Shipping
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Works on shipping in the sense of the dispatch of goods by any means of transportation are entered under the heading Shipment of goods when relating to the activities of the shipper, or Freight and freightage when relating to those of the carrier.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Frederick Leigh employment records
Collection
Identifier: MS 3244
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records from Frederick Leigh's employment as a busboy and waiter with the Merchants and Miner's Transportation Company, 1939-1941. Included are Leigh's identification papers, employment record on the SS Chatham, discharge papers, and dues to the National Maritime Union. Leigh's photograph is included on his identification papers, as well as his signature and thumb print. His complexion is listed as "colored".
Dates:
1939 - 1941
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company records
Collection
Identifier: MS 2166
Abstract
This collection contains the records of the Baltimore-based shipping company, Merchants and Miners Transportation Company. Materials include correspondence, financial records, journals, ship inventories, legal records, minute books, and war shipment records.
Dates:
1852-1952