Steamboat Collection
Scope and Contents Note
A collection of photographs, postcards, and clippings about steamboats sailing in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Included are picture postcards of the Steamer J.T. Morse, the Steamer Norumbega, and the Steamer Pemaquid; 2 photographs of Wilbur A. Morse, shipbuilder in Friendship, Maine; newspaper clippings of advertisements by steamship companies and of stories of steamship accidents; and receipts for freight carried by the Steamer Merryconeag, the Steamer Cambridge, the Steamer Blue Hill, and by the Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co.
Dates
- 1858-1945
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Wilbur A. Morse was born around 1853 and was a shipbuilder in Friendship, Maine. He is credited with developing the Friendship Sloop and the design quickly gained renown for its ease of handling and exceptional seaworthiness.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of photographs, postcards, and clippings about steamboats sailing in Penobscot Bay, Maine.
General
Items in the collection were originally glued in back of a copy of John M. Richardson's book Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot located in the William H. Hahn library.
General
No finding aid - see Special Collections librarian for assistance.
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Morse, Wilbur A., 1853-
- Penobscot Bay (Me.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Picture postcards Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Receipts (Financial records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Shipping -- Maine -- Penobscot Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Steamboat disasters -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Steamboat lines -- Maine -- Penobscot Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Steamboats -- Maine -- Penobscot Bay Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Steamboat Collection
- Status
- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
