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Arthur M. Tode Papers, 1908-1975
Collection
Identifier: AP-0005
Abstract
Tode was a 1912 graduate of New York Nautical School (now SUNY Maritime College), and later served as an instructor and Chief Engineer at the school. He was known for his advocacy of a strong Merchant Marine, especially through his leadership of the Propeller Club, which he built into an influential national organization. Materials include correspondence, publications, diary extracts, clippings, photographs, medals, and other career related documents.
Dates:
1908 - 1975
Found in:
Stephen B. Luce Library
Cecil Northrop Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AP-0024
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...
Dates:
1919 - 1941
Found in:
Stephen B. Luce Library
George M. Wauchope Papers, circa 1920s-1970s
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AP-0008
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting Wauchope's distinguished maritime career, including active duty during World War II.
Dates:
circa 1925-1978
Found in:
Stephen B. Luce Library
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