Guide to the Maritime History File ca 1700-1960 (Bulk 1860-1900)

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The New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024

Descriptive Summary Title: Maritime History File Dates: ca 1700-1960 (bulk 1860-1900) Abstract: The Maritime History File contains prints, photographs,

newspaper clippings, and correspondence relating to civil and naval maritime history. Naval images depict battles, ships, and naval officers; civilian images depict individual trans-oceanic, coast and inland steamboats, yachts, and harbor craft.

Quantity: 16.6 linear feet (20 boxes; 10 drawers of flat files) Call Phrase: PR 100

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t The New-York Historical Society Library

Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections

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MARITIME HISTORY FILE

ca. 1700 – ca. 1960 [1860-1900]

Series I. Small Format Series II. Medium Format Series III. Large Format Series IV. Oversize Format

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Provenance The Maritime History Collection contains material collected from several sources. The bulk of the collection was a gift of The Naval History Society, John S. Barnes Foundation, 1925. Additional material arrived from Eugene H. Pool II, in a series of donations from 1941 to 1944. The remaining pieces were added to the collection by past staff members, when the subject matter related to maritime history.

Access

The collection is open to qualified researchers. Portions of the collection that have been photocopied or microfilmed will be brought to the researcher in that format; microfilm can be made available through Interlibrary Loan.

Photocopying

Photocopying will be undertaken by staff only, and is limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days. On-site researchers may print out unlimited copies from microfilm reader-printer machines at a per-exposure rate; see guidelines in the reading room for details.

Permission to reproduce or quote in publication

Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to the Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024-5194. Permission to reproduce or quote text from this collection in a publication must be requested from and granted in writing by the Library Director, The New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024-5194.

Citation

This collection should be cited as: Maritime History File, PR 100, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.

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Historical Notes The importance of New York as a port city is reflected in the large selection of naval and maritime prints found in this collection. Hundreds of prints from the Naval History Society’s John S. Barnes Memorial Library portray naval engagements, and also include portraits of ships and naval officers. The Eugene H. Pool collection contributed nearly 50 images related to Captain James Lawrence, and a large number of prints relate to John Paul Jones. Images of non-naval vessels include many portraits of individual trans-oceanic, coastal, and inland steamboats, yachts, and harbor craft.

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Scope and Content Notes The Maritime History File spans the period from ca. 1700 – ca. 1960 and primarily contains prints and photographs relating to both naval and civilian maritime history. Not strictly a visual image collection, there are newspaper clippings, correspondence and various ephemera that add to the collection’s research value. The collection is divided into four series by size: Boxed Files holds material smaller than 9 x 14 inches; Medium Format Flat Files holds items between 9 x 14 and 24 x 40 inches; Large Format Flat Files holds material between 24 x 40 and 30 x 40 inches; and Oversize Format Flat Files holds material larger than 30 x 40 inches. Series I. Boxed Files is comprised of material that is smaller than 9 x 14 inches and is housed in document boxes. Images are arranged by subject, with ships organized by type, then, when needed ordered alphabetically by name of person or ship. Files contain photographs, including carte-de-visites, cyanotypes, cabinet cards, prints, postcards, newspaper and magazine clippings, reproductions of paintings, original drawings, SAILING VESSELS contains images of civilian ships that are powered only by wind, including clipper ships, cutters, Chinese junks, packet ships, schooners, and yachts. The images are arranged alphabetically by each vessel’s name. Unidentified ships are sorted by medium and located after identified ships. Images of replicas of historically significant ships can be found in this group, including photographs of the Viking ship Lief Erikson, images of the Half Moon, built for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in 1909 and photographs, including cyanotypes, of the Santa Maria, created for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. STEAMSHIPS is comprised of steam powered vessels as well as those powered by the combination of steam and sail. Ships include paddle steamers, mail steamers, Coast Guard cutters, freighters and ocean liners. Many Hudson River steamboats are represented in this sub series. Images show ships in harbor and at sea and include several images of fires, shipwrecks and other accidents. There are number of photographs of steamship interiors, including the interiors of ocean liners Caledonia, Conte di Savoia, Leviathan, Kroonland and Manhattan and steamboats Robert Fulton and Washington Irving. Images are arranged alphabetically by ship name with unidentified ships filed at the end of the subseries. NAVAL SHIPS & EQUIPMENT contains images of a variety of naval vessels including battleships, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, monitors, navy hospital ships, torpedo boats, and so on. United States naval ships comprise the majority of these images, but a group of foreign naval vessels can be found at the end of this subseries. The USS Maine, both before and after its destruction, and the USS Constitution are well represented. Photographs of the United States Pacific Fleet traveling through the Panama Canal in 1919 are filed under individual ship name as well as under “Numbered Destroyers.” Images by photographers J.S. Johnston and the Pach Brothers (USS Brooklyn, USS New York, USS Oregon, USS Texas) are found throughout this subseries. OTHER SHIPS & SHIP DETAILS includes images of barges, motor ships, lightships, rowboats and tugboats. Photographs of the Swedish American liners MS Gripsholm and MS Kungsholm include interior views. Images on board unidentified ships include both naval and civilian ships, on deck and below. Ship plans are reproductions, several for ferryboats, including the Arctic, Easton and J.M. Waterbury. Reproductions of Robert Fulton plans show various steamboat improvements. Relics contain mainly photographs, including an image of the stairs from the steamer Henry Clay, several decorative carvings removed from steamships and a clipping showing boatswain’s calls. One interesting relic is a label from a crate salvaged from the wreck of the steamship Atlantic in 1873. Images of sailmaking include a photograph of a New Jersey sail and rigging loft and a clipping of a sailmaker’s bench, showing the tools of the trade.

PR 100 6 VIEWS is comprised of images of both United States and foreign locations. Miscellaneous views are varied, from a souvenir set of images of New York City to a group of postcards showing inventor John Ericsson’s home in Langbanshyttan, Sweden. CLIPPINGS, PAPERS & EPHEMERA EVENTS Naval Battles is comprised of images of various wars and battles at sea. The bulk of this material surrounds battles during the War of 1812. MODEL SHIPS PORTRAITS contains photographs, prints and clippings of captains, sailors, presidents and historically significant men. There are a large number of carte de visites, including several crewmembers of the USS Miantonomah, taken during a visit to Russia. This subseries is alphabetized by surname, when possible, with separate folders for group portraits and images of Naval life. ALBUMS contains both disbound albums and scrapbooks, as well as plates removed from books. (The box containing these albums can be found with material separated for conservation reasons.) One scrapbook contains reproductions of portraits of John Paul Jones. Also included are letters to Captain John S. Barnes, regarding Jones relics, and a separate, typed list of Jones portraits. Two folders contain photogravure plates, removed from unidentified books. The majority of the sailing vessels pictured are racing ships, including the Harpoon, Sayonara, Gorilla, Galatea, Puritan and Gracie. An additional folder contains six pages with attached albumen prints show a race between unidentified ships, two small vessels loaded with cargo, and the ships Frolic, Queen Mab, and Miranda. The largest album contains albumen and gelatin silver prints taken by a number of photographers, including West & Son and J. S. Johnston. Several photographs feature the Valkyrie and include its 1895 America’s Cup race against the Defender. Series II. Medium Format Flat Files contains material between the sizes of 9 by 14 and 20 by 24 inches. Much of this series comes from clippings from illustrated newspapers and naval periodicals. SAILING VESSELS STEAMSHIPS NAVAL SHIPS Series III. Large Format Flat Files includes material between 24 x 40 and 30 x 40 inches. Series IV. Oversize Format Flat Files includes

Related Materials Additional material from the Naval History Society’s John S. Barnes Memorial Library can be found in both the New-York Historical Society’s library and museum collection.

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Series I. Boxed Files The images in this series are first divided by subject, then arranged

alphabetically or, in the case of events, arranged also by date. SAILING VESSELS See also: Box 17 – Misc. Ships 1 A – C D – G Dreadnought Great Republic H – M Half Moon (Halve Maen) Mayflower N – R S – Z Santa Maria Unidentified Prints Photographs STEAMSHIPS See also: Box 17 – Misc. Steamships 2 A Albany B Brazil Bristol Ca – Ch RMS Caronia Chauncey M. DePew C. Vibbard (Chauncey Vibbard) Ci City of New York Cl – Cz Clermont Connecticut D

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. STEAMSHIPS, cont. [3] E F G H Hendrick Hudson I – J Isaac Newton K L Leviathan Lexington 4 Ma Mary Powell Massachusetts Me – Mz N Normandie O Pa – Pl Pilgrim Po – Pz Puritan Q – R Queen Mary Robert Fulton 5 Sa – Sb Santa Rosa Savannah Sc – Sz Statendam

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. STEAMSHIPS, cont. [5] T Ticonderoga U – V W-Z Washington Early Steam Vessels (incl. Robert Fulton’s) Multiple Ships Misc. Unidentified Prints Photographs NAVAL SHIPS & EQUIPMENT See also: Boxes 16 & 17 – Columbian Naval Review 6 A – B USS Alabama USS Anderson USS Arkansas USS Boston USS Brooklyn C – D USS Chicago USS Columbia USS Concord USS Constellation USS Constitution E – G USS Enterprise H – L USS Indiana USS Iowa USS J. William Ditter USS Kearsage

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. NAVAL SHIPS & EQUIPMENT, cont. 7 M USS Maine USS Massachusetts USS Miantonoma USS Minneapolis USS Mississippi N – O USS New Ironsides USS New Mexico USS New York USS North Carolina USS Olympia USS Oregon P USS Pennsylvania USS Philadelphia Q – R USS Ranger USS Rhode Island 8 S – U USS Saratoga USS Texas USS United States V – Z USS Vesuvius USS Wyoming Numbered Destroyers Submarines, Submarine Chasers & Rams Foreign Naval Ships Miscellaneous British Naval Ships HMS Renown HMS Victory Dutch Naval Ships French Naval Ships German Naval Ships Italian Naval Ships Japanese Naval Ships Spanish Naval Ships

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. NAVAL SHIPS & EQUIPMENT, cont. [8] Multiple Ships – Misc. Unidentified Naval Ships Naval & Coast Guard Aircraft OTHER SHIPS & SHIP DETAILS Miscellaneous Ships – Various Types 9 Ferries & Lighters A-I City of Sacramento J-Z Warwick Miscellaneous New Jersey Central Railroad Motor Ships A-Z MS Gripsholm MS Kungsholm Rowboats & Rafts Tugboats Unidentified Ships – Images on Board Plans, Ship & Miscellaneous Misc. Plans by Robert Fulton Billethead & Figurehead Maritime Art Relics Sailmaking VIEWS Miscellaneous Monuments & Memorials

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. VIEWS, cont. Shipyards & Dry Docks Harbor/Water Views Foreign England France The Netherlands 10 United States New York City (incl. boroughs) Unidentified CLIPPINGS, PAPERS & EPHEMERA Miscellaneous Ferries Hudson River Day Line Naval Ships Miscellaneous USS Constitution Passenger/Cargo Lines People Correspondence Journals & Newsletters EVENTS - CELEBRATIONS See also Box 16, Columbian Naval Review 11 Kiel Canal Opening 1895 Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909 Launching the USS J. William Ditter 1944 Commissioning of the USS Goodrich 1945 EVENTS – NAVAL BATTLES Revolutionary War

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. EVENTS – NAVAL BATTLES, cont. [11] Quasi War with France Miscellaneous USS Constellation & L’Insurgente Barbary Wars War of 1812 Miscellaneous Attack of Fort Oswego Battle of Lake Erie USS Chesapeake & HMS Shannon USS Constitution & the Guerriere USS Constitution & the Java USS Enterprise & HMS Boxer USS President & HMS Endymion USS United States & British Frigate Macedonian USS Wasp & HMS Frolic The Civil War Miscellaneous Battle of Mobile Bay Battle at New Orleans USS Kearsage & CSS Alabama USS St. Lawrence & Privateer Petrel Spanish American War Misc. Battles & Wars At Sea On Land Privateers EVENTS - MISCELLANEOUS Expeditions Races Miscellaneous Race Week, Larchmont Yacht Club 1902 Shipwrecks & Fires See also, Box 17 – Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. Whaling Misc. & Unidentified Events

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. MODEL SHIPS 12 Model Sailing Vessels A – H Dove of Maryland I – Z Multiple Models Unidentified Details Models Steamships A – Z Mary Powell PORTRAITS 13 A, general Ba – Bl, general Bailey, Theodorus Bainbridge, William Barnes, James Barnes, John S. Barney, Joshua Barry, John Biddle, A – Z Blake, Robert Blakely, Johnston Bo – Bu, general Ca – Co, general Cooper, James Fennimore Cr – D, general Davies, Walter Rappelyea Decatur, Stephen E, general Evans, Robley D. F, general Farragut, David Glasgow Foote, Andrew Hull Ga – Go, general Gr – Gz, general Grant, Ulysses S.

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. PORTRAITS, cont. 14 H, general Hopkins, Esek Hull, Isaac I – K, general Jones, John Paul See also: Box 19, John Paul Jones portrait & hair L, general Lawrence, James Lee, A – Z LeRoy, William E. Lincoln, A – Z Mc, general M, general Macdonough, Thomas Morgan, A – Z Morris, A – Z N – O, general P, general Paulding, A – Z Pierce, Franklin Preble, Edward Porter, A – Z Porter, David D. Porter, David, Sr. Porter, William D. Q, general R, general Rodgers, A – Z Rowan, Stephen C. 15 Sa – Sh, general Schuyler, A – Z Semmes, A – Z Si – Sm, general Smith, A – Z St – Sz, general

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. PORTRAITS, cont. [15] T, general Truxtun, A – Z Tyler, John U – V, general Wa – Wh, general Wi – Z, general Wilkes, Charles Wilson, A – Z Winslow, John A. Wood, A – Z Worden, John L. Unidentified – Individuals Group Portraits Miscellaneous Officers & Sailors Officers & Crew of the TSS City of New York Unidentified, aboard ships Naval Life

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Series I. Boxed Files , cont. The items contained in the following three boxes, Boxes 16, 17, 18, & 19

were separated for conservation reasons.

16 Columbian Naval Review 1893 Steamships A – Z Unidentified 17 Misc. Ships Naval Ships [possibly at the Columbian Naval Review] New York Harbor, taken by J.G.M. Glessner 1892 Shipwrecks – Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. Misc. Negatives 18 Naval Vessels 1890s A-B C-F I-P T-Y 19 Beisel, Howard – letter accompanying framed portrait 1916 John Paul Jones, framed, engraved portrait & hair n.d. ALBUMS 20 John Paul Jones Scrapbook Sailing Vessels 8 plates from unidentified book Harpoon, August 8, ’92 Alga, July 10, ’80 Sayonara, September 8, ’91 Gossoon, August 19, ’90 Gorilla, Gorilla, July13, ’83 Verena, October 3, ’92 Rosalind, August 18, ’86 Eureka, September 18, ’91 Sailing Vessels 20 plates from unidentified book Plate IV – Galatea Plate V – Puritan Plate VI – Genesta

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Plate VII – Priscilla Plate VIII – Atlantic Plate IX – Gracie Plate X – Bedouin Plate XVII – Cinderella Plate XIX – Titania Plate XXXIV – Gevalia Plate XXXV – Sachem Plate XXXVI – Iroquois Plate XXXVII – Ambassadress Plate XXXVIII – Em ELL EYE / Tartar Plate XXXIX – Mabel / Flora Lee Plate XL – Aline Plate XLI – Wendur Plate XLII – Irex Plate XLIII – May Plate XLVIII - Atlanta Sailing Vessels Album 6 albumen prints Frolic Unidentified Unidentified Queen Mab Miranda Unidentified Sailing Vessels Album

12 pages of photographs Valkyrie Britannia/unidentified Callluna/unidentified Ailsa Caress, May 17, ‘93 Vigilant, 1893/ Dakotah Wenonah/ Ailsa Valkyrie & Defender / Defender Valkyrie & Defender, first race/ Valkyrie Vigilant & Britannia / Vigilant reaching for Cowes, Aug. 4 Unidentified Valkyrie

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Series II. Medium Format Flat Files

This series is arranged by subject. SAILING VESSELS X A – M

America N – Z Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria Multiple ships Unidentified ships STEAMSHIPS A Albany B C D – F G Great Eastern H – L

X M N O – P Q – S T – Z Multiple & Unidentified ships NAVAL VESSELS

X A B

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Series II. Medium Format Flat Files, cont. NAVAL VESSELS, cont. [X] C USS Constitution D – G H – I J – L M USS Maine N USS New York X O P R – S T – Z Submarines Foreign British – HMS Ramillies Multiple Ships Unidentified Ships SHIP DETAILS X Miscellaneous VIEWS Miscellaneous United States Maryland – Annapolis – United States Naval Academy (2 folders) Foreign Monuments & Memorials

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Series II. Medium Format Flat Files, cont. VIEWS, cont. [X] Shipyards & Dry Docks CLIPPINGS, PAPERS & EPHEMERA Clippings – The Evolution of a Leviathan: How the Steamship Developed Clippings – Theatrical Productions Memorial Pieces – USS Maine EVENTS – NAVAL BATTLES X Third Anglo-Dutch War (2 folders) Seven Years War Revolutionary War Barbary War War of 1812 Miscellaneous Battle of Lake Champlain Battle of Lake Erie USS Chesapeake & HMS Shannon USS Constitution & the Guerriere USS Constitution & the Java USS United States & British Frigate Macedonian USS Wasp & HMS Frolic Images depicting multiple battles X Civil War Miscellaneous Battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac Spanish American War Miscellaneous Destruction of the USS Maine Unidentified Battles EVENTS – MISCELLANEOUS X Dewey Naval Parade Fisher’s Island Sham Battle

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Series II. Medium Format Flat Files, cont. EVENTS – MISCELLANEOUS, cont. [X] Races Shipwrecks & Fires Prints Photographs MODEL SHIPS Miscellaneous PORTRAITS X A – D F – H Jones, John Paul L – R S – Z Groups Prints Photographs

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Series III. Large Format Flat Files This series is arranged by subject. SAILING VESSELS X Miscellaneous STEAMSHIPS A B Ca – Ch X Ci Cl – Cz D E F X G – I J – L M N – O X P – R Queen Mary S X T – V W Unidentified Interiors NAVAL VESSELS X A – Z USS Maine

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Series III. Large Format Flat Files, cont. NAVAL VESSELS, cont. [X] Ironclads (includes architectural drawing) Multiple Ships Foreign & Unidentified Ships OTHER SHIPS X Ferries Tugboats Plans & Drawings Miscellaneous Dredge boats Yachts – by Saunders & West Co. VIEWS Miscellaneous CLIPPINGS & EPHEMERA Miscellaneous – Newspaper clippings Miscellaneous – Ephemera EVENTS – NAVAL BATTLES X War of 1812 Miscellaneous Battle of Lake Erie (3 folders) USS Chesapeake & HMS Shannon USS Constitution & the Java X Civil War Miscellaneous Battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac Battle of Port Royal Spanish American War Miscellaneous Destruction of the USS Maine EVENTS – MISCELLANEOUS X British Naval Expeditions

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Series III. Large Format Flat Files, cont. EVENTS – MISCELLANEOUS, cont. [X] Naval Reception for Li Hung Chang Races PORTRAITS A – Z