In my last post, I said that the Library had just completed a massive cataloguing project of items related to the U.S. Steam Battery监视器和C.S. Ironclad弗吉尼亚州. These items came from 59 different archival and research collections. Among them are extremely rare photographs collected by an early监视器“groupie” in the 1880s by the name of Frank Pierce, letters from sailors aboard监视器and from witnesses to the Battle of Hampton Roads, both Union and Confederate, unique plans and drawings of监视器, and receipts from vendors for materials used in her construction. There are also research notes of people who did important historical work on the two ironclads and genealogical work on their officers and crew. Here, then, is an annotated summary of some of the collections we have catalogued. Enjoy!
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Happy Friday readers! I’d like to take a minute to encourage you to view a great item that has just been posted on our Library website. It is a full-text, PDF version of a spec book from 1862! This item is usually restricted from public view due to its fragility, but, since we like you so much, we’ve made it accessible这里! A Very Fond Farewell发表于
Hello everyone, and welcome once more to the Library blog. Sadly, today is my last day writing for you fine readers, and I want you to know what an honor it has been. When I arrived at the Library in June, I knew nothing about the SS美国, but with some guidance and access to the Library’s archives I was able to discover her very real and very poignant story. In my mind’s eye, she is not only AN ocean liner – she is now THE ocean liner, and still fastest in the world. I likewise new little about piracy, save that it was a problem off of Somalia. Through investigation of the Library’s resources and rare book collection, I found out where our modern conception of pirates came from and how much of a problem it still is even in the modern day. For the past six months, these topics have been the focus of my blog posts, but there in truth they only scratch the surface of what the Library has to offer. For every photograph, book or document featured in my posts, dozens more exist in the archive. I could spend a lifetime documenting, organizing and analyzing the sources available here – nevertheless, I’m grateful for the six months I HAVE had. It has truly been a pleasure to work on the Library blog. The staff members have been universally kind and helpful, and I am still surprised at how much I learned. My deepest thanks go out to Jay, Jenn, Tom, Bill, Patti, and all the rest of The Mariners’ Museum Library family that made me feel welcome and helped me discover a whole new world hidden in the archives. Thanks for reading, and farewell. As we remember…发表于
Like many of you, I have been fascinated with the story of RMSTitanic只要我记得。我不确定为什么，究竟为什么。我不是一个特别有同情心的孩子，悲伤了数百个生命的故事。这是我在成年期开发的一个特征。我也不认为我对爱德华的过去的强烈联系了一些神秘的联系。我想我被吸引了，因为许多男孩都是船的完全宏伟，并就像它一样死亡的船舶的景象。尽管有很多缺陷，但Leo Decaprio / Kate Winslet电影让我非常联系，我认为这是一个男孩阅读和想象这个工程奇迹，因为它屈服于冰冷的大西洋。有些男孩喜欢汽车;我喜欢巨大的海洋衬垫。去搞清楚。 Anyway, thanks to my friends inPhotographic Services，我为您带来了从我们的Steamship Ephemera系列中的工程（类型）文件：一个甲板计划Titanic，Sans椅子。为了纪念一百年前今天冒着这艘壮观的船的人。 New Letters from Titanic Survivors发表于
Today, Archives staff has put up on the web finding aids for letters in our collections from two survivors of theTitanicdisaster. Have a look at the finding aids for the玛丽线信and theHelen R. Ostby Letterunder Special Collections and choose the category “Shipwrecks, Collisions, Salvage and Underwater Archaeology.” Both these young women were first-class passengers onTitanic.玛丽线，纽约人寿保险公司总裁的巴黎教育女儿，登上英国南安普敦。海伦奥斯特比和她的父亲一起旅行，珠宝商，在法国菲尔堡的船上乘坐。 |
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