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Thayer Family Collection 1989.033 Finding Aid Prepared by Megan Hahn Fraser Thayer family collection 1989.033 Finding aid prepared by Megan Hahn Fraser. Last updated on August 02, 2012. Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library 2010.11.29 Thayer family collection Table of Contents Summary Information....................................................................................................................................3 Biography/History..........................................................................................................................................4 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information........................................................................................................................... 5 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7 - Page 2 - Thayer family collection Summary Information Repository Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library Creator Thayer Title Thayer family collection Call number 1989.033 Date [inclusive] 1892-1986 Extent 10 boxes Language English Abstract The Thayers were a prominent Philadelphia-area family at the turn of the 20th century. John Borland Thayer, Jr. was a vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad when he died in the sinking of Titanic on April 15, 1912. The Thayer family collection consists of more than 700 items of ocean liner ephemera dating from 1892 to 1986, including postcards, abstracts of logs, advertisements, passenger lists, menus, deck plans, photographs, stationery and baggage tags from ships of more than 40 lines. The collection also includes one of the only extant first class passenger lists from Titanic. Cite as: [Description and date of item], [Box number], Thayer family collection, 1892-1986, Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library. - Page 3 - Thayer family collection Biography/History The Thayers were a prominent Philadelphia-area family at the turn of the 20th century. John Borland Thayer, born April 21, 1862, was the Second Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He and his wife, Marian Longstreth Morris Thayer, lived in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and were the parents of Margaret, Pauline, Frederick and John, Jr. The Thayers’ were traveling home to Haverford from Berlin as first class passengers on the Titanic. John Borland Thayer did not seek a lifeboat and died on April 15, 1912 at the age of 49. His wife, Marian Longstreth Morris Thayer (1872-1944), and their maid, Miss Margaret Fleming, boarded a lifeboat and survived the sinking. John Borland Thayer, Jr. (1894-1945), the son of John and Marian Thayer, was seventeen in 1912. He did not board a lifeboat and jumped from the sinking Titanic. He climbed on an overturned inflatable lifeboat and was eventually picked up by another lifeboat. He and his mother were reunited aboard the Carpathia. John Borland Thayer, Jr. graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to the university to serve as the Financial Vice-President and Treasurer. He married Lois Cassatt and was the father of two sons, Edward C. and John B. Thayer, IV. His mother never remarried. The sinking of the Titanic was not forgotten: he wrote about his experiences in The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic, April 14-15, 1912. John Borland Thayer, Jr. committed suicide in 1945, following the death of his mother in 1944 and the death of his son Edward who was serving in World War II. For further information about the Thayer family and their experiences aboard the Titanic, see The Sinking of the S. S. Titanic by John B. Thayer [III] and A Night to Remember by Walter Lord. Scope and Contents The Thayer family collection consists of more than 700 items of ocean liner ephemera dating from 1892 to 1986, including postcards, abstracts of logs, advertisements, passenger lists, menus, deck plans, photographs, stationery and baggage tags from ships of more than 40 lines, such as Cunard, White Star, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Red Star, Hamburg-Amerika, United States, and Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line). The collection also includes one of the only extant first class passenger lists from Titanic and other materials related to the Thayer family’s experience on the ship’s only voyage. - Page 4 - Thayer family collection Administrative Information Independence Seaport Museum, J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library 2010.11.29 Finding aid prepared by Megan Hahn Fraser. Sponsor The creation of the electronic guide for this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project. Finding aid entered into the Archivists' Toolkit by Garrett Boos. Access Restrictions This collection is open for research use. Use Restrictions The Titanic passenger list and other items deemed fragile are restricted. Surrogates will be provided for researchers’ use. Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material. Custodial History note Donated by Mrs. John B. Thayer IV. Processing Information note The creation of the electronic guide for this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project. Finding aid entered into the Archivists' Toolkit by Garrett Boos. - Page 5 - Thayer family collection Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) • Compagnie générale transatlantique. • Cunard Line, ltd. • Hamburg-American Line. • Norddeutscher Lloyd. • Red Star Line. • Titanic (Steamship). • United States Lines Company. • White Star Line. Form/Genre(s) • Clippings • Deck plans • Ephemera • Menus • Photographs • Postcards • Ships' passenger lists Subject(s) • Ocean liners • Travel - Page 6 - Thayer family collection Collection Inventory Box Folder Allen Line. 1 1 American: Friesland – New York. 1 2 American: Noordland – Westernland. 1 3 American Export. 1 4 Anchor. 1 5 Atlantic Transport. 1 6 Beaver. 1 7 Blue Star. 1 8 Booth. 1 9 - Page 7 - Thayer family collection Canadian Pacific. 1 10 Coastwise Cruise. 1 11 Compania Genovese di Armamento. 2 1 Compagnie Generale Transatlantique: Bretagne – Lafayette. 2 2 Compagnie Generale Transatlantique: Lorraine – Touraine. 2 3 Cunard: Abyssinia – Ausonia. 2 4 Cunard: Aquitania. 2 5 Cunard: Berengaria. 2 6 Cunard: Campania – Carinthia. 2 7 Cunard: Carmania – Caronia. 2 8 - Page 8 - Thayer family collection Cunard: Carpathia. 3 1 Cunard: Etruria – Lucania. 3 2 Cunard: Lusitania/ Mauretania, Mauretania II. 3 3 Cunard: Mauretania (1 of 2). 3 4 Cunard: Mauretania (2 of 2). 3 5 Cunard: Media – Parthia. 3 6 Cunard: Queen Elizabeth. 3 7 Cunard: Queen Elizabeth II (1 of 3). 4 1 Cunard: Queen Elizabeth II (2 of 3). 4 2 Cunard: Queen Elizabeth II (3 of 3). 4 3 - Page 9 - Thayer family collection Cunard: Queen Mary (1 of 4). 4 4 Cunard: Queen Mary (2 of 4). 4 5 Cunard: Queen Mary (3 of 4). 4 6 Cunard: Queen Mary (4 of 4). 5 1 Cunard: Samaria – Scotia. 5 2 Cunard: Scythia – Umbria. 5 3 Cunard: General. 5 4 Cunard: General. 5 5 Dominion. 5 6 Elder, Dempster. 5 7 - Page 10 - Thayer family collection Fabre. 5 8 Guion. 5 9 Hamburg-Amerika: Amerika – Corcovado. 5 10 Hamburg-Amerika: Furst Bismarck – Steigerwald. 5 11 Holland-America: Nieuw Amsterdam – Volendam. 6 1 Holland-America: General. 6 2 Home. 6 3 Inman. 6 4 Italian. 6 5 L and NW Railway. 6 6 - Page 11 - Thayer family collection Lamport and Holt. 6 7 Leyland. 6 8 Moore-McCormack. 6 9 National. 6 10 Nelson. 6 11 Netherlands-American Steam Navigation Co. 6 12 Norddeutscher Lloyd: Bremen, Bremen II. 6 13 Norddeutscher Lloyd: Europa. 6 14 Norddeutscher Lloyd: Hanover – Prinzregent Luitpold. 7 1 Norddeutscher Lloyd: Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, Kaiser Wilhelm II. 7 2 - Page 12 - Thayer family collection Norwegian-American. 7 3 Orient. 7 4 P & O. 7 5 Pacific Mail Steam Ship. 7 6 Pacific Steam Navigation Co. 7 7 Red Star. 7 8 Royal. 7 9 Royal Mail Steam Packet. 7 10 Royal Viking. 7 11 Safmarine. 7 12 - Page 13 - Thayer family collection Shaw Savill. 7 13 Sitmar. 7 14 Swedish-American. 7 15 Union-Castle. 7 16 United States. 7 17 United States: Manhattan. 7 18 White Star: Adriatic – Britannic II. 8 1 White Star: Canopic – Georgic. 8 2 White Star: Haverford – Megantic. 8 3 White Star: Oceanic – Pittsburgh. 8 4 - Page 14 - Thayer family collection White Star: Republic – Teutonic. 8 5 Photographs. 8 6 Postcards: other/unidentified lines and non-ship. 8 7 List of Ships, Memorandum, undated. 8 8 List of Ships, Stateroom Plans, undated. 8 9 Clipping: Scribner’s Magazine, “20 Questions About Steamships”. 8 10 Basset Lowke Ship Models brochure and list. 8 11 Roach, W.T., Pennsylvania Railroad Pass, 1932. 8 12 Program, University of Pennsylvania, Men’s Glee Club 1941. 8 13 First Day Covers: Maritime England Year Series, 1982 British Ships Series, 8 14 1969, 1982, 1969. - Page 15 - Thayer family collection Thayer, J. B. Jr. Letters received, 1894, 1903 and undated. 9 A Thayer, J. B. III. Obituaries, memorials, list of flowers
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