NEW HAVEN COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY Manuscripts No. 37 Date processed: August 1976 I. Title New Haven Towing Company. Records, 1923-1951. II. The papers of the New Haven Tow~ Company and of the Atlantic Coast & Gulf of we1®si•eMK:iJo:.t:Aa:x&ttr1~ Mexico Tow Boa~ Association :IX kJD!Wp!!gtwol>aX:ic<:AI- III. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 6 feet Approximate number of items: 1,000 IV. Restrictions: none V. Literary rights of the unpublished writings of in these papers, and in other collections of papers in the custody of the New Haven Colony Historical Society Library, have been dedicated to the New Haven Colony Historical Society. VI. Press release was issueg on VII. Biographical note: the collection contains business papers and ledgers of the New Haven Towing Company, a dredging and tugging concern, de.ting from 1925 to 1951. Captain Harry Collier, of this company, also served as an officer in the Atlantic Coast & Gulf of Mexico Tow Boat Association (hereafter the AC&GMTBA), whose business records, from 1929 to 1951, make up the remainder of the collec­ tion. The AC&GMTBA was a private association that kept its membership informed of developments in the towing field, particularly of Congressional bills. VIII. Analysis: The collection contains 4 boxes of documents and fifty ledgers. Folders within the boxes have been assigned letters, so that, for instance, the fifth folder in Box 3 is labelled 3:E. The material is divided between the New Haven Towing Company end the AC&GMTBA as follovs: Box 1 - Box 2, Folder B: Papers of NHTC Box 2, Folder C - Box 4: Papers of AC&GMTBA Item 4 - Item 54: Ledgers of the NHTC N.B. Item 5 is oversize. Items 6-10 are located in Box 4a; Items 11, 12, 13, 15' 16, and 17 in Box 4b; Items 18-22 in Box 4c; Items 23-28 in Box 4d; Items 29-35 in Box 4e ; I tams 36-44 in Box 4f; I tams 45-50 in Box 4g; and Items 51-54 in Box 4h. Loose papers found in ledgers are filed in Box 4a Folders 7A and 9A and in Box 4h, Folders 55-62. 2/74 Processed by: Michael Lipson -Rox·----- 1: Uu :--: iness . r- el Ly CrJ '_:jh ;H:r.:nunt:-·. , ,T,1n . l"") , l ')11- 1Je c . 29 , 19!ll ; ~),1per~:; <Jf the t• g DevJ·~y , .\'.l!J . JG , 1 9 3 9 - /\.pr • 2 7 , l 9 1 3 d n d the tug C rl n (} JVi a y , ,Ju 1 y J 8 , ,, J938- Junc Jl , 1017 G nus ine s s . De~ 1 Lvery 1r:cnun t:: ~..: , :'. l J ing ~ 10 l Co . - Kop11ers C-:n . " c B ll s j_ n c ; ~ r_; .. 1J e 1 i_ v er y a': r: () u n t. s ' L} r ~ r::; 1 l _i Cl I l:: 0 i l c 0 • ,, ~rJ y .-1 t t , I n c • D i \ u I:: i on s .. 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" n: M is c e J L=i n y • " M an n a c1 e M i r ~ c J 1:..~ : Arn c r .Lr: an C n b.? r· ~ 1 r i. s c , '· text of speec:h deli v ered Feh . 8 , 1911 by l\nbert IL Was on a t: the Purr-: h <1 s in q Age n l--: ~; /\ :_; s r >:_ - i , 1 L-. .i. u n o [ T 1 1 1 ::; e Q(lc1horna ; Direr:tory of iJe\:J !! ;wen M . 1nufdcL11n~rs , J 9 -1 6 ; E 1 d r j d g e ' s 'I1 i (] e ,J n d r i 1 n t D r: c ) k , l 0 ~ G ; Me rn be rsh ip D irec t rJry , rr cw I-L-w en Ch am he c n f Cornme r:-:-=:e 3 Box 2 (continued) Folder C: AC&GMTBA . Numbered bulletins, Jan.17, 1936-Mar.9,1937 " D: " "' n Mar.29, 1937-Mar.4,1938 " E: " " " Mar.11, 1938-Mar.l,1939 Box 3: Atlantic Coast & Gulf of Mexico Tow Boat Association Folder A: Numbered bulletins, March 8, 1939-May 3, 1940 " B: '' " May 13, 1940-Dec. 24, 1940 " C: " " Jan. 22, 1941-Nov. 10 , 1942 " D: " " Dec. 2, 1942-Apr. 21, 1948 " E: Un-numbered bulletins, Aug. 27, 1934-March 22, 1935 !I F: " " March 23, 1935- Nov .6, 1936 IT G: Constitution, minutes, and undated bulletins " H: Correspondence, Oct. 7, 1941-0ct. 28, 1951 Box 4: Atlantic Coast & Gulf of Mexico Tow Boat Associ9tio12 Folder A: Miscellaneous business, May 31, 1929-Aug. 10, 1936 " B: ·u " Jan. 8, 192 7-Jan. 13, 1949 " C: U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, circular letters, Nov. 1, 1935-March 14, 1941 " D: Charts, 1949 " E: Undated miscellany " F: Three copies Albert G. Purdue's Advertising brochure, 1939 Item 5: Ledger Of accounts due, Dec., 1923-Dec., 1927 (oversize) Box 4a. Item 6: Time Book, Jan., 1925-Dec., 1929 Item 7: Accounts, 1928-1944 -Receivables Item 7A-:- Loose papers from Item 7 Item 8: Repairs on tugs, 1929-1940 a. Item ../ . Time Book, Jan., 1930-Dec., 1935 Item 9A: Loose papers from Item 9 Item 10: Telephone Index of Companies, Jan., 1930 Box 4b . Item 11: Cargo Book, Jan., 1931-Dec., 1934 Item 12: Damage Book, Jan., 1931-Aug., 1945 Item 13: Ledger, with index , 1931-1933 (Accounts Payable) 4 Item 14: General Accounts, 1931- 1938 - Expenses OVERSIZE Item 15: Log Book, Tug Harry Collier, Oct., 1932~Aug., 1934 Item 16: Journal, Jan., 1933-Dec., 1935 - Petty accounts Item 17: Log Book, Tug Clara McWilliams, Apr ., 1933-Nov., 1936 Box 4c. Item 18: Log Bo9k, Tug Edna May, Aug., 1934-Apr.,1937 Item 19: Ledger, with index, 1934-1938 (Accounts Payable) Item 20: Coal Record, Jan., 1934-Dec., 1940 Item 21: Cargo Book, Jan., 1935-1937 Item 22: Log Book, Tug Dewey, Dec., 1935-Feb., 1938 Box 4d. Item 23: Journal, Jan., 1935-Dec.,1938 (Petty accounts) Item 24: Time Book, Jan., 1936-Dec., 1938 Item 25: Log Book, Tug Harry Collier, Oct., 1936-Dec.,1938 Item 26: Log Book, Tug Edna May, Apr., 1937-Aug., 1939 Item 27: Cargo Book, Jan., 1938-Dec., 1941 Item 28: Light and loaded Tows west, Jan., 1938-0ct.,1943 Box 4e. Item 29: Arrival records, Jan, 1938-0ct., 1944 Item 30: Stone Towings, 1938-1946 Item 31: Log Book, Tug Dewey, Apr., 1938-Aug., 1939 Item 32: 3lue Line Repairs and Supplies, June, 1938-May, 1941 Item 33: Petty Cash Account , Jan., 1939-Dec., 1941 Item 34: Ledger, 1939-1946 Item 35: Log Book, Tug Edna May, Aug ., 1939- A[r., 1942 Box 4f. Item 36: Blue Line Checks, Sept., 1939- March, 1943- Item 3 7: 2nd ~ J'-Jational Bank Deposits, Jan., 1940-June, 1945 Item 38: Coal, fuel oil, account, Jan., 1941-Dec., 1947 5 Item 39: Blue Line Repairs and Supplies, May, 1941-Aug., 1943 Item 40: Petty Cash A ccou~t, Jan., 1942-Dec., 1944 T' ~te~ 41: Cargo Book, Jan., 1942-Dec., 1945 Item 42: Log Book, Tug Edna May, Apr., 1942-July, 1944 Item 43: Processed Food Points, 1943-1945 Item 44: Blue Line Checks, Apr., 1943-Sept., 1945 Box 4g. Item 45: Log Book, Tug Edna May, July, 1944-June, 1946 Item 46: Account Book, Jan., 1945-Dec.,1947 Item 47: Account Book, Jan., 1945-M ay, 1949 Item 48: 2nd National Bank De~osits, _June, 1945-Dec., 1948 Item 49: Blue Line Checks, Oct., 1945-Dec., 1950 ~- Item 50: Cargo Book, Jan., 1946-Dec., 1950 ~ox 4h.