Title: Milwaukee Dry Dock Company Records
Inclusive Dates: 1891-1930

Creator:

• Milwaukee Dry Dock Company (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 355

Quantity: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

The Milwaukee Dry Dock Company ran two docks in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin shipyard. This collection consists of some of their business records.

Note:

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-lhmc0355

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The Milwaukee Dry Dock Company ran two docks in the Milwaukee shipyard. William Edmund Fitzgerald, the father of Edmund Fitzgerald whom the ship is named after, served at various times as Secretary, Treasurer and President of the company.

This collection consists of various business records of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Company between 1891 and 1930, including by-laws, minutes, company shares and photographs.

Collection is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.

Milwaukee Dry Dock Company Records, 1891-1930, Collection 355. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Shipshape Files. Great Lakes Marine Collection.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

There is no clear acquisition information is currently available for this collection. Original box label and folders seem to indicate this came from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and there is a processing note dated 1978. Materials accessioned as Local History Manuscripts.

Processing Information

Inventory by Alice Richards, Fieldworker, 2014. Processed by Casey Lapworth, 2019.

	Minute Books
Box   1 Folder   1-19	Volume 1, pp. 1-187, 1893-1928
	Volume 2
Box   1 Folder   20	pp. 1-10 (by-laws), 1899-1928
Box   1 Folder   21-44	1899-1930
	Photographs
Box   2 Folder   10	Charles Horn, J.O. Nessen Lumber Co., 1916
Box   2 Folder   8	M & N E.R.R., undated
Box   2 Folder   9	Shipyard, undated
Box   1 Folder   45-49	Record Book pp. 1-93, 1893-1903
Box   2 Folder   1-7	Shares #1-200, 1891-1929, undated