Sailing ships and SF Maritime Collections

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Highlights from the Park's collections related to particular sailing ships (see also life aboard ship and SF Maritime Collections):

 

Alma:

• Plans: see our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Drawings page for obtaining them free online, or in print for a fee.
• Annotated bibliography of resources in the Park's Maritime Research Center related to the Alma
  

Balclutha:

• Bibliography, compiled by Chris Edwards with the assistance of Diane Cooper, August 8, 2004. A selection of recommended resources available in the Library. (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file, 2 p.)
• Plans: see our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Drawings page for obtaining them free online, or in print for a fee.
  

C.A. Thayer:

• "Hilda Nelson's Family Photo Album" (Collections Corner article)
• Plans: see our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Drawings page for obtaining them free online, or in print for a fee.
• Preserving Bendixsen Drawings (C.A. Thayer and Metha Nelson)
  

Croton:

• "A Gold Rush Journal 'Round the Horn: More Latitude Than Longitude" (blog post)
• "A Gold Rush Journal 'Round the Horn: Two Sketches" (blog post)
• "A Gold Rush Journal 'Round the Horn: Two More Sketches" (blog post)
• "A Gold Rush Journal 'Round the Horn: Wildlife, Wind and Rum" (blog post)

Jeannette:

• "Digging for Gold at the Library: Jeannette" (blog post)
• "Scrimshawed Walrus Tusks" illustrating Jeannette (Collections Corner article)
  

Kaiulani (later Star of Finland)

• "Kaiulani Logbooks Discovered" (Collections Corner article)

Lina:

• Watercolor, "John Milton Ramm" (Collections Corner article)
  

Niantic:

• "Buried Gold Rush Ship" (Collections Corner article)
• "Vividly written journals detail four voyages of the Niantic"