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RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES

List of all National Register Bulletins

National Maritime Heritage Program

Published Sources

These are provided as an indication of the variety of source materials available as wellas certain highly recommended works which will aid researchers. This listing is not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography.

Adkins, Jan, Wooden Ship: The Building of a Wooden Sailing Vessel in 1870. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978)

Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, The Rise of New York Port, 1815-1860. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939)

________ , Naval and Maritime History: An Annotated Bibliography. (Mystic, Connecticut: The Marine Historical Association, Inc., 1972)

________ , William A. Baker, Benjamin W. Labaree, and Marion V. Brewington, New England and the Sea. (Mystic, Connecticut: The Marine Historical Association, Inc., 1972)

"The American Clyde," The Harper's New Monthly Magazine, LVI (335), 1878: 641-653.

Baker, William Avery, The New Mayflower: Her Design and Construction. (Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Gazette, 1958)

________ , Colonial Vessels. (Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishing Company, Inc., 1962)

________ , The Engine Powered Vessel. (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965)

________ , Sloops and Shallots. (Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishing Company, Inc., 1966)

________ , A Maritime History of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River Region. (Bath, Maine: Marine Research Society of Bath, 1973) 2 volumes.

________, Maine Shipbuilding: A Bibliographic Guide. (Portland, Maine: The Maine Historical Society, 1974)

Bankston, J., An Introductory Bibliography of Maritime References for the New World and the Spanish Empire Therein, 1492-1821. (Bisbee, Arizona: The Press, 1986)

Brewington, Marion V., Chesapeake Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History. (Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1953)

Brouwer, Norman J., International Register of Historic Ships. (Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute Press, 1985)

"The Building of the Ship," The Harper's New Monthly Magazine, XXIV (143), 1862: 608-620.

Butowsky, Harry A., Warships Associated with World War II in the Pacific: National Historic Landmark Theme Study. (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1985)

Carrell, Toni, Shipwrecks of Isle Royale National Park Thematic Group Nomination (Santa Fe: National Park Service, 1983).

Chapelle, Howard I., The History of American Sailing Ships. (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1935)

________ , The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development. (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1949)

________ , American Sailing Craft: Their Design, Development, and Construction. (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1951)

________ , The Search for Speed Under Sail, 1700-1855. (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1967)

________ , The American Fishing Schooners, 1825-1935. (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1973)

________ , The National Watercraft Collection. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 219. (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1960.)

Colleta, Paolo E., A Bibliography of American Naval History. (Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute Press, 1971)

Cutler, Carl, Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship. (Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval In-stitute, 1967) Reprint of 1930 edition.

Davis Charles G., American Sail-ing Ships: Their Plans and History. (New York: Dover Books, 1984) Reprint of 1929 edition.

Delgado, James P., The Maritime Connotations of the California Gold Rush: National Historic Landmark Theme Study. (Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1986)

Desmond, Charles, Wooden Ship-building. (New York: Vestal Press, 1984) Reprint of 1919 edition. Estep, H. Cole, How Wooden Ships are Built: A Practical Treatise on Modern American Wooden Ship Construction with a Supplement on Laying Off Wooden Vessels. (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1983) Reprint of 1918 edition.

Fairburn, William Armstrong, Merchant Sail. (Center Lovell, Maine: Fairburn Marine Educational Foun-dation, Inc., 1955) 6 volumes.

Flexner, James Thomas, Steamboats Come True: Ameican Inventors in Action. (Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1978)

Goldenberg, Joseph A., Ship-building in Colonial America. (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1976)

Greenhill, Basil, Archaeology of the Boat: A New Introductory Study. (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1976)

Gould, Richard A., ed., Shipwreck Anthropology. (Albuquerque: Uni-versity of New Mexico Press, 1983)

Haas, Irvin, America's Historic Ships: Replicas and Restorations. (New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1975)

Hall, Henry, Report on the Ship-Building Industry of the United States. (Special report in the Tenth Census of the United States) (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880)

Haviland, E.K., "Classification Society Registers from the Point of View of a Maritime Historian," American Neptune, XXI (1), 1970: 9-39.

Heyl, Eric, Early American Steamers. (Buffalo, New York: Author, 1953-1956) 6 volumes.

Holdcamper, Forrest R., "Registers, Enrollments and Licenses in the National Archives," American Neptune, 1 (3), 1941: 275-294.

________ , Biography of the List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, XXIV (2), 1964: 119-123.

________ , List of American-Flag Merchant Vessels That Received Certificates of Enrollment or Registry at the Port of New York, 1789-1867. (Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1968) 2 volumes.

Howe, Octavius T. and Frederick C., American Clipper Ships, 1833-1858. (Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1926 and 1927) 2 volumes.

Johnston, Paul F., ed., Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Confer-ence on Underwater Archeology. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Society for Historical Archeology, 1985)

Johnstone, Paul, The Archaeology of Ships. (New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1974)

Kernble, John Haskell, The Panama Route, 1848-1869. (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1943)

________ , San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History. (Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1957)

Kemp, Peter, ed., The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. (London: Oxford University Press, 1976)

Kerchove, Rene de, International Maritime Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Useful Terms and Phrases, Together with Equivalents in French and German. (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1961)

Levingston, Steven E., Historic Ships of San Francisco: A Collective Guide to the Restored Historic Vessels of the National Maritime Museum. (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984)

Lubbock, Basil, The Down Easters, American Deep Water Sailing Ships, 1869-1929. (Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1929)

________ , The Last of the Windjammers. (Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1927) 2 volumes.

McGregor, David R., Clipper Ships. (Watford, Herts, England: Argus Books, Ltd., 1979)

________ , Merchant Sailing Ships, 1775-1815. (Watford, Herts, England: Argus Books, Ltd., 1980)

________ ,Schooners in Four Centuries. (Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute Press, 1982)

________ , Merchant Sailing Ships, 1815-1850. (Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute Press, 1984)

________ , Merchant Sailing Ships, 1850-1875. (Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute Press, 1984)

McKelvey, William J., Champlain to Chesapeake: A Canal Era Pictorial Cruise (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Canal Captain's Press, 1986)

MacMullen, Jerry, Paddle-Wheel Days in California. (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1944)

________ , and Jack McNairn, Ships of the Redwood Coast. (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1945)

Matthews, Frederick C., American Merchant Ships, 1850-1900: Series 1. (Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1931)

Morrell, Robert W., Oil Tankers. (New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, 1931)

Morris, Paul C., American Sailing Coasters of the North Atlantic. (New York: Bonanza Books, 1979)

Morrison, Samuel Eliot, The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949)

Muckelroy, Keith, Maritime Archaeology. (Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press, 1978)

Murphy, Larry, and Allen R. Saltus, Phase II Identification and Evaluation of Submerged Cultural Resources in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District, Alabama and Mississippi. (Mobile: University of Alabama, 1981)

National Museum of American History, The Smithsonian Collection of Warship Plans: A Catalog of Warship Plans, Ordnance Drawings, and Ship Model Photographs Available from the Division of Naval History, National Museum of American History. (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1982)

Purdy, T.C., Report on Steam Navigation in the United States. (Special Report in the Tenth Census of the United States) (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880)

Ridgely-Nevitt, Cedric, American Steamships on the Atlantic. (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1981)

Robinson, Bill, The Great American Yacht Designers. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974)

Sawyer, L.A., and W.H. Mitchell, The Liberty Ships: The History of the "Emergency" Type Cargo Ships Constructed in the United States During the Second World War. (London: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd., 1985)

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Historical Transactions, 1893-1945. (New York: SNME, 1945)

Stanford, Peter, The Ships That Brought Us So Far. (New York: National Maritime Historical Society, 1971)

________ , "Take Good Care of Her, Mister." (New York: National Maritime Historical Society, 1974).

Still, William N., Jr., Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1985)

Underhill, Harold A., Deep-Water Sail. (Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1952)

Watts, Gordon P., "Towards Establishing Research and Significance Criteria for Civil War Shipwrecks," in Paul F. Johnston, ed., Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference on Underwater Archeology. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Society for Historical Archeology, 1985)

Way, Frederick, Jr., Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1893. (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1983)

________ , Way's Directory of Western Rivers' Towboats. (Privately printed by Frederick Way, Jr., 121 River Avenue, Sewickley, Pennsylvania 15143)

Wilde-Ransing, Mark, "National Register Districts as a Management Tool for Underwater Resources," in Paul F. Johnston, ed., Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference on Historic Archeology. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Society for Historical Archeology, 1985)



Journals

American Neptune
Inland Seas
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
The Log of Mystic Seaport
Sea History
Seaport
Steamboat Bill
Waterways Journal




Collections

This is a representative sam-pling of major maritime collections in the United States with a general indication of source materials available.

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine-Library, reference files, ship plans, manuscripts, photographs.

Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia-Library, reference files, manuscripts, photographs.

Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut-Library, manuscripts, photographs.

National Archives, Washington, D. C. -Manuscripts including registry enrollment and licensing documents, crew lists, reports of maritime disasters, inspections, Naval records.

National Maritime Historical Society, Croton-on-Hudson, New York updates Brouwer, International Register of Ships, publishes in Sea History.

National Maritime Museum, San Francisco-Library, reference files, manuscripts, ship plans, photographs.

Navy Historical Center, Washington, D.C.-Library, biographical files on Naval officers, ship histories, photographs, ship plans.

Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachussets- Library, reference files, manuscripts, ship plans, photographs.

Riverboat Photograph Collection, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

South Street Seaport, New York-Library, reference files, photographs.

Steamship Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland-Library, reference files, ship plans, photographs.



The Council of American Maritime Museums

CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM
P.O. Box 97
Solomons, Maryland 20688

THE CANAL MUSEUM
318 Erie Blvd., East
Syracuse, New York 13202

CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM
St. Michaels, Maryland 21663

COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM
Astoria, Oregon 97103

EAST HAMPTON TOWN MARINE MUSEUM
Bluff Road, P.O. Box 858
Amagansett, New York 11930

FLAGSHIP NIAGARA
P.O. Box 1026
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108

THE GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY
480 Main Street
Vermilion, Ohio 44089

HUDSON RIVER MARITIME CENTER
One Roundout Landing
Kingston, New York 12401

THE KENDALL WHALING MUSEUM
P.O. Box 297
Sharon, Massachusetts 02067

MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM
963 Washington Street
Bath, Maine 04530

MANITOWOC MARITIME MUSEUM
809 South 8th Street
Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54220

THE MARINERS' MUSEUM
Newport News, Virginia 23606

M.I.T. MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL COLLECTION
Hart Nautical Collection
265 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

MARITIME MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO
1306 North Harbor Drive
San Diego, California 92101

MARITIME MUSEUM OF THE ATLANTIC
1675 Lower Water Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J IS3
CANADA

MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM
Mystic, Connecticut 06355

NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 1016
Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
National Park Service
Ft. Mason, Bldg. 201
San Francisco, California 94123

NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM
315 Front Street
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516

OLD DARTMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHALING MUSEUM
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740

PEABODY MUSEUM OF SALEM
East India Marine Hall
Salem, Massachusetts 01970

PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM
Searsport, Maine 04974

PHILADELPHIA MARITIME MUSEUM
321 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

RADCLIFFE MARITIME MUSEUM
The Maryland Historical Societyv 210 West Monument Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

SAG HARBOR WHALING AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM
P.O. Box 1327
Sag Harbor, New York 11796

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Curator of Naval History National Museum of American History
Washington, D.C. 20560

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Curator of Maritime History National Museum of American History
Washington, D.C. 20560

SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM
207 Front Street
New York, New York 10038

SUFFOLK MARINE MUSEUM
Montauk Highway
West Sayville, New York 11796

THOUSAND ISLANDS SHIPYARD MUSEUM
750 Mary Street
Clayton, New York 13624

U.S. COAST GUARD MUSEUM
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
New London, Connecticut 06320

U.S. FRIGATE CONSTELLATION
Constellation Dock
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY MUSEUM
Annapolis, Maryland 21402

U.S. NAVY MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Bldg. 76, Washington Navy Yard
Washington, D.C. 20390

U.S.S. CONSTITUTION MUSEUM FOUNDATION
Boston Naval Shipyard
Boston, Massachusetts 02129

VANCOUVER MARITIME MUSEUM
1905 Ogden Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 3J9
CANADA

WHALING MUSEUM SOCIETY
Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724

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