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Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Contents | Series Description | Inventory
Introduction
The materials in this eleven cubic foot collection date from 1854-1969. Correspondence, log books, and research notes form
the largest segments of the collection. Most photographic items were separated from the collection and placed in the main
vessel and port files. The subjects of the material created and compiled by Captain Frederickson pertain to Great Lakes fleets
and vessels.
Lucy Frederickson Bower donated the collection to Bowling Green State University in November 1969. In 1983, the collection
was transferred to the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes.
There are no restrictions on collections use other than copyright for manuscripts of Frederickson publications. Photocopying
is permitted for purposes of conservation and research.
The collection was originally processed by Jamie L. Stahl in March 1981. Additional material was acquired in July 1995 and
reprocessing was conducted in April 1996 by Mark J. Barnes.
Biographical Sketch
Arthur C. Frederickson was born in about 1902-03 in Michigan's lower peninsula near Lake Michigan. Captain Frederickson was
born into a family that sailed on Lake Michigan for several generations. At age fifteen, the future Great Lakes Captain joined
the navy and saw action during World War I. A career in Great Lakes transportation began after military service was completed.
By the age of 25, Frederickson had received his Captains papers and was licensed to sail on all the Great Lakes and connecting
waterways.
A second career for Frederickson and his wife Lucy developed form an interest in the history of Great Lakes vessels and fleets.
Numerous articles and several books were authored by each of the Fredericksons individually and by them together as co-authors.
Many years of service on the car ferries departing from Frankfort, Michigan provided the Fredericksons with expertise on such
vessels. Histories of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company lake operations and of the Pere Marquette Line resulted from
this expertise.
The Fredericksons lived in Frankfort, Michigan for many years while the captain was sailing on the car ferries to Wisconsin.
The Fredericksons helped found the Benzie County, Michigan Historical Society in Frankfort. Arthur C. Frederickson died at
home in March 1966.
Scope and Content
This eleven cubic foot collection documents the research interests of Arthur C. Frederickson, author of books and articles
on Great Lakes history for the years 1854-1969. Correspondence (1.5 cubic feet) discusses projects in progress by the writers
Frederickson contacted in prparing his own manuscripts. Vessels and lighthouses are frequently mentioned.
The largest series (four cubic feet) in the collection contains logbooks from vessels and lighthouses. Daily activities for
the years 1874-1957, including wreck reports, are present for lighthouses in Michigan at Point Betsie, Poverty Island, and
Manistee. Logs for the vessels ANN ARBOR #3, HYACINTH, and THEODORE ROOSEVELT constitute most of the vessel related material
in this series.
Arthur Frederickson's research notes (2.5 cf) covering 1897-1965 offer readers the compiled information he used to prepare
manuscripts for publication. Most of the notes are on vessels, shipping companies, and other marine subjects.
Financial documents (.75 cf) from 1873-1940 record operating costs on the ANN ARBOR #3, CITY OF TOLEDO, HYACINTH, PERE MARQUETTE
#6, and the GEORGE L. SANFORD. Cashiers books and crew time books are the main records in this series.
A series of book mockups appears near the end of the collection presenting versions of three books by Frederickson. These
items provide a view of the research products Frederickson created from his notes.
Series Description
PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings
Box 1, Folders 1-3
1953-1961
Series contains copies of minutes for meetings of the Marine Historical Society of Detroit in 1960-1961. A membership directory
for MHSH from 1957-1958 is included. Membership information for the Steamship Historical Society from 1953 is present. Arrangement
is alphabetical by organization title.
CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence
Box 1, Folders 4-6; Box 2-3; Box 4, Folders 1-6
1900-1965
Series contains correspondence created by Arthur C. Frederickson and items acquired by him through his research. The Ann Arbor
car ferries, the Poverty Island Lighthouse and author George Vargo receive extended attention. Arrangement is alphabetical
by subject.
SUBJECT FILE
Subject File
Box 4, Folders 7-10
1947-1960
Series contains scattered files on research topics for which no correspondence file was compiled. Typed lists and printed
items appear. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject.
REPORTS
Logs
Box 4, Folders 11-16; Boxes 5-12
1874-1957
Series contains logbooks from lighthouse stations and Great Lakes commercial vessels reporting on daily activities. Lighthouses
at Manistee, Poverty Island, and Point Betsie, MI are covered. Several vessels are included with the ANN ARBOR #3, HYACINTH,
and THEODORE ROOSEVELT, but these three are most heavily represented. Arrangement is alphabetical by lighthouse for lighthouses
and by vessel name for vessels.
LITERARY PRODUCTIONS
Manuscripts
Box 13, Folders 1-12
Ca. 1942-1962
Series contains manuscript drafts of articles Arthur C. Frederickson and other authors were preparing for publication. George
Vargo and his wife prepared most of the drafts not authored by Arthur or Lucy Frederickson. The subjects of these manuscripts
are Great Lakes oriented. Arrangement is by author.
Speeches
Box 13, Folders 13-14
1960, 1963
Series contains two speeches acquired by Arthur Frederickson during his research. One is a speech on the Lake Carriers Association
presented by the Marine Historical Society of Detroit in February 1960. The second speech was given by W. R. Harkins of the
Fraser Nelson Ship Building Company to the St. Louis County, Minnesota Historical Society in March 1963. Arrangement is chronological.
Research Notes--Vessels
Box 14
1906-1962
Series contains research notes compiled during Arthur Frederickson's preparation of articles and books on Great Lakes vessels.
Items included are handwritten notes, typescripts, and clippings from publications. Arrangement is alphabetical by vessel
name.
Research Notes--Transportation Lines
Box 15, Folders 1-8
1897-1964
Series contains research notes Arthur C. Frederickson compiled during his prepartion for articles and books on Great Lakes
transportation companies. Items included are handwritten notes, typescripts and clippings from publications. Arrangement is
alphabetical by company name.
Research Notes--Other subjects
Box 15, Folders 9-35
1886-1965
Series contains research notes Arthur C. Frederickson compiled during his prepartion for articles and books on Great Lakes
subjects. Items included are handwritten notes, typescripts, and clippings from publications. Arrangement is alphabetical
by subject.
Rsearch Notes--Card Index
Boxes 16-18
n.d.
Series contains research notes Arthur C. Frederickson compiled during his research on Great Lakes vessels and ports. Entries
contain vessel and port data. Arrangement is alphabetical.
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Legal Documents
Box 19, Folders 1-5
1912-1936
Series contains orders, regulations and inspections certificates issued by the US Coast Guard. Arrangement is chronological.
FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS
Financial Documents
Box 19, Folders 6-21
1873-1940
Series contains records for the following vessels: ANN ARBOR #3, CITY OF TOLEDO, HYACINTH, PERE MARQUETTE #4, and GEORGE L.
SANFORD. Cashiers books and crew time books are included. Miscellaneous financial records from other sources complete the
series. Arrangement is alphabetical by record type: cashier books, crew time books, receipts, and invoices.
SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS
Book Mockups
Box 20, Folders 1-3
1955
Series contains mockup drafts for "Pictorial History of the Chesapeake and Ohio Train and Auto Ferries and Pere Marquette
Line Steamers," "Flint and Pere Marquette Railway and the C and O History," and "Chesapeake and Ohio." Arrangement is by title.
Newsclippings
Box 20, Folders 4-8
1877-1969
Series contains newsclippings acquired by Arthur Frederickson from Great Lakes area newspapers. Articles pertain to marine
issues. Arrangement is chronological.
MAPS, CHARTS, DRAWINGS
Maps, Charts, Drawings
Box 20, Folders 9-12
1854-1940
Series contains five cartographic items in the form of maps, navigational charts, and vessel plans. Subjects covered are the
Ballard's Reef Channel in the Detroit River, the Manitowoc and Mississippi Railroad, Outer Island, and the lighthouse tender
HYACINTH. Arranged by title.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs
Box 20, Folders 13-14
1947, n.d.
Series contains sixteen items acquired during Arthur Frederickson's research. Seven are from a work entitled "A Pictorial
History of the Seatrain Operations," n.d. The other nine ar miscellaneous views of people, 1947, n.d. Arranged by subject.
Inventory
Box 1
Folders
- Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Membership, 1960-1966.
- Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Directory, 1958-?
- Steamship Historical Society, Supplement, 1953
- Correspondence: Ann Arbor Railroad, 1923-1940
- Correspondence: Ann Arbor Railroad, Teletype messages, 1924-1925
- Correspondence: Ann Arbor Railroad, Messages to Car Ferries, 1937-1945
Box 2: Correspondence
Folders
- Ann Arbor Railroad, messages to Car Ferries, 1938-1954
- Blomey, John, 1960-1964
- Brandt, William H., 1963, n.d.
- Buffalo Drydock Co. List of photographs of vessels built there in World War I, 1954
- Canadian Vickers Built Vessels, 1916-1959
- Chesapeake and Ohio Book Correspondence, 1953-1965
- CITY OF CLEVELAND III, medical records, n.d.
- Door County Advocate, 1950, 1961
Box 3: Correspondence
Folders
- Arthur C. Frederickson, Incoming, 1900-1969, n.d.
- Arthur C. Frederickson, Outgoing, 1954-1964
- Arthur C. Frederickson, Personal Misc., 1959-1969
- Arthur C. Frederickson, with Rev. Edward J. Dowling, 1955-1962
- Arthur C. Frederickson, with Captain Axel Frederickson, re: Seatrain, 1929-1952
- Frank E.Hamilton with Michael F. Pfau, 1952-1948
- Frank E. Hamilton 1943-1965
- Manistee, MI list of boarded motor boats, 1916
- Manitowoc, WI list of repaired vessels, 1928
- Pere Marquette Line Prep. For book, 1950
- Robert, Ralph K., 1957-1961
- St. Clair, F. C., 1953-1958
- Sandborn, Janet Coe, 1954, 1962, n.d.
- Ship photograph purchases, 1956-1959
- Thank you list for new book, n.d.
- US Coast Guard, 1963, n.d.
- US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1905
- US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1906-1907
- US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1908
- US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1909
- US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1910
- US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1911
- US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1912
- US Lighthouse Service--Poverty Island Light Station, 1913-15, 1920, 1928, n.d.
Box 4
Folders
- Correspondence: George Vargo, 1952-1961
- Correspondence: George Vargo, 1952-1961
- Correspondence: George Vargo, 1952-1961
- Correspondence: George Vargo, 1952-1961
- Correspondence: Mable Waldeen, poem, re: Benzie County, MI, n.d.
- Correspondence: Edwin Wilson list of photogrpahs, 1958-1962
- Subject Files: Beach apparatus duties of operation, n.d.
- Subject Files: Books on Ships, 1947, 1954, n.d.
- Subject Files: Job Positions, 1950, 1960, n.d.
- Subject Files: Miscellaneous, n.d.
- Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Manistee, MI, wreck of MICHICOTT, October 1892
- Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Point Betsey, MI, August 1872-June 1894
- Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Point Betsey, MI, July 1894-March 1905
- Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Point Betsey, MI, July 1913-September 1926
- Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Point Betsey, MI, Journal of Shipwrecks, 1886-1937 (located in oversize area at end of collection)
- Reports, Logs: Lighthouse, Poverty Island, MI, August 1874-April 1930 (scattered entries)
Box 5: Reports, Logs
Folders
- Lighthouse--Poverty Island, MI, August 1874-April 1894
- Lighthouse--Poverty Island, MI, Journals of shipwrecks, November 1877-June 1884 (located in oversize area at end of collection
- US Life-Saving Service--wreck report of Manistee, MI Station, May 1890-August 1899
- US Life-Saving Service--wreck of MINNEHAHA, October 14, 1893
- US Life-Saving Service--wreck report of Manistee, MI Station, September 1899-July 1914
- US Coast Guard, wreck report of Manistee, MI Station, August 1915-June 1919
- Vessel ANN ARBOR #3, November 1898-August 1902
Box 6: Reports, Logs: Vessel ANN ARBOR #3
Folders
- 1910
- 1913
- 1914
- November 1917-1918
- 1933
- 1934
Box 7: Reports, Logs: Vessel ANN ARBOR #3
Folders
- 1935
- 1936
- 1937
- 1938
Box 8: Reports, Logs: Vessel ANN ARBOR #3
Folders
- 1939
- 1940
- Boiler Inspection, 1947
- Wheel Work, 1947-1948
- -Folder 29. Engine room crew, Timebooks, 1921-1950
Box 9: Reports, Logs: Vessels
Folders
- ANN ARBOR #3? Engineer's Log, 1902-1904
- ANN ARBOR #3? Engineer's Log, 1906-1913
- ANN ARBOR #3? Engineer's Log, 1906-1913
- ARCADIA, 1904-1906
- CITY OF DETROIT III, 1948
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, 1917
- HYACINTH, Machinery log, January 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery log, February 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery log, March 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery log, April 1942
Box 10: Reports, Logs
Folders
- HYACINTH, Machinery Log, May, 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery Log, June 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery Log, July 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery Log, August 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery Log, September 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery Log, October 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery Log, November 1942
- HYACINTH, Machinery Log, December 1942
- PERE MARQUETTE #4, 1919-1921
- PERE MARQUETTE #18, Captain's log, January-June 1952 (oversize)
Box 11: Reports, Logs
Folders
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT, June 1929-June 1931
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 1935
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT, August-September 1938
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT, August 1938
- WOLVERINE, 1951-1953
- Unidentified vessel, list of duties for crew and hours worked, October 1934-March 1944 (oversize)
- Statistics. Report of Sand and Gravel Operations for the AMERICAN, 1955-1957, n.d.
Box 12: Literary Productions, Manuscripts
Folders
- Arthur C. and Lucy F. Frederickson, "Life-Saving Service in Door County," n.d.
- Arthur C. and Lucy F. Frederickson, "Loss of Steamer M J BARTELME," n.d.
- Arthur C. and Lucy F. Frederickson, "Passenger Ships and Sturgeon Bay," 1962
- E. Bradford Mitchell "The Pere Marquette Fleet, 1882-1942," n.d.
- George Vargo, articles, 1957, n.d.
- George Vargo, "Excursion Queens of Chicago," n.d.
- George Vargo, "Funeral Cruise," n.d.
- George Vargo, "Legends of Lake Michigan," n.d.
- George Vargo, "Our Great Lake," n.d.
- George Vargo, "The Michigan Blue Sky Law," n.d.
- George Vargo, "Will the New Seaway Benefit South Haven?" n.d.
- Mrs. George Vargo, "Funeral Cruise," n.d.
- "The Lake Carriers Association." Presented to the Marine Historical Society of Detroit, February 1960
- W. R. Harkins, presentation to St. Louis County, Minnesota. (Haskins was public relations director for Fraser-Nelson Shipbuilding
and Drydock Co.) March 1963
Box 13: Research Notes--Vessels
Folders
- ADRIATIC, 1961-1962, n.d.
- ATLANTA, n.d.
- BADGER, n.d.
- G J BOYCE, n.d.
- WELLS BURT, n.d.
- CAROLINA, 1906, 1933, 1937, 1956, n.d.
- J I CASE, n.d.
- CHEQUAMEGON, n.d.
- CITY OF BENTON HARBOR, 1962m, n.d.
- CITY OF FLINT,n.d.
- CITY OF HOLLAND, n.d.
- CITY OF LUDINGTON, n.d.
- CITY OF ST. JOSEPH ex CITY OF CHICAGO, 1953-1963
- CITY OF SAGINAW, n.d.
- MARY ELLEN COOK, n.d.
- ADAM E. CORNELIUS, n.d.
- CORONA, 1934, 1936, n.d.
- E G CROSBY, 1962
- DE PERE, 1962, n.d.
- EMPIRE STATE and IDA CORNING, 1962
- FLINT and PERE MARQUETTE #1, n.d.
- FLINT and PERE MARQUETTE #2, n.d.
- FLINT and PERE MARQUETTE #3, n.d.
- GAZELLE, n.d.
- GERMAN, n.d.
- J HAZARD HARTZEL, n.d.
- J L HURD, n.d.
- JOSEPH L. HURD and CAYUGA, 1953, n.d.
- JOSEPH L. HURD, n.d.
- HYACINTH, n.d.
- IDAHO, n.d.
- INDIANA, n.d.
- KEEWENAW, n.d.
- S R KIRBY, n.d.
- LE GRIFFIN, n.d.
- MARINE STAR, n.d.
- LIZZIE METZNER, n.d.
- MUSKEGON, n.d.
- NEVADA, 1919, 1921-1922, 1935, 1941, 1944
- ROBERT NOBLE, n.d.
- NORTH SHORE, n.d.
- OAK LEAF, 1961, n.d.
- OTTAWA, 1961
- P.C.F. 880, n.d.
- PERE MARQUETTE #4, n.d.
- PERE MARQUETTE #5, n.d.
- PERE MARQUETTE #6, n.d.
- PERE MARQUETTE #15, n.d.
- PERE MARQUETTE #16, n.d.
- PERE MARQUETTE #18, n.d.
- PETOSKEY, n.d.
- PRIDE, 1961, n.d.
- WILLIAM A REISS, 1961, n.d.
- RENFREW and PORSTMOUTH, 1962, n.d.
- RESUMPTION, 1961, n.d.
- H C RICHARDS, n.d.
- RUTLAND, n.d.
- JOHN SCHUTTE, n.d.
- SEA BIRD, n.d.
- L SHEPARD, n.d.
- JOHN SHERMAN, n.d.
- LUCIA A SIMPSON, 1932, n.d.
- SPARTA, n.d.
- STURGEON BAY, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1943, n.d.
- TRAVERSE CITY SOCONY, n.d.
- VERNON, 1958, n.d.
- WESTMORELAND, n.d.
Box 14: Research Notes
Folders
- Barry Line, n.d.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Line, n.d.
- Goodrich Line, n.d.
- Goodrich Line, Masters and Captains List, n.d.
- Hart Line, 1905, 1911, 1913, 1963, n.d.
- Hill Line, n.d.
- Marquette and Bessemer Line, n.d.
- Pere Marquette Line, 1897, 1903, 1904, 1930, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964
- Bills of Lading, 1886, 1906-7, 1925
- Car ferries, n.d.
- Howard F. Chambers, 1965, n.d.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, n.d.
- C & O and Pere Marquette, fillers for book, n.d.
- Engineer's notes, 1948-49
- Engineer's notes, n.d.
- Arthur C. Frederickson obituary from Kewaunee, WI Enterprise, 3-31-1966
- Great Lakes Towing, n.d.
- Isle Royale, Rock of Ages, Canoe Rock Shipwrecks, n.d.
- Johnson Brothers, n.d.
- Lake Michigan History file, n.d.
- Lake Michigan History, Benzie County, MI Historical Society, n.d.
- Piloting, Detroit River to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
- Piloting, notes on receiver to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
- Piloting, notes on technical endeavors to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
- Piloting, notes on transmitter to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
- Piloting, notes on radio laws and traffic regulations to St. Lawrence River, n.d.
- Piloting, notes on electricity to St. Lawrence River,n.d.
- Piloting, St. Lawrence River notes, n.d.
- River Ferries, n.d.
- George Robinson, 1949, 1952, 1954-1955
- Ship notes, n.d.
- Ship notes, n.d.
- Shipwreck notes from Charlevoix, MI Sentinel, December 1900
- United States Coast Guard, General Orders and Circulars, 1916-1920
- United States Life Saving Service, notes, n.d.
Box 15: Research Notes
- Index Cards for Vessel Names, A-M
Box 16: Research Notes
- Index Cards for Vessel Names, N-Z
Box 17: Research Notes
- Index Cards with Vessel Names, Port Names, and Newspaper Titles, A-Z
Box 18: Legal Documents, Financial Documents
Folders
- US Coast Guard General Orders, 1914-1917
- US Coast Guard General Orders, 1916-1920
- US Coast Guard General Circulars, 1916-1920
- US Coast Guard Regulations, 1916-1917
- US Coast Guard Certificates of Inspection, 1912-1920, 1931-1936
- Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1895
- Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1898-99
- Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1900-01
- Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1903-04
- Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1904
- Cashier Books, CITY OF TOLEDO, 1905-08
- Crew Time Books. ANN ARBOR #3, January 1924-June 1930
- Crew Time Books. ANN ARBOR #3, July 1930-July 1934
- Crew Time Books. ANN ARBOR #3, August 1934-March 1937
- Crew Time Books. ANN ARBOR #3, April 1937-July 1940
- Crew Time Books. Unidentified vessel, June 1912-October 1917
- Receipts. Point Betsey, MI Light Station, 1878-1917
- Receipts for services rendered by tugs, 1873-1874
- Receipts. Passenger payment for steamer GEORGE L. SANFORD, 1888
- Invoices. Leathem D. Smith Dock Co., for Pere Marquette #4, 1925, HYACINTH
- Invoices. Expense records fo the HYACINTH, n.d.
Box 19
Folders
- Book mock-up. "Pictorial History of the C & O Train and Auto Ferries and Pere Marquette Line Steamers," 1955, n.d.
- Book mock-up. "Flint and Pere Marquette Railway and C & O History," n.d.
- Book mock-up. "Chesapeake & Ohio" photographs, n.d.
- Newsclippings, 1877, 1890, 1897, 1937
- Newsclippings, 1940-49
- Newsclippings, 1950-59
- Newsclippings, 1960-69
- Newsclippings, n.d.
- Map of drilling and blasting operations at Ballard's Reef channel in the Detroit River, August 16, 1933
- Outer Island Chart, 1888
- Map of the Manitowoc and Mississippi Railroad and its Connections East, North, and South, 1854
- HYACINTH (lightstation tender), 1938, 1940
- Photographs. Pictorial presentation of the Seatrain Operations (7 items), n.d.
- Photographs. Miscellaneous, 9 items, 1947, n.d.
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