William F. Warm Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of William F. Warm, SUNY Maritime Class of 1944, consist of reports, memoranda (most of which are lengthy and entail the submission of further reports), and some correspondence and other miscellaneous documents during his time on various national and international committees focusing on container ships and international trade transportation. Many of these documents are photocopies and not original, and were made during the course of office procedure.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1965 - 1973
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.
Conditions Governing Use
Reproductions may be provided to users to support research and scholarship. However, collection use is subject to all copyright laws. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Biographical / Historical
In the 1950s and 1960s, the use of ship containers to transport materials locally and globally became more common. This new trend, quite naturally, was not without certain problems which had to be addressed, and were, indeed addressed during the course of the decades, especially in the 1960s. Captain William F. Warm, a 1944 graduate of Maritime College, because of his experience in maritime transportation (he was associated with the Marine Office of America at 123 William Street in New York City in the Engineering and Survey Department), became immersed with some of these problems, and was soon appointed to important committees dealing with the subject. This small collection of his personal papers reflects on this interest, concern, and involvement with the work of committees to which he had been appointed.
Extent
0.8 Linear Feet (2 half document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
These documents are arranged around the organization or group for which they were generated. There are two series that, unlike the rest, are arranged around a subject matter - Classificaton Societies and Container Losses.
Series are as follows:
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU)
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO)
International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI)
Subject Series - Classification Societies
Subject Series - Container Losses
Physical Location
Stephen B. Luce Library, SUNY Maritime College 6 Pennyfield Avenue Bronx, NY 10465 Telephone: (718) 409-7231 library@sunymaritime.edu
- Title
- William F. Warm Papers
- Author
- 1995 finding aid by Nicholas J. Falco edited for DACS and ASpace formatting by Taliesin Gamache in 2025
- Date
- 06/16/2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen B. Luce Library Repository