By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: John Edward Handran Papers, 1928-1977
Predominant Dates:1930s
ID: 001/01/MSS 2019-015
Creator: Handran, John Edward (1904-1977)
Extent: 17.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged by record type.
Date Acquired: 03/22/2019
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Circa 1930s sea stories and other materials belonging to John Edward Handran, a mariner from approximately the 1920s through the 1950s.
Biographical Note
John Edward Handran was born on May 28, 1904 in Rockport, Massachusetts. He was a master mariner and served in the Navy during World War II. Handran married Michelina Roselli on May 11, 1934 in Kings, New York. He married Sarah Ann James Strickland on April 14, 1967 in Norfolk, Virginia. Handran died on November 16, 1977 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
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:
Brett Bebber by donation
Preferred Citation:
John Edward Handran Papers, MSS 2019-015, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed March 25, 2019.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Sea story, "Ob board the American Farmer...", 1934 August
- Folder 2: Sea story, "A Tropical Hurricane At Sea", 1935 September
- Folder 3: Sea story, "The International Life Boat Race", circa 1935
- Includes correspondence dated October 9, 1935.
- Folder 4: Sea story, "A Neptune Party", undated
- Folder 5: Sea story, "A Rookie Year on a Training Ship", undated
- Folder 6: Sea story, "A Tampico Norther", undated
- Folder 7: Sea story, "Conditions On the River Thames", undated
- Folder 8: Sea story, "I was an A.B. and by that I don't refer to a Bachelor of Arts...", undated
- Folder 9: Notebook, John E. Handran, 1934-1939
- Includes latitude and longitude coordinates while on board the S. S. American Farmer and S. S. Washington.
- Folder 10: Notebook, John E. Handran, 1948-1959
- Includes information on various vessels along with total wages earned and taxes withheld.
- Folder 11: Correspondence, Certificates, and Reports of John Edward Handran, 1928-1977
- Folder 12: Diagram, S. S. American Farmer, 1934 August 16
- Diagram shows and lists locations of onboard ventilators.
- Folder 13: Instructional Material, New Haven Pilotage, undated
- Includes questions and answers.
- Folder 14: Maps and Notes, Thames River, undated
- Folder 15: Negative, possibly John Edward Handran, undated
- Negative was originally discovered in the back of John E. Handran's 1934-1939 notebook.
- Folder 16: Service records, John Edward Handran, circa 1938
- Includes two different copies of Handran's service record, beginning in September 1921 and ending in April and June 1938 respectively.
- Folder 17: Speech, relating to Australia, undated
- Speech was addressed to "fellow Pigeon Covers."