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Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

Paul K. Gjenvick, Curator Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives www.gjenvick.com Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

Bangor Punta Archives Our goal with our Tenth Anniversary Website was to Bangor Punta Corporation create an extraordinarily useful site, meticulously (sometimes abbreviated BP organized with greatly expanded content and images and traded on the NYSE available for the researchers, genealogists, students, under BNK) was an American conglomerate professors and other patrons of the Archives. and Fortune 500 Company from 1964 to 1984. It Official Launch Date: TBD (First Quarter 2010) owned a number of well- known companies primarily in the pleasure craft, About Us firearms and general aviation industries.

The primary purpose for this section is to provide an The Gjenvick- educational resource for students and researchers. Gjønvik Archives Due to Bangor Punta’s connection to firearms, this established an section is only linked via the sitemap and is online presence considered to be a temporary exhibit of the in January 2000 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. and celebrates its tenth anniversary in  Bangor Punta Dealers 2010.  Cal Boats and Yachts  Corporate Information This section  Directory of Companies provides all the  Divisions administrative and public information that pertains to  Duo Boats the operations of the Archives including how to  Luhrs Boats contribute in kind to the Archives and volunteer to  O’Day Yachts and Sailboats assist the Archives (a telecommuting opportunity)  De Fever Passagemaker  Piper Air We will be removing extraneous information that has  Ranger Power Boats landed in this section over the ten years and  Smith & Wesson replacing this content with more focused task-  Starcraft specific pages.  The Players  Timeline  About  Ulrichsen Boats  Accessibility  Awards  Advertise With Us  Home Page  Awards  Site Map  Contact Us  Contribute Scans To The Archives Biography  Mailing List  Membership in the Archives  Ordering Information This new section will contain people who had the  Polls biggest impact on the topics we cover on the  Privacy Policy Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives pertaining to the latter  Serve On Our Administrative Board half of the nineteenth century through the first half of  Site Demographics the twentieth century.  Sponsorships  Survey Comments  Dr. Edward Jenner  Terms of Use  Alexander Graham Bell  Testimonials  Henry Ford  What’s New  John Pierpont Morgan  Work in Progress  King George V Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

 Thomas Edison Frequently Asked Questions  Guglielmo Marconi

When we receive several inquiries on the same or Digital Images Library similar subject, we’ll create an FAQ. This section will not be expanded until after the launch of the This section offers an Inventory of the Photographs new website during the first quarter of 2010. and Illustrations used on this site including image sizes and notations for high resolution images, when Historical Documents available.

We have made finding the images to help illustrate your book, report, feature film or family history easier to find and easy to use. Most images viewable on the site are 150 dpi. High Resolution images of 300 dpi are available for many of the images for a fee. Unusual or one-of-a-kind documents that do not quite fit into our other sections

 Attest  Provisional Emigration Law of 1867 (Norway)  Certificate of Health (For a Vessel)

Immigration and Steerage

 Index  Biography Photographs and Illustrations  Historical Documents Photographs and Illustrations  Immigration Photographs and Illustrations Immigration and Steerage encompass two topics at the core of this website and, as such, have been  Military Photographs and Illustrations greatly expanded in terms of content and images.  and Steamship Photographs and Illustrations  Vintage Fashions Photographs and Illustrations  Books  Works Progress Administration (WPA)  Brochures Photographs and Illustrations  Canadian Immigration  Castle Garden  Deportation – The Excluded Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

 Ellis Island o Minnesota  Emigration o Norway  Immigrant Stories o Reference  Immigration Documents o Scandinavian  Immigration Laws and Regulations o Sweden  Medical and Mental Inspections and Issues o Vikings  Index  Microfilm and Microfiche  Vintage Magazines (exclusive of Military and Ocean Liner which have been included in their respective subject matter sections) o Fashion o Fraternal o Ethnic o Genealogy o General Interest o History o Newspaper Inserts o Other - Uncategorized o Scientific and Technical o Trade Publications

Military (Army/Navy – World Wars 1 & 2)

 Steerage  Army Archives  Index  Military Books  Navy Archives Guides and Informational eBooks o Books (General) o Booklets, Brochures and Pamphlets o Cruise Books (Aircraft Carrier We will publish guide eBooks on topics pertaining to the Deployments) materials that can be found at the Gjenvick-Gjønvik o Periodicals Archives. Upcoming topics will include: o Photographs and Illustrations o USNTC Yearbooks  “Researching Your Ancestors with Passenger Lists and Other Documents of the Voyage” An increasingly popular  “Voyage Across The Pond : A Journey Through section of the Archives, The Covers” here you’ll find Company /  “Adventures In Steerage : The Immigrants’ Unit Graduation Books Journey” called the Keel, Anchor,  “How Much Is This Worth? : The Valuation of Compass, and Rudder. Historical Documents from the 1880s through the 1950s” . Bainbridge  “When Heirs Aren’t Interested in Preserving . Great Lakes Your History” . Orlando . San Diego Archives Library o USS Carina AK-74 o USS Matar AK-119 o Guide to Floating Museums of US  Books (exclusive of Immigration, Military and Warships Ocean Liner which have been included in their  World War One respective subject matter sections) o 346th Infantry o Cookbooks o Books o Directories o Booklets, Brochures and Pamphlets o Genealogy o WW1 National Army Cantonments o History . Camp Devens o Humor . Camp Grant Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

. Camp Dix . Camp Dodge . Camp Pike o Documents o Draft o Newspapers o Photographs and Illustrations o Soldiers Bonus o Soldiers Diary  World War Two o Books  Index

Ocean Liners and Steamships

 Immigrant

Passenger Lists are now organized into one large section subdivided by Steamship Line. Index pages have been redesigned to facilitate ease of browsing available passenger lists. The passenger list page will often include information for passengers and other similar items in addition to the listing of the passengers and crew members.

o Aberdeen Line o Allan Line o American Export Lines In this section, we will assemble information about o the ships, technical data, passenger capacity, o American Mail Line history and more, organized by steamship line. o American Merchant Lines o Anchor-Donaldson o Aberdeen Line o Anchor Line o Allan Line o Atlantic Transport Line o American Line o Baltimore Mail Line o Anchor Line o Browse By Port of Call o Atlantic Transport Line o Browse By Year o Baltimore Mail Line o Canadian Pacific o CGT – French Line o CGT-French Line o o Cosulich Line o -American Line o CPR – Canadian Pacific Railway o Inman Line o Cunard Line o Leyland Line o Cunard White Star (Referred To Cunard o Lloyd Sabaudo Line or ) o Norddeutscher Lloyd o Dominion Line o Union Steamship Company o Donaldson Atlantic Line o Lines o Fabre Line o White Star Line o Furness- Line  Maritime Books o Grace Line  Passenger Lists o Hamburg-American Line o Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

o . 1930s o Inman Line o Baths and Bathing o Italia-Sabaudo o Cost of Voyages o Koninklijke Nederlandsche o Death – Burial At Sea o Leyland Line o Length of Voyages o Lloyd Sabaudo o Mail – Sea Post o NGI – o Provisioning An Ocean Liner o Norddeutscher Lloyd o Reference Information o Nordenfjeldske o Staff and Crew Members o Norwegian-America Line o Stowaways o Orient Line  Steamship Captains o Pacific Line – PSNC o o RMSP o Royal Mail Lines o Scandinavian-American Line o Societa Di Navigazione Italia o Swedish-American Line o Union-Castle Line o United American Lines o United States Lines o White Star – Dominion Line o White Star Line o Yeoward Line  Ports of Call o Antwerp, Belgium o Boston , Massachusetts o Bremen, Germany o Fishguard, Wales o Goteborg, Sweden o Hamburg, Germany o Liverpool, This section will contain biographies, images, o London, England illustrations and other information pertaining to the o Montreal, Quebec Captains or Commanders of the Steamships. o Plymouth, England o Queenstown-Cobh, Ireland  Steamship Documents o Trondhjem, Norway o Index Maritime documents not found in other sections that  Steamship Articles pertain to the , steamship line, or passenger on a vessel.

 Steamship Lines

This popular section has been greatly expanded with additional content, images and reorganized so that patrons can find applicable articles more rapidly.

o By Decade (General Articles) . 1870s . 1880s . 1890s . 1900s . 1910s The steamship line section contains information . 1920s about the history of the line, the fleet and documents Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website that we have available at the Gjenvick-Gjønvik o KNSM Archives o Lamport & Holt Line o Leyland Line o Aberdeen Line o Lloyd Sabaudo o Allan Line o Messageries Maritimes o American Export o NGI Italian Line o American Line o Norddeutscher Lloyd o American Mail Line o American Merchant Lines o Anchor – Donaldson o Anchor Line o Atlantic Transport Line o Baltic America Line o Baltimore Mail Line o Black Ball Line o Blue Funnel Line o Canadian Pacific o Canadian Pacific Railway o CGT-French Line o Consulich Line o Cunard Line

Above: Collage of Norddeutscher Lloyd Illustrations

o o Panama Pacific Line o Red Star Line o RMSP

o Royal Mail Lines o Scandinavian American Line o Cunard White Star o o Dollar Steamship Line o Union Steamship Co o Dominion Line o Union-Castle Line o Donaldson Atlantic Line o United American Lines o Eastern Steamship Lines o United States Lines o Fabre Line o US Mail Steamship Co o Furness – Bermuda Line o US Shipping Board o Grace Line o White Star – Dominion Line o Hamburg American Line o White Star Line

o Holland America o Wilson Line of Hull o Inman Line o Yeoward Line o International Mercantile Marine Co  Steamship Tickets o Italia Genova Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

advertisements such as sea-sickness remedies of the day and luggage / steamship trunks.

 Vintage Brochures

This widely popular section remains a superb resource for the genealogist and student alike.

 Titanic Memorabilia One of the most popular and, often times, most informative sections containing offerings from the various steamship lines, travel and ports of call

 Vintage Magazines

This section will be expanded during Phase II as logistics and time constraints made it impractical to include an expanded section for this larger-than-life maiden voyage disaster and most well-known ship in history. She deserves a top-notch section, appropriate for her great many fans and followers.

 Vintage Advertisements

The publications of the steamship lines and magazines devoted to covering ocean travel from the 1800s through the 1950s. The majority of our coverage of our holdings in vintage magazines will include the front cover and detailed table of contents.

The onboard publications were made possible one the Marconi Wireless was adapted by steamships in the early 1900s.

 Anchor Line Wireless News  Cunard o Cunard Daily Bulletins o Cunarder Travel Magazine  Hamburg-American Gazette  Norddeutscher Lloyd o Ocean Gazette o The Seven Seas Magazine  Other The historical steamship print advertisements often o Ocean: Magazine of Travel contained remarkable information and will prove useful o The Sailors Magazine to the researcher and family historian alike. o The Shipbuilder o Steamboat Bill o Maritime News The advertisements will be organized by steamship line with additional section on steamship related product Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

 Vintage Menus  Steamship / Ocean Liners  Index

Shopping – International Marketplace

Popular with restaurateurs and family chefs alike, this section is tastefully done with menus from the steamship lines dating from the 1800s through the

1950s.

 Vintage Postcards

Shopping, international merchants, in the native language(s) for that country is very time consuming. More countries may be added in the future as time permits.

Postcards of the steamship, steamship lines and  Finland ports of call provide glimpses of life in the past. The  France Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives has approximately 1000 postcards, the majority will be added during phase II  Ireland of the enhancements.  Netherland  Index

Family Recipes Vintage Fashions

The fashions for the plain and the wealthy are From Swedish Meatballs to Norwegian Lefse to represented in this section. Many articles, Danish Kringle, these traditional Scandinavian illustrations, photographs and advertisements of the Recipes from the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Family are bygone era from the 1880s to 1930s aid in the delicious alternatives to the typical American Fare. visualization of styles worn on steamships during this period. Research Resources  1887  1888  Ethnic  1898  Genealogy  1900  General  1901  Passenger Lists  1902 Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

 1903  1904  1905  1906  1907  1908  1911  1914  1921  1922  Vintage Advertisements  Index

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

The focus of our collection is key brochures that explain  Site Map (HTML Version) and document the work of the Works Progress Administration. Most of the enhancements to this

section will occur in Phase II of our enhancements to the New Improvements website. Design of Page Header Section

 1935 : The Drought and Current Farm Imports  1936 : Report on Progress of The Works Program  1936 : Our Job With The WPA

 1937 : Work Pays America  1939 : Questions and Answers on the WPA Site Search Moved to Top Right to make it easier to find Program and use. We also have a number of documents produced by the WPA pertaining to the administration of workers on the Top Navigational Links: Home, Steamships, WPA payroll, WPA cards, Union Cards and an Immigration, Military, WPA, Fashions, Biography, assortment of flyers from that era. Library and Recipes.

Root Directory Sectional Based Advertising Banner – 350x25

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Ways You Can Help The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives

 Direct Donation  Contributions-In-Kind: Inherit old papers, brochures, or other documents pertaining to Ocean Liners, Military, WPA, Immigration during the 1800s through 1950s? We accept high-resolution scans of your historical documents and photographs to add to our website or you may contribute the actual article to the Archives. Contact us for details at [email protected]  Volunteer to Transcribe Historical Documents: If you have an OCR program, we could use your help. We’ll supply you with high resolution images of documents (TIFF format – 300 dpi) to be transcribed. A non-disclosure agreement is required for all participants who transcribe documents for the Archives.

 Write Reviews of Historical Magazines and Articles: If you want exposure as a magazine reviewer, here is your opportunity. Contact us

for details at [email protected] and let us know what periodicals you would be interested in reviewing for the Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives. Other on-page elements (samples) including the left  Contribute Scans of Old Shipboard Family navigational global links, Mailing List, Contact Us and Photographs: We are particularly interested in Advertise With Us sections. photographs depicting ocean travel from the

1850s through the 1950s. So if your family has Parting Thoughts photographs taken on board a steamship or ocean liner, please consider contributing high The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives grew out of the initial resolution (300 dpi) scans of your favorite research into his grandfather’s voyage to America from photos. Norway in 1913 by Paul Gjenvick. Nineteen years later,  Support our Advertisers: They keep us in this website, during its tenth year online, should prove business. We earn a small commission from to be a consummate resource for the researcher, sales of items such as flowers, gourmet foods, genealogist and student. small appliances, magazines, books, etc. So if you are planning to make a purchase of these As a private archive, we do not receive any public items, consider clicking on a link from the funding of any kind. Therefore, we are entirely reliant Archives website so that we receive credit for on revenues from our sponsors and the general public – the sale. our patrons like you. Your support is important to us so that we can continue to provide outstanding and If you purchase items on a regular basis but informative resources for all to enjoy. don’t see a link on our site, let us know so that Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives – Tenth Anniversary Website

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Paul

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