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Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the art of watercolor

Author:: Sienkewicz, Julia A Search this

Physical description:: 285 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 27 x 22 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 2019; 18th century; 18e siècle

Topic:: Landscapes in art Search this; Watercolor painting Search this; Paysages dans l'art Search this; Aquarelle Search this; Heroische Landschaft Search this; Landschaft Search this; Wasserfarbe Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1158304

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Sail Cars

Collection Collector:: Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903 Search this

Collection Creator:: White, John H., 1933- Search this

Container:: Box 79, Folder 2

Type:: Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:: Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:: Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files; Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files / Series 4: Railroad Companies and Lines

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels]

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 10.22 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 2 folders, 9 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (2 full, 1 partial.))

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Menus; Bills; Ships' passenger lists; Patents; Legislative documents; Photographs; Advertisements; Advertising mail; Advertising; Illustrations; Contracts; Trademarks; Inspections; Programs; Advertising cards; Advertising fliers; Print advertising; Legal documents; Travelogs; Souvenir programs; Business cards; Concert programs; Publications; Commercial correspondence; Correspondence; Receipts; Theater programs; Business records; Legal records; Business ephemera; Invoices; Bills of sale; Ships' logs; Technical reports; Reports; Letterheads; Ephemera; Design patents; Travel brochures; Legislation (legal concepts); Business letters; Timetables; Travel diaries; Printed ephemera

Place:: New York (N.Y.) -- Transportation; Hudson River

Date:: 1777-1965

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents:: Minimally covers the terminus of the wind-powered (sail) era and more fully documents the peak of the engine (steam) era of commercial cargo and passenger vesselsk, including freight and dockage services, maintenance and provisioning, ferry service, navigation (tug and tow) assistance, plus leisure cruising and touring. There is not a significant amount of material on battle or war ships. Includes both short distance routes such as lakes, rivers, and islets, and longer trans-oceanic crossings.

Documents within the collection consist of handbills, broadsides, leaflets, books, business cards, advertisements, insurance forms, wreck reports, passenger lists, baggage tags, freight manifests, rate cards, correspondence on letterhead stationery, booklets, newspaper clippings, postcards, menus, periodicals, manuals, photographs, engravings, woodcuts, sketches, bills of lading, receipts, catalogues, ledgers, journals, purchase orders, broadsides, brochures, custom forms, schedules, shipping and receiving documents, early steam guides, timetables, lithographs, announcements, etc. There are no navigational nautical maps. There is very little in the way of international import/export records. However, domestic and North American freight services are well-covered through invoices, bills of lading, manifests, and receipts for goods and services.

Some materials cover the history and development of steamships, particularly in the latter half of the nineteenth century with the iron screw replacing the wooden paddle steamer in the 1850s. The late 1860s brought the compound engine, which led to the steamship, previously used for the conveyance of mails and passengers, to compete with the sailing vessel in the carriage of cargo for long voyages. The 1870s brought improvements in accommodation for the passenger, with the midship saloon, conveniences in state-rooms, and covered access to smoke rooms and ladies cabins.

Ownership of specific lines and vessels was very fluid throughout shipping history, including the renaming of vessels. Mergers, dissolution, and absorption of fleets were frequent. Thus, researchers should independently seek out a more detailed history for any entity of particular interest.

The general maritime business series focuses on good and services related to maritime operations such as repair, shipbuilding, parts, ticket agents, chandlers, groceries, coal supply, dockage, wharfs/marinas, etc.

Operation records of named vessels contains primarily bills of lading and similar receipts for the movement of material goods or in-water services such as tow and tug assistance.

The largest series covering shipping lines and conglomerates offers a wide assortment of miscellaneous, nonexhaustive operation records for cargo and passenger lines and corporations, typically those with multiple holdings. These documents may include receipts, bills of lading, correspondence, and financial ledgers, plus promotional material for services and routes offered. Passenger sailings and luxury cruise documentation may contain menus, passenger lists, itineraries, shore excursion information, souveniers such as luggage tags, ticket stubs, and postcards. See also the subject category Menus, for additional examples of passenger and cruise ship menus.

When not associated with any of the above, general examples of materials related to the industry have been by arranged by their material type such as images, reports, and serial publications. More formal documentation, especially legal and reports, can be found here.

Narrative type materials related to lore, history, and building and design specifications have been sorted by subject. A scarce amount of material covers ships used for military service. Likewise, there are a few examples of maritime related material from the art world, mostly in the form of catalogues for exhibits or auction of paintings and scale models.

A note on vessel names: those used as contract carriers of mail and when in service, were entitled to unique prefix designations such as Royal Mail Ship (RMS.), otherwise, the ship name may be preceded by the more generic S.S. for single-screw steamer or steamship, SV for sailing vessel, PS for paddle steamer, RV for research vessel or similar type prefix. USS is the standard for the United States Navy commissioned ships while in commission, with HMS used for His/Her Majesty's Ship of the British Royal Navy.

Some of the major lines/companies represented in the collection include: American Line, American Steamship Company, Anchor Line, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Cunard-Anchor Line, Cunard Line, Cunard Steam Ship Company, Limited, Cunard White Star Line, Eastern Steamship Lines, Furness, Withy & Company, Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) / Hamburg Amerika Linie, Holland America Line (N.A.S.M. / HAL), Inman Line, International Mercantile Marine Company (IMM), International Navigation Company, North German Lloyd (Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen), Panama Pacific Line, Peninsular and Oriental, Red Star Line, Royal Mail Steam Packet, U.S. Mail Steamship Company, United States Lines, White Star Line.

Arrangement:: Ships, Boats, and Vessels is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

General Maritime Businesses

Operation Records of Named Vessels

Shipping Lines/Conglomerates

Miscellaneous Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Keepsakes

Images

Ledger

Legal

News Clippings

Regulatory

Reports

Serial Publications

Stamps/Cigarette Cards

Associations and Societies

Images, Artwork, Racing, Technical Literature

Subject

Battleships, Warships

Destination Guides

Employment and Licensing

Insurance

Maritime History

Maritime Models and Art

Revue Generale Des Sciences

Warshaw Administrative Records

Related Materials:: Several other Warshaw Subject Categories may have closely related material such as Submarines and Transportation. For casual and recreational boating see Boats and Boating Equipment and Yachts. Other subject categories that may have related materials include: Canals, Dredging, Engines, Menus, Railroads (point of common transportation transfer), and Tours. .

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

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Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels] is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Rights:: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:: Passenger ships Search this; Marine machinery Search this; Ships Search this; Shipbuilding industry Search this; Ferries Search this; Transportation -- Japan Search this; River boats Search this; Marine engines Search this; Boats Search this; Transportation -- Far Eastern Search this; Ships -- Equipment and supplies Search this; Merchant Marine -- Manning of vessels -- United States Search this; Docks Search this; Health Search this; Ocean liners Search this; Merchant Marine -- United States Search this; Ships -- Far Eastern Search this; Rivers Search this; Transportation -- river boat Search this; World War, 1939-1945 -- Merchant Marine Search this; Harbors Search this; Trade associations Search this; Transportation -- 1900-1910 Search this; Boats and boating Search this; Water transport -- 18th century Search this; Boats -- Southeast Asia Search this; Cargo Search this; Local transit -- New York (N.Y.) Search this; Sailboats Search this; Waterways Search this; Sailing Search this; Transportation -- New York (N.Y.) Search this; Local transit Search this; Scientific expeditions Search this; Water transfer Search this; Transportation -- History Search this; Wharves Search this; Steamboats Search this; Boats -- New York (N.Y.) Search this; Transportation Search this; Public health Search this; Marine engineers Search this; Ocean travel Search this; Seamen -- 1910-1920 Search this; Musical performances Search this; Transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States Search this; Merchant seamen Search this; Marine engineering Search this; Models and modelmaking Search this; Navigation Search this; Seamen -- 1940-1950 Search this; Travel Search this; Importers Search this; Shipping Search this; Cruise ships Search this; Ships -- New York (N.Y.) Search this; Flags Search this; Exports -- 19th century Search this

Genre/Form:: Menus -- Ships -- 1940-1950; Menus; Bills; Ships' passenger lists; Patents; Legislative documents; Photographs; Advertisements; Advertising mail; Advertising; Illustrations; Contracts; Trademarks; Inspections; Programs; Advertising cards; Advertising fliers; Print advertising; Legal documents; Travelogs; Souvenir programs; Business cards; Concert programs; Publications; Commercial correspondence; Correspondence; Receipts; Theater programs; Publications -- Business; Business records; Legal records; Business ephemera; Invoices; Bills of sale; Ships' logs; Technical reports; Reports; Letterheads; Ephemera; Design patents; Travel brochures; Legislation (legal concepts); Business letters; Timetables; Travel diaries; Printed ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Ships, Boats, and Vessels, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:: Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).