Special Collections

CHESAPEAKE BAY
CHRIS-CRAFT
CIVIL WAR NAVIES, USS MONITOR AND CSS VIRGINIA
CULTURE OF THE SEA
EXPLORATION, VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND TRAVEL
GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY
HARBORS AND PORTS
INLAND WATERWAYS AND CANALS
LIGHTHOUSES AND LIFESAVING
THE MARINERS' MUSEUM AND HUNTINGTON FAMILY
MARITIME COMMERCE, MERCHANT MARINE, AND WORK BOATS
NAVAL HISTORY AND NAVAL VESSELS
NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP
RECREATION AND RECREATIONAL WATERCRAFT
SAILING VESSELS
SHIPBUILDING, SHIP DESIGN, AND SHIP MODELS
SHIPWRECKS, COLLISIONS, SALVAGE, AND UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY
STEAMSHIPS AND PASSENGER LINERS

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's-1930'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— (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
  Chinese Steamboats, Maritime Commerce, Shipwrecks, Steamship Travel—clippings, photographs, notes, subject files (MS342)
• Captain J. Johnson Papers: 1900-1928
  Marine Salvage; Merritt, Chapman, and Scott—business papers, correspondence, legal papers (MS111)
• Barque Kobenhaven Collection: 1938-1944
  Shipwrecks—correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, newspaper articles, notes, photography (MS121)
• RMS Lusitania Collection: 1915-1957
  Ship Sinkings; World War I—correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper articles (MS045)
• Northrop Grumman Newport News USS Monitor Photograph Collection: 2001-2002
  The Mariners' Museum; USS Monitor; NOAA; Salvage—photographs
  (color) (MS336)
• R. W. Orrell Papers: 1914-1974
  USS Cyclops—certificates, correspondence, newspaper articles, reports (MS068)
• 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—correspondence, ephemera, government papers, manuscripts, newspaper articles, patents, photographs, plans (MS163)
• Elliot Snow Papers: 1930's-1950's
  Ship Launchings; Steamships; US Navy Construction—correspondence, ephemera, invitations, manuscripts, notes (MS023)
• Samuel W. Stanton Collection: 1870's-1910's
  Hudson River: Steamship Travel; RMS Titanic; Tourism—correspondence, drawings, ephemera, journals, notes, photographs (MS094)
• Grant S. Taylor Collection: 1880's-1950's
  Shipwrecks; Steamship Companies; US Navy—drawings, ephemera, notes, photographs (MS064)
• John E. Williamson Collection: 1913-1914
  Diving; Barge Jules Verne; Salvage—photographs (MS175)

STEAMSHIPS AND PASSENGER LINERS

• Airfoto Collection: 1970’s
  Steamships—photographs (MS165)
• Harry C. Armstrong Collection: 1960's
  Cargo Vessels; Ferries; Steamships; Tugs—photographs (MS193)
• Cecil Spanton Ashdown Collection: 1940-1981
  Alcoa Company; Shipping Lines—newspaper articles, photographs, scrapbooks (MS234)
• Cecil Spanton Ashdown Papers: 1950's-1980's
  Alcoa Steamships; Motor Vessels; Tourism—booklets, calculations, correspondence, ephemera, plans (MS220)
• Baltimore Steam Packet Company and Chesapeake Steamship Company Merger Records: 1939-1940
  Baltimore Steam Packet Company; Chesapeake Steamship Company; Steamship Travel—business papers; legal papers; reports (MS132)
• Baltimore Steam Packet Company Collection: 1924-1959
  Chesapeake Bay; Steamship Travel—annual reports, financial papers (MS201)
• Christian Bjornson Papers: 1936-1940
  Steamship Travel; Tourism—correspondence, ephemera, notes (MS118)
• Rolf Bjornson Papers: 1980's-1990's
  Cruises; Steamship Travel; Tourism—ephemera, newsletters (MS017)
• 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 Navy; US Coast Guard; Virginia Pilots; World War II—correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, notes, photographs, research material (MS137)
• Captain H. A. Burns Papers: 1909-1934
  Lighthouses; Mallory Line; Merchant Marine; US Navy; World War I—certificates, correspondence, journals, logbooks, ships' papers (MS028)
• Cigarette Card Collection: 1910's-1950's
  Royal Navy; German Navy; Pirates; Steamships; US Navy; World War I; World War II—cards (MS204)
• 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)
• 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)
• Ken and Jean Haviland Collection: 1900-1986
  Chinese Steamboats, Maritime Commerce, Shipwrecks, Steamship Travel—clippings, photographs, notes, subject files (MS342)
• Kowalchie Collection: 1968-1969
  Steamship Travel; Tourism; SS United States—ephemera, maps, plans (MS239)
• Charles Krcilek Papers: 1931-1932
  Steamship Travel; Tourism; Tourism, United States Lines—correspondence (MS117)
• Ernest A. Maier Collection: 1930-1983
  SS Laieta; Tankers—photographs (MS206)
• Denys P. Meyers Stereoview Collection: 1860's-1910's
  Ports; Steamboats—photographs (MS308)
• Phil Meyers Collection: 1940's-1970's
  Cargo Vessels, Tankers—photographs
• Frederick Parker Collection: 1910's-1930's
  Riverboats-photograph albums (MS195)
• Postal Stamp and Cover Collection: 1840-present
  Foreign Navies; Ports; Steamships; US Navy—envelopes, stamps (MS002)
• 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)
• Frederick J. Sedgewick Collection: 1890’s-1930’s
  Maritime Commerce; Steamship Travel; Tourism—correspondence, ephemera, maps, newspaper articles, notes, photographs, postcards (MS095)
• Erastus W. Smith Papers: 1840-1880
  Ship Construction; Steamships; US Navy—correspondence, government papers, plans, ships' papers (MS067)
• Elliot Snow Papers: 1930's-1950's
  Ship Launchings; Steamships; US Navy Construction—correspondence, ephemera, invitations, manuscripts, notes (MS023)
• Samuel W. Stanton Collection: 1870's-1910's
  Hudson River: Steamship Travel; RMS Titanic; Tourism—correspondence, drawings, ephemera, journals, notes, photographs (MS094)
• The Steamship Ephemera Collection: 1840’s-present
  Cruises; Immigration; Maritime Commerce; Steamship Travel; Tourism—ephemera (MS015)
• C. R. Suter Collection: 1870's-1910's
  River Steamboats; Steam Launches—photographs (MS180)
• Grant S. Taylor Collection: 1880's-1950's
  Shipwrecks; Steamship Companies; US Navy—drawings, ephemera, notes, photographs (MS064)
• E. J. Timmons Collection: 1939
  SS Cimaron; Launchings; SS Seakay; Steamships—photographs (MS158)
• William Tippitt Collection: 1865-1888
  Cairo, IL; Steamboats—manuscripts, newspaper articles, photographs (MS120)
• Leo E. Ullman Jr. Collection: 1937-1967
  Steamship Travel; Tourism—newspaper articles, menus, passenger, postcards, tickets (MS256)
• SS United States Construction Photos: 1951-1952
  Shipbuilding; SS United States—photographs (MS240)
• SS United States Scrapbook: 1951-1960
  William F. Gibbs; Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; SS United States—correspondence, ephemera, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs (MS096)