Historical Documents Online: Search Hints for Selected Topics

Marine / Navigation

Casualties and Violations Case Files, 1887 - 1942
48 multi-page documents have been digitized from this series. This series includes reports made by masters, owners of vessels, or other persons about accidents, casualties, and violations of inspections laws; transcripts of testimony; and correspondence relating to the cases under consideration. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA).
Search Hint: To retrieve the 48 multi-page digitized documents:
1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
4. Enter Bureau of Marine Investigation and Navigation in the Keywords box.
5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
6. Press the Go button.
7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:

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ARC Identifier: 298324, Title: "Initial report on the wreck of the Steamer VALENCIA, January 20, 1906., 02/02/1906"

Records of the Life-Saving Stations (Nome), 1902 - 1941
4 documents have been digitized from this series. This series consists of daily log sheets of the activities of the station and the patrols. The daily log sheets include notations on the weather, events of the day including ships' movements, transport of prisoners and insane persons, contacts with the Bering Sea Patrol, rescues, and other matters. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage, AK).
Search Hint: To retrieve the 4 digitized documents:
1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
4. Enter Nome and Coast Guard in the Keywords box.
5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
6. Press the Go button.
7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:

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ARC Identifier: 297167, Title: "Lifesaving Service Logbook, Coast Guard Station 305, 13th District, Nome, Alaska., 10/01/1918 - 10/31/1918"

Photographs of Lighthouses on Hawaii, Guam, and the Midway Islands, 1904 - 1906
9 photographs from this series have been digitized. These documents were accessioned from the office of the U.S. Coast Guard Historian in 1993. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region (San Bruno, CA).

Search Hint: To retrieve the 9 digitized photographs:
1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
4. Enter Lighthouse in the Keywords box.
5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
6. Select the Location filter for NARA's Pacific Region (San Bruno).
7. Press the Go button.
8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:

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ARC Identifier: 296065, Title: "No. 38. Mahukona Light-Station. View looking NW. by N. 08/03/1904"

Photographs of Major Aids to Navigation, 1944 - 1948
37 photographs of lighthouses and lightstations have been digitized from this series. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region(San Bruno, CA).
Search Hint: To retrieve the 37 digitized photographs:
1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
4. Enter Major Aids to Navigation in the Keywords box.
5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
6. Press the Go button.
7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
8. Scroll down to the part of the description that says Includes 37 items. Click on that link to view the hit list for all items.
9. h. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit and the digital copy by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:

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ARC Identifier: 298181, Title: "Alki Point Lighthouse, July 1944, ca. 1943 - ca. 1953."