Penobscot Steam Navigation CompanyServing Bangor, Maine.

Perth Amboy Towing LineServing Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Pickford and Black Steamship LinesServing Halifax, Bermuda, British West Indies, Turks Island, Jamaica,St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Antigua, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia,Barbados, Trinidad, Demerara. Royal Mail steamers.

Portland, Bangor, Mt. Desert, and Machias Steamboat CompanyServing Portland, Boston, Mt. Desert, Maine. Lines: Inside Line betweenBoston and Mt. Desert.

Providence and New York Steamship CompanyAffiliated with Boston and Providence Railroad Company, NeptuneSteamship Company, Neptune Line of Screw Steamers. ServingProvidence, New York, Long Island Sound, Boston. Lines: Neptune Line,Propeller Line. Fleet: Electra, Galatea, Metis.

Providence and Stonington Steam Ship CompanyServing New York, Providence, Boston. Lines: Providence Line, StoningtonLine.

Philadelphia, Albany and Troy Line

Philadelphia and Baltimore PacketsLines: Regular Line.

Philadelphia and Boston Regular Line

Philadelphia and Smyrna Transportation CompanyServing Delaware, Smyrna, Philadelphia, Rothwell's Landing. Fleet: JohnE. Tygert.

Philadelphia and Wilmington Propeller Line

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Philadelphia Steam Propeller CompanyServing Philadelphia, New York. Lines: Despatch Line, Hartford Line.Route: Delaware and Raritan Canal.

Box 13, Folder 1 Peekskill and New York Day Line, 1890-1896Serving Peekskill, New York. Fleet: Fannie Woodall, Peekskill.

Box 13, Folder 2 Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company , 1900-1901Two passenger guide and regulation booklets, two price lists. Established1822. Changed name to Peninsular Steam Navigation Company in 1837.Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1840, becoming the Peninsular and OrientalSteam Navigation Company in conjunction of merging with the TransatlanticSteamship Company. In 1914 merged with the British India Steam NavigationCompany. In 1918 purchased 51% of the Orient Steam Navigation Company.In 1961, P&O bought out Orient Lines and renamed its passenger operationsto P&O-Orient Lines. Sometimes known as P&O Line.

Box 13, Folder 3 Peoples Line, 1853-1906Partial copy of People's Line Journal (1890 June). Name variants: People'sLine Steamers, New Jersey Steamboat Company, Peoples Line, Peoples LineSteamers on the Hudson River, Peoples Evening Line Steamers. Operated fora period under the Hudson Navigation Company where it was also known asthe Albany Division.

Box 13, Folder 4 Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Company, 1866-1879Serving Philadelphia, New York, Savannah, Wilmington, Charleston, NewOrleans. Fleet: Pioneer, Tonawanda.

Box 13, Folder 5 Q, General, 1876-1910

Quebec and Gulf Ports Steamship CompanyServing Bermuda Islands, New York. Fleet: Bermuda, Canima.

Quebec Steamship CompanyOffering cruises to Winter Resorts in Southern Seas. Royal and US Mailcontracts. Serving New York, Windward West India Islands, Bermuda,Montreal, Pictou, Nova Scotia. Fleet: Oceana (yacht). Lines: St. LawrenceLine, Bermuda Line, West Indies Line.

Box 13, Folder 6 R, General, 1869-1922, undated

Red Star Towing and Wrecking CompanyServing Boston.

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Regular Mail LineServing Stonington, Boston, Providence, Taunton, New Bedford. Fleet:Plymouth Rock, C. Vanderbilt, Commodore, Eagle Wing.

Regulator Line SteamersServing the Columbia River, Portland, Oregon.

Rice and Thaxter's Philadelphia and Boston Regular LineServing Boston, Philadelphia.

Richelieu and Ontario Navigation CompanyIncludes brochure for affiliated hotels. Serving Buffalo, Niagara Falls,Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Quebec, Murray Bay, Tadousac, Riviere duLoup, Ha!Ha!Bay, Chicoutinmi, Roberval, St. Lawrence, Lake St. John,Saquenay River. The company uses the slogan: "Niagara to the Sea".Lines: Toronto-Rochester-Montreal Line, Montreal-Quebec Line, SaguenayLine, Western Lines, Eastern Lines. Fleet: Kingston, Toronto, Rapids King,Rapids, Queen, Rapids Prince, Rochester, Montreal, Quebec, Murray Bay,Tadousac, Ste. Irenee.

Ring, J.N. Steamer CompanyServing PIttsfield, Massachusetts.

River and Ocean Towing CompanyServing New Orleans. Fleet: R.W. Wilmot, W.G. Wilmot, Mongah, MaudWilmot, Nellie Brown, Prentiss.

Royal Hungarian River and Sea Navigation Company LimitedServing Budapest, Hungry. Lines: Danube, Tisza, Drave, Save, Bosut,Bega Canal, Francis Canal, Francis Joseph Canal, Borcea.

Royal Mail Line G.m.b.H.

Royal Mail Steam Packet CompanyServing West Indies, Mexico, Central American, Panama, North and SouthPacific, Japan, China, London, Southampton, Manchester, Brazil andRiver Plate, Plymouth, Cherbourg, New Zealand, Australia, New York, SanFrancisco, Europe, Argentina, Cuba.

Fleet: Clyde, Tweed, Thames, Forth, Solway, Tay, Medina, Medway, Dee,RMS Trent, Teviot, Isis, City of Glasgow, Avon, Severn, Great Western,RMS Amazon, Oronico, Parana, Magdalena, Demerara, La Plata, RMSAtrato, Solent, Tamar, Tyne, Oneida, RMS Paramatta, Mersey, Shannon,Tasmanian, Seine, Eider, RMS Douro, Arno, RMS Rhone, Danube,Corsica, Neva, Nile, Elbe, Tiber, Ebro, Liffey, Moselle, Belize, Tagus,Boyne, Essequibo, Larne, Severn, Minho, Mondego, Dee, Guadiana, Para,Don, Medway, Solent, Tamar, Trent, Derwent, Humber, Avon, La Plata,Eden, Esk, Dart, RMS Atrato, RMS Magdalena, Thames, Nile, Danube,La Plata, Minho, Ebro, Severn, Tagus, Trent, Tyne, Eider, La Plata, Dee,



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Tamar, Teviot, Parana, Caroni, Conway, Pardo, Catalina, Potaro, RMSAragon, Oruba, Orotava, Oroya, Arcadian, Marima, Manau, RMS Amazon,Segura, Sabor, RMS Araguaya, RMS Avon, Monmouthshire, Denbighshire,Flintshire, RMS Asturias, Arzila, Agadir, Berbice, Balantia, Deseado,RMS Arlanza, Demerara, Desna, Alcala, RMS Andes, Radnorshire,Caribbean, Merionethshire, Cardiganshire, Cobequid, Caraquet, RMSAlcantara, Carnarvonshire, Drina, RMS Almanzora, Essequibo, RMS Ebro,Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Larne, Brecknockshire, Darro, Navasota,Sambre, Glamorganshire, Nagara, Segura, Somme, Severn, Radnorshire,Silarus, Siris, Narenta, Nictheroy, Orcana, Oruba, Natia, Nariva, Nebraska,Sarthe, Sabor, Montgomeryshire, Lochkatrine, Lochgoil, Culebra, Orca,Orduña, Orbita, Ohio, Lochmonar, RMS Asturias, RMS Alcantara.

Royal Netherlands West India MailServing Amsterdam, New York, West Indies.

Royal Viking LineFleet: Star, Sky, Sea.

Box 13, Folder 7 Red Star Line, 1873-1930Operated under International Navigation Company. Book, Strange Places andStrange Facts (1930)

Box 14, Folder 1 Red Star Line / White Star Line, 1923Duel branding, operated under the International Mercantile Marine Company.Two copies of booklet (one is missing a cover), Mediterranean and Egypt.

Box 14, Folder 2 Red Star Lines, 1888-1911

Box 14, Folder 3 S, General, 1836-1934

San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company

Sarina-Toledo Transit Company Limited

Schroon Lake Steamboat CompanyAnnual pass requests.

Sea Shore LineServing Bar Harbor, Portland. Fleet: City of Richmond.

Sebago Lake, Songo River and Bay of Naples Steamboat CompanyServing Maine. Lines: Songo River Line.

Seneca Lake Steam Navigation Company LimitedAnnual pass requests. Serving Watkins Glen and Niagara Falls.



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Sistersville Wharfboat

Souder, E.A. and Company Regular Steamship LineServing Philadelphia, Savannah.

Southern Pacific Steam Ship LineServing Havana, Cuba, New Orleans, Lousiana, Texas, New Mexico,Arizona, California. Lines: New Orleans Havana Line, New York and NewOrleans, Atlantic Steamship Lines. Fleet: Contra Costa, Momus, Creole,Antilles, Proteus, Comus, Prince Arthur.

St. John River Steamship CompanyFleet: Elaine, Hampstead.

St. Katharine's Steam Packet WharfServing London, Dover. Fleet: Dover Castle.

St. Lawrence Steam Navigation CompanyServing the Seguenay River, Quebec, Bay St. Paul, Eboulement,Murray Bay, Riviere du Loup, Tadousac, Ha!Ha! Bay, Chichoutimi. Fleet:Saguenay, St. Lawrence, Union.

St. Louis, Naples, and Peoria Packet CompanyFleet: Pike.

St. Louis and Clarksville Packet CompanyServing Hamburg. Fleet: Dora, Bald Eagle.

State Steamship CompanyServing New York, Europe, Scotland, England, Ireland. Fleet: State ofNevada.

Steam Propeller LineFormer names: Philadelphia Iron Steam Line, Philadelphia Steam Line.

Stephens and Condit Transportation CompanyServing New York. Fleet: Thos. P. Way.

Stonington, Providence and Boston LineFleet: Massachusetts.

Stonington LineServing Stonington, Boston, New York, Providence, New York, Baltimore,Washington. Fleet: Stonington, Narragansett, Rhode Island. Inside Route.

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Serving Boston, Strawberry Hill, Nantasket, Long Beach. Fleet: Wm.Harrison, Emeline.

Sutton and Company's Dispatch Line for San Francisco PacketsServing Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York.

Swedish American LineServing Baltic, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Gotland, Finland, New York,Iceland, Midnight Sun, North Cape, Norway, the Fjords, Visby, Estonia,Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Moscow, Tallinn, Klaipeda, Leningrad,Helsingfors. Fleet: Gripholm, Kungsholm.

Syracuse and Oswego LineServing Albany.

Box 14, Folder 4 Swiftsure Transportation Line, 1841-1874Name varients: Swiftsure Transportation Company, Philadelphia and New YorkSteam Transportation Company Swiftsure Line, Swiftsure Transportation LineSteam Tow-Boat Company, Despatch Line, Swiftsure (Winter) TransportationLine. Serving Philadelphia, New York, Delaware and Raritan Canal.

Box 14, Folder 5 T, General, 1839-1959

Thames Tow Boat CompanyServing New London, Connecticut. Fleet: T.W. Wellington, Gen. A. E.Burnside, Doct. S. N. Briggs.

Thompson, Geo. and CompanyServing South Africa, Australia, London, Tenerife, Plymouth. Fleet:Aberdeen, Australasian, Damascus, Nineveh, Moravian, Salamis,Sophocles, Miltiades, Marathon. Lines: Aberdeen Line.

Torms Line Agency, IncorporatedBrochure on new Pier 1, New York facility. Serving Venezuela, East CoastSouth America, Mediterranean, New York.

Toyo Kisen KaishaSee Oriental Steamship Company. Affiliated with Occidental and OrientalSteam Ship Company, and Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company.

Troy and Erie Line Iron Tow BoatsServing New York.

Troy and Western LineServing New York, Buffalo.

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Troy Steam Boat CompanyServing Troy.

Box 14, Folder 6 U, General , 1834-1913

Union Line[Affiliation ambiguous.] Single piece of correspondence.

Union Castle LineServing South and East Africa. Royal Mail Service.

Union Railroad and Transportation CompanyServing New York, Philadelphia. Lines: Union Line.

Union Steam Ship Company LimitedServing London, South African Gold Fields, Diamond Fields, Mashonaland,Cape of Good Hope, Natal, East Africa. Royal Mail steamers. Lines: UnionLine.

Union Transportation LineServing New York, Philadelphia, Trenton.

United American LinesFleet: Reliance, Resolute.

United Fruit Company Steamship ServiceUsed the slogan "Great White Fleet". Serving New York, Caribbean,Cuba, Jamaica, Panama Canal, Central America, South America. Fleet(names split with / indicates US Navy WWI and WWII commissions):Pastores, Tenadores, Admiral Dewey, Admiral Schley, Admiral Sampson,Admiral Farragut , Venus , San Jose, Limon, Esparta , Atenas, Tivives ,Pastores / USS Pastores, Calamares / USS Calamares, Toloa , Ulua /USS Octans, San Benito / USS Taurus , Mayari, Choluteca , La Playa , LaMarea / USS Darien , Telda, Iriona, Castilla , Tela , Aztec , Platano, Musa ,Chiriqui / USS Tarazed , Jamaica / USS Ariel , Veraqua / USS Merak ,Talamanca / USS Talamanca, Quiriqua / USS Mizar , USS Antigua ,Oratava , Comayagua, Junior, Metapan, Yaque , Fra Berlanga , Manaqui.

United States and Australasia Steamship CompanyServing Australia, New Zealand, New York.

United States Mail LineServing New London, Palmer, Norwich, Worchester, Blakestone,Woonsocket, Dedham, Framingham, Boston, Lowell, Lawrence, Nashua,Concord. Routes: Great Northern, Eastern. Fleet: Commonwealth,Connecticut, Worcester.

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Serving New York, Liverpool. Fleet: Atlantic, Baltic, Pacific, Artic, Adriatic.

Box 14, Folder 7-8 United States Shipping Board, circa 1907-1956The United States Shipping Board was created by the Shipping Act of 1916for the establishment of a naval auxilary, naval reserve, and Merchant Marine.Booklet, Trade Routes & Shipping Services (1928), lists the numerousparticipant lines.Fleet: Strathnever.

American Merchants LinesPassenger list for the 1929 May 3 sailing of the American Trader, Voyage105/53, London/New York.

Emergency Fleet CorporationInvitation to the March 27 launching of the Strathnever at Arlington, StatenIsland, New York.

United States LinesUSL functioned as the managing operators for the U.S. Shipping Board(circa 1923). Serving New York, Ireland, England, France, Germany. Fleet:President Monroe, President Adams, President Van Buren, PresidentPolk, President Garfield, President Fillmore, President Harding, GeorgeWashington, President Roosevelt, Leviathan, America, United States.

Materials include: shipping routes brochures, price list. Rejection letterto nurse applicant (1926 March 23). Booklet, Going Abroad (undated).Book, Planning a Trip Abroad (1923, 2 copies). Ship specific documents:Theodore Roosevelt - clipped magazine advertisements. President Fillmore- passenger list for 1923 June 21 Breman to New York. Leviathan - twochildren's party guest lists (undated, 1927 September 24), souvenir log,passenger list for 1926 July 3 New York to Cherbourg and Southamption;passenger list for 1927 June 21 Southampton and Cherbourg to NewYork. America - passenger list 1929 January 30 New York to Plymouth,Cherbourg, and Breman, postcard, dinner menu 1929 January 31, farewelldinner menu 1929 February 6.

Box 15, Folder 1 V, General, 1847-1938

Virginia Navigation CompanyServing Richmond, Norfolk, Jamestown, Newport News, Old Point Comfort,Dutch Gap Canal. Fleet: Pocahontas (palace steamer).

Vinal Haven and Rockland Steamboat CompanyBooklet containing Freight Tariff rates. Serving Rockland, Maine, NorthHaven, Stonington, Swan's Island, Vinal Haven.

Vanderbilt European Line of United States Mail SteamshipsServing Havre, New York, Cowes, Southampton.

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Serving Devil's Reach, Rocketts.

Box 15, Folder 2 W, General, 1857-1901

Wallace, James F.

Ward, Jas. E. and CompanyLines: Ward Line.

Ward, Lewis and Company

Ward LineOperated under the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company,along with the Alexandre Line, circa 1881. Operated under ConsolidatedSteamship Lines, 1907. Operated under Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Lines(Agwilines), 1908. Changed name to Cuba Mail Line, circa 1935. Resumeuse of Ward Line under Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Lines (Agwilines),1947. Operated under the Stevenson Lines, circa 1955. Operated underthe Ward-Garcia Line of Companñía Naviera García, circa late 1955. Fleet:Valencia (chartered from the Red D Line).

Wardrop, Smith and Company's LineFleet: Wallkill, Caledonia.

Warner's Philadelphia and Wilmington Steam Propeller Line

Warners Packet Line

Waterford Steamship Company Limited

Western Transportation CompanyLines: Western Express, Rail and Lake Line.

White Star LineServing New York, Queenstown, Liverpool. Fleet: Germanic, Celtic,Majestic, Oceanic, Cymric, Teutonic.

White's Magnificent SteamersServing Rockaway Beach, New York. Fleet: Grand Republic, Columbia,Americus.

Wilmington Steamship Company

Wilming ton Steamboat Line

Wilmington Steamship Company of Delaware



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Serving New York, Wilmington.

Wilson Line of Steamers

Wilsons and Furness-Leyland Line Steamers

Winchester, J.H. and Company

Winsor Line SteamersServing Philadelphia, Providence, Ives' Wharf.

Box 15, Folder 3 White Star, 1883-1932Includes booklet, White Star Line of Steamships: A Resume of Twenty YearsProgress - From the Oceanic, August 1870 to the Majestic April 1890.

White Star Lines

Box 15, Folder 4 General, 1927-1928, 1930Promotional, freestanding calendar boxes with monthly cards. Operatedunder Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (1927-circa 1932).

Map-folder 12A Poster, Olympic, undatedFeaturing an image of the ship carrying troops to the Great War.

Box 15, Folder 5 Y-Z, General, 1895-1965

Yarmouth Steamship Company LimitedServing Yarmouth, Boston, Nova Scotia, Cape Brenton. Land ofEvangeline Route. Fleet: Boston.

Zim Israel Navigation Company LimitedServing Israel, Europe, Mediterranean, New York, Madeira, Gibralter,Malaga, Marseilles, Naples, Piraeus, Haifa. Lines: North Atlantic Line,Western Mediterranean Line, Adriatic Line. Fleet: Israel, Zion, Jerusalem,Moledat, Theodor Herzl, Shalom. Offering High Holiday cruise.

Box 15, Folder 6 Bundled Records, circa 1833-1871Contains small packets of receipts affixed together that represent more thanone shipping line. Also contains one news clipping advertisement (circa 1833)that includes a listing of shipping transportation providers.

Oversize 59, Folder 9 Oversize, 1857-1952Includes an illustrated book on the Queen Elizabeth (1938).


Oversize A-M, 1896, undated



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Oversize N-Z, 1859-1930

Box SUPP 28, Folder6

Miscellaneous Business Records and Marketing Material, 1805-1962Contains business records such as receipts for ships chandlers, supplies, bills oflading, correspondence and a sheet of disbursements (1805, William and Mary).Marketing material includes sailing schedules, advertisements and brochuresroute and excursions, and sailmakers.

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Genre, 1794-1960

ImagesB&W and color. Illustrations, postcards, clipped art, and some original artworkdepicting various ships and vessels.

Box 15, Folder 7 General, 1909-1918Depicting a light house, caricatures of maritime personalities, wooden boatunder construction, plus two booklets containing ships both steam and sailpowered. Small albums, booklets.

Map-folder 13 Panoramic Illustrations, 1858, undated

Map-folder 13 Hammond's Bird's Eye View Map of New York to Boston ShowingSteamship Lines, Lighthouses, Water Ways, and Landmarks, undated20th century

View of Baltimore, circa 1858Lithograph.

View of Harbor and North River, New York City, undatedPoster advertisement for Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Company,featuring the steamship Oceanic.

Box 15, Folder 8 Photographs, 1884-1885, undatedB&W. Consisting of sail and steam vessels, including paddleboats.

One of battleship Nevada. One of an ornate sailboat model. Twostereographs. One of the Elizabeth Monroe Smith steamboat with a manin row boat in foreground. Vessel names present: Herman, St, Lawrence,General D.S. Stanley, Keansburg, [Tonic], Alaska, Antielam, Bay Queen,[Crystal Beach].

Box 16, Folder 1 Riverboats and Paddleboats, 1868-1925, undated

Box 16, Folder 2 Sailing Vessels, 1906-1928, undated

Box 16, Folder 3 Ships and Steamers, 1897-1957, 1851-1859, undated


Oversize, 1894-1941, 1794


Oversize, 1855-1939


Keepsakes, 1805-1962



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Keepsake are shipboard issues documents retained by former passengersinclusive of memos, news letters, menus, passenger lists, entertainmentprogram, and a luggage tag from various sailings.

Box 16, Folder 4 Ledger, 1825Bound volume with handwritten entries for the ship Saluda. Appears to havelater been used as a notebook/lesson book with many hand drawn illustrationsand writings unrelated to the ship and its journeys.

Legal

Box 16, Folder 5 Intellectual Property, 1838-1879Patents, trademarks, product design/prospectus, some include drawings/schematics.

Box 16, Folder 6 Sale of Vessel, 1838-1878

Map-folder 12 Sale of Vessel, Oversize, 1838 AugustContract for canal boat John McHale.

Box 16, Folder 7 Statements and Contracts, 1841-1858


Oversize, 1797, 1842, 1803Contracts, charters.

Box 16, Folder 8 News Clippings, 1865-1930

Oversize 228 Postcards, 1904-1960

Regulatory

Box 16, Folder 9 Health and Quarantine, 1836-1896

Box 16, Folder 10 Inspections, 1875-1881

Box 16, Folder 11 Legislation, 1836-1883

Reports

Map-folder 12 Appraisement of Damaged Goods, 1810 January 12Handwritten report. Philadelphia.

Box 16, Folder 12-13 General, 1845-1919Related or pertaining to: navigation laws, Merchant Marine extension, coastsurvey, ship building channel standards, Memoir of the Dangers of Ice,



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port charges, iron replacing wooden ships, nautical pursuits and progress,Woodruff Scientific Expedition around the world.

Box 17, Folder 1-2 International, 1814-1957Related or pertaining to: England, Germany, International Congress ofNavigation, Scotland, India, British Empire, Netherlands, France.

Box 17, Folder 3-4 United States, 1955, 1818-1923Related or pertaining to: pilotage for New Jersey, Ways and Means ofBaltimore, revival of American shipping, Ways and Means, tonnagestatements, Collins Steamers, decline of American shipping, memorial forWilbur F. Cogswell USN, protection of commerce, sale of Navy vessels,memorial for John Ericsson, harbor improvement on Lake Superior, letter toKeepers of the Light Houses of the United States (1842), War Departmentsurplus floating equipment catalogue, American marine insurance.

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Transportation Lines on the Atlantic, Gulf, andPacific Coasts, Transportation Series 5 (1955).

Map-folder 12 Daily Report of Vessels, Port of Philadelphia, 1891 January 21

Box 17, Folder 5 Daily Reports of U.S. Measures, 1858 July-NovemberPhiladelphia.


Oversize, 1910, undated

Box 17, Folder 6 Serial Publications, 1823-1927All are single issues unless noted.

Burr-McIntosh Monthly, 1903 September

Chronicles of the Sea, "Great Western Steam Ship", 1838 June 16Excerpt, pp. 217-224.

International Tourist, undatedInternational Steamship Company, published weekly.

Life Boat, 1859 JuneExcerpt, pp. 95-96.

Life Boat, 1860 May

London departures timetable, 1879 September

Mechanics Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, 1823October 11



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Mentor, 1918 September 16

National Atlas, "Ohio River, Near Wheeling-Virginia", 1837 MayExcerpt, unpaginated.

Penny Magazine, "A Day at a Ship-Yard", "A Second Day at a Ship-Yard",1841 May, 1841 JuneSupplement, excerpt, pp.209-216, pp.249-256.

Penny Magazine, "Eddystone Lighthouse", 1832 July 28Excerpt, pp. 163-166.

Penny Magazine, "How is a Steamboat Propelled", 1841 FebruaryExcerpt, pp. 75-76.

Salmagundi, 1927 July-September

Shipping, 1896 February 1

Map-folder 12 Shipping and Commercial List, 1850 May 11, 1850 May 25Two issues. Vol XXXVL No. 38 and No. 42.

Syren and "Shipping" Illustrated, American Edition, 1902 November 1

Weekly Register, Guide and Circular of the American Exchange in Europe,1884 July 30

Winged Wheel, 1906 October


Oversize, 1897-1932


Oversize, 1839-1912Includes a New York Special Edition, Part 6 section on the Titanic (1912 April28).

Box 18, Folder 1 Stamps/Cigarette Cards, 1886, undated

Box 18, Folder 2 Associations and Societies, 1853-1939

American Baptist Mariners' Society

American Seaman's Friend Society

Maritime Association



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Mayflower Sailor's Hostel

National Marine League

Newcomen Society

Seamen's Charities

Seamen's Church Institute

Seaman's Welfare Committee

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers


Images, Artwork, Racing, Technical Literature, 1795-circa 1960Contains color and B&W print and photographic images of sailing ships, sailors,and harbor scenes. A souvenier America's Cup booklet (1899). An AndersonGalleries catalogue of a 1992 auction of the William Bell Chambers R.N. MarineCollection. Additional material includes a brochure on the "Long-Arm" system fordoors and hatches, a schematic of a boat and shoreline (possibly related to ashipwreck), and a 1795 Encyclopedia Britannica excerpt on ships masts.


Subject, 1788-1956

Box 18, Folder 3 Battleships, Warships, 1894, undated

Box 18, Folder 4-5 Destination Guides, 1900-1930, undated

Afloat on the James, undated

Guide Through Central Europe and Italy, 1900

In Brightest Africa: the World's Riviera, 1905

Storied Coasts of the Mediterranean, 1930

Employment and Licensing

Box 18, Folder 6 General, 1832-1886

Map-folder 12 Crew Contract, 1866 August 8Stern ship [Exact].



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Box 18, Folder 7 Insurance, 1840-1849, 1949-1955

Maritime HistoryArticles and publications on a variety of related topics.

Box 18, Folder 8 Flags and Navigation Aids, 1933, 1897

Map-folder 12 Flags and Navigation Aids, Oversize, 1951Ship stack insignia chart. Published by Texaco Marine Lubricants.

Box 18, Folder 9 General, 1892, 1941, 1936, circa 1916

Box 19, Folder 1 Losses and Wrecks, 1854, 1803, 1912-1915

Box 19, Folder 2-4 Ships, General, 1946-1956, 1895

Box 19, Folder 5 Steamboats, 1872-1893, 1788

Box 19, Folder 6 Walk-On-The-Water: the first steam vessel on Lake Erie, 1890


Oversize, undated


Oversize, 1839-1912

Box 19, Folder 7-8 Maritime Models and Art, circa 1911, 1847-1876, 1921-1941Includes publications related to collections, exhibition of, and auctions of shipmodels and artwork, plus general images of maritime vessels and pictorialscenes. Note: singular images of specifically named ships may be filed in otherportions of this subject category.

Box 19, Folder 9 Revue Generale Des Sciences, 1898-1906Information on cruise offerings combined with education programs. In French.

Box 19, Folder 10 Warshaw Administrative Records, 1954Note and want list received from W.P. Lillard (1954).


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