Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Hamilton, A. E.
Hamilton, Charles E.
Rowe, H. C.
Thompson, Edwin
Subjects:
Oyster fisheries–United States
Oyster industry–Connecticut–Bridgeport
Oyster industry–Connecticut–New Haven
Oyster industry–United States
Document Types:
Bills of sale
Broadsides
Deeds
Leases
Licenses
Occupations:
Fishers–Connecticut
Oyster fishers–Connecticut
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Administrative Information
Coll. 121, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Detailed Description of the Records
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Papers; 1834-1954 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Bills; 1881-1903 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Arbitrators Award and map of oysters grounds; 1881-1886 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Agreements; 1881 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Application and Designations; 1866-1911 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Bank Statement, cancelled checks, and adding machine tapes of the Thomas Oyster Co., Inc. of New Haven, Connecticut; 1925 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Bill of Sale of the Steamer WILLIAM H. LOCKWOOD; 1897 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Broadsides; undated | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Certifications; 1881-1950 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Correspondence; 1832-1950 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Deeds and maps; 1882-1923 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Franchises; 1885-1903 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Harvest Permits; 1943-1954 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Leases; 1927-1939 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Licenses; 1894 and undated | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Tax notices; 1909-1935 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Transfers; 1883-1906 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Writs; 1944 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Misc. material pertaining to oystering, donated by Jack Kochiss. These include: magazine articles, pamphlets, Certificate of Enrollment for MARY E. CUFF (photocopy), recipes, odds and ends | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Drawings and printed information on various types of fishing boats 17 | ||||||||||||
| Volumes; 1892-1963 | |||||||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Scrapbook No. 1 (Henry C. Rowe, New Haven, Connecticut) “Contains extracts concerning oyster, legislative and personal matters, principally. From 1872 to 1886” 160 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Trapping the Oyster Drill; 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | New Advances in the Study of Bivalve Larvae; 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Oysters: An Important Health Food; 1925 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | The Oyster: Modern Science Comes to the Support of an Ancient Food; 1932 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Oyster Cultivation in Britain; 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Nutritive Value of Fish and Shellfish; 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Report of Experimental Shellfish Station; 1927 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | The Quahog Fishery of Massachusetts; ca. 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Report of the Department of Biology of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station; 1916 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Report of the Department of Biology of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station; 1917 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Report of the Department of Biology of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station; 1924 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Report of the Department of Biology of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station; 1928 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Annual Report of the Rhode Island Commissioners of Shellfisheries; 1909 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 8th Annual Report of the Florida Shell Fish Division; 1927-1928 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Growth and Setting of Larvae of “Venus Mercenaria” in Relation to Temperance; 1951 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | The Story of Oysters; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Improved Methods for the Collection of Seed Oysters; 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Aids to Successful Oysters Culture; 1921 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Natural History and Methods of Controlling the Common Oyster Drills; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Oyster Pests Control Studies in Long Island Sound; 1935-1936 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Report of Observations Respecting the Oyster Resources and Oyster Fishery of the Pacific Coast of the U.S.; 1893 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | The Sex-Ratio in Alternational Hermaphrodites, etc.; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Sewage-Polluted Oysters as a Cause of Typhoid and other Gastrointestinal Disturbances; 1912 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Introduction of Japanese Oysters into the U. S.; 1932 | ||||||||||||
| 26 | The Oyster and the Oyster Industry of Maryland; 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | The Louisiana Oyster; 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Survey of the Oyster Regions of St. Vincent Sound, Apalachicola Bay, and St. George Sound, Florida; 1897 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Report of the Investigation of Oyster Properties; 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Oysters and Methods of Oyster-Culture with Notes on Clam-Culture; 1897 | ||||||||||||
| 31 | The Oyster and the Oyster Industry of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts; 1920 | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Growth of Oysters with Damaged Shell-Edges; 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | On Development of Early Stages of Urosalpinx Cinerea (Say) at Constant Temperature and their Tolerance to Low Temperatures; 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | The Rate of Feeding of the Common Oyster Drill, at Controlled Water Temperature; 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 35 | Accumulation and Discharge of Spawn by Oysters Living at Different Depths; 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Temperature Requirements for Maturation of Gonads of Northern Oysters; 1852 | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Relative Intensity of Oyster Setting in Different Years in the Same Areas of Long Island Sound; 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Aspects of Behavior of Oysters at Different Temperatures; 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | Survival and Growth of Clam and Oyster Larvae at Different Salinities; 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | Sex in the Louisiana Oyster; 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 41 | Mechanization of Oyster Cultivation; 1948 | ||||||||||||
| 42 | Science Tackles Oyster Problems; 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | Use of Plastic for Collecting Oyster Set; 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 44 | Use of Plastic Sheets for Conversion of Soft, Muddy Bottoms into Oyster Beds; 1959 | ||||||||||||
| 45 | Annual Report of the Delaware Commission of Shell Fisheries; 1955-1956 | ||||||||||||
| 46 | Feeding and Fattening of Oysters; 1944 | ||||||||||||
| 47 | Report on European Methods of Oyster-Culture; 1893 | ||||||||||||
| 48 | Oyster Possibilities in Louisiana Waters; 1947 | ||||||||||||
| 49 | Use of Chemical Barriers to Protect Shellfish Beds from Predators/Production of Clam and Oyster Seed; 1960 | ||||||||||||
| 50 | Holland Fish Trade; 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 51 | Differences in Intensity of Setting of Oyster and Starfish; 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 52 | Behavior of Oysters in Water of Low Salinities; 1952 | ||||||||||||
| 53 | Burial as a Method for Control of the Common Oyster Drill; 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 54 | Mortality of Olympia Oysters at Low Temperatures; 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 55 | Survival of Some Juvenile Bivalves in Water of Low Salinity; 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 56 | Food Requirements of Some Bivalve Larvae; 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 57 | Utilization of Salt Water Ponds for Shellfish Culture; 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 58 | Oysters and Oyster Farming; 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 59 | Some Handy Formulae; 1955 | ||||||||||||
| 60 | Report on the Present Methods of Oyster Culture in France; 1892 | ||||||||||||
| 61 | Japanese Oyster Culture; 1903 | ||||||||||||
| 62 | Studies of the Oyster Drill; 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 63 | An Experimental Study in Production and Collection of Seed Oysters; 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 64 | Investigation of the Physical Conditions Controlling Spawning of Oysters and the Occurrence, Distribution, and Setting of Oyster Larvae in Milford Harbor, Connecticut; 1928 | ||||||||||||
| 65 | Oyster Production in the Rivers Crouch and Roach, Essex, from 1950 to 1954; 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 66 | Scientific Methods of Oyster Farming; 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 67 | Oyster Farming; 1927 | ||||||||||||
| 68 | Relation of Spawning of the Oyster to Temperature; 1928 | ||||||||||||
| 69 | Oyster Conservation in Connecticut: Past and Present; 1941 | ||||||||||||
| 70 | Oyster Farming in Eastern Canada; 1941 | ||||||||||||
| 71 | Spawning and Setting of American Oyster, in Relation to Lunar Phases; 1951 | ||||||||||||
| 72 | The Role of Copper in the Setting, Metamorphosis, and Distribution of the American Oyster; 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 73 | Advantages of Producing Seed Oysters Inshore; 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 74 | New Oyster Dredging Methods; 1949 | ||||||||||||
| 75 | Shellfish Hatcheries and Their Future; 1963 | ||||||||||||
| 76 | How to Cook Oysters; 1953 | ||||||||||||
| 77 | The Wholesomeness of Oysters as Food; 1908 | ||||||||||||