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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:

Lower class

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2914
Abstract

Manuscript autobiography by George Youell regarding his life as an English fisherman and his rise to prominence.

Dates: 1938

Horace Lyman diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2672
Abstract

Manuscript diary describing Horace Lyman's sea voyage from New York to San Francisco aboard the vessel Whitton and from San Francisco to the Columbia River aboard the Toulon. Lyman (1815-1887) was a congregational clergyman and teacher. He founded the First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon, in 1851.

Dates: 1848-1849

Magnolia Lumber Co. tugboat plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4041
Abstract

Four plans on 1 sheet of a tugboat for the Magnolia Lumber Co.

Dates: circa 1850-1950

Steamer Manzanillo plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4042
Abstract

Nine sheets of photocopy plans for the sternwheel steamer Manzanillo, designed by architect J. H. Johnston for the Shaver Transportation Company. Plans include top and side views; a cross section; a cabin plan; a wheel plan; a plan of rudders and tillers; a hog chain arrangement plan; and a plan for a forged steel shaft.

Dates: 1920 March 4

Wilder McClintock photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1198
Abstract

Two albums containing black and white photographs, primarily of numerous steamboats that operated in the Pacific Northwest. Handwritten notes identify vessel names and dates.

Dates: 1875-1908

James D. Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2074
Abstract

Manuscript Bond of Enrollment, Master James D. Miller, D. P. Thompson and J. L. Barlow, for the steamer Yamhill, Canemah, Oregon, October 19, 1865; and manuscript Bond of License, Master James D. Miller, D. P. Thompson and J. L. Barlow, for the steamer Union, Canemah, Oregon, October 19, 1865.

Dates: 1865 October 19

Charles Axel Alexius Modeer notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 390
Abstract

Small collection consisting of a ship's log and two notebooks relating to the maritime career of Charles Axel Alexius Modeer (born 1877), who was an officer on Pacific Mail Steamship Company vessels and in the U.S. Lighthouse Service. He served on various lightouse tenders, including as commander of the tender Manzanita, based in Astoria, Oregon.

Dates: 1907-1941

Percy George Brockhurst Morris papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1666
Abstract

Miscellaneous papers of Percy Morris, including information on early transportation and logbooks of the Columbia Steamship Company.

Dates: circa 1850-1989

Novelty ship's logbook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2414
Abstract

Logbook, November 24, 1896-March 6, 1898, of the schooner Novelty during voyages from Coos Bay, Oregon, along the Pacific Coast to San Francisco, California. The Novelty was built in 1886 for the Simpson Lumber Co. It went aground on September 20, 1907, and this logbook was salvaged from the wreck.

Dates: 1896-1898

Old Ironsides

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5023
Abstract

Lithograph of the U.S.S. Constitution at sea.

Dates: 1933