Carver family papers, 1760-1975.

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Carver family papers, 1760-1975.

Multi-generation collection of family personal and business papers (1760-1975) centering on, but not limited to, Amos D. Carver, Clifford N. Carver, George A. Carver (including a list of vessels built), John Carver (including list of vessels built). Among the business enterprises engaged in by family members were American Whaling Co., Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co, Baker, Carver & Morrell Co. Also includes: Correspondents include: president Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nevada governor Roswell K. Colcord, and maritime historian F.C. Matthews.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8100927

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Baker, Carver & Morrell (New York, N.Y.)

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Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

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The Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company constructed the deepwater automobile ferry Princess Anne in 1935-36 for the Virginia Ferry Corporation's run between Cape Charles and Little Creek, Va., across the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. It had the distinction of being the first fully "streamlined" ship, with exterior styling by industrial designer Raymond Loewy. The curved sheet metal surfaces were later removed as impractical. From the description of Plans of ferry Princess Anne, 1935-193...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Carver Memorial Library (Searsport, Me.)

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Carver, John, 1799-1867

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Carver, Clifford N. (Clifford Nickels), 1890-1965

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Resident of Searsport, Me.; author of Carver Family of New England: Robert Carver of Marshfield and His Descendants (1935) which relates to the Carver and allied families of Maine and Massachusetts. From the description of Clifford N. Carver papers, ca. 1900?-1965? (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 672383493 Clifford Nickles Carver (Princeton Class of 1913) served as secretary (1914-1915) to Walter H. Page, the American ambassador in London, as secretar...

American Whaling Company

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American Whaling Company formed ca. 1930 to send whaling expedition from New York to the Antarctic in Sept. 1930; used the whaling factory ship Frango with the intention of selling the oil in the U.S., but because of the Depression, eventually sold it to European buyers in 1935; made more expeditions in 1938 and 1939. The Frango made more expeditions in 1938 and 1939 which are documented in this collection. From the description of American Whaling Company collection, 1938-1942. (Unkn...

Carver, George A. (George Albert), 1836-1908

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Colcord, Roswell Keyes, 1839-1939

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Nevada's seventh governor was born in Seaport, Waldo County, Maine on April 25, 1839 where he was apprenticed to a ship-builder and became a carpenter. He came west to California in 1856, later to Aurora, Nevada in 1860, and finally to Virginia City in 1863 where he became a successful mining engineer. Following his term as governor, he served as the Superintendent of the U.S. Mint from 1898 to 1911. He died in Carson City on October 30, 1939 at the age of one hundred. From the descr...

Carver, Amos D. (Amos Dow), 1863-

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Matthews, Frederick C.

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Carver family.

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The Carver family were active as ship builders, ship's masters, ship suppliers, businessmen, and genealogist-historians in Searsport, Me., and New York City, N.Y. From the description of Carver family papers, 1760-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 730446343 ...