Box 4

Contents of Collection The Phylipp Dilloway Papers contain materials from his time at sea on the training ship USMSTS American Pilot (also known as the Empire State I), his later career as a consultant for Dunlap & Associates, research materials associated with his book "Class of October 1946", and other materials from his career and personal life. These materials include correspondences, photographs, reports, a journal he kept when at sea, two bridge coats he wore while at sea, and other artifacts....

Scope and Contents

The ship journal is Dilloway's diary for his time training aboard the training ship from June to August of 1946. The journal contains daily entries about Dilloway's life from a few days before his first boarding of the ship to the ship's stop in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The journal contains mementos that Dilloway saved from the trip, such as a carnation from Bermuda, several stamps collected from ports he visited, and an itinerary of the journey.