Applebee, Robert B., 1885-1979
Variant namesCareer officer with U.S. Customs Service; maritime historian and author; considered an authority on Maine shipping. Wrote to and talked with men who had been deep water sailors; collected books, documents, artifacts, and photographs of ships and compiled information on vessels into vols. of typed mss., arranged by area.
From the description of Robert B. Applebee papers, 1880s-1970s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 695042152
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| creatorOf | Applebee, Robert. Maine built vessels whose names have been changed / [by Robert B. Applebee] | The Mariners' Museum Library | |
| creatorOf | Gile, Albion L.,. Albion L. Gile collection [manuscript], 1850-1958. | Oregon Historical Society Research Library | |
| creatorOf | Applebee, Robert B., 1885-1979. Robert B. Applebee papers, 1880s-1970s. | Penobscot Marine Museum | |
| creatorOf | Adams, Frank P. Frank P. Adams Papers, 1951-1973. | Peabody Essex Museum |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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| Relation | Name | |
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| correspondedWith | Adams, Frank | person |
| associatedWith | Adams, Frank P. | person |
| associatedWith | Almon Bird (Schooner) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Anderson, Mrs. | person |
| correspondedWith | Barbour, Robert | person |
| associatedWith | Bath Marine Museum. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Buxton, Henry. | person |
| associatedWith | Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane, 1893-1986. | person |
| associatedWith | Colcord, Lincoln, 1883-1947. | person |
| correspondedWith | Copeland, Charles | person |
| associatedWith | Coughlin, William. | person |
| correspondedWith | Coughlin, William P. | person |
| associatedWith | Crosby, Timothy, 1766-1823. | person |
| correspondedWith | Dodge, Ernest | person |
| correspondedWith | Erskine, Harry | person |
| associatedWith | Fairburn, William Armstrong, 1876-1947. | person |
| correspondedWith | Foss, Harold G. | person |
| associatedWith | Frank M. Noyes (Schooner) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Frost, A. W. | person |
| associatedWith | Gile, Albion L., | person |
| associatedWith | Ginn, George Washington, 1824-1887. | person |
| correspondedWith | Glueck, Charles G. | person |
| correspondedWith | Hallock, Al | person |
| correspondedWith | Hamilton, Harry D. | person |
| correspondedWith | Hilton, Horace A. | person |
| correspondedWith | Lord, Edwin | person |
| correspondedWith | Lyman, John | person |
| correspondedWith | McLeod, James | person |
| associatedWith | Peabody Museum of Salem. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Pearce, Grace Nash | person |
| correspondedWith | Ritchie, Ethel M. | person |
| associatedWith | Snow, Edward Rowe. | person |
| correspondedWith | Sweet, Henry E. | person |
| associatedWith | United States. Bureau of Customs. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Life-Saving Service. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | WEEI (Radio station : Boston, Mass.) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905-1978 | person |
| associatedWith | Winslow, Frank. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Maine--Bangor | |||
| Maine | |||
| District of Columbia | |||
| Maine | |||
| Atlantic Coast (U.S.) | |||
| New England | |||
| United States |
| Subject |
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| Customs administration |
| Customs administration |
| Maritime museums |
| Merchant marine |
| Rationing |
| Shipbuilding |
| Ship names |
| Shipping |
| Ship registers |
| Shipyards |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| Occupation |
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| Historians |
| Activity |
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Person
Birth 1885-02-08
Death 1979-05-15
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