Introduction | Agency History | Scope and Contents | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

The records of the Wilson Marine Transit Company were donated to the Institute for Great Lakes Research (now the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes) on March 23, 1973.

Literary and property rights have been dedicated to the public and duplication is permitted for the purpose of preservation and scholarly research. Final processing was completed in 1991 by Mark J. Barnes, Monica Manny, and A. J. DuFresne, with the assistance of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Agency History

Thomas Wilson, founder of the company that became the Wilson Marine Transit Company, was born in Fifeshire, Scotland in 1839. The Wilson family arrived in the United States in 1855. Thomas Wilson's maritime career began shortly thereafter, with three years of service on ocean vessels. Wilson chose to change to lake vessels and began his lake career as a wheelsman on the MANHATTAN in order to obtain navigational experience. Wilson's first command was the METEOR in 1864.

Wilson's interests developed from commanding a single ship to managing his own company. In partnership with Alexander McDougall, Wilson accumulated the capital to form the Wilson's Transit Line in 1870. This Cleveland, Ohio company retained Wilson as President through its life until 1890. The Wilson Transit Company was formed in 1890 with Wilson serving as President until his death in 1900.

The nineteenth-century edition of Thomas Wilson's company was noted for steady growth in its fleet as it became a prime shipper of ore from the new mining districts in Michigan and Minnesota to eastern industrial centers. Expansion was so successful that it became useful to create subsidiaries, such as the Volunteer Transit Co. In 1898, to shift tax liabilities away from the parent company. At his death, Wilson left a legacy of success.

The administration of Joseph S. Wood, a nephew of Wilson, as President from 1928 to 1948 marked an era of changing fortunes for the company. Wilson Transit Company retained a considerable share of ore and grain traffic on the Great Lakes as the Great Depression Era began. However, the economic crisis resulted in a severe drop in orders for iron ore, leaving grain as the primary cargo. Only four vessels were in operation in the mid 1930s. In 1936 new stock was issued in an effort to raise money to operate more vessels. This strategy succeeded, resulting in a gradual increase in profits to former earnings.

World War II industrial demands soon had the Wilson fleet back to earlier levels. By 1947 finances were such that it was possible to buy the competing Copper Steamship Company. Upon Joseph S. Wood's death in 1948, Wilson Marine Transit was rated ahead of its four chief rivals when costs and profits were compared.

The 1950s proved to be a productive decade for the Wilson Transit Company. In 1957 the company name was changed to the Wilson Marine Transit Company. The Great Lakes Steamship Company was also purchased that year.

The decade of the 1960s was marked by a series of problems that would lead to the demise of the company. A strike in the steel industry during 1959 helped set off a prolonged decline in Wilson fortunes. Competition, the use of inefficiently designed vessels that could not enter many customer dock channels, the loss of winter revenues when grain storage at Buffalo, New York ceased to provide fees during the lay-up periods, the resignations of headquarters personnel due to morale problems, and a host of minor setbacks helped to create a company ripe for purchase by another corporation and a loss of independent action needed to solve problems.

In 1967 Litton Industries purchased the Wilson Marine Transit Company. In 1972 Litton proposed to sell Wilson to the American Ship Building Company. The initial deal was not accepted but resulted in an enormous loss of customers for Wilson when doubts as to Litton's commitment to operate a lake fleet spread. Late in the year, the sale to American Ship Building did occur. With the fleet sold, administrative operations ended in early 1973.

For 100 years the company of Thomas Wilson and his successors was a prominent feature in the economy of the Great Lakes region. Study of the shipping business, mining industry or of steel manufacturing in the United States and Canada touches on the Wilson Marine Transit Company in numerous areas. Examinations of the files preserved for research will permit the reader to follow the history of one of the principal players in the growth of the Great Lakes shipping industry.

Scope and Content

The Wilson Marine Transit Company files (53.5 cubic feet) most heavily document activities of the Great Lakes shipping industry in the post-World War II era to 1970. A small amount of material, beginning with 1884, reflects the original company activities under the name Wilson Transit Line (1870-1890). Files from the nineteenth century are infrequently scattered in the collection. From 1890 to 1957 the name Wilson Transit Company was used and a larger number of files record activities for the successor to Thomas Wilson's original business.

Although in its various forms the Wilson Marine Transit Company was in existence for a century, only a small portion of the principal decision-making records are available in the collection. Only a fragment (.5 cubic feet) of the company's administrative proceedings appear in the form of annual meeting records for fleet officers (1948-1970) and stockholders (1946-1949, 1956). Scattered personnel-related files complete the proceedings files.

An area where the collection is extensive is in the subject file of the primary administrative office (6.5 cubic feet) which extends from 1939 to 1970. A small file on company founder Thomas Wilson appears here and is dated 1890-1893. Significant files on such customers as Republic Steel Corporation, the Valley Camp Coal Company, and the Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company are present.

Some insights into company policies can be gleaned from circulars distributed to employees and from files kept by Alexander T. Wood, President of Wilson Transit Company from 1948-1957 and Wilson Marine Transit Company from 1957-1960. Added to the subject files, this correspondence brings together 9.5 cubic feet for researchers.

Interests of the company in its various forms can be documented through 14 cubic feet of reports ranging from scattered annual reports (ca. 1927-1964) to extensive numbers of traffic and trip reports for vessels (ca. 1925-1970).

Financial records also exist in large quantities. Present are 11.5 cubic feet of boxed materials and numerous oversize ledgers scheduled for microfilming in the future. While the decision-making records are sparse, the financial condition of the Wilson Company is well documented. The accounts from 1890 into the 1960s can be examined. Regrettably, only one trial balance ledger from 1884-1888 records activities of the original Wilson's Transit Company.

Legal files (3 cubic feet) appear in small amounts but do cover a large time span, 1893-1967. Contracts reflect relationships of the Wilson Company with customers and labor organizations.

A large number of records (15 cubic feet) regarding subsidiary companies documents activities involving the interrelated types of businesses included in the Great Lakes commercial network. Copper Steamship Company, Republic Steel Company, Cleveland Conveyor Lines, Inc., and Westriver Ore Transports appear along with others to allow observations of the distribution system for raw materials to commercial processors in which the Wilson companies participated for 100 years.

Small quantities of publications, blueprints, and maps have been separated from the collection for cataloging in the general collections for such materials. Also, 82 photographs may be accessed through the photographic materials index at the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes.

Series Description

PROCEEDINGS: .5 cubic feet

Annual Meetings of Fleet Officers
1948-1970
Box 1
Arranged chronologically
Contains minutes and agenda of meetings, proposals for topics of discussion and correspondence regarding the meetings. Frequently discussed issues include working conditions on fleet vessels, pension and wage matters, safety and work area conditions, and plans for future meetings.

Annaul Meetings of Stockholders
1946-1949, 1956
Box 1
Arranged chronologically
Contains notices of meetings, lists of stockholders, copies of company balance sheets and correspondence regarding the meetings.

Weekly Staff Meetings
1957-1959
Box 1
Arranged chronologically.
Contains minutes and agenda for meetings.

Personnel
1955-1969
Box 1
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Contains list of employees, files on pensions and other benefits, and union-related files.

CORRESPONDENCE: 9.5 cubic feet

Subject File
1939-1970
Box 2-14
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Contains a subject file for Wilson Maine Transit Company and its predecessor the Wilson Transit Company for a three-decade span of the mid-twentieth century. Topics of particular interest include the files on: J. R. Carswell, Fuel, Grain, Dietz, Inc. of New York City, Johnson and Higgins Insurance Brokers of New York City, Lake Carriers Association, Ore, Passengers, Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company, Republic Steel Corporation, United States Government, Valley Camp Coal Company, and Captain Thomas Wilson (items date 1890-1893).

Circulars to Employees
1932-1967, scattered
Box 15
Arranged chronologically
Includes circulars distributed to employees detailing changes in company, policies and other company news items.

Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd.
1956-1962
Box 16-17
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically
Contains subject correspondence and certificates regarding the Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd. Firm based in Montreal, Canada.

Alexander T. Wood General File
1956-1963
Box 18
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically
Contains a general correspondence file of A. T. Wood (President of Wilson Marine Transit Company, 1948-1960). Included also are reports and surveys.

Alexander T. Wood Subject Files
1958-1964
Box 19-20
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically
Contains a subject file maintained by Alexander T. Wood. Information on vessel news is found in the files of employment and separation notices.

Carl D. Bradley
1910-1913, 1958-1964
Box 20-21
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically
Contains correspondence and financial files regarding the Bradley Shipping Ltd. company.

REPORTS: 14 cubic feet

Annual Reports
1927-1964, scattered
Box 21

Arrivals and Clearances at Chicago and South Chicago
1961-1962, 1967-1968
Box 21

Daily Vessel Reports
1959-1962, 1964-1968
Box 22-24

Directors' Reports
1964-1965
Box 24

Dock Lineups
1964, n.d.
Box 27

Docks
ca. 1945-1969, n.d.
Box 27

Fuel
1957-1969
Box 28

Layup and Fitout
1910-1929, 1954, 1968
Box 29

Management
1967-1968
Box 29

Masters' Logs
1961-1962
Box 30-31

Meals
1960
Box 31

Miscellaneous Vessels
1884-1889, 1947-1968, scattered
Box 32

President
1967
Box 33

Safety
1962-1963, 1969
Box 33

Traffic
1926-1969
Box 33-38

Trip Logs
1900-1919
Box 39-40

Trip Records
1928-1964
Oversized, Boxes 41-44

Unpublished Studies
1945-1966
Box 46-48

Vessel/Fleet Information
1894-[1968]
Box 48

Winter Repair and Maintenance
n.d.
Box 48

FINANCIAL: 11.5 cubic feet

Account Books
1906-1922
Box 49-50

Cash Journals
1890-1956
24 oversize volumes

Day Books
1900-1914, 1940-1964
6 oversize volumes

Discount Register
1893-1962
1 oversize volume

Freight Journals
1896-1934
3 oversize volumes

Insurance Claims
[1932-1969]
Box 51

Ledgers
1921-1962
3 oversize volumes, Box 51-53

Logs--Westriver Abstract Engineers
1958-1962
Box 54

Payroll
1940-1962
5 oversize volumes, Box 55-59

Stock
1890-1957, scattered
Box 60-61

Tax Statements
1909-1968
Box 61-65

Trial Balance Book
1884-1888
1 oversize volume

LEGAL: 3 cubic feet

Contracts
1893-1967
Box 66-67

Certificate of Insurance
1953-1963
Box 68

ICC Applications for Permits
1936-1944
Box 68

Paul, Charles A., Estate
1935-1953, 1963
Box 68-69

Wills
1903-1955
Box 70

SUBSIDIARIES: 15 cubic feet

Cleveland Conveyor Lines, Inc./Hewitt-Robins
Correspondence, 1959-1962
Box 71

Copper Steamship Company
Correspondence and Financial Records, 1933-1966
1 oversize volume, Box 71-78

Falcon Carriers, Inc.
Correspondence, 1966-1967
Box 79

Great Lakes Steamship Company
Personnel, Financial, and Legal Files, 1945-1956
Box 79-83

Litton Industries
Correspondence and Reports, 1959-1969
Box 84-89

Republic Steel Corporation
Personnel, Correspondence, Reports, Financial Records, 1953-1969
Box 90-92

Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines/Hewitt-Robins, Inc.
Correspondence, 1949-1959
Box 93-94

Volunteer Transit Company
Proceedings and Financial Records, 1888-1971, scattered
Box 94

Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd.
Correspondence, 1953-1959
Box 95-97

Wilson-Destiny Carriers, Inc.
Financial Records, 1961-1962
Box 98

Wilson-Pioneer Steamship Company
Reports, Financial Records, 1909, 1946-1962
Box 98

Wilson Shipping Corporation
Correspondence, Reports, Legal Files, 1954-1956
Box 98-100

Inventory

Box 1

Folders 1-3: Annual Meetings, Fleet Officers, Proceedings, 1948-1970
Folder 4: Annual Stockholder's Meetings, 1946-1949, 1956, 1960-1968
Folder 5: Weekly Staff Meetings, 1957-1959
Folder 6: Personnel: employees' addresses, 1958
Folder 7: Personnel: engineers' list, 1964
Folder 8: Personnel: grocery suppliers, 1957-1967
Folder 9: Personnel: group benefit for administrative personnel, 1966
Folder 10: Personnel: group benefit for ships' licensed and unlicensed employees, 1964
Folder 11: Personnel: local agents, 1958
Folder 12: Personnel: officers' home addresses, n.d., ca. 1955-1965
Folder 13: Personnel: officers' lineups by vessel, 1959, 1961-1969
Folder 14: Personnel: officers' seniority lists, 1964
Folder 15: Personnel: pension plan for unlicensed seamen, 1966
Folder 16: Personnel: shipkeeper assignments and addresses, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1967-1969
Folder 17: Personnel: supplemental unemployment benefits plan, 1960, 1964
Folder 18: Personnel: union affiliations of Great Lakes Fleets, 1961, 1963, 1966

Box 2: Subject Correspondence, A-Ca, 1952-1969

Box 3: Subject Correspondence, Ce-Continental, 1957-1969

Box 4: Subject Correspondence, Contracts-Ed, 1950-1969

Box 5: Subject Correspondence, El-Great Lakes Ship, 1954-1969

Box 6: Subject Correspondence, Great Lakes Towing-Interoffice Memos (General-A), 1955-1969

Box 7: Subject Correspondence, Interoffice Memos (D)-Lake Carriers Association (Annual Dinner Meetings, 1967), 1955-1969

Box 8: Subject Correspondence, Lake Carriers Association, Annual Dinner Meeting, 1968)-L, 1950-1969

Box 9: Subject Correspondence, M-O, 1956-1969

Box 10: Subject Correspondence, P-Pittsburgh Coke, 1957-1969

Box 11: Subject Correspondence, Pittsburgh Pacific-Requests, 1956-1969

Box 12: Subject Correspondence, Reserve-S, 1941-1970

Box 13: Subject Correspondence, T-United States Navy, 1939-1969

Box 14: Subject Correspondence, United States Salvage-Y, 1890-1893, 1951-1969

Box 15: Correspondence: Circulars, 1932-1967 (scattered)

Box 16: Subject Correspondence, Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd., C-J; 1956-1962

Box 17: Subject Correspondence, Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd., 1956-1959

Correspondence, Certificates and Admeasurements, 1958-1961

Box 18

Folders 1-12: General Correspondence: A. T. Wood, 1956-1963
Folders 13-18 Reports: A. T. Wood, 1958-1963
Folders 19-22 Surveys: A. T. Wood, 1957-1963

Box 19: Subject Files--A.T. Wood, A-L, 1958-[1964]

Box 20

Folders 1-8 Subject Files: A. T. Wood, M-U, [1959]-1963
Folders 9-16 Correspondence and Financial Files: Carl D. Bradley (Bradley Shipping Ltd.); 1911- 1913, 1958-1964

Box 21

Folders 1-5: Correspondence and Financial Files: Carl D. Bradley (Bradley Shipping Ltd.), 1910-1912, 1963-1964
Folder 6: Correspondence: Telegrams/Cables re: vessels, 1968
Folders 7-10: Reports: Annual Reports, 1927-1967, scattered dates
Folders 11-15: Reports: Arrivals and Clearances, Chicago and South Chicago, 1961-1962, 1967-1968

Box 22: Daily vessel reports, 1959-1962

Box 23: Daily vessel reports, 1964-October 18, 1966

Box 24

Folders 1-5 Daily vessel reports, 1966-October 19, 1968
Folders 6-7 Report to the Directors, 1964-1965

Box 25: Dock line-ups, 1962-1966

Box 26: Dock line-ups, 1966-1968

Box 27

Folders 1-9: Dock line-ups, 1969, n.d.
Folders 10-18: Dock Reports, Miscellaneous, [1945]-1969, n.d.

Box 28: Fuel Reports

Folders 1-18: A-W, 1961
Folders 19-31: Miscellaneous, 1957-1969

Box 29

Folders 1-4 Layup and Fitout Reports, 1910-1929, 1954, 1968 (scattered)
Folders 5-6 Report to Management, 1967-1968
Folders 7-12 Master's Log by vessel, A-G, 1961

Box 30: Master's Log by vessel, H-R, 1961

Box 31

Folders 1-5 Master's Logs by vessel, S-W, 1961
Folder 6 Master's Logs, Miscellaneous vessels, 1962
Folders 7-15 Meal Reports by Vessel, C-W, 1960

Box 32: Miscellaneous vessel reports--operations. 1884-1889, 1947-1968 (scattered)

Folders

1. Budget control, 1958
2. Bury Court Shipping Company, Ltd., Instructions and Information, 1960
3. Copper Steamship Company, Charter Invoices, 1957
4. Cost and Dividends by vessel, 1966
5. Cylinder Agreement and Surveys, 1956-159
6. Daily Meal Costs per man (by vessel), 1960-1961
7. Demurrage incurred during tug strike, n.d.
8. Details of vessel operations costs, 1958-1959
9. Details of vessel operations costs, 1958-1959
10. Insurance values and rates, 1956-1957
11. Labor agreement--significant points, 1960
12. Mileage tables, n.d.
13. Operating profits by steamer, 1960
14. Passenger lists and related materials, 1957-1968, n.d.
15. Republic Dock Stockpile--total tonnages, 1967
16. Revenue per trip for individual vessels, 1964
17. Season Tonnage totals, J. T. WOOD, 1957
18. Technical file--electronic equipment, 1956-1958
19. Vessel insurance coverage, 1967
20. W.M.T. Co., Auto cargo line-up, 1955, 1958
21. W.M.T. Co., Grocery suppliers, 1957-1958
22. W.M.T. Co., Instructions to masters and chief engineers, 1947, n.d.
23. W.M.T. Co., Licensed officers' articles, 1957
24. W.M.T. Co., Miscellaneous vessel inventories, 1949-1956
25. W.M.T. Co., Radio permits, 1968

Box 33

Folder 1: Report to the President, 1967
Folders 2-3: Vessel Safety Reports, 1962-1963, 1969
Folders 4-12: Traffic reports, 1930-1968 (scattered)

Box 34: Traffic Reports, 1961-1969

Box 35: Traffic Reports, 1963, 1965

Box 36: Traffic Reports, 1958-1969

Box 37: Traffic Reports, 1926-1969

Box 38: Traffic Reports, 1926-1969

Box 39: Trip Log Ledgers, 1903-1914

Box 40: Trip Log Ledgers, 1900-1919

Box 41: Trip Records, 1939-1958

Box 42: Trip Records, 1953-1957

Box 43: Trip Records, 1957-1959

Box 44: Trip Records, 1959-1964

Box 45: Unpublished studies, 1945-1959

Box 46: Unpublished studies, 1960-1966

Box 47: Unpublished studies, 1966

Box 48

Folders 1-5: Unpublished studies, 1967-1972
Folders 6-28: Vessel Information, 1894-[1968]
Folders 29-33: Winter Repairs and Maintenance, n.d.

Box 49: Account Books, 1906-1921

Box 50: Account Books, 1907-1922

Box 51

Folders 1-11: Insurance claims, [1932-1969]
Folders 12-17: Financial Ledger, 1921-1955

Box 52: Ledger Sheets, 1957, 1959-1960

Box 53: Ledger Sheets, 1961-1962

Box 54

Folder 1 Westriver Abstract Engineers Logs/Performance Summary, 1958-1962

Box 55: Payroll Records by Vessel, 1956, 1962-1963

Folders 1-32 Payroll Records, C.L. AUSTIN, 1956, 1962-1963
Folders 33-52 Payroll Records, J.B. AYERS, 1962-1963
Folders 53-68 Payroll Records, FRANK R. DENTON, 1956

Box 56: Payroll Records By Vessel, 1962-1963

Folders 1-19 Payroll Records, FRANK R. DENTON, 1962-1963
Folders 20-26 Payroll Records, CHARLES S. HEBARD, 1962
Folders 27-43 Payroll Records, B.F. JONES, 1962-1963
Folders 44-63 Payroll Records, EWARD S. KENDRICKS, 1962-1963
Folders 64-69 Payroll Records, JAMES LAUGHLIN, 1962

Box 57: Payroll Records by Vessel, 1955-1956, 1962-1963

Folders 1 Payroll Records, MCALLISTER, 1963
Folders 2-38 Payroll Records, BEN MORELL, 1955-1956, 1962-1963
Folders 39-58 Payroll Records, A.E. NETTLETON, 1962-1963
Folders 59-76 Payroll Records, NORWAY, 1962-1963

Box 58: Payroll Records by Vessel, 1955-1956, 1962; Payroll Records, Wilson Marine Transit Co., 1962

Folders 1-13 Payroll Records, SILVER BAY, 1956
Folders 14-20 Payroll Records, L.C. SMITH, 1962
Folders 21-35 Payroll Records, VALLEY CAMP, 1955-56, 1962
Folders 36-42 Payroll Records, H.S. WILKINSON, 1962
Folders 43-65 Payroll Records, THOMAS WILSON, 1956, 1962
Folders 66-68 Payroll Records, Wilson Marine Transit Co., 1962

Box 59: Payroll Records by Vessel, 1962-63; Payroll Records, Wilson Marine Transit Co., 1963; Personal Injury Reports, Wilson Marine Transit Co., 1962

Folders 1-10 Payroll Records, THOMAS WILSON, 1963
Folders 11-30 Payroll Records, JOSEPH S. WOOD, 1962-1963
Folders 31-41 Payroll Records, Wilson Marine Transit Co., 1963
Folders 42 Personal Injury Reports, Wilson Marine Transit Co., 1960

Box 60: Folders 1-30 Stock Certificates, 1890-1936

Box 61

Folders 1-11 Stock Lists, 1933-1949 (Scattered)
Folders 12-14 Stock Transfers, 1931-1957
Folders 15-16 Stockholders Ledger, 1920-1950
Folders 17 Stockholder Requests for Investigation into Wilson Financial Status, 1941
Folders 18-31 Tax Statements, 1915-1942

Box 62:

Folders 1-17: Tax Statements, 1909-1929

Box 63

Folders 1-23 Tax Statements, 1926-1941

Box 64

Folders 1-27 Tax Statements, 1921-1935-1946

Box 65

Folders 1-28 Tax Statements, 1937-1968

Box 66

Folders 1-60 Contracts, 1892-1903

Box 67

Folders 1-53 Contracts - Agreements, 1893-1967 (Scattered)

Box 68

Folders 1-3 Certificates of Insurance, 1953-1963
Folders 4-5 ICC Applications for Permits, 1936-1944
Folders 6-14 Paul, Charles A. Estate. B - I, 1935-1942

Box 69

Folders 1-17 Paul, Charles A. Estate, J - W, 1935-1953, 1963, n.d.

Box 70

Folders 1-25 Wills, 1903-1955 (scattered)

Box 71

Folders 1-2 Cleveland Conveyer Lines, Inc./Hewitt-Robins, Correspondance, 1959-1962
Folders 3-4 Copper Steamship Co., Correspondence, Chronological Files, 1948, 1954-1968
Folders 5-12 Copper Steamship Co., Correspondence, Subject Files, 1952-1957

Box 72

Folders 1-12 Copper Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1941-1958

Box 73

Folders 1-22 Copper Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1959-1966

Box 74

Folders 1-29 Copper Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1946-1953, 1959-61

Box 75

Folders 1-43 Copper Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1961-1963

Box 76

Folders 1-7 Copper Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1933-1948

Box 77

Folders 1-5 Copper Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1931-1946

Box 78

Folders 1-5 Copper Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1946-1955

Box 79

Folders 1 Falcon Carriers, Inc., Correspondence, 1966-1967
Folders 2-23 Great Lakes Steamship Co., Personnel Reports (by Vessel), 1954

Box 80

Folders 1-9 Great Lakes Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1945-1950

Box 81

Folders 1-8 Great Lakes Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1950-1953

Box 82

Folders 1-9 Great Lakes Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1948, 1951-1956, n.d.

Box 83

Folders 1-3 Great Lakes Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1948-1956 (scattered)
Folders 4-14 Great Lakes Steamship Co., Legal Files, 1945-1946

Box 84

Folders 1-36 Litton Industries, Correspondence, Subject Files, A - Ch, 1965-1967

Box 85

Folders 1-3 Litton Industries, Correspondence, Chronological Files, 1966-1967
Folders 4-20 Litton Industries, Correspondence, Subject Files, Cl - Consultants, 1965-1967

Box 86

Folders 1-35 Litton Industries, Correspondence, Subject Files, Continental - He, 1965-1968

Box 87

Folders 1-36 Litton Industries, Correspondence, Subject Files, He - Lorain, 1959-1968

Box 88

Folders Litton Industries, Correspondence, Subject Files, Louis - So, 1963, 1965-1967

Box 89

Folders 1-19 Litton Industries, Correspondence, Subject Files, St - W, 1964-1967
Folders 20-23 Litton Industries, Reports, 1966-1969

Box 90

Folders 1-2 Republic Steel Corporation, Personnel, 1958-1965
Folders 3 Republic Steel Corporation, Correspondence, 1959-1961
Folders 4-19 Republic Steel Corporation, Reports, 1959-1969

Box 91

Folders Folders 1-6 Republic Steel Corporation, Reports, 1957-1961, n.d.

Box 92

Folders 1-29 Republic Steel Corporation, Financial Records, 1953-1962, 1965-1966

Box 93

Folders 1-8 Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines/Hewitt-Robins, Correspondence, 1949-1957

Box 94

Folders 1-2 Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines/Hewitt Robins, Correspondence, 1958-1959
Folders 3 Volunteer Transit Co., Proceedings, 1898-1916
Folders 4-8 Volunteer Transit Co., Financial Records, 1888-1971

Box 95

Folders 1-19 Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd., Correspondence, Subject Files, A - C, 1953-1959

Box 96

Folders 1-30 Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd., Correspondence, Subject Files, D - P, 1955-1959

Box 97

Folders 1-22 Westriver Ore Transports, Ltd., Correspondence, Subject Files, R - Y, 1955-1959

Box 98

Folders 1 Wilson - Destiny Carriers, Inc., Financial Records, 1961-1962
Folders 2 Wilson Pioneer Steamship Co., Reports, 1948-1961 (scattered)
Folders 3-6 Wilson Pioneer Steamship Co., Financial Records, 1909, 1946-1962
Folders 7-25 Wilson Shipping Corporation, Correspondence, Subject Files, B - W, 1954-1959

Box 99

Folders 1-2 Wilson Shipping Corp., Correspondence, Subject Files, W, 1956
Folder 3 Wilson Shipping Corp., Reports, 1954-1956
Folder 4 Wilson Shipping Corp., Legal Files, 1953-1956

Box 100

Folders 1-4 Wilson Shipping Corp., Legal Files, 1955

Oversize Materials

Volumes

1. 1 Trip Records, 1928-1936
2. 1 Cash Journal, Thomas Wilson, Personal, 189-1898
3. 23 Cash Journal, Wilson Transit Company, 1894-1956
4. Cash Journals of Vessels, 1916-1933
5. WILLIAM C. ATWATER, 1925-1933
6. GENERAL GARRETSON, 1922-1933
7. CHARLES E. HEBARD, 1921-1933
8. JAMES MACNUAGHTON, 1922-1933
9. H.P. MCINTOSH, 1921-1933
10. A.W. OSBORNE, 1920-1933
11. W.D. REES, 1920-1933
12. S.H. ROBBINS, 1922-1933
13. FRANK E. TAPLIN, 1916-1933
14. J.E. UPSON, 1916-1933
15. Vessel Ledgers, 1909-1946
16. Vessel Ledgers, ATWATER, MACNUAGHTON, 1934-1935
17. Vessel Ledgers, GARRETSON, MCINTOSH, UPSON, 1934-1935
18. Vessel Ledgers, WILSON, OSBORNE, REES, 1934-1935
19. 1 Volume, Vessel Ledger - Expenses/Revenue, 1935-1943
20. 1 Volume, Vessel Ledger - Expenses by Vessel, 1944-1946
21. 1 Volume, Vessel Subsidiary Ledger by Vessel, 1947-1956
22. 5 Volume, Day Books - Accounts and Expenses, 1900-1914
23. 1 Volume, Day Book - P & I Claims/Hull Casualties, 1940-1964
24. 1 Volume, Discount Register, 1893-1926
25. 3 Volumes, Freight Journals, 1896-1934
26. 1 Volumes, Trial Balance Book, 1884-1888
27. 5 Volumes, Oversized, Payroll Sheets, 1940-1958
28. 1 Volume, Oversized, Copper Steamship Co., Vessel Ledger, 1945-1950
29. 1 Volume, Oversized, Copper Steamship Co., Vessel Ledger, 1946-1953

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