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 Virginia
—correspondence, 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 Monitor—
correspondence (MS334)
William
R. Cheek Letter: 1862
Battle of Hampton Roads—correspondence
(MS293)
Henry Eaton Coleman Papers: 1862
USS Monitor; CSS Virginia—correspondence
(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 Monitor—correspondence
(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 Alabama—journal
entries (photocopies) (MS328)
George
S. Geer Papers: 1862-1866
Battle of Hampton Roads; USS Monitor—correspondence
(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 Monitor—correspondence (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
Virginia—correspondence
(MS014)
USS Monitor Design and Construction Collection: 1861-1862
Cornelius Bushnell; CS Navy; CSS Alabama;
John A. Griswold; US Navy; USS Monitor—correspondence,
receipts, telegraphs (MS335)
USS
Monitor Patriotic Cover: 1862-1863
USS Monitor—envelope
(MS071)
John
Morrison Papers: 1904-1911
Armored Vessels; USS Monitor; New York
Shipyards; CSS Virginia—correspondence,
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 Virginia—certificates,
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 Monitor—contracts, notes,
patents, photograph albums, plans (MS376)
August B. Sage Letter: 1862
Civil War; CSS Virginia; USS Cumberland; USS Monitor—correspondence (MS332)
Dabney
Minor Scales Letters: 1862
Battle of Vicksburg; CS Navy; CSS Arkansas—correspondence
(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 Virginia—correspondence,
photographs (MS077)
Samuel
G. Webber Papers: 1862
Fort Monroe, VA; USS Monitor; USS Rhode
Island—correspondence, drawings
(MS080)
Robert
Weir Papers: 1862-1864, 1868
USS Richmond—drawings, notes
(MS007)
Gideon Wells Collection: 1862
USS Monitor; CSS Virginia—correspondence
(photocopies), reports (photocopies) (MS311)
John
L. Worden Papers: 1850’s-1880’s
USS Monitor—certificates,
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 Raft—newspaper 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 Texas—notes (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 Virginia—logbooks, 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 Atlantic—ephemera,
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 Wachusett—photographs
(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 Aurora—correspondence,
legal papers, ships' papers (MS049)
Charles
W. DeVoe Papers: 1902-1903
Cabin Sloops—manuscripts, photographs
(MS116)
Joe
Evangelista Collection: 1980-1889
SS United States—photographs
(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 Dolphin—ships' 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 Virginia—correspondence,
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 Virginia—certificates,
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 States—photographs
(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 Titanic—correspondence,
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
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