Elwin Eldredge collection on John H. Morrison 1881-1921, 1958 1881-1911.

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Eldredge, Elwin Martin, 1893-1965. Elwin Eldredge collection on John H. Morrison 1881-1921, 1958 1881-1911.

Elwin Eldredge collection on John H. Morrison 1881-1921, 1958 1881-1911.

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The bulk of this collection represents the research of John H. Morrison, an avid maritime historian and collector in New York and New Jersey. The research materials contributed to several of his publications. Six of these publications have been identified: History of New York Ship Yards (1909), Are There Equinoctial Storms? Development of the Marine Barometer (1911), "Fire Protection for Steam Vessels and Government Regulation" (1904), "The Development of Armored War Vessels: Armor Plating in the United States" (1907), "Early Electric Lighting on American Steamers" (1916), and The History of American Steam Navigation (1903). A seventh publication, perhaps a series of Letters to the Editor of The Engineer magazine on working-beam engines, remains unidentified. There are handwritten drafts for New York Ship Yards and Are There Equinoctial Storms? Of note is information on American Civil War ironclads, in particular the CSS Virginia (ex-U.S.S. Merrimack), on whose ram Morrison wrote extensively. His research draws on eyewitness testimony from Virginia's designers Brooke and Porter, through Porter's surviving son John W. H. Porter. He also corresponded with personnel who worked at Tredegar Iron Works, fabricators of Virginia's iron.

3 document cases.

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