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Ships' Logs Collection
of The Great Lakes Historical Society

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The following is a listing of log books from various steamships, schooners, tugs, etc. There are also a few land-based logs, such as lighthouses and loading dock logs. They are arranged alphabetically. NOTE: Vessels that are named after a person (e.g., Ben E. Tate) are arranged by First Name.

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Total count = 488.

Vessel Name Year(s) Type of Vessel Type of Log
 
(2) Log Books, Unidentified Vessels Unknown Unknown Unknown
(3) Log Books, Unidentified Vessels Unknown Unknown Unknown
A. W. Osborne 1928-1934 Steamship Pilothouse
A. W. Osborne 1916, 1918 (part) Steamship Pilothouse
A.A. Augustus 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
A.A. Augustus 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
A.A. Augustus 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
A.A. Augustus 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
A.M. Byers 1949 Steamship Radiodar
Adriatic 1941 Steamship Pilothouse
Adriatic 1901 Schooner Financial
Alabama 1926-1927 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1929 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1928 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1925 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1923 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1922 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1921 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1919 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1920 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1930-1931 Tug Pilothouse
Alabama 1927-1928 Tug Pilothouse
Albany 1903-1904 Barge Financial
Alva Steamship Co. 1914 n/a Financial
Alva Steamship Co. 1915 n/a Financial
Alva Steamship Co. 1915 (2) n/a Financial
American Shipbuilding--Contracts Listings 1923-1943 n/a Other
Andrew Carnegie 1906-1913 Steamship Financial
Arkansas 1960-1961 Tug Pilothouse
Arkansas 1964-1966 Tug Pilothouse
Arkansas 1957-1960 Tug Pilothouse
Arrivals & Departures, unknown port 1963-1965 n/a Other
Aurora 1896 Steamship Pilothouse
Australia 1910-1911; 1913 Steamship Pilothouse
Australia 1908-1909; 1910 Steamship Pilothouse
Australia 1904 Steamship Pilothouse
Australia 1902 Steamship Pilothouse
Australia 1912-1913 Steamship Financial
Australia 1902 Steamship Pilothouse
Australia 1912 Steamship Pilothouse
Australia 1910 Steamship Pilothouse
Belle Mitchell 1878 Schooner Diary
Ben E. Tate 1954 Steamship Pilothouse
Ben E. Tate 1964 Steamship Pilothouse
Ben E. Tate 1944 Steamship Pilothouse
D. A. Moloney 1951 Steamship Pilothouse
Ben Moreell 1967 Steamship Pilothouse
Ben Moreell 1966 Steamship Pilothouse
Ben W. Calvin-Engine Room Dep't Inventory 1969 Steamship Inventory
Ben W. Calvin-Mate's Department Inventory 1968 Steamship Inventory
Ben W. Calvin-Mate's Department Inventory 1970 Steamship Inventory
Ben W. Calvin-Radar Log 1955 Steamship Radiodar
Ben W. Calvin-Unknown Log 1962-1967 Steamship Unknown
Book of Accounts & Fees Paid, Unknown 1878-1889 Unknown Financial
Bool 1957 Tug Pilothouse
Bool 1963 Tug Pilothouse
Bradley SS Company Ships--Accounting Record 1891-1894 n/a Financial
C. W. Watson; R. E. Schuck; J. B. Wood 1906-1910 Steamship Pilothouse
C.S. Hebard 1962 Steamship Engineer
C.S. Robinson--Repair Record Unknown Steamship Other
Caledonia 1898 Steamship Pilothouse
Caledonia 1902 Steamship Pilothouse
Caledonia 1901 Steamship Pilothouse
Carnegie Unknown Steamship Engineer
Carol Lake 1962-1963 Steamship Engineer
Carol Lake 1962 Steamship Deck Scrap Log
Charles L. Hutchinson 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
Charles L. Hutchinson 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
Charles L. Hutchinson 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
Charles L. Hutchinson 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
Charles L. Hutchinson 1961 Steamship Pilothouse
Charles L. Hutchinson 1961 Steamship Engineer
Charles White 1963 Steamship Engineer
Chicago Trader 1972-1973 Unknown Radiodara
Chippewa 1933 Steamship Pilothouse
Chippewa 1935 Steamship Pilothouse
Chippewa 1937 Steamship Pilothouse
City of Cleveland, Ohio; Engine Co. No. 15 (Fire) 1895-1896 n/a Other
City of Detroit III 1942 Steamship Pilothouse
City of Detroit III 1929 Steamship Pilothouse
City of Detroit III 1925-1927 Steamship Engineer
City of Detroit III 1930-1935 Steamship Engineer
Clarence Randall 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
Clarence Randall 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
Clarence Randall 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
Clarence Randall 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
Clarence Randall 1961 Steamship Pilothouse
Cleveland 1856 Steamship Financial
Cleveland Fire--Boat 15 1886-1887 n/a Other
Clifford Hood 1953 Steamship Pilothouse
Clifford Hood 1966 Steamship Pilothouse
Clifford Hood 1969 Steamship Pilothouse
Clifford Hood 1967 Steamship Pilothouse
CMW-(Charles M. White??) 1957 Steamship Engineer
Coastwise Vessels--Entrance & Clearance of Vessels in Foreign Trade 1904 n/a Coastwise Vessels
Coastwise Vessels--Entrance & Clearance of Vessels in Foreign Trade 1891 n/a Coastwise Vessels
Coastwise Vessels--Entrance & Clearance of Vessels in Foreign Trade 1885 n/a Coastwise Vessels
Entrance & Clearance of Vessles in Foreign Trade 1907 n/a Other
Coastwise Vessels--Entrance & Clearance of Vessels in Foreign Trade 1906 n/a Coastwise Vessels
Colonel James Pickands 1937-1966 Steamship Maintenance
Columbia 1855-1856 Barger Pilothouse
Columbiana 1871-1872 Schooner Financial
Cousin Mary 1860 Schooner Financial
Cowle 1957 Steamship Engineer
Crew Book, Soo [Tugs Alabama, Iowa, Sabin, Illinois, Reliance] 1924-1925 Tug Financial
Daniel Connelly (Person; Not a ship) -- Desk Diary (2 vols.) 1935-1937 n/a Other
Daniel Connelly (Person; Not a ship) -- Desk Diary (3 vols.) 1938-1939 n/a Other
David Thomson 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
David Thomson 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
Description of Vessels-Interlake SS (Ship Plans) Unknown n/a Other
Donald B. Gilles 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
Donald B. Gilles 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
Donald B. Gilles 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
Donald B. Gilles 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
Donald B. Gilles 1961 Steamship Pilothouse
E. A. S. Clarke 1939-1960 Steamship Inspection Inventory
E. A. S. Clarke 1961 Steamship Pilothouse
E. T. Weir 1967 Steamship Engineer
Eastern States 1942, 1949, 1950 Steamship Pilothouse
Eastern States 1944-1950 Steamship Pilothouse
Eastern States 1947-1948 Steamship Pilothouse
Eastern States 1932 Steamship Pilothouse
Eastern States 1941-1942 Steamship Pilothouse
Erie Dock 1912-1915 n/a Loading
Erwin L. Fisher 1915 Steamship Pilothouse
Erwin L. Fisher-Captain George L. Cotrell 1912 Steamship Pilothouse
Eugene Buffington 1940 Steamship Pilothouse
Finland 1957 Steamship Engineer
Fire Boat No. 15 1892 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1931-1944 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1928-1931 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1926-1928 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1923-1926 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1920-1922 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1917-1920 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1914-1915 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1912-1913 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1911 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1910 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1909 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1907 n/a Other
Fog Signal--St. Martin Island Lighthouse 1906 n/a Other
Frank Billings 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
Frank Billings 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
Frank Billings 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
Frank Billings 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
Frank E. Taplin 1963-1964 Steamship Pilothouse
Frank E. Taplin 1958-1959 Steamship Pilothouse
Frank E. Taplin 1959-1960 Steamship Pilothouse
G.A. Tomlinson Unknown Steamship Engineer
G.A. Tomlinson 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
G.A. Tomlinson 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
Gene Hutchinson 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
Gene Hutchinson 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
Gene Hutchinson 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
Gene Hutchinson 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
Gene Hutchinson 1961 Steamship Pilothouse
Gene Hutchinson 1961 Steamship Engineer
Gene Hutchinson 1960 Steamship Engineer
General Garreston 1913-1921 Steamship Financial
General Gratiot 1836-1838 Steamship Pilothouse
George Stone 1908 Steamship Pilothouse
George Stone 1905 Steamship Financial
Glove Dry Dock Co. 1876-1895 n/a Loading
Greater Detroit 1941 Steamship Pilothouse
Groundings, Collisions, & Losses on the Great Lakes 1847-1864 n/a Other
Hanna Garreston 1858 n/a Financial
Harris N. Snyder 1964 Steamship Engineer
Harris N. Snyder 1965 Steamship Engineer
Harris N. Snyder 1965 (2) Steamship Engineer
Harris N. Snyder 1962 Steamship Engineer
Harris N. Snyder 1966 Steamship Engineer
Harris N. Snyder 1964 Steamship Engineer
Harris N. Snyder 1965 Steamship Engineer
Harris N. Snyder Unknown Year Steamship Engineer
Harry Hosford 1953 Steamship Pilothouse
Harry Hosford 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
Harry W. Croft 1943 Steamship Pilothouse
Hebard 1957 Steamship Engineer
Helvetia 1902 Schooner Pilothouse
Henry Laliberte 1968 Steamship Engineer
Henry Oliver 1899-1905 Steamship Financial
Horace S. Wilkinson 1955-1956 Steamship Engineer
Horace S. Wilkinson 1956 Steamship Engineer
Horses and Horse Transactions Book Unknown Unknown Unknown
Hubbard 1957 Steamship Engineer
Illinois 1958-1960 Tug Pilothouse
Illinois 1953-1955 Tug Pilothouse
Illinois 1949-1950 Tug Pilothouse
Illinois 1963-1966 Tug Pilothouse
Illinois 1950-1953 Tug Pilothouse
Illinois 1955-1958 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1937-1941 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1927 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1922 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1923 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1928 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1934-1936 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1933-1934 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1930-1933 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1929 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1925 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1924 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1921 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1920 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1918 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1919 Tug Pilothouse
Iowa 1931 Tug Pilothouse
Ireland 1957 Steamship Engineer
Ireland 1953 Steamship Pilothouse
J. J. Sullivan 1960 Steamship Engineer
J.J. Sullivan 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
J.J. Sullivan 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
J.J. Sullivan 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
J.J. Sullivan 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
J.J. Sullivan 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
J.J. Sullivan 1961 Steamship Pilothouse
J.S. Ashley 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
J.S. Ashley 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
J.S. Ashley 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
James Davidson 1941 Steamship Pilothouse
James Davidson 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
James Davidson 1968 Steamship Pilothouse
James Davidson 1968 Steamship Pilothouse
James Davidson 1968 (2) Steamship Pilothouse
James E. Ferris 1967 (1) Steamship Engineer
James E. Ferris 1967 (2) Steamship Engineer
James E. Ferris 1967 Steamship Pilothouse
James Ferris 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
James Ferris 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
James Ferris 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
James Ferris 1967 Steamship Pilothouse
James Laughlin 1908-1909 Steamship Pilothouse
James Laughlin 1908 Steamship Financial
James Laughlin 1910 Steamship Pilothouse
James MacNaughton 1940 Steamship Pilothouse
James MacNaughton 1941 Steamship Pilothouse
James MacNaughton 1952 Steamship Pilothouse
James MacNaughton 1932, 1934-1935 Steamship Pilothouse
James MacNaughton 1953 Steamship Pilothouse
James MacNaughton 1948-1949 Steamship Pilothouse
James MacNaughton 1942 Steamship Pilothouse
James P. Walsh 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
James P. Walsh 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
James P. Walsh 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
Joe Morrow 1960 Steamship Pilothouse
Joe S. Morrow 1947 Steamship Engineer
John Dunn Jr. Unknown Unknown Unknown
John Manuel 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
John Manuel 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
John Manuel 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
John Stanton 1957 Steamship Pilothouse
John Stanton 1958 Steamship Pilothouse
John Stanton 1959 Steamship Pilothouse
John Stanton 1960 Steamship Engineer
Kearsarge 1903 Steamship Financial
Kearsarge 1900-1903 Steamship Pilothouse
Kelleys Isl. Lime & Transport 1892-1898 n/a Loading
Kinney 1957 Steamship Engineer
Kinsman Independent 1972 Steamship Pilothouse
Kinsman Independent 1969 Steamship Pilothouse
Kinsman Independent 1968 Steamship Pilothouse
Kinsman Independent 1970 Steamship Pilothouse
Kinsman Voyager 1973 Steamship Pilothouse
Lake Carriers Logs--Joe Morrow, F. H. Brown, Laketon 1943-1945 Steamship Pilothouse
Ledger of Company Dealings, NYP&O Dock Co. 1924-1940 n/a Other
Leon Fraser 1961 Steamship Pilothouse
Leon Fraser 1960-1965 Steamship Pilothouse
Leon Fraser 1964-1965 Steamship Pilothouse
Leon Fraser 1962 Steamship Pilothouse
Leon Fraser 1964 Steamship Pilothouse
Leon Fraser 1963 Steamship Pilothouse
Lights/Shoals on Lake Erie; Lights/Shoals/Courses on Lake Huron; Lights/Shoals/Courses on Lake Superior; Lights on Lake Michigan Unknown n/a Other
Lillie V. Fox-Seaman's Time Book' 1878-1881 Steamship Financial
Liquilassie 1970 Steamship Pilothouse
List of Ships from Halifax to Quebec 1788-1831 n/a Diary
Louisiana 1956-1958 Tug Pilothouse
M. A. Bradley 1910 Steamship Financial
M. A. Bradley 1912-1913 Steamship Financial
M.A. Bradley 1910 Unknown Financial
M.J. Kentos 1932-1933 Unknown Unknown
Maine 91 Tug Pilothouse
Mary B. Mitchell [Acc #82.021] 1905-1907 Steamship Pilothouse
Maryland 1924 Tug Pilothouse
Maryland 1960 Tug Pilothouse
Maryland 1971 Tug Pilothouse
Maryland 1958-1959 Tug Pilothouse
Maryland 1957-1958 Tug Pilothouse
Masaba 1891-1898 Steamship Pilothouse
Massachusetts 1901 Steamship Pilothouse
Mate (Later captain) Paul Ebisch's Diary while on Stmr. SUSQUEHANA [Acc #87.005] 1912-1915 Steamship Diary
Mate (Later captain) Paul Ebisch's Diary while on Stmr. SUSQUEHANA [Acc #87.005] 1912-1915 Steamship Diary
Mate (Later captain) Paul Ebisch's Diary while on Stmr. SUSQUEHANA [Acc #87.005] 1912-1915 Steamship Diary
McIntosh 1913-1920 Steamship Financial
Menihek Lake Unknown Steamship Engineer
Menihek Lake 1962 Steamship Deck Scrap Log
Menihek Lake 1962 (2) Steamship Deck Scrap Log
Merle McCurdy 1971 Steamship Pilothouse
North American 1931 Steamship Pilothouse
North Dakota 1959-1962 Tug Pilothouse
North Dakota