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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: William and Joan Swan Collection, circa 1900-1985
Predominant Dates:1930s-1960s
ID: 001/01/MSS 2019-022
Primary Creator: Swan, William H.
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order. Oversized materials are separated by size in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 05/20/2019
Subjects: Hampton Roads (Va. : Region), Naval ceremonies, honors, and salutes, New York (N.Y.), Shipping, Ships, United States. Coast Guard
Forms of Material: Booklets, Books, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Envelopes, Logs (records), Nautical charts, Photographs, Prints (visual works), Publications (document genre), Reports
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection primarily includes published materials relating to ships and maritime-related subjects. It includes booklets, nautical charts, and small magazines, with most materials dating between the 1930s and 1960s. Topics include the International Naval Review in Hampton Roads, Virginia, the S. S. United States, and training materials from the New York State Maritime Academy.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
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:
William and Joan Swan by donation
Preferred Citation:
William and Joan Swan Collection, MSS 2019-022, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed May 22, 2019.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Book, Sailing Vessels: How to Distinguish their Different Rigs, circa 1900
- Folder 2: Excerpt, Lesson 2: Ships, circa 1930s-1940s
- Folder 3: Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1930s-1940s
- Folder 4: Booklet, Special Notice to Mariners, One Hundredth Anniversary Number, 1930
- Folder 5: Publication, The U. S. Coast Guard, 1932 March
- Volume 5.
- Folder 6: Booklet, Distances Between United States Ports, 1938
- Folder 7: Booklet, Welders Safety Regulations, circa 1940s
- Folder 8: Booklets, The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, 1940, 1944
- Folder 9: Course Materials and Notes, New York State Maritime Academy, circa 1942-1943 October
- Folder 10: Booklet, The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, 1943 April
- Folder 11: Publication, Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council, United States Coast Guard, 1944 January - March
- Volume 1, No. 1-3.
- Folder 12: Booklet, Welcome Aboard the Leading Leyte, circa 1950s
- Folder 13: Publication, Norfolk, 1957 April
- Folder 14: Booklet, International Naval Review, 1957 June 8-17
- Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- Folder 15: Clippings, International Naval Review, 1957 June 11-16
- Folder 16: Card with Envelope, Launching of N. S. Savannah, 1959 July 21
- Folder 17: Log Book, S. S. United States V. H. F., 1962 March 6 - 1967 April 5
- Folder 18: Correspondence, S. S. United States, 1955-1967
- Folder 19: Weather Reports, S. S. United States, 1968-1969
- Folder 20: Photographs, 1970, circa 1980
- Item 1: Photograph, Spirit of Norfolk, William H. Swan & Sons, and Omni Hotel, circa 1980
- Item 2: Print, Headquarters, United States Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1970
- Folder 21: Nautical Charts, 1966-1985
- Item 1: Nautical Chart, Chesapeake Bay, Cape Charles to Norfolk Harbor, Virginia, 1966 April
- Item 2: Nautical Chart, Norfolk to Albemarle Sound, 1970
- Intracoastal Waterway via North Landing River or Dismal Swamp Canal, Virginia - North Carolina.
- Item 3: Nautical Chart, New York Harbor, New York, 1971
- Item 4: Nautical Chart, Norfolk to Albemarle Sound, 1985 November
- Virginia - North Carolina Intracoastal Waterway, via North Landing River or Great Dismal Swamp Canal.
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