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Shipping collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 543

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of ships' journals, invoices, manifests, lists of crews, clearance papers and other documents relating to shipping, largely from Connecticut ports in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is also a small quantity of papers from Massachusetts, New York and elsewhere.

Dates

  • 1749-1923

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

The entire collection, with the exception of Accession 1999-M-116, is available on microfilm. Patrons must use FILM HM 154 instead of the originals.

Existence and Location of Copies

Entire collection, with the exception of Accession 1999-M-116, is also available on microfilm (3 reels, 35mm.) from Gale, a Cengage Company, at gale.com.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown, though much of the material in this collection is likely in the public domain. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator,2015.

Arrangement

Arranged in order of accession, with an index to ships and masters.

Extent

1.75 Linear Feet (3 boxes. )

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0543

Overview

The collection consists of ships' journals, invoices, manifests, lists of crews, clearance papers and other documents relating to shipping, largely from Connecticut ports in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is also a small quantity of papers from Massachusetts, New York and elsewhere.
Title
Guide to the Shipping Collection
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Ruth Gay
Date
June 1982
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)

Location

Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

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