Records of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, 1901-1975 (bulk 1901-1953).

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Records of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, 1901-1975 (bulk 1901-1953).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122383110

The collection consists of business records related to the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, including circular letters to masters, reports on finances and operations, information on construction of ships, sale of ships, and the final end of service in 1953. Persons represented in the collection include: Dearborn Clark, John E. Cushing, Edward P. Farley, Lewis Abbot Lapham, Roger Dearborn Lapham, and Walter S. McPherson.

298 pieces.4 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6697374

Related Entities

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Lapham, Lewis Abbot.

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Clark, Dearborn.

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Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn), 1883-1966

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Chief, United States Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to China, 1948-1949. From the description of Roger Dearborn Lapham papers, 1948-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869100 Biographical Note Chief, United States Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to China, 1948-1949. From the guide to the Roger Dearborn Lapham papers, 1948-1949, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Cushing, John Eldridge

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McPherson, Walter S.

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American-Hawaiian Steamship Company

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The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company was founded in 1899 by George S. Dearborn and his brother-in-law, Lewis Henry Lapham. The company grew to own the largest single fleet of freighters under the American flag in the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Territory of Hawaii. It was a pioneer in the building of large modern American steam freighters, in introducing oil-fired boilers, in opening the steamer-railroad route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and in the early com...

Farley, Edward Philip, 1886-1956.

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Shipping executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Edward Philip Farley : oral history, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737484 From the description of Reminiscences of Edward Philip Farley : oral history, 1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122343119 ...