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.
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
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.
- Allyn, Gurdon L.
- Ansell Gibbs (Ship)
- Armed Forces
- Austin, William
- Barker, David
- Barnes, RuBun
- Barrosa (Ship)
- Brittania (Brigantine)
- Burch, Francis
- Bushnell, John L.
- Business
- Congress (Frigate)
- Connecticut (Ship)
- Connecticut -- Commerce
- Cynthia (Bark)
- Deacon (Ship)
- Eleanor (Schooner)
- Fargo, Henry
- Friendship (Ship : 1797-1827)
- Gandy (Schooner)
- George (Brig)
- Gragg, Charles O.
- Griffing, David
- Griffing, Jasper
- Hannah (Schooner)
- Hartford (Ship)
- Herald (Schooner)
- Hiram (Brig)
- Hitchcock, Elihu
- Hitta Franklin (Schooner)
- Hoadly, Simeon
- Hope (Schooner)
- Huron (Brig)
- Intrepid (Sloop)
- Iris (Bark)
- James (Brig)
- John H. Trowbridge (Brig)
- Johnson, Emery
- Joline, William
- Julius Webb (Schooner)
- Keziah (Ship)
- Lackawanna (Ship)
- Ladona (Schooner)
- Latin America
- Live Yankee (Ship)
- Logbooks
- Loring, Homer
- Loutitt, William
- Mack, Andrew
- Mahony, Daniel Edward
- Molly (Schooner)
- Moulton, Thomas W.
- Nancy (Schooner)
- Nathaniel J. Palmer (Schooner)
- Nathaniel S. Perkins (Bark)
- New Haven (Conn.) -- Commerce
- Nile (Bark)
- Paladium (Ship)
- Panther (Ship)
- Pardee, Jesse
- Pease, D.
- Pennsylvania (Schooner)
- Peru -- History -- War of Independence, 1820-1829
- Roath, Henry G.
- Russel, John
- Salisbury (Brig)
- Sally (Sloop)
- Saltonstall, Dudley, 1738-1796
- Sarah Frances (Schooner)
- Sheffield, William
- Shipping -- Connecticut
- Shipping -- Massachusetts
- Shipping -- New York (State) -- New York
- Simpson, E.
- Superb (Schooner)
- Taylor, William C.
- Telegraph (Schooner)
- Tempest (Bark)
- Thorndike, Eben A.
- Totten, Gilbert, 1760 or 1761-1839
- Tyron, Moses
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States -- History -- War of 1812
- Washington (Sloop)
- Wheeler, David
- William (Brig 1819-1846)
- York (Schooner)
- 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)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511