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The collection contains a bill of lading, dated April 13, 1865, of the
William F. Browne (Schooner), and the bill includes a list of goods shipped from San Francisco to Scottsburg, Oregon.; The collection contains a bill of...
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H.W. Corbett (1827-1903) and H. Failing (1834 – 1898) brothers (by marriage), business partners and politicians. Collection contains 1, 20 paged volume of various bills of lading, shipping tickets and freight bills relating to Corbett and...
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This album consists of 93 photographs relating to a trip "Buck" and "Averill" took to Alaska aboard the S.S. Baranof in 1950. Stops along the trip include the Saxman Totem Park in Saxman, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; and Wrangell,...
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An account book containing journal entries and payroll records belonging to Archibald Gillies, a ship chandler in Saint John, New Brunswick, from 1792 to 1820.; Archibald Gillies was a ship chandler and builder in Saint John, New Brunswick.; This...
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Photocopy of "Gross Earnings Monthly Report" for Central Ferry on the Snake River, including itemized expenses. Location of original document not known.; Gift; Mrs. C. F. Putnam.; Photocopy of "Gross Earnings Monthly Report" for Central Ferry on...
1888-10-12
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This collection consists of: correspondence, invoices, receipts, account books and other financial records regarding freighting, agriculture, real estate and other investments in the Walla Walla and Garfield County areas.; Lewis McMorris was born...
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This is a collection of photographs
taken by Clallam County photographer and Ediz Hook Light Station lighthouse
keeper J.E. Thomas. The images document lighthouses and marine traffic near
Port Angeles and Cape Flattery, Washington. All...
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Photographs, negatives and prints, diaries.; Lee P. Robinson was born in 1892 in Faribault, Minnesota. In 1909 the family moved to Hover, Washington. Lee and his two brothers went to work on the U.S. Corps of Engineers vessel USS Umatilla, which...
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The majority of the Sonne collection is research on ships, steamboats, and sailing ships.; Biographical Note; Conway B. Sonne was born in Logan, Utah on December 28, 1917. He graduated form Utah State University, the Harvard Graduate School of...
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The Arthur L. Chaffin papers (circa 1920-1976) contains correspondence, financial records, mining documents, and other records concerning Chaffin's owning and operating of the Chaffin Ferry and his mining career. Arthur L. Chaffin operated the...
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News article from 1970 about the Gjøa ship in San Francisco, and a copy of a diary about the Gjøa's 1901 Arctic Ocean expedition.; Historical Note; The Gjøa was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. With a crew of six, Roald Amundsen...
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Planning records for Seattle's annual
Christmas ship which began sailing in 1949.; Historical Note; The Department of Parks and Recreation maintains the City's parks,
shorelines, and boulevards; and administers community centers, public...
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Records of the
governing body for the Seattle waterfront.; The Seattle Port Commission, a publicly-owned governing body for the
Seattle waterfront, was established by King County voters in September 1911 for
the City's waterfront area....
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Correspondence, family letters of a river boat pilot; William Simpson was born in England in 1853 to parents William and
Jane Roberson Simpson. He declared his intent to become a citizen of the United
States in 1882. He worked as a pilot...
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Hand-colored
photographs of shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean; Hand-colored photographs of shipwrecks off the coasts of Alaska,
Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Identified photographers include Beverly B.
Dobbs, G.E. Plummer, Torklas...
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Photographs of
the Cableship Dellwood engaged in cable repair and
cable laying activities during one of its early cable laying runs; Photographs of the United States cableship Dellwood engaged in cable repair and cable laying...
2024-05-14
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Papers of a
Washington State longshoreman, labor organizer, and charter member of Local
38-76 (Everett, Washington) of the International Longshormen's
Association.; Albert H. (Bert) Farmer was a labor organizer and charter member of...
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Papers of a Seattle union member including membership books, newsletters, ephemera for various unions including the Ship Scalers, Dry Dock, and Miscellaneous Boat Yard Workers Union, Local 589; George Flood was a Seattle, Washington union member....
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Papers of a
lumber company executive, banker, and political activist in Seattle,
Washington.; Edwin Gardner Ames, lumber company executive, banker, and political
activist, was manager of the Pope & Talbot interests in the Puget Sound...
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Ship Master's license and photostatic negative; Andrew Anderson born 1893.; Ship Master's license, photostatic negative, 1943.
2024-05-14
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Longshoreman and
artist located in San Francisco, California; Mr. Arnautoff, a longshoreman and artist, was active in Local 10,
ILWU, in San Francisco, and opposed Bridges and a black militant faction just
preceding and during the 1971...
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Letter of a ship
captain; Frank William Sprague (born 1842) was the member of a prominent New
England family. He wrote several works on New England genealogy and history.; D. Thomas Davies was the Port Warden of Seattle during the tenure...
2024-05-14
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Poems and a clipping of Seattle seaman; Seattle seaman.; Poems and a clipping.
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Interview of International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) official discussing education and his early experience with discrimination, his parents and the union; International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)...
1972-05-14
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Voyages of a New England sailing ship captain compiled form his log books and letters; "Voyages of W.W. Hardy," a New England ship captain, compiled from his
log books and letters by F.H. Hardy, his son, in 1947. Also a draft of a...
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