Ship Stories Around the North Carolina Banks Scrapbook, 1877-1954, undated | Sargeant Memorial Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Ship Stories Around the North Carolina Banks Scrapbook, 1877-1954, undated

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-105

Primary Creator: Unknown

Extent: 3.0 Folders

Arrangement: Arranged in the original order of the scrapbook pages. The numbers on the paper inserts within the folders do not correspond to the item number in the finding aid.

Date Acquired: 11/24/2014

Subjects: Carroll A. Deering (Schooner), Dictator (Bark), Hatteras Island (N.C.), Huron (Screw steamer), Ocracoke (N.C.), Outer Banks (N.C.), Ships, Shipwrecks, United States. Coast Guard, Virginia Beach (Va.)

Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Photographs, Postcards

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Scrapbook pages that include newspaper clippings and photographs concerning ship stories on the North Carolina Outer Banks.

Subject/Index Terms

Carroll A. Deering (Schooner)
Dictator (Bark)
Hatteras Island (N.C.)
Huron (Screw steamer)
Ocracoke (N.C.)
Outer Banks (N.C.)
Ships
Shipwrecks
United States. Coast Guard
Virginia Beach (Va.)

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: Unknown

Preferred Citation: Ship Stories Around the North Carolina Banks Scrapbook, MSS 0000-105, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed September 1, 2015. Completed September 4, 2015.

Other Note: This collection is housed in Box 2 of the Wilmer Willis Houston Papers (MSS 0000-025).

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1],
[Folder 2],
[Folder 3],
[All]

Folder 1

Item 1: Clipping, "Pirates!", 1952 August 17: Virginian-Pilot Newspaper.
Item 2: Clipping, "Tidewater Tales: Theodosia Burr Mystery And Battle of Ironclads" by Robert Mason, undated
Item 3: Clipping, "Steam Boat Home" by Aycock Brown, 1950 October 29
Item 4: Clipping, "The 'Metropolis' on Currituck Bank: Tragic Wrecking Of 'Metropolis,' Off Currituck Bank, Took Place 75 Years Ago This Very Day" by Robert H. Burgess, 1954 January 31
Item 5: Clipping, "Wreck of Schr Lancaster, October 5, 1881", 1949 August 26: Newspaper article about the Schooner "Thomas L. Lancaster" and its wreck at Loggerhead Inlet, North Carolina on October 5, 1881.
Item 6: Clipping, "Wreck of The British Steamship Kimberley, December 1, 1887", 1950 January 27: Newspaper article about the British steamship "Kimberley", and its wreck on December 1, 1887 at Wash Woods Station, North Carolina.
Item 7: Clipping, "Stranding Schooner 'Richard Hartley'", undated: Newspaper article about the Schooner "Richard Hartley" and its stranding on the North Carolina coast on September 2, 1913.
Item 8: Clipping, "Series of Unrelated Assistance Rendered Cases", 1949 December 30
Item 9: Clipping, "Five Marine Mishaps During the Year 1887", 1950 January 13
Item 10: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner B. F. Poole at Seatack", 1950 November 24: Newspaper article about the wreck of the schooner "Poole"
Item 11: Clipping, "Wreck of Hattie Lollis, Nags Head, N.C.", 1950 November 24: Newspaper article about the wreck of the schooner "Hattie Lollis" at Nags Head Station, North Carolina, on April 7, 1888. This item is on the same scrapbook page as item 10.
Item 12: Clipping, "Wreck of Norwegian Bark Wolseley at Big Kinnakeet", 1950 November 24: Newspaper article about the wreck of the Norwegian Bark "Wolseley" off the coast of North Carolina at about four o'clock in the morning on April 1889. This item is on the same scrapbook page as item 10.
Item 13: Clipping, "Wreck of Agnes Barton, March 14, 1889", 1949 September 2: Newspaper article about the wreck of the brig "Agnes Barton" near the Dam Neck Mills Station, Virginia, on March 14, 1889.
Item 14: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Henry P. Simmons", undated: Newspaper article about the wreck of the Schooner "Henry P. Simmons," during the particularly tempestuous month of October, 1889.
Item 15: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Lizzie S. Haynes, October 24, 1889", 1950 January 6: Newspaper article about the wreck of the schooner "Lizzie S. Haynes" on October 24, 1889, on the coast of North Carolina.
Item 16: Clipping, "Wreck of the German Brig Antine Annachen", undated: Newspaper article about the stranding and wreck of the German brigantine "Annachen," on July 17, 1889, at the coast of North Carolina.
Item 17: Clipping, "Capsizing of Mary S. Bradshaw's Yawl", undated: Newspaper article about the capsizing of the schooner "Mary S. Bradshaw," on June 1, 1889, near North Carolina's Diamond Shoals.
Item 18: Clipping, "Wreck of Schr. Peppard Near Gull Shoal 1889", undated: Newspaper article about the wreck of the three-mated schooner "Aaron Peppard," at Hatteras Island in August, 1889
Item 19: Clipping, "Four Wrecks Along the N.C. Coast During February 1887", 1950 April 21: A Newspaper article describing the wrecks of four ships that wrecked in February of 1887. The clipping only includes information on two ships, "Maria," and "Florence-Shay".
Item 20: Clipping, "Wreck of Norwegian Bark Dictator, 1891", 1949 June 10: Newspaper article describing the wreck of the Norwegian barkentine, "Dictator" on March 27, 1891.
Item 21: Postcard, "Figurehead of the Dictator, Princess Anne Hotel", undated: A postcard depicting the figurehead of the "Dictator" as the bark approaches the Princess Anne Hotel. This postcard is attached to the same scrapbook page as the article about the Dictator's wrecking.
Item 22: Clipping, "In Grave '130' Lies Sea Hero, All But Forgot", undated: Newspaper article about the grave of "Jean-Baptiste," the French seaman who sacrificed his life in a failed attempt to save the wife and child of Captain J. M. Jorgensen, during the wreck of the barkentine, "Dictator".
Item 23: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Nathan Esterbrook", 1950 January 3: Newspaper article about the wreck of the schooner "Nathan Esterbrook," on February 29, 1893, on the coast of North Carolina.

Folder 2

Item 1: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Richard S. Spofford", 1950 April 14: Article about the wreck of three-masted schooner "Richard S. Spofford," near Ocracoke Life-Saving Station, North Carolina on December 26, 1894.
Item 2: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner, Francis E. Waters", undated: Newspaper article about the wreck of schooner "Francis E. Waters" near False Cape, North Carolina, on October 23, 1889.
Item 3: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Nellie Wadsworth, Hatteras, Dec. 5, 1895", 1949 April 1
Item 4: Clipping, "Wreck of Barkentine Priscilla, August 18, 1899", 1949 July 2: Newspaper article about the wreck of barkentine "Priscilla," near Gull Shoal Station, North Carolina, on August 16, 1899.
Item 5: Clipping, "Wreck of the British S. S. Virginia. May, 1900", 1949 April 8: Article about the wreck of British ship, "Virginia," near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 2, 1900.
Item 6: Clipping, "Wreck of Schooner Nellie Porter, Apr. 1888", 1949 July 15: Article about the wreck of schooner "Nellie Porter," on April 8, 1888 near Ocracoke Station, North Carolina.
Item 7: Clipping, "Three Wrecks off North Carolina Coast in November, 1887", 1949 July 15: Article about three shipwrecks at the North Carolina coast in November, 1887. The destroyed ships include Elizabeth City's schooner "Fox," and sloop, "Frog," as well as a surfboat from Hatteras, called "Thomas Hunt."
Item 8: Clipping, "Wreck of The Olive Thurlow, Dec., 1902", 1950 March 24: Newspaper article about the wreck of American barkentine "Olive Thurlow" on December 5, 1902.
Item 9: Clipping, "Wreck of the Schooner Leonora", undated: Newspaper article about the wreck of the 458-ton schooner "Leonora," which occurred in December 1907, southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Item 10: Clipping, "Wreck of the Barge Saxon, Oct. 12, 1907", 1949 April 22: Newspaper article about the wreck of "Saxon," A 555-ton barge, on October 12, 1907.
Item 11: Clipping, "Lighthouses at Hatteras", 1948 July 30
Item 12: Clipping, "Account of Two Wrecks of 1888", undated: Article about the shipwrecks of the "Viola W. Burton," and the "G. W. Bentley" in 1888.
Item 13: Clipping, "Deering Mystery Goes Into 30th Year: Hatteras Keeps Secret of Lost Schooner Case", 1951 February 4: Virginian-Pilot article about the "Carroll A. Deering," A five-masted schooner that stranded in Diamond Shoals, North Carolina.
Item 14: Clipping, "The Sea Keeps its Secret of the Schooner Carroll A. Deering: Sails Set on All 5 Masts and Not One Soul Aboard", 1950 March 5: A Virginian-Pilot article about the mysterious "Carroll A. Deering," a schooner found with its human crew missing after its wreck. Reverse of scrapbook page contains a newspaper clipping of a song about the loss of the U.S.S. Huron.
Item 15: Manuscript: "Loss of the Huron: Spot News Story", 1877 November 28
Item 16: Clipping, "Wreck of the Huron at Nags Head was Famous Disaster 72 Years Ago", 1949 June 24: Article about the wreck of the ship "Huron" in the Coastland Times, Manteo, N. C. Newspaper page containing article is attached to item 15, between second and third pages of the manuscript.
Item 17: Clipping, "The Wreck of The Huron in '77", 1953 November 22: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot article about the tragedy of the U.S.S. Huron's wreck off the North Carolina Coast in November, 1877, including a poem based on a love letter thought to have come from the ship's wreckage.
Item 18: Clipping, "The Awful Tragedy: The Ill-fated Huron Makes Her Last Cruise", 1877 November 26: Landmark Extra: Newspaper article about the wreck of the U.S.S. Huron, published two days after the incident.

Folder 3

Item 1: Clipping, Title Illegible, 1949 March 13: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot article about the wreck of the U.S.S. Huron in November, 1877. Page torn on title, "[...]a Beach [...] Linked to 'Huron' Wreck"
Item 2: Manuscript, "Wrecks on the Dare County Beaches in Recent Times", undated: "Introduction to a general story, appearing in The Independent, in April, 1933." This story is found in item 3: "Captain Ohlsson Doesn't Know How In The Dickens He Came to Pay a Sudden Visit to Kill Devil Hill, But He Did"
Item 3: Clipping, "Captain Ohlsson Doesn't Know How In The Dickens He Came to Pay a Sudden Visit to Kill Devil Hill, But He Did", 1929 September 24: Newspaper article about the loss of the ship "Paraguay".
Item 4: Photograph, "The 'Carl Gerhard' with the Bow Section of the 'Paraguay'", undated
Item 5: Photograph, "Capt. Ohlsson & First Officer Eberhardt", undated
Item 6: Clipping, "Heroism of Coast Guard Recognized Officially; Swedish Vice-Consul Presents Watch and Radio", 1931 June 25: The Advance, Elizabeth City, N. C.
Item 7: Clipping, "Nine Years Ago Coast Guards Had A Busy Day: Twenty-four Seamen Saved From Wreck At Kill Devil Hill", undated: Newspaper article about the loss of the ship "Paraguay".
Item 8: Photograph, "Norwegian Medals to the "Cibao" Rescue Crew.: Photograph depicting the rescuers of the "Cibao" Rescue Crew, with description.
Item 9: Clipping, "Norwegian Medals and Diplomas are Awarded Brave Coast Guardsmen", undated: Article about Norway's awarding of the "Cibao" Rescue Crew for their bravery.
Item 10: Clipping, "Captain Coast Guard Boat Finds Work Less Exciting than in Florida Waters", undated: Captain L. Christensen finds working in North Carolina to be less exciting than when he was stationed in Florida due to relative lack of crime.
Item 11: Clipping, "Schooner Crew Rescued By Coast Guard In Rough Sea Off Nags Head Today", 1929 February 7
Item 12: Clipping, "Schooner High and Dry at Low Tide Nags Head", undated
Item 13: Clipping, "Three Mast Schooner Not Expected to Be Ever Floated Again", 1930 March 10: "Lavinia M. Snow Represents Almost the Entire Wealth of Captain Aged 62 and His Son: Near Creeds Hill: Captain John Stevens Thought Flash From Hatteras to Be That From Cape Lookout Light"
Item 14: Photograph, "The Creed's Hill Station", undated
Item 15: Photographs, "Scenes Aboard The Wreck", undated: Scenes from the wreck of the schooner "Lavinia Snow". Four Photographs
Item 16: Photograph, "Captain Stevens with his Son and First Mate Aboard the "Lavinia Snow", undated
Item 17: Photograph, "Boatswain Bernice Balance, of the Cape Hatteras Station, Who led the Rescue of the Crew, with him is the Caretaker of the Inactive Durants Station, Near Hatteras Village. Bn. Mate C. P. Brady.", undated: Adjoined is a photograph of the "G. A. Kohler," whose wreck is described in the next items, "Loss of the G. A. Kohler"
Item 18: Photograph, "Loss of the 'G. A. Kohler,' Hatteras Island," by I. P. Davis, undated
Item 19: Photograph, "Loss of the 'G. A. Kohler,' Hatteras Island," by JCE, undated
Item 20: Photograph, "This Surfman of Chicamacomico Tamed a Beach Pony, And Got Permission to Make his Patrols Board it", undated: Photograph of a man on a beach pony.
Item 21: Photograph, "The Big Kinnakeet Coast Guard Station, Near Avon.", undated: Adjoined are two unlabeled photographs.
Item 22: Manuscript, "Chicamacomico Coast Guard Station Has Record of Men and Ships Saved Since 1876", 1930 June 13: The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City. Report of rescues by coast guardsmen from Chicamacomico Station.
Item 23: Manuscript, "The 'Mirlo' Rescue", undated: Description of the loss of the British tanker "Mirlo" on August 16, 1918, and the rescue of her crew.
Item 24: Photograph, "The 'Mirlo' Rescue Crew", undated: Photograph of rescue crew and description of photograph. Obituary of Capt. John Allen Midgett included.
Item 25: Manuscript, "The Anna May Rescue", undated
Item 26: Clipping, "The Sea Took Both After Hatteras Skipper Refused to Sell His Wife for Peck of Gold," by Aycock Brown, undated
Item 27: Clipping, "Crewman Stood in Small Boat With Club After Barkentine Stranded at Okracoke," by Aycock Brown, 1950 December 17
Item 28: Clipping, "The Loss of the 'S. S. Chicora,' by John Fraser Roos", undated: Reader submission to the Christian Science Monitor about the loss of the "S.S. Chicora" on January 21, 1895.
Item 29: Clipping, "Fort Monroe, Observing 130th Anniversary, Changed From Defense to Offense in Century," by Lloyd Parker, 1953 June 28: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot article about the history of Fort Monroe.

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