Collection of maritime papers and photographs : of Albert M. Barnes II, 1820-1968.

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Collection of maritime papers and photographs : of Albert M. Barnes II, 1820-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30820784

The collection contains manuscripts, photographs, data books, logbooks, and a scrapbook. The manuscripts relate to fishing vessels from Maine and eastern Canada, and American whaling vessels. These include inspection papers, account information, crew lists, ship inventories, and other documents. Over 5,000 black-and-white photographs, 1820-1968, contain images of U.S. and Canadian fishing schooners, whaling vessels, Canadian coastal schooners, Canadian square riggers, motor trawlers, sardine fisheries, and sardine carriers. Also, includes more than 180 data books containing general specifications and career histories for thousands of American and Canadian fishing vessels. There are photocopied construction specifications, 1911, for the B.H.B. Hubbard fishing vessel. A scrapbook of clippings from 1867- 1952 Portland, Maine, and Providence, R.I., newspapers records ship arrivals, departures, and reports of accidents. Also, includes the ships' papers for the bark Joseph Grinnell, 1858-1862, and logbooks for Balaena (steamship), 1883-1884; Catalpa (whaling vessel), 1867-1868; Courser (bark), 1860-1864; Francis Allyn (schooner), 1890-1891; Hannah (fishing schooner), 1855 and 1865; J.D. Thompson (bark), 1858-1859; Julia Ann (fishing boat), 1856; Monterey (fishing schooner), 1852, 1853, and 1854; Quickstep (schooner), 1871-1874; Sea Witch (fishing boat), 1865; Victoria (brig), 1871; and Wanderer (bark), 1906 and 1908.

36 cubic ft.

The Mariners' Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7290728

The Mariners' Museum Library

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Victoria (Brig)

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Courser (Bark)

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Quickstep (Schooner)

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Monterey (Schooner)

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James D. Thompson (Bark)

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Whaling vessel (432 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William B. Waterman, on first voyage 18 Sept. 1855-3 Apr. 1858 to North Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Bering Straits, Equator, and Off Shore whaling grounds; owner-agent: James D. Thompson; built at New Bedford, Mass., 1855. From the description of Logbook, 1855 Sept. 18-1858 Apr. 1. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70967107 ...

Balaena (Steamship)

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Julia Ann (Fishing boat)

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Barnes, Albert M., II, 1922-1987,

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Barnes was a maritime historian who became a research assistant at the Mariners Museum in 1952. He worked for the museum for thirty-five years as assistant curator of exhibits and curator of prints and paintings. From the description of Collection of maritime papers and photographs : of Albert M. Barnes II, 1820-1968. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30820784 ...

Hannah (Schooner : 1825)

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B.H.B. Hubbard (Fishing boat)

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Catalpa (Whaling ship)

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Joseph Grinnell (Bark)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William W. Thomas. From the description of Logbook of the bark Joseph Grinnell, 1858 June 24-1861 Dec. 30. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 166142432 ...

Francis Allyn (Schooner)

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Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Manuel F. Santos, on voyage from 2 July 1901-15 July 1902 to the Hudson Bay whaling grounds; owner-agent: Thomas Luce; built at Duxbury, Mass., 1869. From the description of Logbook of the schooner Francis Allyn, 1901 July 2-1902 July 15. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 225151382 Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Joseph J. Fuller, on voyage from 6 June 1893-2 Aug. 1895...

Wanderer (Bark)

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Whaling vessel (303 tons), out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by Antone T. Edwards on voyage from 17 Oct. 1919 to 22 Oct. 1920; owner-agent: James F. Avery; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., in 1878; lost 1924. From the description of Logbook of the bark Wanderer, 1919 Oct. 17-1920 Mar. 30. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 392949953 Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Antone T. Edwards, on voyage 15 Mar. 1921-13 Apr. 1922 to the...

Sea Witch (Fishing boat)

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