New York Nautical School
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marine Society of the City of New York Records, 1769-1990s
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SC-0010
Abstract
Records of the Marine Society of the City of New York, an organization established in 1770 to provide relief for distressed ship masters, or their widows and children, and to promote maritime knowledge.
Dates:
Circa 1769-1990s
St. Mary's Schoolship Records, 1853-1958
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CA-RG1-0001
Scope and Contents
The schoolship St. Mary's, a square-rigged sloop-of war was used by the New York Nautical School from 1874-1908 to train young men for careers in the Merchant Marines and the Naval Reserves. Materials in the collection include letters and documents regarding the creation of the New York Nautical School and the transfer of the St. Mary's to the New York City Board of Education. Also included are administrative documents regarding the running of the school; cruise itineraries; student log...
Dates:
1853 - 1958