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.
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).
The collection documents individuals who served in the Merchant Marine's and Navy between 1943 and 1946.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of primarily of reminscenes with individuals who served n the Merchant Marine and Navy.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into two series.
Series 1: Individual Reminiscences, 1945-1997
Series 2: Supplemental Documentation, 1943-2001-08
Provenance:
Collection donated by Delia Porter, date unknown, and Jack B. Navarre, August 24, 1990.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Merchant Marine Search this
A family history, an interview with Ciel Frampton, Thalinger's Senior Thesis for Antioch College, letters between Thalinger and his wife Ciel Frampton during World War II, sketches and drawings, photographs and other materials document the lives and careers of sculptor Frederic Jean Thalinger and his painter father, E. Oscar Thalinger. Biographical material includes a family history written by Thalinger's son Ernest, resumes, certificates, address books, notes and clippings on both Frederic and Oscar, an inventory of Oscar's paintings and Ernest's March 1987 audio tape of his mother's reminiscences about meeting Frederic.
Correspondence between Thalinger and his wife forms the bulk of the correspondence. Letters between family members refer predominately to conditions during World War II, Thalinger's tour of duty in the U.S. Merchant Marines, the effects of Thalinger's lengthy separations from his wife and son, the state of their mental and physical health, and their lack of financial security. Writings include Thalinger's thesis on the relevance of his college experience to his future career, notes, poems and essays. Printed material includes clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs pertaining to both Frederic and Oscar. Photographs show Thalinger, family, friends and sculpture.
Numerous photographs of sculpture, many taken by Thalinger, are included in project files, along with notes, clippings, correspondence, price lists, and a set of blueprints for play sculpture intended to replace conventional playground structures.
Biographical / Historical:
Sculptor, born in St. Louis, Missouri. Father, E. Oscar Thalinger, was a painter and served as registrar at the City Art Museum, St. Louis.
Provenance:
Ernest Thalinger assembled, collected and annotated his father's papers. He compiled the family history and updated resume. The placement of photographs of sculpture into subject files is based on Ernest Thalinger's prior arrangement and annotations of the papers.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Woman looking in empty kitchen cabinet. Text discusses tin shortage for canned goods due to Japanese occupation of Singapore and the Netherlands East Indies.
Local Numbers:
AC0059-0000022 (AC Scan)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Physical Access: Researchers must use microfilm copy. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audiovisual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.
Technical Access: Viewing the film portion of the collection without reference copies requires special appointment, please inquire; listening to audio discs requires special arrangement. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.
Collection Rights:
Publication and production quality duplication is restricted due to complex copyright, publicity rights, and right to privacy issues. Potential users must receive written permission from appropriate rights holders prior to obtaining high quality copies. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Original talking blues --Talking dust bowl --Talking migrant -- Talking sharecropper --Talking miner --Talking Bonneville Dam --Talking TVA --Talking union --Talking sailor --Talking union voter --Talking rent --Talking Hitler's head off --Talking atom --Talking subway.
Track Information:
101 Original Talking Blues / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
102 Talking Dust Bowl / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
103 Talking Migrant / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
104 Talking Sharecropper / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
105 Talking Miner (Talking Centralia) / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
106 Talking Bonnevile Dam / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
107 Talking TVA / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
201 Talking Union / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
202 Talking Sailor (Talking Merchant Marine) / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
203 Talking Union Voter / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
204 Talking Rent / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
205 Talking Hitler's Head Off / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
206 Talking Atom / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
207 Talking Subway / Pat Foster, Dick Weissman. Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-0529
Counterpoint.550
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Counterpoint 1957
General:
Descriptive notes by Dick Weissman and Pat Foster on container. Performer(s): Pat Foster and Dick Weissman, vocals, guitar and banjo. Production notes: Recorded ca. 1957 and originally issued on the Documentary label.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Pete Seeger (Saipan songs)- Army life--Have a baby--Island commander; John Henry Faulk-- Atomic skit; Woody Guthrie-- Talking merchant marine; Almanac Singers- Strang death of John Doe-- Billy Boy-- C for conscription--Washington breakdown--Ballad of October 16; Jack Dupree-- Highway 31--Black woman--Once I had a Girl; Another man's wife--I'm gonna write the Governor of Georgia; Fine brown frame--Woman is hard to trust
Track Information:
101 Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)(ACT-424) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
102 Have a Baby (ACT-424) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
105 Island Commander (ACT-424) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
106 Atomic Skit (ACT-424) / John Henry Faulk.
107 Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)(ACT-487) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
109 The Strange Death of John Doe / Pete Seeger, Almanac Singers. Banjo.
110 Billy Boy / Almanac Singers, Josh White. Guitar.
111 C for Conscription / Pete Seeger, Almanac Singers. Banjo.
112 Washington Breakdown / Pete Seeger, Almanac Singers. Banjo.
113 The Ballad of October 16 / Pete Seeger, Almanac Singers. Banjo.
114 Highway 31 (ACT-359) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
115 Black Woman (ACT-362) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
116 Once I Had a Girl (ACT-362) / Champion Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry. Piano,Harmonica.
117 Standing on the Corner (ACT-362) / Little Brother Montgomery. Piano.
118 Once I Had a Girl (ACT-401) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
119 Another Man's Wife (ACT-401) / Champion Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry. Piano,Harmonica.
120 Once I Had a Girl (ACT-619) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
121 Another Man's Wife (ACT-619) / Champion Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry. Piano,Harmonica.
122 Highway 31 (ACT-628) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
123 Black Woman (ACT-629) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
124 I'm Gonna Write the Governor of Georgia (ACT-630) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
125 Fine Brown Frame (ACT-648) / Piano.
126 A Woman is Hard to Trust (ACT-648) / Piano.
127 Black Woman (ACT-654) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
Local Numbers:
FP-CDR-0044
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Asch 78s dubs 1. Union Boys with Woody Guthrie "Sally Don't You Grieve" 2. Union Boys with Josh White "Freedom Road" 3. Union Boys with Tom Glazer ""I'm Gonna Put My Name Down" 4. Union Boys "G.I. Joe and the CIO" 5. Union Boys with Tom Glazer "Social Worker's Talking Blues" 6. Union Boys with Josh White "Hold On" 7. Union Boys with Tom Glazer "Hold the Fort" 8. Union Boys with Burl Ives "We Will Not Be Moved" 9. Union Boys with Pete Seeger "UAW-CIO" 10. Union Boys with Tom Glazer "A Dollar Ain't a Dollar" 11. Union Boys with Josh White "Jim Crow" 12. ACT-2408-101 Champion Jack Dupree "Once I Had a Girl" (Solo 78) 13. ACT-2408-202 Champion Jack Dupree "Once I Had a Girl" 14. ACT-3122-101 Champion Jack Dupree "Fine Brown Frame" 15. ACT-3122-102 Champion Jack Dupree "A Woman is Not to Trust" 16. ACT-3948 Josh White "Betty and Dupree" 17. ACT-3950 Josh White "Betty and Dupree" 18. Asch 550-2B Champion Jack Dupree "Too Evil to Cry" 19. Solo 10-014 Champion Jack Dupree "Black Woman" 20. Solo 10-014 Champion Jack Dupree "I Once Had a Girl" BBC Radio Program- Children's Hour with Woody Guthrie 7 July 1944 includes 21. Woody Guthrie "Wabash Cannonball" 22. Woody Guthrie "900 Miles" 23. Woody Guthrie "Stagger Lee" 24. Woody Guthrie "Pretty Boy Floyd" 25. All Things Considered - NPR Broadcast with Jim (Vincent) Longhi about Merchant Marine Service with Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston in 1944.
Track Information:
101 Sally Don't You Grieve / Union Boys, Cisco Houston, Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
102 Freedom Road / Union Boys, Josh White. Guitar.
103 I'm Gonna Put My Name Down (C.I.O. War Relief Song) / Union Boys, Tom Glazer. Guitar.
104 G.I. Joe and the C.I.O (We've Got a Plan) / Union Boys, Tom Glazer. Guitar.
105 Social Worker's Talking Blues / Union Boys, Tom Glazer. Guitar.
106 Hold On / Union Boys, Josh White. Guitar.
107 Hold the Fort / Union Boys, Tom Glazer. Guitar.
108 We Shall Not Be Moved / Union Boys, Burl Ives. Guitar.
109 U.A.W.-C.I.O / Union Boys, Pete Seeger. Guitar.
110 A Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore / Union Boys, Tom Glazer. Guitar.
111 Jim Crow / Union Boys, Josh White. Guitar.
112 Once I Had a Girl (ACT-2408) / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
114 Fine Brown Frame (ACT-3122) / Champion Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee. Piano.
115 Woman is Not to Trust, A (ACT-3122) / Champion Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee. Piano.
116 Betty and Dupree (ACT-3948) / Josh White. Guitar.
117 Betty and Dupree (ACT-3950) / Josh White. Guitar.
118 Too Evil to Cry / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
119 Black Woman / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
120 Once I Had a Girl / Champion Jack Dupree. Piano.
121 Wabash Cannonball / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
122 900 Miles / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
123 Stagger Lee / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
124 Pretty Boy Floyd / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
125 Jim Longhi's Story About Experiences on the Sea Porpoise with Woody and Cisco / Jim Longhi.
Local Numbers:
FP-CDR-0046
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: London (England), England, New York, United States.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Main Image: Insignia of the British Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Marine
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 4484
General:
Issued for: British Army, Navy, Air Force & Merchant Marine
Artist(s): Anon
Series:
GPD 524/8 ND/106
Printing Info:
Specimen of British War Literature
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Copyright status of items varies. 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.
Princeton University Posters Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
Digitization of the Princeton University Poster Collection was a collaboration of Google Arts and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office. Catalog records were transcribed by digital volunteers through the Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center.
Main Image: Insignia and medal for the British Army, Navy, Air Force, and Merchant Marine
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 4162
General:
Issued for: British Army, Navy, Air Force, & Merchant Marine
Artist(s): Anon
Series:
GPD 365/18/33
Printing Info:
Specimen of British War Literature
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Copyright status of items varies. 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.
Princeton University Posters Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
Digitization of the Princeton University Poster Collection was a collaboration of Google Arts and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office. Catalog records were transcribed by digital volunteers through the Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center.
Principal British Ranks and Insignia / ... Uniforms of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy ... / Uniforms of the British Army ... Uniforms of the Royal Air Force ...
Main Image: (A) Insignia of the British Navy, Army, R.A.F, and Merchant Marine as well as men and women in different Naval-related uniforms (B) Men and women dressed in Army-related and R.A.F-related uniforms
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 5499
General:
Issued by: Nigeria Review Supplement
Artist(s): Anon
Printing Info:
Specimen of British War Literature
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Copyright status of items varies. 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.
Princeton University Posters Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
Digitization of the Princeton University Poster Collection was a collaboration of Google Arts and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office. Catalog records were transcribed by digital volunteers through the Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center.
Main Image: Insignia of the British Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Marine
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 4169
General:
Issued by: Britsche Ministerie van Voorlichting [British Ministry of Information]
Issued for: British Army, Navy, Air Force, & Merchant Marine
Artist(s): Anon
Series:
HD/102 GPD 524/8
Locale:
London
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Copyright status of items varies. 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.
Princeton University Posters Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
Digitization of the Princeton University Poster Collection was a collaboration of Google Arts and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office. Catalog records were transcribed by digital volunteers through the Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center.
Merchant mariners at war : an oral history of World War II / [interviews and editing by] George J. Billy and Christine M. Billy ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith
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