Browsing Library Special Collections, Marine and Maritime Collection by Issue Date

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    • Handbook of the Laffite Society: how to find out about Jean and Pierre Laffite and the Laffite Society 

      Mooty, Helen D.; MacBeth, Lou Graves (1/10/2017)
      HANDBOOK OF THE LAFFITE SOCIETY How to Find OutAbout fean and Pierre Laffite And the Laffite Society! This Handbook was compiled in support of the program given at the Laffite Society general meeting on January 10,2017. ...

    • Laffite Society Papers, 1806-2016 (Bulk 1995-2015) 

      Laffite Society (1806-2016 )
      Organized in 1975 as the Laffite Study Group by a group of historians, it reorganized in 1994 as the Laffite Society in Galveston, Texas, as a study and social group researching the lives, descendants and associates of ...

    • Henry N. Hooper Bell, 1857 

      Hooper, Henry; de Vries, Robbie (1857)
      One bell, cast by Henry N. Hooper and Company in Boston, 1857. Originally purchased to serve as the tower bell in the center of the Texas A&M University at Galveston campus, the bell is currently displayed in the library. ...

    • Richard E. Halter, Log Book 1866-1869 

      Halter, Richard E. (1866)
      Journal of the daily operations of the hydrographic party of Sub Asst. R.E. Halter. Cruises 1866-1869.

    • The Red Record 

      Unknown author (Coast Seamen's Journal Print, 1897)
      This pamphlet presents a concise and vivid view of one phase of the American seaman's life. Considerations, not only of humanity, but of business expediency, as evidenced by the growing scarcity of seamen, demand public ...

    • D. Brian Anderson Collection (S.S. Titanic), 1912, 2000-2005 

      various authors (1912; 2000)
      The D. Brian Anderson Collection of 170 Titanic-related books (non-fiction and fiction), calendars, wall charts, paper models, videos, music, and software was donated to the library in June 2005 by Mr. Anderson. Mr. ...

    • Foch Lafitte, Sr. Collection 

      Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center (Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 1930)
      Date of this list is unknown - 1930 is an estimate. This is an inventory of the Foch Lafitte collection housed at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty, Texas.

    • Galveston Harbor Model Papers, 1936-1937, 1991 

      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1936)
      Copies of the original field forms (typed by the District from the raw field sheets, which no longer exist) of the current velocity surveys conducted by the Galveston District during the 1930s, to provide supporting and ...

    • Margaret Swett Henson (1924-2001) Collection 

      Henson, Margaret Swett (1938)
      Texas historian Margaret Swett Henson lived from 1924 to 2001. She lived and worked in the Houston area but her historical research and writing embraced all of Texas. She was a member of the Tejano Association for ...

    • Gulf Agency, Inc. Collection 

      -- (1939)
      The Gulf Agency, Inc. Collection was donated to the Williams Library at Texas A&M University at Galveston by the Moore Memorial Library of Texas City, TX.

    • Stephen Curley Papers, 1939-2007 

      Curley, Stephen (1939-2007)
      Author and English faculty member at Texas A&M University at Galveston. Graduate of Fordham University (B.A.); and Rice University (Ph.D.) Contains subject and chronological files pertaining to the research for the book, ...

    • Texas Maritime Academy, 1944-2013 

      Texas A&M University at Galveston (Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1944)
      Texas Maritime Academy subject files. Includes history, cruises, correspondence, manual and rulebooks, and information about the training ships.

    • USS Queens, 1945-1946 

      Unknown author (1945)
      The USS Queens was an attack transport during WWII in the Pacific. The collection consists of two documents, a Christmas Day Menu and the travel record of the Queens.

    • SS Excambion, 1948 

      Texas A&M University at Galveston (1948)
      Originally named the USS Queens, the ship was renamed the Excambion in 1948. It served as a cruise ship from New York City to the Mediterranean. Its last cruise was in 1959. In 1965 it was renamed the Texas Clipper and ...

    • Frank G. Malik Collection 

      Malik, Frank G. (1949)
      This collection of papers of Frank G. Malik documents some of his career as a chemical engineer with Mobil Oil Company in Beaumont, his service in the Naval Reserve, 8th District, New Orleans, LA, and as a leader and ...

    • News Clipping Files, 1950-2007 

      Texas A&M University at Galveston (Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1950)
      TAMUG news clippings in chronological files by year. Box 6 is an oversized box.

    • Campus Histories, 1952-2002 

      Texas A&M University at Galveston (Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1952)
      Brief reports on the history of the establishment of various educational elements of what was to become Texas A&M University at Galveston, including the Texas Maritime Academy and the Texas A&M Marine Laboratory.

    • Texas Gulf Sulphur Collection 

      -- (1952)
      Collection of aerial photographs of the Galveston area coastline, from flyovers in 1952 and 1953. It consists of 78 black and white photographs.

    • Jones Mural 

      Jones, Joe (1955)
      Untitled mural. Oil on canvas (13 ft. x 3 ft.) by Joe Jones (b. 1909, St. Louis, Mo.-d. 1963, Morristown, New Jersey). Originally installed in 1955 by American Export Lines aboard its cargo-passenger ship SS Excambion, ...

    • Board of Visitors, 1958-2007 

      Texas A&M University at Galveston Board of Visitors (Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1958)
      Policies, Procedures, color copy of John F Kennedy regarding the Texas Maritime Academy, Minutes of Meeting 1967-1990, and the 1958 meeting minutes from the Galveston Chamber of Commerce committee meetings about the TMA.