Ship Operations Group records
Scope and Content Note
Major parts of the collection include, the Port Office files of John Leiby and Theo Moniz, as well as files of Captains Frederick S. McMurray, W.S. Bray, and Joseph Coburn. There is also a series Ship Use Logs, and one of Ship files containing cruise summaries, crew lists, correspondence, etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-ongoing
Language of Materials
The records are in
English.
Access
Open/Restricted: most materials in the collection are available for research; some materials may only be viewed by the Office of Origin or permission of the Archivist.
Use
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
Administrative Information
The Ship Operations Group is a subdivision of Marine Operations. It’s main components are the Port Office, Ship Masters, Chief Engineers, and Marine Crew Members.
Extent
84 boxes (71.75 lin. ft.)
Overview
The Ship Operations Group records include Port Office files, files of Captains Frederick S. McMurray, W.S. Bray, and Joseph Coburn, Ship Use logs, and Ship Files.
Arrangement
Arranged in five series:
List of Series:
Custodial History
The custodial history of the records is undocumented.
Acquisitions Information
The records were transferred in a number of accessions, including acc. 1998-03, 1998-06, 1998-26, 1998-27, 2000-03, 2002-34, 2005-10, 2006-32, 2006-36, 2007-10 and 2007-12.
Processing Information
First-level processing completed by Marisa Hudspeth in December 2003.
- Title
- A Guide to the Ship Operations Group records, 1928-ongoing
- Author
- Marisa Hudspeth
- Date
- December 10, 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written inEnglish
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository