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Program

Preservation and Access: Reference Materials - Access

Period of Performance

7/1/1978 - 6/30/1981

Funding Totals

$89,016.00 (approved)
$89,016.00 (awarded)

Howard Ship Yards Collections

FAIN: RC-*0753-78

Indiana University (Bloomington, IN 47405-7000)
Saundra Taylor (Project Director: November 1977 to October 1990)

To process the records of a major boat-building firm, 1834-1942. 260,000 manuscript pieces will be organized; a finding guide to the collection will be edited and published. The archives will be available for scholarly work on the following topics: boat construction, inland water transportation, business and economic history, and naval affairs during the Civil and Spanish-American Wars.