New York (N.Y.)

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In this interview, Captain Fay discusses his childhood spent working on fishing boats, why he went to SUNY Maritime college, stories of his time at the college and the people he knew there, the three cruises he spent aboard the Empire State V, the first women cadets at the college, and his career post graduation.

Scope and Contents The Claude Rust Collection contains research materials for his book The Burning of the General Slocum, as well as heirloom artifacts from the day of the General Slocum Disaster and memorial services until 2018.A facsimile of the original itinerary from the day of the disaster is included along with an original first memorial ceremony pamphlet. Memorial Service pamphlets from 1957-2018 are also included in the collection.Research materials include maps, photographs,...

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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.

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In the interview Phyl talks about his life leading up to his Maritime career, his time spent at the New York Maritime Academy from the Summer of 1944 to his graduation in October 1946, the people he knew while he was at the Academy, his time on the training ship USMSTS American Pilot (also known as Empire State I), and the differences between today's mariners and mariners in the 1940s.

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....

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This interview contains Robert B. Thompsons experiences while attending SUNY Maritime College, his time spent as a Master if the Training Ship in 1978, his favorite stories while at sea, and an account of an aid trip he made to North Korea.

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...

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Materials in this collection consist of correpsondence from the faculty advsior of the Italian Society at Maritime College.

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A series of photographs taken by Thomas Service, Class of 1938, and given to L. Clay Beall III, Class of 1969.