Typed Diary, 1925
Content Description
This collection provides an intimate picture of Cecil Northrop's life at sea in the 1920s as a cadet in traning and merchant mariner. Northrop kept extensive diaries (handwritten and typed) where he recorded his impressions of life aboard the ship, foreign ports visited, people he met on his travels, and relationships with friends, family, and love interests. It appears Northrop was compiling some of the manuscripts into essays, and viewed his writing as part of the great sea narrative tradition popularized by Richard Henry Dana in the 1840s. Complementing the diaries are sea certificates and licenses, course and distance logs, and photographs.
Some of the diary pages were typed by Cecil himself, and others were transcribed by his son, William, when he was a teenager. At this point it is unknown which pages were typed by Cecil and which by William.
Dates
- 1925
Language of Materials
Materials are all in English, with the exception of a few international postage stamps inside one of Northrop's diaries.
Conditions Governing Access
Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please e-mail library@sunymaritime.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.25 Linear Feet (1 standard size archival document box and one flat box)
Creator
- From the Collection: Northrop, Cecil Pinckney, 1901-1949 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen B. Luce Library Repository