There will be no Annual Book Sale by the Fellows of the Blunt White Library this fall. The reason is that gift processing people have been working on a major gift the duplicates from which have been placed in the CCA - Olin Stephens Reading Room (normally such duplicates would be in the Book Sale). Also these people have been working on Emergency Preparedness items and on the finalization of the transfer of the Library to the CRC.
Next year’s Sale should be a good one and we hope to see you there…
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Yacht Register Search - Trial Run
Looking for information on a particular yacht from 1872? Or perhaps you want to know what yachts Vanderbilt owned in 1903? Well now you can easily do that research online. The Mystic Seaport Collections Department presently has posted 5 of their yacht registers and set up a Vessel and Owner Search page. This page is a test, there are many more volumes to go online, and many more searchable fields that we could add but we need user feedback to determine our priorities. Please take it for a spin and send any comments, or suggestions you might have to kelly.drake@mysticseaport.org.
Friday, September 12, 2008
L. A. Dunton Photos
The crew from Photo Services was up early on Friday morning, Sept 12th to shoot the hauling of Mystic Seaport's Gloucester fishing schooner, the L. A. Dunton. A few of the photos have been uploaded to flickr. Feel free to add your comments and Dunton stories.
Built by Arthur D. Story in Essex, MA, 1921, the L.A. Dunton was designed by Thomas F. McManus. She was designated National Historic Landmark on November 4, 1993.
Built by Arthur D. Story in Essex, MA, 1921, the L.A. Dunton was designed by Thomas F. McManus. She was designated National Historic Landmark on November 4, 1993.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Amistad Letter Now Online
On September 6, 1839 Luis Norris Wilcox, United States Marshal for the district of Connecticut of New London, Connecticut wrote a letter to Erastus Osborn of Binghampton, New York, asking for aid unloading cargo and processing prisoners regarding the arrival of the schooner AMISTAD. On September 4, 2008 the Collections Department put that letter online.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT
From Dec 1, 2008 thru March 19, 2009 the Collections Research Center will be closed on Mondays. Open Tuesday - Friday from 10-5.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
NEW MSS COLLECTION CATALOGED
The Richard Columbus Mears Collection, 1816-1872, including letters, personal accounts, journals, and store accounts is now available for research. In addition to documents relating to Mears' career as a merchant ship captain on numerous ships out of New York, the Collection also includes records from the Van Valkenburgh family, and Nellie Goodsell Mears' husband's family.
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