Ward collection of New York Shipbuilding Corporation material Bulk, 1954-1967 1919-1969

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Ward collection of New York Shipbuilding Corporation material, Bulk, 1954-1967, 1919-1969

Ward collection of New York Shipbuilding Corporation material Bulk, 1954-1967 1919-1969

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The New York Shipbuilding Corporation (NYS) was founded in 1899 by Henry G. Morse (1850-1903), who served as the company’s first president. The company held significant government contracts during both World Wars, and built ships for the United States Navy, Coast Guard, and Emergency Fleet Corporation as well as the Department of Commerce and Labor. During the 1930s, the company built luxury ocean liners, such as the and the for the United States Lines, and also built ships for Pennsylvania Railroad, Reading Railroad, Standard Oil and American Export Lines. During its tenure, the New York Shipbuilding Corporation constructed over 500 ships. NYS completed its last ship in 1967 and went out of business shortly thereafter. The bulk of the collection appears to have been work-related materials used by John F. Ward, a New York Shipbuilding employee in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes material from 1919 to 1969, with the bulk of the material from the 1950s and 1960s. Much of the material covers technical and engineering aspects of work being performed at the shipyard, but also includes some items that many employees of the shipyard would have received, such as a 1959 "Rules of Safety" manual. The collection contains a number of publications, written histories, and clippings that detail the history of the shipyard at several times throughout its existence. Manhattan Washington

2.5 Linear feet

Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library