diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to books containing the daily, personal accounts of the writer's own experiences, attitudes, and observations. Use "journals (accounts)" when referring to an individual's or an organization's account of occurrences or transactions.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Paul Papers, 1856-1950
Collection
Identifier: AP-0002
Overview
The collection documents the life and career of Alexander Paul (1883-1956), a 1901 graduate of the New York Nautical (now SUNY Maritime College) St. Mary's whose maritime career culminated as an Inspector of Marine Vessels. Materials include a personal log book/diary with newspaper clippings and photographs, correspondence, documents related to Paul's career, and photographs.
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...
Found in:
Stephen B. Luce Library
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Cecil Northrop Papers
John Stansbury Baylis Papers, 1884-1969
Collection
Identifier: AP-0001
Contents of Collection
The collection documents the career, activities, and interests of Captain John Stansbury Baylis (1884-1971), a 1903 alumnus of SUNY Maritime College with a distinguished maritime career of almost 40 years.
Louis E. Weickum Papers, 1900-1960
Collection
Identifier: AP-0004
Content Description
The collection consists of letters, ship diaries, books, pamphlets, memorabilia, drawings, wood blocks, scrapbooks, and albums. One scrapbook (titled "Memorabilia") was compiled by Harry C. Ballard and contains photos, drawings, and letters reflecting Weickum's life. Content of Containers Rough outline from legacy finding aid:Box 1: Correspondence 1905-1960, Diaries, records of cruises, and course notes while on St. Mary's 1901-1903;...
Malcolm Peters Nash Papers, 1887-1968
Collection
Identifier: AP-0018
Overview
This collection documents the career of Malcolm Peters
Nash from his education at the New York Nautical School (now
SUNY Maritime College) through his service with the United
States Navy and his years with the Naval Reserve. The collection
consists of documents, diaries, correspondence, photographs,
newspaper clippings, artifacts and ephemera.
Phylipp Dilloway Papers, 1946-2017
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AP-0020
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 1), his later career as a consultant for Dunlap & Associates, and research materials associated with his book "Class of October 1946". These materials include correspondences, photographs, reports, a journal he kept when at sea, two bridge coats he wore while at sea, and other artifacts.During his time on the American Pilot training ship,...
St. Mary's Schoolship Records, 1853-1958
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CA-RG1-0001
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 books...
Thomas F. Caldwell Papers, 1924-1969
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AP-0021
Content Description
Papers and artifacts documenting Thomas F. Caldwell's time at the New York State Nautical School and subsequent maritime career. Highlights include Caldwell's daily log from the schoolship Newport in 1925 and a photographic portrait of Caldwell as a young graduate.