Box 18

Contents of Collection This collection includes several different types of registers kept by the administrators of the New York Nautical School (now SUNY Maritime College) in the early years of the institution. The Admissions Registers contain information regarding all the students who were admitted to the school between 1875 through 1944. The information that can be found in these volumes include names of students, dates of admission, ages, students’ place of birth, birth dates, as well as the height, weight and...

Scope and Contents This register contains students’ monthly, quarterly and yearly grade averages in the different subjects they studied at the New York Nautical School (now SUNY Maritime College). The ledger is organized by class (1st class, 2nd class etc.). Some of the areas of study included are Deportment, Activity/Aptitude, Knotting/Splicing, Sail-making, Arithmetic, Geography, Writing, Spelling/Grammar, Navigation and Seamanship. Term and overall averages as well as class ranking are also included in...