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General Maritime Businesses

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Series Creator
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
See more items in
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels]
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels] / Business Records and Marketing Material
Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Date
1777-1943
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Series Citation
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Ships, Boats, and Vessels, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Arrangement
When agents represent one or more lines or routes, they are filed by their business name or proprietorship in this subseries rather than with the line(s) they represent. Folders in this subseries are marked BUS. Exception: Several agent files have a small volume of bills of lading. To provide an example of business operations from the agent perspective, in a few instances these have been kept together under the agent name, rather than sorted by the vessel.
Series Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Scope and Contents
Contains general receipts for goods and services including but not limited to: brokers, freight and forwarding agents, packet agents, ticketing, fuel suppliers (coal), carpenters, caulkers, dry docking, repair, riggers and rigging, shipwrights, hardware, galley, cabin outfitters, chandlery, groceries, provisions, engineers, pumps, blocks, spar makers, shipbuilders, power capstans, engines, steering apparatus, winches, joiners, furnace grates, anchors, chain cables, bunting, submarine metallic compounds, paints and painting, sail makers, harbor and ballast, windlass, wharfage, and tug and tow operations.
Series Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1562726408127-1562726408185-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d26d15d8-d177-4f5e-89ca-f8bd87bf97a7

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  • Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats Ships, Boats, and Vessels

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