Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Contents | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

The John E. Poole Collection was donated to the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes by the Marine Historical Society of Detroit on February 6, 1989. Literary and property rights have been dedicated to the public. Photocopying is permitted for purposes of preservation and scholarly research. Final processing was completed in March 1992 by Mark J. Barnes to put the collection in its current form of 24.5 cubic feet.

Biographical Sketch

John E. Poole was born in southern New York on April 21, 1884. Poole's family moved to Mackinac Island, Michigan in 1895 when his father, Samuel Bayard Poole, began employment as the assistant superintendent for the park on the island. In 1901 the Pooles bought the Iroquois Hotel on Mackinac Island and managed it for 21 years.

John Poole attended Union High School on Mackinac Island, graduating in 1901. Poole enrolled in Michigan State College during 1902 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1906.

Poole's professional career began with employment by the Western Electric Company from 1906 to 1913. A teaching career in Mechanical Arts at the high school level was initiated at East Chicago, Indiana in 1913 Cicero, Illinois for 1913-1915, and West Allis, Wisconsin for 1915-1918.

Employment with the Emergency Fleet Corporation led Poole to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1918. After World War I, Poole worked as a safety engineer from 1919 to 1921. In 1921 he began teaching veterans technological skills for the Veterans' Bureau. This job lasted until 1925. From 1925 to 1926 Poole sold real estate.

An opportunity to work for the Ford Motor Company brought Poole back to Michigan in 1926. A series of other engineering jobs followed for short periods during the Depression. In 1940 a teaching position with Lincoln High School in Van Dyke, Michigan began and brought a job Poole retained until his death on June 19, 1954 at age 70.

Throughout his working life, Poole continued to amass data on maritime issues to add to information he began compiling in 1898 while living on Mackinac Island. By the early 1950s John Poole was a recognized historian of the Great Lakes fleet and vessel design. He served as a consultant for the book Ships that Never Die and other marine oriented research projects. Mrs. Queen Poole, John Poole's wife, assisted in preserving the collection by donating it in 1956 to the Marine Historical Society of Detroit.

Scope and Content

In its 24.5 cubic feet, the John E. Poole Collection documents vessels used on the Great Lakes and in ocean commerce. Through scrapbooks of clippings, extensive loose clippings files, handwritten research notes obtained from numerous sources, vessel log books, and a 60,000-item card file, John E. Poole compiled a wealth of historical information on marine transportation in the United States and Canada. Poole's files document events from the period 1814-1958.

The scrapbooks contain clippings on ocean vessels that were collected by Poole to form an illustrated record of vessels from c. 1890-1930. The loose clippings also include illustrations, but are extensively oriented toward articles from publications for the years 1930-1958. The research notes are drawn heavily from newspaper articles, but are also derived from other published and unpublished sources in exploring events from 1814-1853. Captain's, Deck, and Engineer's logs offer insights into daily activities on lake vessels for the years 1912-1950. The alphabetically arranged card index is a frequently consulted reference source for vessel history information.

Series Description

SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS

Series 1: Scrapbooks
(Boxes 1-2) 1 cubic foot
Series contains two titled scrapbooks and one that is untitled. Included are pictures and articles on ocean vessels clipped from publications. Scrapbook one is called Ocean Vessels and dates from c. 1890-1930. Scrapbook two is entitled Navy Vessels: Great Britain, Austria, Germany. This volume dates from c. 1900-1920. Volume one is arranged numerically by page numbers from 1,015 to 1,995 with numerous gaps. No index is present to direct readers to specific vessels. Scrapbook two has neither page numbers nor an index. Scrapbook three dates from c. 1918-1922. Portions of scrapbook three are paginated, but there is no index.

Series 2: Newsclippings
(Boxes 3-7) 2.5 cubic feet
Series contains newsclippings regarding Great Lakes and Ocean vessels from the period 1930-1958. The files vary in subject from vessels such as the AQUARAMA or ANDREA DORIA to subjects such as Great Lakes Tugboats. Biographical information on John E. Poole is present in Box 6, Folder 6. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject.

LITERARY

Series 3: Research Notes
(Boxes 8-14, microfilm rolls 1-2) 3.5 cubic feet
Series contains handwritten notes, clipped illustrations, and articles regarding John Poole's research on Great Lakes vessels and related subjects. The notes are subdivided into the following subseries:

1. Notes on the publication American Ocean Steamships (Box 8)
2. Notes on the publication Great Lakes Steamships (Box 9)
3. Notes taken from titled works (Boxes 10-12); and
4. Notes taken on alphabetical subjects (Boxes 13-14); Microfilmed notes (Rolls 1-2).

The content of the subseries may include information on particular vessels, types of lake boats, or on subjects related to vessel traffic. Events covered in the notes span the period 1814-1953. Arrangement for subseries 1 and 2 is numerical by page number. For subseries 3 and 4 arrangement is alphabetical. Subseries 5 is chronologically arranged.

REPORTS

Series 4: Log Books
(Boxes 15-35) 10.5 cubic feet
Series contains log books for 11 Great Lakes vessels. Included are the CITY OF CLEVELAND, CITY OF DETROIT, CITY OF DETROIT III, EASTERN STATES, GREATER DETROIT, GREYHOUND, JUNEAU, WESTERN STATES, and three unknown vessels. The log books for these boats generally appear as Captain's Logs, Deck Logs, and Engineer's Logs. The series covers the years 1912-1950. Arrangement is alphabetical by vessel name.

INDEX

Series 5: Card File
(c. 60,000 items) 7 cubic feet
Series contains a card file on Great Lakes vessels maintained by John E. Poole to record the history of each boat. Entries are handwritten. Commonly recorded are dates and places of build, dimensions, owners, and incidents of note such as military assignments or sinkings. Arrangement is alphabetical by vessel name.

Inventory

Box 1

Folders

1. Ocean Vessels, c. 1890-1930
2. Navy Vessels; Great Britain, Austria, and Germany, c. 1900-1920

Box 2

Folders

1. Untitled, vessels from 1921
2. Untitled, vessels from 1918-1919
3. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
4. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
5. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
6. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
7. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
8. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
9. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
10. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
11. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
12. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
13. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
14. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
15. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
16. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
17. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
18. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
19. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
20. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
21. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
22. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
23. Untitled, vessels from c. 1918-1922
24. Untitled, blueprints for profile and plan of a steel seagoing cargo ship, n.d.

Box 3

Folders

1. AQUARAMA, 1950s
2. Atomic ships and Submarines, First Atomic Sub NAUTILUS, 1953-1957
3. BENNINGTON Disaster, 1954
4. A.M. BYERS and E.M. FORD Collision, 1936
5. Coast Guard, 1940-1958
6. Cort, Beverly Ann, 1946
7. Detroit-Cleveland Navigation Company
8. DORIA, ANDREA, sinking
9. FLYING ENTERPRISE sinking, 1952
10. Great Lakes - Disasters
11. Great Lakes - Excursion Boats, c. 1940s
12. Great Lakes - Icebreakers, 1940-1950s
13. Great Lakes - Lighthouses and Lightships, 1940-1950

Box 4

Folders

1. Great Lakes Review, 1940-1950
2. Great Lakes Review, 1940-1950
3. Great Lakes Review, 1940-1950
4. Great Lakes Review, 1940-1950
5. Great Lakes - Tugboats, 1950s
6. Great Lakes - Vessels, c.1940-1050s

Box 5

Folders

1. Mackinac Bridge Construction, c. 1950s
2. Miscellaneous Clippings on Great Lakes Shipping
3. Miscellaneous Clippings on Great Lakes Shipping
4. Miscellaneous Clippings on Great Lakes Shipping
5. Miscellaneous Clippings on Great Lakes Shipping
6. Miscellaneous Clippings on Great Lakes Shipping
7. Miscellaneous Clippings on Great Lakes Shipping

Box 6

Folders

1. NORMANDIE Fire
2. NORONIC Disaster, Sept. 17, 1949
3. Oceangoing Vessels on the Great Lakes
4. Photoclippings of Great Lakes Vessels, 1940-1950s
5. Photoclippings of New Great Lakes Vessels, c. 1940-1950s
6. Poole, John E., 1915-1956
7. "Port and Marine" Articles by Stoddard White of the Detroit News, 1956-1957
8. St. Lawrence Seaway, 1940-1950
9. VACATIONLAND and Other Ferries, 1951
10. WALLSCHIFF Salvaging, 1953
11. J.T. WING, Schooner, c. 1940-1950
12. World War II Submarines, Allied and Axis, 1930-1950

Box 7

Folders

1. World War II Vessels, Allied
2. World War II Vessels, Allied
3. World War II Vessels, Allied
4. World War II Vessels, Allied
5. World War II Vessels, Allied
6. World War II Vessels, Allied

Box 8

Folders

1. Index for American Ocean Steamships, Pictures, and Launch Dates
2. Pictures of Funnels and Flags of Principal Passenger Steamship Line, page no. 1-52, Ocean Steamships
3. American Ocean Steamships, page no. 61-178
4. American Ocean Steamships, page no. 178-352
5. American Ocean and River Steamships and Sailing Vessel GEORGE W. WELLS, page no. 361-582
6. American Ocean Steamships, page no. 583-693
7. American Ocean Steamships, Ferry Steamers and Tugs, page no. 695-836
8. Ocean, River, and Dredge Steamships; FLYING CLOUD Sailing Vessel, page no. 837-901
9. Dredge, Ocean Steamships, Gas Engine Ferry, Sailing Ships, page no. 907-1175

Box 9

Folders

1. Index for Great Lakes Steamships
2. D and C Lake Line Steamships, page no. 2-15
3. The Goodrich Transit Co. Steamships
4. Northland, Northwest Steamship Co., Arnold Transit Co., Carferries
5. Cleveland and Buffalo Steamship Co., Canadian-Pacific Railway, Northern Navigation Co., Port Huron-Duluth Steamship Co., Graham and Morton Line, Grand Trunk Line, People's Steamship Line
6. White Star Line, Richelieu and Ontario Lines, New American Line, Niagara Navigation Co., Crosby Transportation Co., Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Co., Wisconsin
7. Windsor and Pelee Steamship Co., Craig Shipbuilding Co., Detroit Passenger Fleet, The Niagara-St. Catharine's Line, Erie Railroad Lake Line, Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
8. B.G. Freighters on the Great Lakes
9. Steamships of the Great Lakes and Ocean, page no. 555-596
10. Steamships, page no. 597-621
11. Steamships, page no. 625-666
12. Steamships, page no. 669-710
13. Steamships, page no. 711-732
14. Steamships, page no. 735-798
15. Steamships and Sailing Vessels
16. Steamships - Pictures, Deck Plans, and Launch Dates
17. Miscellaneous Steamships and Tugs of the Great Lakes

Box 10

Folders

1. American Railroad Journal, c. 1841
2. American Steam Vessels
3. American Steamers Built on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River Since their Introduction in 1816
4. Annual Report of the Life Saving Service, 1877-1920
5. Battle of Frenchtown
6. Beeson's Marine Directory, 1893, 1889-1899, 1901-1906, 1909-1917
7. Belgian Shiplover, 1953
8. Blockade Running During the Civil War, Frances B.C. Bradley
9. Boatman's Magazine
10. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 1874-1876
11. Bulletin of the Anthony Wayne Memorial Association, No. 2, 3, 4, 1944-1945
12. Canada: An Encyclopedia of the Country, ed. by J. Castell Hopkins
13. Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. II
14. Canadian Dept. of Transport Annual Report, 1945-1946
15. Canadian List of Ships for 1948, War Built Ships to Commercial Use
16. Captain Ward
17. Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River, A, by Barton Cumberland
18. Cheboygan (Michigan) Democrat, 1894
19. Christian Herald, 1878
20. Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1946, 1950-1951
21. County Officer, The, Nov. 1943
22. Daily Northern Islander, 1856-1857
23. DEARBORN, U.S.S.
24. Dedication of Detroit Historical Museum, July 24, 1951
25. Detroit A Generation Back
26. Detroit Advertiser Tribune, 1863-1865, 1872
27. Detroit City Directory, 1837, 1855
28. Detroit Daily Advertiser (and Advertiser), 1840-1862
29. Detroit Evening News, 1880
30. Detroit Free Press, 1835-1838
31. Detroit Free Press, 1845, 1849
32. Detroit Free Press, 1857, 1860
33. Detroit Free Press, 1861
34. Detroit Free Press, 1841, 1862
35. Detroit Free Press, 1863
36. Detroit Free Press, 1866

Box 11

Folders

1. Detroit Free Press, 1867-1870
2. Detroit Free Press, 1871 on the Vessels INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN
3. Detroit Free Press, 1872
4. Detroit Free Press, 1873
5. Detroit Free Press, 1874
6. Detroit Free Press, 1875
7. Detroit Free Press, 1877
8. Detroit Free Press, 1878
9. Detroit Free Press, 1888-1889
10. Detroit Free Press, 1893
11. Detroit Free Press, 1905-1909
12. Detroit Free Press, 1929, 1932, 1938-1940
13. Detroit Journal, 1896
14. Detroit Journal and Advertiser, 1831-1834, 1839
15. Detroit News, 1929
16. Detroit Post, 1867
17. Detroit Post, 1868
18. Detroit Post, 1868
19. Detroit Post, 1869
20. Detroit Post, 1870
21. Detroit Post, 1871-1872, 1874
22. Detroit Tribune and Advertiser, 1866, 1869, 1872, 1875-1876
23. Detroit Tribune, 1864
24. Detroit's Own, Father Gabriel Richard
25. Document #21, 25th Congress, 3rd Session on Steam Engines, 1839
26. Dustrus, Oliver - Scrapbook

Box 12

Folders

1. Early Memories of Saugatuck, Ml, by Mary Frances Heath, 1930
2. Emigration
3. Escanaba (Michigan) Daily Press, 1934
4. First Ships from the Upper Lakes Going to Europe
5. Fort Malden National Historic Park, Amherstberg, Ontario, 1949
6. Freighters of Fortune, by Norman Beasley
7. Freshwater, by George A. Cuthbertson
8. Friendly Neighbors Along the Lower Detroit River
9. Great Lakes History, Vol. 1
10. Great Lakes Red Book, 1937
11. Hall, Capt. J.W. - Propeller Information, 1877
12. Harper's Weekly
13. Historic Chicora, by E.T. Brown
14. Historical Society of Michigan Newsletter, 1949-1953
15. History of Erie County, Ohio, by Lewis Cass Aldrich, 1889
16. History of the Great Lakes
17. History of Monroe County, by Robert B. Eldridge, 1905; History of Monroe County by Evarts, Erwyn, and Evarts, 1877
18. Hobbes Magazine
19. Honorable Peter White, The, 1905
20. Hunt's Merchant Magazine
21. Inland Lloyd's Register, 1891
22. IO TRIUMPHE, Albon College Alumni Association, July 1945
23. Lake Erie Breeze, The, 1944
24. Lasley Home Register, 1848-1863
25. Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1931-1932, 1935-1938, 1940, 1947-1950, 1935-1936
26. London Illustrated News, 1854
27. Mail and Passenger Steamships of the 19th Century, by Capt. Parker
28. Marine Disasters on Western Lakes, Capt. J.W. Hall, 1872, 1877
29. Marine Engineering and Shipping Review, 1937, 1940-1943
30. Marine News, 1920-1930
31. Marine News, 1930-1931, 1936-1944, 1952
32. Marine Review, 1920, 1930-1931
33. Memoir of Capt. Samuel Ward
34. Michigan Gazetteer (State of), 1838
35. Michigan Herald, 1825
36. Michigan History, Vol. 2, 1918
37. MICHIGAN, U.S.S.
38. Monroe Times (Arrivals and Departures), 1836
39. Motor Boat, Dec. 1844
40. Official Records of Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. 5
41. Our Inland Seas, James C. Mills, 1910
42. Owen Sound (Ontario) Sun Times, 1943
43. Portrait of Anthony Wayne, A, 1948
44. Railway News, 1942, n.d.
45. Republican News (St. Ignace, Michigan), 1943-1945, 1948-1949
46. St. Ignace Enterprise, 1899
47. Shipbuilding and Transportation on the Great Lakes, by Joseph N. Oldham, 1897
48. Shipping Register and Shipbuilding, 1943-1944, 1948
49. Ships and Ship Models, 1933
50. Solomon Sibley Manuscript
51. Steamboat Days, by F.E. Dayton, 1925
52. Steamboat Engines, Capt. J.W. Hall, 1877
53. Story of the Pittsburgh Steamship and Railway Car Ferries, by Rev. Edward J. Dowling
54. Supervisory Inspectors, Board of, for Steamships, 1863, 1868, 1870
55. Toronto Globe (Schooner Days Column), 1932-1933
56. Toronto Mail and Express, 1932
57. Trip Through the Lakes and St. Lawrence River, J. Disturnell
58. U.S. Government Report Numbers 95 and 96, World War II
59. Wayne County, Michigan article
60. Welcome Aboard the S.S. WILFRED SYKES, Flagship of the Inland Steel Fleet
61. Wisconsin Historical Society, Vol. II
62. Wrecks and Casualties on the Great Lakes, 1895-1897

Box 13

Folders

1. American Naval Ships, 1898-1914
2. Boat Changes, 1937
3. Walter Butler Shipbuilding, Inc., Ship Construction History
4. Canadian Built Vessels, 1943-1945
5. Canadian Freighters, 1910-1922
6. Cleveland Custom House Enrollments, 1850-1859
7. Cleveland Library, Miscellaneous Notes From, 1934
8. Collingwood, Ontario Ships Built for WW II
9. Correspondence, 1936-1953
10. Christening of the Tug S.M. Dean, Oct. 26, 1944
11. Detroit Custom House Register and Enrollments, c. 1814-1875
12. Detroit, List of Vessels Passing, Sept. 1932-1933
13. Detroit Historical Society, Dedication of Museum of Great Lakes History
14. Detroit Historical Society Letter and Data on the Venice of America Route
15. EASTERN STATES Diagram
16. 5,000 Tons Deadweight Fabricated Cargo Steamer Profile and Deck Plans
17. Foreign Naval Ships, 1918-1919
18. Foreign Naval Ships - English, French, German, Austrian, and Russian
19. Foreign Ships on the Great Lakes, 1949-1953
20. Dan Foster - Vessels Built at Marine City
21. French Tonnage Destroyed During World War I and U.S. Seagoing Merchant Vessels, 1919
22. George Newman Fuller Testimonial Dinner, June 22, 1946
23. Great Lakes Captains and Sailors
24. Great Lakes Vessels, 1905
25. Great Lakes Vessels Built, 1850-1859
26. Great Lakes Vessels Lost, 1904-1930
27. Grosse Point, Michigan Golden Anniversary
28. Interviews with Various Captains
29. Lakers - Changed Names, 1930 List
30. Lansing's Centennial Year, 1947
31. Largest Steamers on Lakes, 1867-1872
32. Largest Steamers Built on Lakes During War (21), 1942-1945
33. William F. Lawler Memento, 1887-1943
34. Laws of 1854, Chapter 332
35. Lecture Notes
36. List of Ships, 1861-1862
37. List of Ships, U.S., 1874
38. List of Ships, U.S., Annual, 1867-1872
39. List of Ships, U.S., Preliminary, to 1867
40. List of Ships, Vessels Built from 1860-1869
41. Mackinac Island Notes, 1931, 1933
42. Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company, Duluth, Minnesota, Vessel Names and Launch Dates, 1941-1945
43. Maumee Valley Historical Convention, Sept. 1940
44. Merchant Fleet in Service on the Great Lakes, Segregated by Type, Size, Speed, Draft, Age, Propulsion, Feb. 21, 1931
45. Merchant Vessels Sold for Scrapping by the Maritime Commission, Aug. 1946
46. Michilimackinac Customs Records, 1830-1865
47. Midland Shipyard, Ltd., List of Vessels and Year Built, 1941-1946
48. MARY MORTON Notes, 1870
49. Motor Vessels Built, 1900-1910
50. Northern Transportation Co. - Certificate of Incorporation, Apr. 15, 1854
51. Northern Transportation Co. and Northern Transit Co., 1845-1888
52. Norwegian Tramps on the Great Lakes to June 12, 1936
53. On 1900 and 1910 List, Disposition Not Known, 1932
54. PLANET, Schooner, 1871 Resolution of Manitou County Board of Supervisors
55. Poole, John E., Biographical Information
56. Poole, John E., Personal Scrapbook

Box 14

Folders

1. ROCHAMBEAU Drawings, Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 13, 1912
2. Runge Notes, 1853-1892
3. Shipping on the Upper Lakes, 1909
4. Shipyard Hull List, c. 1890-1930
5. Steam Marine of the Lakes, c. 1856-1857
6. UNITED STATES, S.S., Sailing Schedule, 1965
7. United States Shipping Board - Exact Location of All Ships in Which the U.S.S.B. is Interested, 1919
8. United State Shipping Board, Plan of a Steel Seagoing Cargo Ship, Inboard and Outboard Profiles, 1917
9. United States Shipping Board - Lake Built Ships List of 1934
10. United States Shipping Board - Emergency Fleet Corporation Data, Sept. 15, 1918
11. United States Shipping Board - Emergency Fleet Corporation, Nov. 15, 1918
12. United States Shipping Board Ships, 1918-1930
13. United States Shipping Board - List of Shipping Board Ships as of Jan. 1, 1920
14. United States Shipping Board - Shipyards, 1918
15. United States Shipping Board - Special Reports, 1917, 1923, 1926
16. United States Shipping Board - Work Orders Cancelled or Suspended, 1918
17. VACATIONLAND, Sea Trials, Dec. 8, 1951
18. Vessels - Where Built, 1815-1845
19. Vessels - Built by Year, 1814-1845
20. Vessels - Histories
21. Vessels - Masters, 1818-1845
22. Vessels - Owners, 1818-1845
23. Vessels - Owners, 1900-c.1920
24. Vessels - Subjects, A-M
25. Vessels - Subjects, N-Z
26. Vessels - Subjects, Miscellaneous
27. Vessels - Trading Out of Detroit, 1831-1832
28. Vessels - Trading On the Lakes But Not at Detroit, 1831-1832
29. Vessels - Trading at Mackinac, 1825-1826
30. Walton, Ivan, Newsclippings
31. E.B. Ward Fleet
32. Western Transportation Co. - Certificate of Incorporation, Dec. 8, 1855
33. World War I - Vessels Sunk by Mines Since Armistice; German Vessels Siezed by the U.S. Lost During the War
34. World War II, Ships Lost

Microfilm

Roll 1: Notes on Great Lakes Vessels to 1859 - See Appendix A for Inventory

Roll 2: Notes on Great Lakes Vessels from 1860 to 1880 - See Appendix A for Inventory

Box 15

Folders

1. CITY OF CLEVELAND, Captain's Log, June 17, 1932-July 7, 1939
2. CITY OF DETROIT, Engineer's Log, June 28, 1912-Sept. 14, 1919

Box 16

Folders

1. CITY OF DETROIT III, Captain's Log, Aug. 22, 1922-Oct. 29, 1933
2. CITY OF DETROIT III, Captain's Log, May 23, 1932-May 14, 1940

Box 17

Folders

1. CITY OF DETROIT III, Captain's Log, June 24, 1946-Sept. 12, 1948
2. CITY OF DETROIT III, Deck Log, June 13, 1947-July 26, 1950
3. CITY OF DETROIT III, Engineer's Log, Aug. 16, 1919-April 14, 1923

Box 18

Folders

1. CITY OF DETROIT III, Engineer's Log, July 16, 1923-Sept. 23, 1935
2. CITY OF DETROIT III, Engineer's Log, Oct. 17, 1927-Mar. 28, 1930

Box 19

Folders

1. CITY OF DETROIT III, Engineer's Log, Sept. 24, 1935-Aug. 23, 1949
2. CITY OF DETROIT III, Engineer's Log, July 20, 1935-Aug. 19, 1941

Box 20

Folders

1. CITY OF DETROIT III, Engineer's Log, Aug. 20, 1941-Sept. 11, 1943
2. CITY OF DETROIT III, Engineer's Log, March 29, 1945-Oct. 31, 1946
3. CITY OF DETROIT III, Engineer's Log, Aug. 24, 1949-Aug. 30, 1950

Box 21

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, May 7, 1917-June 29, 1919
2. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, Aug. 3, 1921-Oct. 1, 1922
3. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, Oct. 12, 1922-Nov. 28, 1930

Box 22

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, June 1, 1929-Sept. 1, 1944
2. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, Mar. 31, 1931-Sept. 14, 1934

Box 23

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, Sept. 15, 1934-Sept. 21, 1938
2. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, Sept. 22, 1938-June 13, 1948

Box 24

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, July 1, 1939-Sept. 3, 1939
2. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, June 26, 1940-June 29, 1941
3. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, June 19, 1948-July 31, 1949
4. EASTERN STATES, Captain's Log, July 31, 1949-Sept. 4, 1950

Box 25

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, June 25, 1925-Oct. 30, 1925
2. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, June 25, 1927-Oct. 21, 1927
3. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Apr. 9, 1928-Sept. 3, 1928
4. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, May 2, 1929-Sept. 1, 1929
5. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Aug. 31, 1929-Sept. 29, 1930
6. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Sept. 29, 1930-July 13, 1931

Box 26

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, July 14, 1931-May 5, 1932
2. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Oct. 21, 1932-Aug. 31, 1933
3. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Aug. 31, 1933-May 22, 1934
4. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Oct. 7, 1934-June 11, 1935
5. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, June 29, 1935-Nov. 20, 1935
6. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Nov. 20, 1935-June 15, 1936
7. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, July 2 1936-May 28, 1937

Box 27

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Sept. 3, 1938-Aug. 14, 1939
2. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Aug. 14, 1939-Sept. 17, 1941
3. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Aug. 18, 1941-July 25, 1943
4. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, July 26, 1943-July 18, 1944

Box 28

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, July 18, 1944-Sept. 30, 1944
2. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Sept. 30, 1944-july 18, 1945
3. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, July 18, 1945-June 15, 1946
4. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, June 15, 1947-Aug. 10 1948
5. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Aug. 11, 1948-Aug. 18, 1949

Box 29

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Deck Log, Aug. 18, 1949-Sept. 4, 1950
2. EASTERN STATES, Engineer's Log, June 27, 1912-April 4, 1917

Box 30

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Engineer's Log, April 13, 1917-July 15, 1919
2. EASTERN STATES, Engineer's Log, July 16, 1919-Sept. 23, 1922

Box 31

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Engineer's Log, Sept. 20, 1920-May 30, 1924
2. EASTERN STATES, Engineer's Log, May 31, 1931-June 10, 1933

Box 32

Folders

1. EASTERN STATES, Engineer's Log, June 10, 1933-Oct. 11, 1936
2. EASTERN STATES, Pilot House Log, June 26, 1926-Nov. 15, 1926
3. GREATER DETROIT, Captain's Log, July 26, 1940-Sept. 1, 1940

Box 33

Folders

1. GREATER DETROIT, Captain's Log, Sept. 19, 1941-Aug. 2, 1942
2. GREATER DETROIT, Captain's Log, May 6, 1944-June 18, 1944
3. GREATER DETROIT, Captain's Log, Aug. 4-10, 1944

Box 34

Folders

1. GREATER DETROIT, Captain's Log, Sept. 13, 1947-Sept. 11, 1949
2. GREATER DETROIT, Captain's Log, May 21, 1948-Sept. 3, 1950
3. GREYHOUND, Purser's Log, June 14-15, n.d.
4. JUNEAU (b. BACK BAY), Feb. 24, 1923-May 30, 1923
5. WESTERN STATES, Deck Log, June 12 1931-July 10, 1933

Box 35

Folders

1. WESTERN STATES, Deck Log, July 9, 1933-Oct. 21, 1934
2. Unknown Vessel, Deck Log, Oct. 13, 1936-July 2, 1939
3. Unknown Vessel, Deck Log, Aug. 29, 1943-Sept. 10, 1944
4. Unknown Vessel, Log and Mileage, April 29, 1912-July 1, 1934
5. Inspector's Report (Repairs and Maintenance Journal, Jan. 3, 1919-Dec. 6, 1944

Appendix A: Inventory of Microfilmed Notes

Roll 1: Sailing Vessels, Great Lakes to Coast, Up to 1860.

Roll 2: Sailing Vessels, Great Lakes to Coast, 1860-1880.

Roll 2: Miscellaneous Notes and Manuscript, "History of Lakes to Ocean Trade."

Microfilm Roll 1: Research Notes
Sailing Vessels, Great Lakes to Coast, Up to 1859

Common abbreviations denoting sources, as devised by Mr. Poole, are as follows:

DA - Detroit Daily Advertiser

FP - Detroit Free Press

TA - Detroit Advertiser & Tribune

NYH - New York Herald

Schr Days - "Schooner Days" column, written by C.H.J. Snider, in Toronto Evening Telegram, 1920s through 1950s. Each weekly column was numbered. Mr. Poole quotes the number rather than the date.

G.L. Hist. - Mansfield, J.B. (ed.) History of the Great Lakes. 2 volumes, Chicago: J.H. Beers & Company, 1899.

GL Summary - Refers to Mansfield, History of the Great Lakes, vol. I, pp. 787-903.

GL (followed by a year; i.e. GL 1866) - Refers to Mansfield, History of the Great Lakes, vol. I, pp. 579-787, which breaks the chronology to years and lists casualties.

BUFF COM ADV - Buffalo Commercial Advertiser

Hall, 1871 - Marine Disasters of the Western Lakes during the Navigation with the Loss of Life and Property, Vessels Bought and Sold the Old and New Tonnage, with the Names of Vessels-Laid Up at Various Lake Ports; Also Important Marine History. Detroit: Free Press and Job Printing Establishment, 1872.

Hall, 1877 - Hall's Record of Lake Marine Embracing Marine Casualties of 1877, Rules of Navigation - Collisions - Insurance - Courses and Distances - Steamboats and Propellers; Also, the Names of Deceased Captains Etc., Etc. Detroit: Wm. Graham's Steam Presses, 1878.

Underwriters - Mr. Poole evidently had casualty reports from underwriters at his disposal.

NYC & SL - New York Commercial and Shipping List

These hand-written notes were loaned to the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes by Mr. C. Patrick Labadie, of Duluth, Minnesota, to further complete the re-assembling of the John E. Poole Great Lakes Marine Collection. They contain data copied from newspapers of the period, etc., relative to the individual sailing vessels that departed Great Lakes ports for ocean voyages during the late 1840s and 1850s. They also include follow-up information on the vessels regardless of whether they remained in ocean trade or returned to the Lakes. Listed below are the vessels in the order that Mr. Poole maintained them in note form.

Microfilm Roll 2: Research Notes
Sailing Vessels, Great Lakes to Coast, 1860-1880

These hand-written notes were loaned to the Northwest Ohio-Great Lakes Research Center by Mr. C. Patrick Labadie, of Duluth, Minnesota, to further complete the re-assembling of the John E. Poole Great Lakes Marine Collection. They contain data copied from newspapers of the period, etc., relative to the individual sailing vessels that departed Great Lakes ports for ocean voyages during the late 1850s through 1880. They also include follow-up information on the vessels regardless of whether they remained in ocean trade or returned to the Lakes. Below listed are the vessels in the order that Mr. Poole maintained them in note form.