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Special Collections

CHESAPEAKE BAY

Baltimore Steam Packet Company Collection: 1924-1959
Chesapeake Bay; Steamship Travel—annual reports, financial statements (MS201)
Alexander C. Brown Papers: 1940-1980
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal; Dismal Swamp; Juniper Waterway; Lightships; RMS Lusitania; Old Bay Line (Baltimore Steam Packet Company); US Coast Guard; US Navy; Virginia Pilots; World War II—correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, notes, photographs (MS137)
Captain F. W. Hershey Papers: 1921-1932
Yawls—journals (MS037)
E. Runk Kayan Collection: 1890’s
Chesapeake Bay, Sailing Vessels—photographs (MS272)
Menhaden Products Company Papers: 1920’s-1930’s
Fishing Industry—correspondence (MS027)

CHRIS-CRAFT

Chris-Craft Corporate Archives: 1920’s-1980’s
Chris-Craft Boat Company; Recreational Boating; Small Craft—business papers, catalogs, photographs, technical data (MS005)

CIVIL WAR NAVIES, USS MONITOR AND CSS VIRGINIA

Irwin M. Berent Collection: 1862-present
Battle of Hampton Roads; Crew Members; Descendants; USS Monitor; CSS Virginiacorrespondence, manuscripts, pension records, reports, photographs (MS164)
Franklin Buchanan Papers: 1860’s
CS Navy—military papers, photographs, publications (MS081)
James D. Bulloch Collection: 1860-1907
CSS Alabama; Blockade Runners; CS Navy—contracts, newspaper articles, spy reports (MS283)
Thomas F. Burpee Papers: 1863
Newport News, VA—correspondence (MS075)
John Cary Letter: 1862
Battle of Hampton Roads; CSS Virginia; USS Monitorcorrespondence (MS334)
William R. Cheek Letter: 1862
Battle of Hampton Roads—correspondence (MS293)
Henry Eaton Coleman Papers: 1862
USS Monitor; CSS Virginiacorrespondence (MS319)
Berna Cook Papers: 1863-1865
Civil War; US Navy—military papers (MS078)
Joseph Leland Cosby Papers: 1862-1897
CS Army; Peninsula Campaign—correspondence (MS299)
James Duncan Papers: 1860-1871
CSA; Royal Navy—certificates, correspondence (MS079)
Charles H. Eldredge Papers: 1861-1916
CS Navy; US Navy—correspondence, military papers (MS098)
Elwin M. Eldredge Collection: Notebooks: Blockade Runners: 1861-1865
Blockade Runners—notes (MS091)
Charles Ellis Collection: 1870’s-1880’s
Civil War; Merchant Marine; US Navy—scrapbooks (MS131)
John Ericsson Letter: 1864
USS Monitorcorrespondence (MS312)
Admiral David G. Farragut Collection: 1861-1865
Battle of Mobile Bay; Civil War; US Navy—correspondence, military papers (MS313)
Francis L. Galt Papers: undated
CS Navy; CSS Alabamajournal entries (photocopies) (MS328)
George S. Geer Papers: 1862-1866
Battle of Hampton Roads; USS Monitorcorrespondence (MS010)
Michael Guinan Papers: 1862-1864
Hampton Roads, VA; USS Monitor; US Army—correspondence (MS073)
Benjamin F. Isherwood Letter: 1893
Civil War; CSS Virginia; USS Monitorcorrespondence (MS331)
Charles K. Mallory Letters: 1863
CS Navy—correspondence (photocopies) (MS315)
Matthew F. Maury Resignation Letter: 1861
CS Navy; US Navy—correspondence (photocopies) (MS324)
William McBlair Papers: 1850’s-1860’s
CS Navy; Africa Squadron; Slavery; US Navy—correspondence, reports (MS018)
William Moneghan Papers: 1861-1862
Peninsula Campaign; USS Monitor; CSS Virginiacorrespondence (MS014)
USS Monitor Design and Construction Collection: 1861-1862
Cornelius Bushnell; CS Navy; CSS Alabama; John A. Griswold; US Navy; USS Monitorcorrespondence, receipts, telegraphs (MS335)
USS Monitor Patriotic Cover: 1862-1863
USS Monitorenvelope (MS071)
John Morrison Papers: 1904-1911
Armored Vessels; USS Monitor; New York Shipyards; CSS Virginiacorrespondence, notes, reports (MS006)
NARA USS Monitor Collection: 1861-1862
Cornelius Bushnell; Construction; CSS Virginia; John Dahlgren; Gustavus Fox; John Griswold; USS Monitor; Gideon Welles; John Winslow —contracts, correspondence, drawings, reports, specifications (photocopies) (MS341)
Isaac Newton Papers: 1840-1935
Armored Vessels; John Ericsson; USS Monitor; Peninsula Campaign; CSS Virginiacertificates, correspondence, ephemera, military papers, notes, photographs, publications, reports (MS013)
Jacob Nicklis Papers: 1862-1863
Civil War; USS Monitor; US Navy—correspondence (MS363)
Northrop Grumman Newport News USS Monitor Photograph Collection: 2001-2002
The Mariners’ Museum; USS Monitor; NOAA; Salvage-photographs
(color) (MS336)
Aaron Oberly Papers: 1861-1865
Hampton Roads, VA—correspondence (MS011)
Robert B. Pegram Collection: 1830-1864
CS Navy; Japan Expedition, 1854; Commodore Matthew C. Perry; USS Powhatan; US Navy—certificates, correspondence, ephemera (MS084)
Lt. Commander S. L. Phelps Papers: 1856-1873
USS Susquehanna; US Navy—correspondence, crew lists, government papers, military papers (MS033)
Henry W. Phillips Papers: 1863-1868
Armored Vessels; US Navy—correspondence, military papers (MS074)
William deRohan Papers: 1840’s-1880’s
Armored Vessels; Artillery—correspondence, drawings, newspaper articles, notes, publications (MS008)
Thomas F. Rowland Collection: 1862-1910
Continental Iron Works; USS Kaatskill; USS Monitorcontracts, notes, patents, photograph albums, plans (MS376)
August B. Sage Letter: 1862
Civil War; CSS Virginia; USS Cumberland; USS Monitorcorrespondence (MS332)
Dabney Minor Scales Letters: 1862
Battle of Vicksburg; CS Navy; CSS Arkansascorrespondence (photocopies) (MS318)
Thomas H. Stevens Papers: 1862
USS Monitor; Charles Wilkes—correspondence, military papers (MS358)
Austin D. Thompson Papers: 1863
Newport News, VA—correspondence (MS076)
J. W. Tynan Papers: 1889-1890
USS Merrimac; CSS Virginiacorrespondence, photographs (MS077)
Samuel G. Webber Papers: 1862
Fort Monroe, VA; USS Monitor; USS Rhode Islandcorrespondence, drawings (MS080)
Robert Weir Papers: 1862-1864, 1868
USS Richmonddrawings, notes (MS007)
Gideon Wells Collection: 1862
USS Monitor; CSS Virginiacorrespondence (photocopies), reports (photocopies) (MS311)
John L. Worden Papers: 1850’s-1880’s
USS Monitorcertificates, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, reports (MS016)
Henry M. Wright Papers: 1861-1917
CS Navy—certificates, military papers, regulations (MS072)

CULTURE OF THE SEA

Edwin Tappan Adney Papers: 1897-1949
Birch; Boatbuilding; Canoes and Canoeing; Fur Trade; Indians of North America; Indians of South America; Languages; Migrations; Models—clippings, correspondence, drawings, manuscripts, notes, photographs (MS20)
Ashley’s Book of Knots Manuscript Collection: 1944
Knots—drawings, notes (MS166)
R. S. Brenner Collection: 1970’s
Boatswain Calls—photographs (MS307)
Elwin M. Eldredge Collection: 1800-1964
Maritime Art; Maritime Commerce; Ship Construction; Steamships; Steamship Companies; Steamship Travel; Tourism; US Navy—correspondence, ephemera, maps, newspaper and magazine articles, notes, photograph albums, photographs, plans, scrapbooks (MS091)
Carl Everingham Collection: 1960’s
Figureheads—correspondence, ephemera, notes, photographs, publications (MS160)
Roux Research Collection: 1950’s
Maritime Art—newspaper articles, note, photographs (MS297)
Sheet Music Collection: 1850’s-1950’s
Music; Patriotism; Popular Culture; US Navy—sheet music (MS093)
Sound Recording Collection: 1930’s-present
Folk Music; The Mariners' Museum; Music; Oral Interviews; Popular Music; Steamship Whistles—cassette tapes, compact discs, reel tapes, vinyl discs (MS019)
Charles M. Wright Collection: 1850’s-1930’s
Figureheads; Sailing Vessels—photographs (MS268)

EXPLORATION, VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND TRAVEL

Baldwin-Ziegler Collection: 1901
SS Frithjof; Polar Exploration—photograph albums (MS271)
USRC Bear Collection: 1890’s
Alaska; Arctic Exploration; US Revenue Cutter Service (USCG)—photographs; negatives (MS145)
Eclipse Expedition Photo Album: 1889
Eclipse Expedition; USS Pensacola (1859)—photograph albums (MS321)
Joseph Judge Papers: 1980’s-1990’s
Age of Exploration; Christopher Columbus—notes (MS025)
George M. Parker Papers: 1843-1856
Commodore Matthew C. Perry; Expeditions, Japan—correspondence, ships' papers (MS214)
Robert B. Pegram Collection: 1830-1864
CS Navy; Japan Expedition, 1854; Commodore Matthew C. Perry; USS Powhatan; US Navy—certificates, correspondence, ephemera (MS084)
Tim Severin Collection: 1992-1993
The China Voyage: Across the Pacific by Bamboo Raftnewspaper articles, correspondence, notes (MS085)
Robert G. Skerrett Collection: 1880’s-1940’s
Aeronautics; Diving; RMS Lusitania; Naval Aviation; Naval Medicine; SS Normandie; Robert Peary; Polar Exploration; Salvage; Ship Launchings; Steamships; Submarines; Torpedoes; US Navy; World War II—newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, ephemera, government papers, manuscripts, patents, photographs, plans (MS163)
D. F. Welch Collection: 1910’s
Antarctic Exploration; Scott Expedition—photographs (MS264)

GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY

Stewart B. Nelson Collection: 1960’s-1970’s
Oceanography—photographs, notes (MS143)
William Sanger Collection: 1898-1903
Lighthouses; US Coast and Geodetic Survey; US Navy—charts, correspondence, journals, maps, photographs, survey books (MS136)

HARBORS AND PORTS

Atlantic Deeper Waterways Collection: 1909
Norfolk, VA—photographs (MS245)
Baltimore Port Authority Records: 1797-1805
Maritime Commerce; Ports—government papers, ships' papers (MS141)
John Bowen Collection: 1960’s-1970’s
Harbors; Lighthouses; Navigation—photographs (MS191)
William B. Collier Collection: 1917-1949
Virginia Pilots—certificates, correspondence, photographs (MS241)
Milton H. Dickey Collection: 1921-1963
Ports (Asia and Europe); US Navy—booklets, certificates, newspaper articles, photographs (MS244)
Dennis P. Meyers Stereoview Collection: 1860’s-1910’s
Ports; Steamships—stereoviews (MS308)
Charles R. Patterson Collection: 1930’s-1940’s
Ellis Island; New York NY—photographs (MS255)
Virginia Ferry Corporation Papers: 1941
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula; Virginia Ferry Corporation—correspondence, ephemera, photographs, publications (MS119)
Virginia Pilots Association Papers: 1900’s-1980’s
Maritime Commerce; Virginia Pilots—certificates, financial papers, journals, microfilms, minutes, photographs, publications (MS114)

INLAND WATERWAYS AND CANALS

Alexander C. Brown Papers: 1940-1980
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal; Dismal Swamp; Juniper Waterway; Lightships; RMS Lusitania; Old Bay Line; US Navy; US Coast Guard; Virginia Pilots; World War II—correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, notes, photographs, research material (MS137)
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company Papers: 1836-1843
Canals; Inland Waterways—business papers (MS211)
Clinton Havill Papers: 1915
USS Ohio; Panama Canal—correspondence (MS243)
W. W. Old Collection: 1930’s
Chesapeake-Albemarle Canals—photographs (MS251)

LIGHTHOUSES AND LIFESAVING

John Bowen Collection: 1960’s-1970’s
Harbors; Lighthouses; Navigation—photographs (MS191)
Captain H. A. Burns Papers: 1909-1934
Lighthouses; Mallory Line; Merchant Marine; US Navy; World War I—certificates, correspondence, journals, logbooks, ships' papers (MS028)
Joseph Francis Papers: 1849-1851
Lifeboats; Lifesaving—correspondence (MS304)
William Sanger Collection: 1898-1903
Lighthouses; US Coast and Geodetic Survey; US Navy—charts, correspondence, journals, maps, photographs, survey books (MS136)
Ralph Smith Collection: 1930’s
Lighthouse Keepers; Lighthouses—photographs (MS190)

THE MARINERS’ MUSEUM AND HUNTINGTON FAMILY

Brookgreen Gardens Collection: 1930s
Huntington Family—photographs (MS252)
Cerinda Evans Papers: 1880’s-1960’s
Huntington Family; Newport News, VA; Railroads—business papers, certificates, correspondence, ephemera, microfilm, notes (MS004)
Frederick F. Hill Collection: 1935-1937
Maritime Artifacts; Nautical Instruments; Shipbuilding—photographs (MS157)
Anna H. Huntington Sculpture Collection: 1930s
Art; Huntington Family—photographs (MS259)
Iconography of Ships Collections: 1932
Hispanic Society of America; Huntington Family—photographs (MS284)

MARITIME COMMERCE, MERCHANT MARINE AND WORK BOATS

Agents of Virginia Collection: 1772-1802
Maritime Commerce; Norfolk, VA—correspondence (MS242)
Baltimore Steam Packet Company Collection: 1924-1959
Chesapeake Bay; Steamship Travel—annual reports, financial papers (MS201)
Albert Barnes Collection: 1820-1968
Fishing; Menhaden; Whaling—correspondence, drawings, ephemera, newspaper and magazine articles, notes, photographs (MS198)
D. F. Barry Collection: 1900’s-1920’s
Great Lakes Shipping, Whaleback Ships—photographs (MS263)
Calvin W. Becker Papers: 1870’s-1890’s
Maritime Commerce; Sailmaking—certificates, correspondence (MS082)
Jerry Bielicki Collection: 1970’s-1980’s
Great Lakes Shipping—photographs (MS173)
Captain H. A. Burns Papers: 1909-1934
Lighthouses; Mallory Line; Merchant Marine; US Navy; World War I—certificates, correspondence, journals, logbooks, ships' papers (MS028)
A. P. Burruss Collection: 1918-1945
Merchant Marine—postcards, shore passes (MSS248)
William Dennett Papers: 1830’s-1850’s
Maritime Commerce—business papers (MS026)
Thomas Downing Papers: 1950’s-1970’s
Fisheries; Maritime Commerce; Maritime Legislation; Merchant Marine; US Congress—bills, correspondence, ephemera, notes, photographs, reports (MS138)
Henry Eagleton Papers: 1870’s-1920’s
Maritime Commerce; Merchant Marine; World War I—certificates, correspondence, journals, maps, newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, tables (MS029)
Elwin M. Eldredge Collection: 1800-1964
Maritime Art; Maritime Commerce; Ship Construction; Steamships; Steamship Companies; Steamship Travel; Tourism; US Navy—correspondence, ephemera, maps, newspaper articles, notes, photograph albums, photographs, plans, scrapbooks (MS091)
John Frye Collection: 1920’s-1980’s
Hampton Roads, VA; Menhaden Fishing; Workboats—photographs (MS199)
William Hagey Papers: 1909-1950
Merchant Marine—certificates, ephemera, notes, plans, postcards (MS087)
Isaac Harris Papers: 1845-1863
Maritime Commerce—business papers, correspondence, legal papers, newspaper articles, ships' papers (MS036)
Samuel H. Harrison Collection: 1950’s-1960’s
Getty Oil; Oil Exploration; Ship Construction; Tankers—business records, correspondence, ephemera, handbooks, photograph albums, reports (MS126)
Ken and Jean Haviland Collection: 1900-1986
Chinese Steamboats, Maritime Commerce, Shipwrecks, Steamship Travel—clippings, photographs, notes, subject files (MS342)
Hendricks Brothers Collection: 1847-1886
Cargo; Shipping—accounts, bills of lading, receipts (MS210)
William C. Hoffman Shipping Agents Papers: 1795-1934
Maritime Commerce—insurance papers, ships' papers (MS039)
J. M. Hood Company Papers: 1849-1860
Maritime Commerce—business papers, correspondence (MS103)
Horne Brothers Collection: 1940’s-1950’s
Hampton Roads, VA; Liberty Ships—financial papers, photographs, plans (MS222)
George H. Howland Papers: 1849-1856
Maritime Commerce—correspondence, ledger books (MS106)
William Hunt & Company Papers: 1829-1872
Maritime Commerce—business papers, correspondence, ships' papers (MS127)
Ed Kacyinski Papers: 1940’s-1950’s
Merchant Marine—certificates, scrapbooks (MS148)
Charles P. Leverick Collection: 1850’s-1860’s
Maritime Commerce; Steamship Companies; United States Mail Steamship Company—correspondence, ships' papers (MS069)
William Barthold Lamont Lieste Papers: 1918-1957
Merchant Marine—certificates, correspondence, ephemera, ships' papers (MS046)
Nathan Long Papers: 1793-1815
Insurance; Maritime Commerce—business papers, correspondence (MS101)
Seth Low Papers: 1830-1835
Maritime Commerce—ships' papers (MS070)
Alan A. Lynn Collection: 1948-1949
Merchant Marine—certificates, photographs, postcards (MS183)
Massachusetts Fishing Voyages Collection: 1798-1814
Fishing Industry—logbooks (MS051)
Thomas McKnight Papers: 1879-1903
Merchant Marine—certificates, correspondence (MS107)
Menhaden Products Company Papers: 1920’s-1930’s
Fishing Industry—correspondence (MS027)
Merchant Marine Collection: 1930’s-1960’s
Maritime Commerce; Merchant Marine; Port Security; World War II—correspondence, ephemera, legal papers, manuscripts, photographs (MS112)
Phil Meyers Collection: 1940’s-1970’s
Cargo Vessels; Tankers—photographs (MS 178)
Newport News US Customs Collection: 1900-1950
Newport News, VA; Maritime Commerce; US Customs Service—government papers, legal papers, ships' papers (MS040)
Pennsylvania Railroad Vessels in Hampton Roads: 1930’s 1950’s
Maritime Commerce—business papers, correspondence, photographs (MS128)
Reanie, Neafie & Company Papers: 1844-1861
Maritime Commerce; Ship Design; Steamships—business papers, correspondence, journals (MS102)
John P. Reeder Collection: 1880’s-1960’s
Great Lakes Shipping; Small Craft; Steamships—notes, photographs (MS147)
Thomas Reynolds Collection: 1920’s1930’s
Merchant Marine—photographs (MS172)
Roanes General Store Collection: 1870’s-1890’s
Hampton Roads, VA; Maritime Commerce; Old Dominion Steamship Company—business papers (MS060)
Sail Card Collection: 1840’s-1870’s
Maritime Commerce; Travel—advertisements, schedules (MS009)
Securities Collection: 1840’s-present
Railroads; Shipping Companies—certificates, legal papers (MS053)
Frederick J. Sedgewick Collection: 1890’s-1930’s
Maritime Commerce; Steamship Travel; Tourism—correspondence, ephemera, maps, newspaper articles, notes, photographs, postcards (MS095)
William H. Sivan & Sons, Inc. Papers: 1830’s
Maritime Commerce—business papers, ships' papers (MS115)
H. B. Smith Collection: 1910’s
Collingwood Shipbuilding Company; Shipyards—photograph albums (MS279)
Olive S. Southard Papers: 1870’s-1880’s
Maritime Commerce—business papers, correspondence, ships' papers (MS124)
Stewart & Nesbitt Papers: 1782-1790
Maritime Commerce—business papers, correspondence (MS001)
Swift & Allen Papers: 1839-1863
Whaling—correspondence (MS257)
Townsend & Stanton Collection: 1758-1836
Maritime Commerce—bills of lading (MS109)
Whalemen’s Shipping List Collections:
Whaling-- (MS288)
Robert J. Williams: 1944-1946
Merchant Marine—certificates, identification cards, photographs (MS218)
Thomas W. Williams Papers: 1850-1880
Whaling—booklets, correspondence, crew lists, deeds, ships' papers (MS044)
Witherle Shipping Collection: 1790’s-1860’s
Maritime Commerce—ships' papers (MS061)
Dudley Woodbridge Papers: 1780’s
Maritime Commerce—business papers (MS100)

NAVAL HISTORY AND NAVAL VESSELS

W. R. Akers Papers: 1912
USS Texasnotes (MS186)
Fred Archer Collection Papers: 1940’s-1970’s
Merchant Marine; US Navy; World War II—certificates, ephemera, newspaper articles, notes (MS086)
Lorraine M. Bartlett Papers: 1943-1945
US Navy WAVES; World War II—correspondence, ephemera, military papers, newspaper articles, photographs (MS041)
Lester Beardslee Collections: 1890’s-1900’s
Asia; Expeditions, Japan, Commodore Matthew C. Perry; South America; US Navy—invitations, newspaper articles, photographs, programs (MS260)
USS Bon Homme Richard Collection: 1940’s-1960’s
Aviation; US Navy—photographs (MS177)
Captain H. A. Burns Papers: 1909-1934
Lighthouses; Mallory Line; Merchant Marine; US Navy; World War I—certificates, correspondence, journals, logbooks, ships' papers (MS028)
Andrew Calligeris Papers: 1934-1966
Merchant Marine; US Coast Guard; World War II—certificates, journals, notes (MS113)
Carlton Chapman Collection: 1898-1899
Spanish-American War; US Navy—scrapbooks (MS042)
Cigarette Card Collection: 1910’s-1950’s
Royal Navy; German Navy; Pirates; Steamships; US Navy; World War I; World War II—cards (MS204)
USS Constellation: 1910’s-1920’s
USS Constellation; US Navy Vessels—newspaper articles, photographs (MS253)
William Culver: 1941-1945
US Navy; World War II—correspondence, manuscripts, notes—(MS129)
T. B. DeNegre, Jr. Papers: 1898
Monitor Type Vessels; Spanish-American War; US Navy—photographs, scrapbooks (MS151)
Milton H. Dickey Collection: 1921-1963
Ports (Asia and Europe); US Navy—booklets, certificates, newspaper articles, photographs (MS244)
J. G. Dugdale Collection: 1914-1916
Royal Navy; Gallipoli Campaign; HMS Prince of Wales; World War I—photograph album (MS196)
Elwin M. Eldredge Collection: 1800-1964
Maritime Art; Maritime Commerce; Ship Construction; Steamships; Steamship Companies; Steamship Travel; Tourism; US Navy—correspondence, ephemera, maps, newspaper and magazine articles, notes, photograph albums, photographs, plans, scrapbooks (MS091)
E. L. Elliot Papers: 1940’s-1980’s
US Navy; World War II—certificates, ephemera, negatives, photographs, reports (MS088)
English Ordnance Manual: 1843
Royal Navy; Gunnery—drawings; manuscripts (MS265)
Admiral David G. Farragut Collection: 1861-1865
Battle of Mobile Bay; Civil War; US Navy—correspondence, military papers (MS313)
Virginia Ferguson Papers: 1910-1914
Aviation; Eugene Ely; Underwater Photography; Wreck Sites—newspaper articles, photographs (MS235)
Don E. Gammon Collection: 1920’s-1980’s
Steamships; US Navy—correspondence, ephemera, photographs, plans, notes (MS168)
Rezin H. Gist Papers: 1813
US Navy; War of 1812—correspondence (MS292)
USS Hampton Collection: 1993-present
Submarines; US Navy—correspondence, ephemera, minutes, photographs, plans (MS035)
A. A. Hoehling “Great War at Sea” Collection: 1950’s
World War I—manuscripts, notes (MS047)
A. A. Hoehling Photograph Collection: 1914-1919
German Navy; U-Boats; World War I—photographs (MS258)
John B. Huhn Collection: 1920’s-1940’s
Aviation; US Navy—ephemera, photographs (MS171)
USS Java Outfitting Papers: 1815
Commodore Oliver H. Perry; US Navy—ships' papers (MS215)
Coleman Kent Papers: 1944-1945
US Navy; World War II—correspondence, photographs (MS043)
Joseph D. Legere Papers: 1944-1946
USS Gherardi; World War II—correspondence (MS066)
Robert Loder Papers: 1917-1918
US Navy; World War I—correspondence, photographs (MS065)
Chester A. Lozier Papers: 1917-1918
USS Cumberland; US Navy; World War I—correspondence (MS038)
George Masters, Jr. Collection: 1944-1946
Seabees; US Navy—accounts, newsletters, photographs, postcards (MS182)
Lily McCarthy Collection: 1780’s-1950’s
Royal Navy; Horatio Nelson—maps, photographs, plans, stamps (MS285)
Mclwane Naval Career Collection: 1920’s
Naval Training Station, Newport, RI; Seaplanes; US Navy—scrapbooks (MS150)
Ernest Peterkin Collection: 1914-1919
Royal Navy; German Navy; U-155; U-Boat; World War I—photographs (MS181)
William Pinkney Papers: 1807-1808
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair—correspondence (MS097)
Postal Stamp and Cover Collection: 1840-present
Foreign Navies; Ports; Steamships; US Navy—envelopes, stamps (MS002)
George F. Pushan Collection: 1917-1919, 1992
USS Henderson; US Navy; USS Virginia; World War I—photographs (MS174)
Virgil N. Respess Papers: 1942-1955
US Coast Guard; World War II—certificates (MS301)
John O. Sands Papers: 1960’s-1970’s
American Revolution; Underwater Archaeology; “Yorktown’s Captive Fleet”—correspondence, manuscript, notes, photographs (MS144)
Robert G. Skerrett Collection: 1880’s-1940’s
Aeronautics; Diving; RMS Lusitania; Naval Aviation; Naval Medicine; SS Normandie; Robert Peary; Polar Exploration; Salvage; Ship Launchings; Steamships; Submarines; Torpedoes; US Navy; World War II—articles, correspondence, ephemera, government reports, manuscripts, newspaper articles, patents, photographs, plans (MS163)
P. Shepard/Stephen Donelly Papers: 1885-1891
USS Juanita; US Navy—journal (MS291)
Erastus W. Smith Papers: 1840-1880
Ship Construction; Steamships; US Navy—correspondence, government papers, plans, ships' papers (MS067)
Harold Sniffen Collection: 1942-1945
Japan Campaign; Landing Ships; US Navy; World War II—certificates, correspondence, military papers, photographs, plans (MS057)
Ernest W. Stirling Collection: 1923
USS Mississippi; US Navy—photograph albums (MS231)
Harry S. Taylor Papers: 1910’s-1920’s
US Navy; World War I--certificates, correspondence, notes, photographs, scrapbooks (MS059)
Arthur K. Thompson Papers: 1917-1939
Subchasers; US Naval Auxiliary Reserve; World War I—correspondence, manuals, notes, photographs (MS133)
Frigate Virginia Research Collection: 1778-1780
American Revolution; British Navy; HMS Blonde; HMS Virginialogbooks, manuscripts, notes (MS130)
George Warming Collection: 1915-1917
German Commerce Raiders; German POWs; German Village, Newport News, VA; World War I—ephemera, photographs, postcards (MS189)
Jay Warren Collection: 1920’s-1930’s
Destroyers; US Navy—photographs (MS170)
William S. Wheeler Papers: 1856
US Navy—notes (MS185)
Henry D. Wilson Collection: 1880’s-1910’s
Great White Fleet; Spanish-American War; US Navy—scrapbooks (MS161)
World War II US Navy Ship History Collection: 1930’s-1950’s
US Navy; World War II—ephemera, manuscripts, notes, photographs (MS200)

NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP

John Bowen Collection: 1960’s-1970’s
Harbors; Lighthouses; Navigation—photographs (MS191)
R. S. Brenner Collection: 1970’s
Boatswain Calls—photographs (MS307)
Charles H. B. Caldwell Collection: 1865
Signal Codes—correspondence, drawings (MS238)
Werner Caskel: 1930’s
Astrolabes; Navigational Instruments—manuscripts, notes (MS295)
English Ordnance Manual: 1843
Royal Navy; Gunnery—drawings; manuscripts (MS265)
Addington D. Frye Papers: 1865-1868
Compass Adjustment—correspondence (MS208)
Matthew F. Maury Manuscript: 1848
Meteorology; US Navy—manuscript (photocopies) (MS326)
Edward J. Willis Collection: 1932-1936
Navigational Instruments—patents (MS108)
Edward J. Willis Collection: 1920’s-1930’s
Aerial Navigation; Altitude; Navigation; US Navy—charts, correspondence, newspaper articles, manuscripts, reports (MS162)

RECREATION AND RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT

Basnight Boat Works Collection: 1947-1968
Small Craft—certificates, newspaper articles, notes, photographs, lists (MS142)
Chris-Craft Boat Company Collection: 1922-1980
Horace E. Dodge Boat Company Collection: 1930’s-1940’s
Dodge Boats; Recreational Boating; Small Craft—catalogs, plans, photographs (MS282)
Lewis R. Gardner Collection: 1903-1959
Yacht Atlanticephemera, invoices, logbooks, newspaper articles, photographs
P. J. Grant Collection: 1870’s-1880’s
Yachts—photograph albums (MS267)
John L. Hacker Collection: 1935-1961
Recreational Boating; Small Craft; World War II—correspondence, ephemera, photographs, plans (MS310)
Hampton-One Design Papers: 1950’s-1970’s
Sailing; Yachts—correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs (MS022)
T. T. Holder Papers: 1910’s
Yacht Wachusettphotographs (MS221)
Barney M. Kerstine Collection: 1942-1947
Dodge Boat & Plane Company—newspaper articles, photographs (MS184)
Richard Mitchell Collection: 1930’s-1980’s
Small Craft; Steam Launches; US Navy—correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts photographs, postcards (MS139)
R. R. Moore Collection: 1880’s-1960’s
Yachts—photographs, plans (MS205)
Yacht Nourmahl Collection: 1910-1914
Vincent Astor; Sailing; Yachts—correspondence, plans, boat specifications (MS052)
Arthur Piver Collection: 1950’s-1960’s
Construction; Design; Multi-Hulls; Recreational Boating; Small Craft; Tri-Marans—correspondence, drawings, notes, photographs, plans, publications (MS232)
Robert Speltz Small Craft Collection: 1910’s-1990's
Recreational Boating; Small Craft—advertisements, catalogs, ephemera, newspaper and magazine articles (MS146)
Glenville S. Tremaine Collection: 1930’s-1940’s
Electric Boat Company (Elco) Boats; Small Craft—catalogs, photographs, plans (MS278)

SAILING VESSELS

M. Brewington Papers: 1920’s-1940’s
Sailing; Tuckups—correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs, notes (MS063)
C. C. Carts Papers: 1920’s-1930’s
Sailing Vessels; Ship Models—correspondence, drawings, newspaper articles, notes (MS058)
Bottomry Case Collection: 1806-1814
Schooner Auroracorrespondence, legal papers, ships' papers (MS049)
Charles W. DeVoe Papers: 1902-1903
Cabin Sloops—manuscripts, photographs (MS116)
Joe Evangelista Collection: 1980-1889
SS United Statesphotographs (MS236)
Martin C. Malone Collection: 1920’s
Square Rigged Ships—photographs (MS149)
James Newton Collection: 1930’s
Mississippi River Vessels—photographs (MS227)
Adrian C. Nuzzo Collection: 1856-1860
Sailing Ships—ships' papers (MS296)
Scharpenburg Papers: 1860’s-1870’s
Barque Scharpenburg; Shipping—bills of lading, ships' papers (MS230)
Noah Schovill Papers: 1785-1786
Brig Dolphinships' papers (MS110)
Charles M. Wright Collection: 1850’s-1930’s
Figureheads; Sailing Vessels—photographs (MS268)

SHIPBUILDING, SHIP DESIGN AND SHIP MODELS

Edwin Tappan Adney Papers: 1897-1949
Birch; Boatbuilding; Canoes and Canoeing; Fur Trade; Indians of North America; Indians of South America; Languages; Migrations; Models—clippings, correspondence, drawings, manuscripts, notes, photographs (MS20)
William Angas Papers: 1936-1940
Screw Propulsion; Steamships—correspondence, notes, photographs, plans (MS134)
Charles Bailey Collection: 1903-1905
Newport News, VA; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company—photographs (MS270)
Baker Manufacturing Company Papers: 1955-1967
Monitor Hydrofoil—ephemera, film, newspaper articles, photographs, publications, reports (MS021)
Herbert L. Broadbelt Collection: 1920’s
Cargo; Propellers; Shipyards—photographs (MS249)
C. C. Carts Papers: 1920’s-1930’s
Sailing Vessels; Ship Models—correspondence, drawings, newspaper articles, notes (MS058)
Edwin S. Cramp Papers: 1900’s-1910’s
Shipbuilding; Shipyards—correspondence, financial papers (MS226)
Donnell Brass Foundry Papers: 1860’s-1890’s
Ship Construction—business papers, correspondence, journals (MS089)
Elwin M. Eldredge Collection: 1800-1964
Maritime Art; Maritime Commerce; Ship Construction; Steamships; Steamship Companies; Steamship Travel; Tourism; US Navy—correspondence, ephemera, maps, newspaper and magazine articles, notes, photograph albums, photographs, plans, scrapbooks (MS091)
Charles E. Emery Papers: 1890
Pusey & Jones Company; Shipbuilding—correspondence (MS266)
Homer Ferguson Notebook Collection: 1890’s
Naval Architecture—notes (MS280)
W. M. A. Fletcher Papers: 1880’s-1930’s
New York, NY; Shipbuilding; Shipyards—business papers, correspondence (MS123)
Floating Dry Dock Camouflage Design Sheets: 1941-1945
Ship Camouflage; World War II—diagrams, plans (MS056)
William F. Gibbs Collection: 1910’s-1960’s
SS America; Fire Engines; Fireboats; Gibbs & Cox; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Ship Construction; Steamship Travel; SS United States; World War I—business records, correspondence, ephemera, journals, manuscripts, notes, patents, photographs, plans, scrapbooks (MS179)
Samuel H. Harrison Collection: 1950’s-1960’s
Getty Oil; Oil Exploration; Ship Construction; Tankers—business records, correspondence, ephemera, handbooks, photograph albums, reports (MS126)
William C. Hoffman Shipping Agents Papers: 1795-1934
Maritime Commerce—insurance papers, ships' papers (MS039)
Henry A. Leigh Papers: 1880’s-1940’s
New York Navy Yard; Ship Construction—ephemera, journals, notes, photographs (MS030)
John Morrison Papers: 1904-1911
Armored Vessels; USS Monitor; New York Shipyards; CSS Virginiacorrespondence, notes, reports (MS006)
NARA USS Monitor Collection: 1861-1862
Cornelius Bushnell; Construction; CSS Virginia; John Dahlgren; Gustavus Fox; John Griswold; USS Monitor; Gideon Welles; John Winslow —contracts, correspondence, drawings, reports, specifications (photocopies) (MS341)
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Record Prints Collection: 1882-1938
Newport News, VA; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company History; Ship Construction—photographs (MS153)
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Ship Repair Collection: 1943-1962
Newport News, VA; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company History; Ship Construction; World War II—photographs (MS154)
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Launching Collection: 1931-1946
SS America; Newport News, VA; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company History; Ship Construction; World War II—photographs (MS155)
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Views and Apartments Collection: 1917-1919
Newport News, VA; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company History—photographs (MS156)
Isaac Newton Papers: 1840-1935
Armored Vessels; John Ericsson; USS Monitor; Peninsula Campaign; CSS Virginiacertificates, correspondence, ephemera, notes, orders, photographs, publications, reports (MS013)
North Carolina Shipping Papers: 1941-1946
Liberty Ships; Shipbuilding; World War II—charts, correspondence, photographs, plans, publications, reports (MS032)
John Oxford Collection: 1730
Treatise on Shipbuilding—manuscripts (MS302)
J. V. Patterson Papers: 1904-1928
Electric Boat Company; Seattle Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Submarines; World War I—business papers, correspondence, drawings, photographs, plans (MS152)
Marcus F. Ritger, Jr. Collection: 1940’s 1950’s
SS America; USS Forrestal; The Mariners’ Museum; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Norfolk, VA; USS Ranger; Skipjacks; US Navy—photographs (MS192)
Thomas F. Rowland Collection: 1862-1910
Continental Iron Works; USS Kaatskill; USS Monitor-contracts, notes,
patents, photograph albums, plans (MS376)
James Rumsey Papers: 1789
Steam Propulsion of Ships—correspondence (MS048)
Sea Legs Collection: 1950’s-1960’s
Hydrofoils—photographs, notes, publications, reports (MS090)
Erastus W. Smith Papers: 1840-1880
Ship Construction; Steamships; US Navy—correspondence, government papers, plans, ships' papers (MS067)
Henry A. Swanton Collection: 1895-1903
Bath Iron Works; Crescent Shipyards; Harlan and Hollingsworth Company; Maryland Steel Company—photograph albums (MS197)
Abbott H. Thayer Papers: 1910’s
Ship Camouflage; World War I—correspondence (MS050)
SS United States Construction Photos: 1951-1952
Shipbuilding; SS United Statesphotographs (MS240)
Sydney L. Wood Collection: 1930’s-1950’s
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Ship Construction—booklets, manuals (MS309)
G. Guy Via Collection: 1930’s-1940’s
Apprentice School; Naval Architecture; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company—correspondence, handbooks (MS269)

SHIPWRECKS, COLLISIONS, SALVAGE AND UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY

Frank Aks Collection: 1912-1980’s
RMS Titaniccorrespondence, ephemera, legal papers, newspaper articles, photographs (MS140)
George E. Ashby Papers: 1856-1883
SS George Law; SS Indian Empire; US Navy; Shipwrecks—certificates, correspondence, manuscripts, military papers, newspaper articles, notes (MS122)
Cowley Diving Serving Collection: 1930’s-1940’s
Chicago Harbor; Diving; Salvage—photographs (MS194)
Virginia Ferguson Papers: 1910-1914
Aviation; Eugene Ely; Underwater Photography; Wreck Sites—newspaper articles, photographs (MS235)
Ken and Jean Haviland Collection: 1900-1986