Scrapbook volumes from an unknown compiler contain newspaper clippings relative to 20th century maritime history. Clippings concern world-wide shipping disasters and naval activities of America, Britain, and Germany from the Spanish Civil War through the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II. Topics include American naval defenses, German submarine activity, and shipwrecks in the Chesapeake Bay region.

This is the scrapbook of Lillian H. Hofmeister, who was the wife of the Baltimore Harbormaster, Jean Hofmeister, during the Twentieth International Navigation Congress held in Baltimore, Maryland from September 11 to 19, 1961. The purpose of the convention was to address topics of international seaport development for the accommodation of nuclear vessels and supertankers.