Great Lakes Maritime Research
Archives and Manuscript Repositories
Army Corps of Engineers
Canal Park Marine Museum-Vessel Info
Canal Park
Duluth, MN 55802
Phone: (218) 722-6489
http://www.oakland.edu/boatnerd/museums/cpmm/
Historical manuscripts relating to the development of Duluth-Superior Harbor
and other Lake Superior ports, commodities and cargo records, and photographs;
manuscript data sheets on Great Lakes ships, photographs and slides; vessel log
books and operating records; clippings and ephemera on similar subjects; and
construction drawing for selected vessels.
Bowling Green State University Libraries
Center for Archival Collection
5th Floor Jerome Library BGSU
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
Telephone: (419) 372 2411
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/hcgl/hcgl.html
Materials on the history of 19 northwestern Ohio counties: records of county
and municipal governments, churches, businesses, railroads, and voluntary and
charitable associations. The center also maintains extensive Great Lakes
collections of photographs, diaries, ships? logs, correspondence, shipbuilding
records, and port development materials.
The University Archives maintains records documenting the history and
development of the University. Included are copies of theses, dissertations,
University bulletins, yearbook, other publications, photographs, and tape
recording.
Great Lakes Historical Society
Inland Seas Maritime Museum
480 Main Street
Vermilion, Ohio 44089-0435
Phone: (440) 967 3467
Toll Free: (800) 893 1485
Fax: (440) 967 1419
http://www.inlandseas.org/library.html
Materials relating to the Great Lakes. Included are items relating to ships and
shipping, including logbooks, account books, diaries, lighthouse logbooks,
yachting records, lifesaving documents, and material on wrecks, disasters, and
storms. There are photographs of Great Lakes ships, harbors, lighthouses, and
individuals connected with the area, and the ships plans from the American
Shipbuilding Co., 1890?s ? 1920.
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
75 Maritime Drive
Manitowoc, WI 54220
Phone: (920) 684 0218
http://www.artcom.com/museums/nv/sz/54220-68.htm
Records relating to the maritime history of the Great Lakes, including
photographs, manuscripts, and scrapbooks.
Other Useful Resources:
Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
P.O. Box 7365
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Official Website: http://www.aglmh.org/
Unofficial Website: http://little.nhlink.net/wgm/glmh/glmh.html
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