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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:

Shaver Transportation Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2021
Abstract

Records include minutes, 1893-1930; bills of sale of enrolled vessels, 1893-1933; history of the Shaver Transportation Company, 1893-1959; plan of proposed boat mooring; history of Shaver Forwarding Co. and Tidewater-Shaver Barge Lines, 1932-1943.

Dates: 1893-1959
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Shaver Transportation Company records

Frederick H. Sherman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1003
Abstract

Correspondence and steamboating licenses, 1883-1922; notebooks, 1892-1929, with accounts, logs and schedules of steamer runs; and a passenger register from the S.S. Bailey Gatzert, 1898.

Dates: 1883-1929
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Frederick H. Sherman papers

Ship design No. EC2-S-C1 plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4061
Abstract

Twelve blackline photocopy plans and 9 charts on 3 sheets of a ship, design no. EC2-S-C1, for the U.S. Maritime Commission, Emergency Ship Construction Division, built by Richmond Shipyard No. 1 of the Permanente Metals Corp. in Richmond, California.

Dates: July 1941
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Ship design No. EC2-S-C1 plans

Letterpress copybook of the ship Henry Failing

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 297
Abstract Letterpress copybook of Jacob Merriman, captain of the merchant vessel Henry Failing, containing copies of approximately 400 letters sent by Merriman to his partners, including ship captain William H. Besse and merchant, banker and politician Henry Failing of Portland, Oregon. The bulk of the letters were sent from 1883 to 1894, during the time the ship carried such cargoes as coal, oil, wheat, and tea. The ship was a sailing vessel built in Bath, Maine, and launched from the shipyard of...
Dates: 1874-1894
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Letterpress copybook of the ship Henry Failing

Sigurdson Navigation Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1690
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and financial accounts regarding operations of the SS Nehalem and SS Seakist, and the Warrenton Clam Company, Portland, Oregon; logs of the Nehalem and the Seakist; patents on cannery machinery, tariff and tow rates.

Dates: 1923-1929
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Sigurdson Navigation Company records

Frank J. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1431
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence, ephemera, miscellaneous materials and articles on maritime history including steamboating.

Dates: circa 1905-1950
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Frank J. Smith papers

So that ships may pass: historical, structural and operational development of navigation - Lower Columbia and Willamette Rivers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2945
Abstract

Typescript history regarding the history of the development of the Willamette and Lower Columbia Rivers from Captain Robert Gray's discovery of the Columbia in 1792 to 1968.

Dates: 1968
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / So that ships may pass: historical, structural and operational development of navigation - Lower Columbia and Willamette Rivers

Steamer Spokane No. 2 plans

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4053
Abstract

One sheet of plans for a sternwheel steamboat identified as "Spokane No. 2." The plans show top and side views of the steamer. It is unknown whether the plans are originals or are later replicas.

Dates: circa 1850-1950
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Steamer Spokane No. 2 plans

S.S. Oakland painting

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4043
Abstract

Tempera painting depicting a side view of the S.S. Oakland on the water.

Dates: 1919
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / S.S. Oakland painting

J. N. Stansberry papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2079
Abstract

Bills and receipts for goods shipped by J. N. Stansberry, Portland, Oregon, 1856.

Dates: 1856
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / J. N. Stansberry papers

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