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Archival Processing at the South
    Street Seaport Library
            Roger Yerburgh
    LIS 698 Seminar and Practicum
              Spring 2012
The South Street Seaport Library
                History
• Founded in Late 1960’s
• Mission and collection policy changed many times
  through its history
• Library run by marine historian and interns until 2004
• Museum of the City of New York took over Museum
  and Library (18 Month contract) in 2010
• Carol Clarke and Anne DiFabio hired as Project
  Archivist and Assistant Archivist to inventory and
  establish intellectual control over collection (First
  trained archivists/librarians to work in the Library)
The Collection (General Inventory in
              Progress)
• 32,000 Ship Plans
• Several Thousand Photographs, Negatives, and
  Slides
• Manuscript Collection-80 Linear Feet
• 2,000 Reference Books
• Several hundred boxes of institutional archives
• Many thousand periodicals
• And Much More (many odds and ends, the result
  of not having a clear collection policy)
The Project: Processing The Charles
        Lawesson Collection
• Charles Lawesson New York Area Maritime
  Historian and Author
• “The New York Built Marine Engine”
• “Williamsburgh and Its Ferries”
• 13 Linear Feet, mostly Maritime History
  Research Materials
• Mixed Materials from 1939-2010:
  Manuscripts, articles, photocopies, images, shi
  p plans, ephemera etc.
Challenges
• Preservation Issues/Treatment
• Establishing Provenance of Materials
• Finding “Original Order” in mixed up
  materials
• Recognizing Research Areas, trying to think
  like Charles Lawesson
The Series
•   I. Personal
•   II. Research
•   III. World’s Fair
•   IV. Oversized
•   V. Photo Collection
II. Research Subseries
• Subseries A: Williamsburgh Ferry/New York Ferry History
• Subseries B: New York Built Marine Steam Engine/Steam Engine
  History
• Subseries C: Ship Building, including: Ship Building, Ship
  Design, Dry Docks, Ship Launching and Brooklyn Navy Yard
• Subseries D: Steam Ships, including Steam Ship Lines, Steam Ship
  Lists, Steam Ship Images
• Subseries E: Ships (General), including Cruise and Shipping
  Lines, Clipper Ships
• Subseries F: New York Area Maps, Atlases, and Directories
• Subseries G: Industrial History, including Iron Forging, Steel
  Working, Coal and Fuel, transportation, and Mechanical Terms
• Subseries H: Illustrations and Drawings
• Subseries I: Miscellaneous and General History
The Processed Charles Lawesson
     Collection and Finding Aid
• 11.5 Linear Feet
• 431 Folders
• 25 Page Finding Aid

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Roger yerburgh practicum presentation

  • 1. Archival Processing at the South Street Seaport Library Roger Yerburgh LIS 698 Seminar and Practicum Spring 2012
  • 2. The South Street Seaport Library History • Founded in Late 1960’s • Mission and collection policy changed many times through its history • Library run by marine historian and interns until 2004 • Museum of the City of New York took over Museum and Library (18 Month contract) in 2010 • Carol Clarke and Anne DiFabio hired as Project Archivist and Assistant Archivist to inventory and establish intellectual control over collection (First trained archivists/librarians to work in the Library)
  • 3. The Collection (General Inventory in Progress) • 32,000 Ship Plans • Several Thousand Photographs, Negatives, and Slides • Manuscript Collection-80 Linear Feet • 2,000 Reference Books • Several hundred boxes of institutional archives • Many thousand periodicals • And Much More (many odds and ends, the result of not having a clear collection policy)
  • 4. The Project: Processing The Charles Lawesson Collection • Charles Lawesson New York Area Maritime Historian and Author • “The New York Built Marine Engine” • “Williamsburgh and Its Ferries” • 13 Linear Feet, mostly Maritime History Research Materials • Mixed Materials from 1939-2010: Manuscripts, articles, photocopies, images, shi p plans, ephemera etc.
  • 5. Challenges • Preservation Issues/Treatment • Establishing Provenance of Materials • Finding “Original Order” in mixed up materials • Recognizing Research Areas, trying to think like Charles Lawesson
  • 6. The Series • I. Personal • II. Research • III. World’s Fair • IV. Oversized • V. Photo Collection
  • 7. II. Research Subseries • Subseries A: Williamsburgh Ferry/New York Ferry History • Subseries B: New York Built Marine Steam Engine/Steam Engine History • Subseries C: Ship Building, including: Ship Building, Ship Design, Dry Docks, Ship Launching and Brooklyn Navy Yard • Subseries D: Steam Ships, including Steam Ship Lines, Steam Ship Lists, Steam Ship Images • Subseries E: Ships (General), including Cruise and Shipping Lines, Clipper Ships • Subseries F: New York Area Maps, Atlases, and Directories • Subseries G: Industrial History, including Iron Forging, Steel Working, Coal and Fuel, transportation, and Mechanical Terms • Subseries H: Illustrations and Drawings • Subseries I: Miscellaneous and General History
  • 8. The Processed Charles Lawesson Collection and Finding Aid • 11.5 Linear Feet • 431 Folders • 25 Page Finding Aid