Victor Slocum Papers on the Bounty and Liberdade, 1923-1951

Collection Overview

Title: Victor Slocum Papers on the Bounty and Liberdade, 1923-1951

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-637

Creator: Slocum, Victor, 1872-1949

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Arrangement: Arranged by record type in chronological order.

Date Acquired: 03/12/1923

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Victor Joshua Slocum was born circa 1872. He married Harriet Estelle Woodruff on September 28, 1904 in Kings, New York. Slocum died in 1949 and was buried at West Stockbridge Cemetery in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Victor Slocum by donation

Preferred Citation: Victor Slocum Papers on the Bounty and Liberdade, MSS 0000-637, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed December 14, 2016.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 8: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts

Folder 1: Victor Slocum Papers on the Bounty and Liberdade, 1923-1951

Item 1: Photograph, The Liberdade, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1888 November
Item 2: Photograph, Crew of Liberdade, 1888 November
Item 3: Photograph, Map of Fiji Islands and Lieutenant Bligh in HMS Bounty's Launch, 1789, undated
Item 4: Photograph, Portrait of Captain James Cook, undated
Item 5: Photograph, Captain Joshua Slocum, circa 1901
Item 6: Photograph, Bounty's launch, scale model, 1934
Item 7: Photograph, Model of the HMS Bounty's Launch, undated: Photograph is attached to cardboard backing.
Item 8: Biography, Captain William Bligh, undated: Includes engraving of Captain Bligh.
Item 9: Correspondence, Victor J. Slocum to Miss Pretlow, 1923 March 12: Written in Brooklyn, New York. Includes detailed information about the Liberdade.
Item 10: Correspondence, Victor Slocum to Miss Pretlow, 1926 May 30: Written in Brooklyn, New York. Includes information on "Bounty's" Launch. A newspaper clipping relating to a Norfolk Public Library children's program "Regatta of Model Ships" is pasted to the letter.
Item 11: Correspondence, Victor Slocum to Miss Pretlow, 1934 March 20: Written in Brooklyn, New York.
Item 12: Article, "The Voyage of the Bounty's Launch", 1926 July: A Piece of Seamanship and Navigation Unequaled in the Annals of the Sea, by Victor Slocum. Yachting, pages 37-40 and 81-84.
Item 13: Article, Scuttlebut, 1951 January: Ships & Sailing, page 62.