Compare Constellations

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Ship plans, 1871-1891.

Title: Ship plans, 1871-1891.

This collection consists of 234 plans for approximately 25 ships built by the company from 1871 to 1883 or modified up through 1891. Significant items include ink-and-watercolor drawings prepared as presentation pieces for clients; ink-on-linen profiles and technical diagrams illustrating design, framing, bulkheads, and other structural elements; propelling machinery; and hull and machinery outfit.

ArchivalResource: 243 plans ; 8 flat file drawers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23251010 View

Crane, R. H., Comdr. Sablefish.

Title: Sablefish.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21168620 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co.,. Steamship Great Northern plans [manuscript], 8 April 1915.

Title: Steamship Great Northern plans [manuscript], 8 April 1915.

10 blueline photocopy plans on 3 sheets for Hull Nos. 407-408 of the ship Great Northern, 8 April 1915, scale: 1/16" : 1'.

ArchivalResource: 53 x 99 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/756769028 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Ship plans, 1874-1926.

Title: Ship plans, 1874-1926.

The collection consists of 1,900 plans for approximately 60 ships built or altered by the company at its Philadelphia yard, 1874-1926.

ArchivalResource: 1,900 plan (30 flat file drawers)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24841262 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Ledgers, 1877-1919.

Title: Ledgers, 1877-1919.

The lot consists of 4 types of ledgers: (1) "Book of Apprentices. No. 1," for the Cramp shipyard and machine shop of its subsidiary, I.P. Morris Company, engine builder (1 v., 1882-1919), gives dates when service of apprentices commenced, their age, length of service, and remarks; (2) Hull contract books (21 v., 1877-1915), for approximately 30 vessels built by Cramp, including U.S. Navy ships Baltimore, Yorktown, Vesuvius, New York, Columbia, Brooklyn, Iowa, and Cyclops and merchant ships St. Louis, St. Paul, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific. Gives information on materials and parts used in each hull, various kinds of steel, substances used in hull machinery, shell plating; scattered entries list wages of workmen, costs of tools; detail components of sanitary and fresh water systems, voice pipes, installation of telephone systems.

ArchivalResource: 24 v. (12 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24836013 View

New England Navigation Company (Fall River, Mass.). Commonwealth.

Title: Commonwealth.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20250711 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Business papers, 1941-1947.

Title: Business papers, 1941-1947.

The collection consists of corporate records, annual reports, ledgers, articles, speeches, and property plans documenting the company's role in the production of warships for World War II. Also included are operations information such as narrative notes on man hours, labor and costs, 1943-46; scrapbooks; and pamphlets including some of a historical nature pertaining to William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company which operated from 1830-1927 and built the facility taken over and operated by CSO with government subsidization, 1941-46.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items (2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24833310 View

Peninsula & Occidental Steamship Company (New Haven, Conn.). Cuba.

Title: Cuba.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photo. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20283073 View

Madison, F. H. F.H. Madison (98) : plebe exams 94-95.

Title: F.H. Madison (98) : plebe exams 94-95.

The notebook contains copies of exams given Madison, a plebe (Class of 1898) at the U.S. Naval Academy, in mathematics, algebra, geometry, French, English and history. Together with his grades in these subjects are the names of instructors and marks for efficiency and conduct. Mounted in are numerous pictures of various ships of the American, French, English and Italian navies. Some of the vessels illustrated were built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company.

ArchivalResource: 1 #f v. (98 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33377342 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Records, 1871-1929.

Title: Records, 1871-1929.

ArchivalResource: 10 map drawers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23250064 View

Ellery, William H. Steel Pier.

Title: Steel Pier.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21655230 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Photographs, 1880-ca. 1929.

Title: Photographs, 1880-ca. 1929.

The collection emphasizes the design and construction of naval and passenger ships, 1888-1918.

ArchivalResource: 110 photographs : b&w ; 17 folders ; 45.5 x 61 cm. + .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23251024 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. St. Paul.

Title: St. Paul.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photo. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21782905 View

Florida East Coast Car Ferry Company (New York, N.Y.). Estrada Palma.

Title: Estrada Palma.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photo. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21049477 View

Cramp, Edwin S., 1853-1913. Edwin S. Cramp collection, 1850-1950.

Title: Edwin S. Cramp collection, 1850-1950.

Papers of Edwin S. Cramp during and after his employment with the William Cramp & Sons Ships and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia. The papers are primarily financial, although both personal and business. They also reflect Cramp's campaign for government subsidy of the United States merchant marine shipbuilding industry. The collection also contains photocopies of trial photos for two Cramp Cruisers, the ALABAMA and the VARIAG.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55040926 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. State of California.

Title: State of California.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21654865 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Monterey.

Title: Monterey.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21128198 View

New England Navigation Company (New London, Conn.). Aroostook.

Title: Aroostook.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photo. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19877576 View

United States. Navy. Sacramento.

Title: Sacramento.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21128045 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Photographs, ca. 1900-1927.

Title: Photographs, ca. 1900-1927.

Series 1 includes sets of original glass-plate negatives taken by J.S. Huse and other photographers hired by Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, to document construction at the Cramp company; products and workrooms of subsidiary I.P. Morris Company, manufacturer of turbines; workers and details of work processes and building techniques such as welding, plating, riveting, and joinery; dry docks, launches, test runs.

ArchivalResource: 1, 480 photographs (17 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24836561 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Ship plans, 1872-1927.

Title: Ship plans, 1872-1927.

Sheer, half breadth, and body plans, mostly general arrangements and profiles, for about 75 merchant ships and naval vessels built by Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 150 plans (4 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24821635 View

Harkness, S. V. Peerless.

Title: Peerless.

ArchivalResource: items in folder ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20199854 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Montanan.

Title: Montanan.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photo. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21120971 View

McKean, Thomas. Dorothea.

Title: Dorothea.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20363527 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Records, 1883-1910.

Title: Records, 1883-1910.

The records of this prominent Philadelphia shipbuilder span the latter part of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century and include architectural drawings, blueprints, correspondence, articles of incorporation, corporate records, photographs, contract documents, specifications, and telegrams.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122618440 View

Steamship Great Northern plans, 8 April 1915

Title: Steamship Great Northern plans 8 April 1915

10 blueline photocopy plans on 3 sheets for Hull Nos. 407-408 of the ship Great Northern, 8 April 1915, scale: 1/16" : 1'.

ArchivalResource: 53 x 99 cm.

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv02514 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Records, 1874-1927.

Title: Records, 1874-1927.

ArchivalResource: Manuscripts: 24 v.plans: 1,900 items.Photographs: 1,480 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24833756 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Historical collection, 1941-1945.

Title: Historical collection, 1941-1945.

The collection consists primarily of historical files collected by Theodore Ash, publicity director of the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, 1941-45, pertaining to the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company which operated from 1830-1927 and built the facility taken over and operated by Cramp Shipbuilding Company with government subsidization during World War II.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. + 1 flat file drawer.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24842950 View

Robinson, R. H. M. (Richard Hallett Meredith), 1875-1951. Richard H. M. Robinson papers, 1898-1912.

Title: Richard H. M. Robinson papers, 1898-1912.

Letters, memoranda, blueprints, specifications, drawings, technical journal, notes, etc., 1898-1912, by naval architect Richard H. M. Robinson. Material principally relates to the construction and design of ships, particularly for the United States Navy.

ArchivalResource: 9 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58775281 View

William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Business papers, 1872-1927.

Title: Business papers, 1872-1927.

The collection includes corporate minutes of the board of directors (1872-1927), stock ledgers (1895-1920), by-laws, executive committee members list, orders of business, and annual reports; contract agreements; notebook by Albert Day, foreman, listing hulls built from 1872-1920s; property plans of the company's Philadelphia yard (1892-1923); records of operations such as wage scales (1914-16), comparative statements of weekly payrolls (1918-26), documents related to earnings for departments, pensions, insurance, property tax, expenditures; articles and speeches on shipbuilding by corporate officers; records of Cramp's subsidiary, I.P. Morris Company, engine builder (1891-1927).

ArchivalResource: ca. 500 items (10 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24832882 View