Ships and Shipping
Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas J. Foster papers
Oath of Master, Thomas J. Foster, for the schooner San Diego of Oysterville, Washington Territory, February 26, 1865.
Freight deck plan for unidentified steam vessel
Plan showing a top view of the freight deck of an unidentified steamboat or steamship, identifying areas and equipment including the boiler hatch, stack, fireroom, galley, water closet, work bench, and areas for deckhands and firefighters.
Steamer G. K. Wentworth plans
Five sheets of plans for the sternwheel steamboat G.K. Wentworth of Portland, Oregon, by architect J. H. Johnston. The plans include top and side views; a cross section; and a lines draft.
Charlotte Gardner diary
Handwritten copy, made by Eleanor J. Graves, of Charlotte Coffin Gardner's journal of a voyage from Nantucket, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, California, and Washington Territory, then back to Nantucket, June 23, 1852-May 10, 1855.
General H. G. Wright log book
The General H. G. Wright was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel with John Groat as captain. Log book regards arrivals and departures, surveying work and river and harbor improvement jobs, primarily on the Siuslaw River, Lane County, Oregon.
Steamer Georgia Burton plans
Collection includes 3 plans on 1 sheet for the steamer Georgia Burton, designed by marine architect J. H. Johnston for the Western Transportation Co.
Hugh P. Gilmore letters to H. L. Johnston
Manuscript letters from Hugh Gilmore of Marysville, Washington, to H. L. Johnston of Oregon, 1949-1951, regarding steamboats and other vessels in the Pacific Northwest. Gilmore was a tugboat captain on Puget Sound, Washington.
G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation records
The G.M. Standifer Construction Company built two shipyards on the Columbia River for the World War I effort. Collection consists of a stock certificate book for the Standifer-Clarkson Shipyard in North Portland, 1916, and a stock certificate book for the G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation, 1917-1919.
G.M. Standifer Construction Corporation steamship plans
Four plans on 1 sheet, drawn by H. Purdy Jr., of a freight steamer for the G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation of Vancouver, Washington.
Alden Bradford Graham diary and ledger
Manuscript diary, 1879, regarding a trip from Hantsport, Nova Scotia to Portland, Oregon, with accounts; manuscript ledger, 1890-1895, of passengers and cargo carried by steamers of the Oregon City Transportation Company, including the steamers Altona, Latona and Ramona.