Records of the White Oak Transportation Company

Overview of the Collection
	Repository:	G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
	Creator:	White Oak Transportation Company
	Title:	Records of the White Oak Transportation Company
	Dates:	1907-1912
	Extent:	4500 pieces
	Abstract:	Papers document voyage by voyage details of coal trade between New England and Newport News, Virginia and include vessel information, weather conditions, incidents at sea, loading information, payroll records, and the names of companies doing business with the White Oak Transportation Company.
	Identification:	Coll. 278

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History of the White Oak Transportation Company

The White Oak Transportation Company was based in Boston, Massachusetts in the early twentieth century.

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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.

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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.

Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):

Badger (Barge)
Baravia (Barge)
Baroness (Barge)
Bay City (Steamship)
Bay Port (Steamship)
Bay State (Steamship)
Bay View (Steamship)
Berkshire (Barge)
Bombay (Barge)
Brittania (Barge)

Places:

Boston (Mass.)
Newport News (Va.)

Subjects:

Coal trade Ships–Cargo

Document Types:

Accounts
Receipts

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 278, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Bay City (Steamship); 1908-1909
Box	Folder
1	1		Supply requisitions and general accounts; 1908
	2		Papers; 1908 Jun 21-29
	3		Papers; 1908 Oct 15-27
	4		Papers; 1908 Nov 14-25
	5		Papers; 1908 Dec 24 – 1909 Jan 6
	6		Papers; 1909 Jan 9-27
	7		Papers; 1909 Mar 20-25
Bay Port (Steamship); 1908-1911
Box	Folder
1	8		Papers; 1908 Jun 23-Jul 26
	9		Papers; 1909 Jan 13-26
	10		Papers; 1909 Feb 10-23
	11		Papers; 1909 Jun 9-Aug 7
	12		Papers; 1909 Aug 26-Sep 3
	13		Papers; 1909 Sep 5-13
	14		Papers; 1909 Sep 18-30
Box	Folder
2	1		Papers; 1909 Dec 3-12
	2		Papers; 1910 Jan 7-21
	3		Papers; 1910 Jan 22-Feb 3
	4		Papers; 1910 Apr 9-17
	5		Papers; 1910 Apr 20-28
	6		Papers; 1910 Apr 30-May 12
	7		Papers; 1910 Sep-Oct 13
	8		Papers; 1910 Oct 17-29
	9		Papers [Baroness (barge) lost]; 1910 Nov 1-14
	10		Papers; 1910 Dec 2-11
	11		Papers; 1910 Dec 13-23
	12		Papers; 1920 Dec 24-1911 Jan 4
	13		Papers; 1911 Jan 6-9
	14		Papers; 1911 Jan 17-26
	15		Papers; 1911 Jan 28-Feb 9
	16		Papers [Ship repaired]; 1911 Feb 14-27
	17		Papers; 1911 Feb 28-Mar 6
	18		Papers; 1911 Mar 8-19
Box	Folder
3	1		Papers; 1911 Mar 24-30
	2		Papers; 1911 Apr 1-9
	3		Papers; 1911 Apr 25-May 2
	4		Papers; 1911 May 17-25
	5		Papers; 1911 May 27-Jun 5
	6		Papers; 1911 Jun 8-18
	7		Papers; 1911 Aug 24-Sep 3
Bay State (Steamship); 1908-1911
Box	Folder
3	8		General accounts; 1908
	9		General accounts; 1909-1911
	10		Papers; 1908 May 16-25
	11		Papers; 1908 Sep 4-14
	12		Papers; 1909 Jan 18-26
	13		Papers; 1909 Jan 28-Feb 5
	14		Papers; 1909 Feb 9-12
	15		Papers; 1909 Feb 16-23
Box	Folder
4	1		Papers; 1909 Feb 27-Mar 9
	2		Papers; 1909 Mar 11-22
	3		Papers; 1909 Sep 9-18
	4		Papers; 1909 Nov 10-21
	5		Papers; 1909 Nov 23-Dec 5
	6		Papers; 1909 Dec 10-22
	7		Papers; 1909 Dec 24-1910 Jan 20
	8		Papers; 1910 Jan 22-Feb 3
	9		Papers; 1911 Jan 12-24
	10		Papers; 1911 Feb 4-14
	11		Papers; 1911 Feb 18-26
	12		Papers; 1911 Mar 2-10
	13		Papers; 1911 Mar 28-Apr 6
	14		Papers; 1911 Apr 8-16
	15		Papers; 1911 May 3-10
	16		Papers; 1911 May 14-23
	17		Papers; 1911 Jun 23-Jul 2
Box	Folder
5	1		Papers; 1911 Jul 20-30
	2		Papers; 1911 Aug 12-18
	3		Papers; 1911 Aug 23-30
	4		Papers; 1911 Sep 1-13
Bay View (Steamship); 1908-1913
Box	Folder
5	5		Supply requisitions; 1908 Jul-Aug (12 pieces )
	6		Supply requisitions, general accounts; 1909 Apr-Aug (25 pieces )
	7		Water bills, engineer’s supplies, deck stores; 1911 Feb- May
	8		Papers; 1908 Oct 17-31 (35 pieces )
	9		Papers; 1909 Feb 4-18 (50 pieces )
	10		Papers; 1909 May 5-13 (40 pieces )
	11		Papers; 1909 Mar 16-23 (50 pieces )
	12		Papers; 1909 Jul 14-24 (35 pieces )
	13		Papers; 1909 Jul 27-Aug 1 (50 pieces )
	14		Papers; 1909 Aug 7-16 (25 pieces )
	15		Papers; 1909 Aug 20-29 (35 pieces )
Box	Folder
6	1		Papers; 1909 Sep 2-12 (40 pieces )
	2		Papers; 1909 Sep 12-21 (30 pieces )
	3		Papers; 1910 Dec-1911 Jan
	4		Papers; 1911 Feb 15-21 (40 pieces )
	5		Papers; 1911 Feb 23-28 (25 pieces )
	6		Papers; 1911 Mar 3-13 (35 pieces )
	7		Papers; 1911 Mar 25-Apr 3 (50 pieces )
	8		Papers; 1911 Apr 4-12 (30 pieces )
	9		Papers; 1911 Apr 14-24 (30 pieces )
	10		Papers; 1911 Apr 28-May 8 (50 pieces )
	11		Papers; 1912 Feb 26-Mar 13 (30 pieces )
	12		Papers; 1912 Mar 16-23 (30 pieces )
Box	Folder
7	1		Papers; 1912 Mar 27-Apr 5 (25 pieces )
	2		Papers; 1912 Apr 25-May 6 (25 pieces )
	3		Papers; 1912 May 7-15 (30 pieces )
	4		Papers; 1912 May 15-27 (30 pieces )
	5		Papers; 1912 May 27-Jun. 4 (30 pieces )
	6		Papers; 1912 Jun 7-17 (30 pieces )
	7		Papers; 1912 Jun 17-25 (30 pieces )
	8		Papers; 1912 Jul 12-25
	9		Papers; 1912 Jul 25-Aug 4 (25 pieces )
	10		Papers; 1912 Aug 5-14 (25 pieces )
	11		Papers; 1912 Aug 17-24 (30 pieces )
	12		Papers; 1912 Sep 4-16 (25 pieces )
	13		Papers; 1912 Sep 16-23 (30 pieces )
Box	Folder
8	1		Papers; 1912 Sep 25-Oct 3 (30 pieces )
	2		Papers; 1912 Oct 5-11 (30 pieces )
	3		Papers; 1912 Oct 12-19 (30 pieces )
	4		Papers; 1912 Nov 12-28 (25 pieces )
	5		Papers; 1912 Dec 1-13 (25 pieces )
	6		Papers; 1912 Dec 15-23 (30 pieces )
	7		Papers; 1912 Dec 28 – 1913 Jan 5
Badger (Barge); 1907-1911
Box	Folder
9	1		General accounts; 1907-1908
	2		General accounts; 1909-1911
	3		Papers; 1908 Jun 16-28 (12 pieces )
	4		Papers; 1908 Jul 7-13 (14 pieces )
	5		Papers; 1908 Aug 24-Sep 5 (15 pieces )
	6		Papers; 1908 Nov 30-Dec 13 (12 pieces )
	7		Papers; 1908 Dec 22-1909 Jan 4 (10 pieces )
	8		Papers; 1909 Jan 16-22 (1 pieces )
	9		Papers; 1909 Jan 31-Feb 5 (10 pieces )
	10		Papers; 1909 Feb 16-23 (12 pieces )
	11		Papers; 1909 Aug 28-Sep 3 (15 pieces )
	12		Papers; 1909 Sep 13-18 (10 pieces )
	13		Papers; 1909 Nov 2-13 (10 pieces )
	14		Papers; 1909 Nov 23-30 (12 pieces )
	15		Papers; 1909 Dec 11-20 (10 pieces )
	16		Papers[adrift in a gale]; 1909 Dec 29-1910 Jan 20 (10 pieces )
	17		Papers; 1910 Feb 26-Feb 1 (10 pieces )
	18		Papers; 1910 Feb 10-15 (10 pieces )
	19		Papers; 1910 Feb 7-Mar 7 (15 pieces )
	20		Papers; 1910 Mar 20-28 (10 pieces )
	21		Papers; 1910 Apr 5-17 (10 pieces )
	22		Papers; 1910 Apr 20-28 (12 pieces )
	23		Papers; 1910 Jun 6-14 (10 pieces )
Box	Folder
10	1		Papers; 1910 Aug 10-20 (12 pieces )
	2		Papers; 1910 Sep 1-8 (10 pieces )
	3		Papers; 1910 Sep 12-22 (10 pieces )
	4		Papers; 1910 Oct 2-12 (10 pieces )
	5		Papers; 1910 Oct 23-31 (12 pieces )
	6		Papers; 1910 Nov 2-Dec 7 (15 pieces )
	7		Papers; 1910 Dec 11-19 (5 pieces )
	8		Papers; 1910 Dec 24-1911 Jan 6 (9 pieces )
	9		Papers; 1911 Jan 7-20 (15 pieces )
	10		Papers; 1911 Feb 5-12 (10 pieces )
	11		Papers; 1911 Feb 21-Mar 1 (15 pieces )
	12		Papers; 1911 Mar 3-23 (10 pieces )
	13		Papers; 1911 Mar 26-Apr 6 (10 pieces )
	14		Papers; 1911 Apr 15-21 (12 pieces )
	15		Papers; 1911 Apr 27-May 6 (10 pieces )
	16		Papers; 1911 May 14-24 (12 pieces )
	17		Papers; 1911 May 27-Jun 2 (15 pieces )
	18		Papers; 1911 Jun 7-19 (15 pieces )
	19		Papers; 1911 Jun 23-30 (12 pieces )
	20		Papers; 1911 Jul 5-13 (18 pieces )
	21		Papers; 1911 Jul 24-31 (18 pieces )
	22		Papers; 1911 Aug 12-21 (8 pieces )
	23		Papers; 1911 Sep 5-14 (10 pieces )
	24		Papers; 1911 Sep 20-30 (20 pieces )
	25		Papers; 1911 Sep 30-Oct 14 (15 pieces )
	26		Papers; 1911 Oct 19-Nov 7 (12 pieces )
	27		Papers; 1911 Nov 8-24 (20 pieces )
Baravia (Barge); 1908-1911
Box	Folder
11	1		Papers; 1908 Aug 14-21 (10 pieces )
	2		Papers; 1909 Jan 10-26 (12 pieces )
	3		Papers; 1910 Apr 26-May 5 (3 pieces )
	4		Papers; 1910 May 11-23 (8 pieces )
	5		Papers; 1910 May 28-Jun 12 (10 pieces )
	6		Papers; 1910 Jun 18-28 (8 pieces )
	7		Papers; 1910 Jul 20-Aug 3 (12 pieces )
	8		Papers; 1910 Aug 8-16 (8 pieces )
	9		Papers; 1910 Aug 20-Sep 6 (8 pieces )
	10		Papers; 1910 Sep 16-26 (8 pieces )
	11		Papers; 1910 Sep 29-Oct 5 (8 pieces )
	12		Papers; 1910 Oct 11-19 (10 pieces )
	13		Papers; 1910 Nov 3-13 (10 pieces )
	14		Papers; 1910 Nov 22-Dec 3 (8 pieces )
	15		Papers; 1910 Dec 25-Jan (8 pieces )
	16		Papers; 1911 Jan 12-23 (12 pieces )
	17		Papers; 1911 Mar 11-23 (15 pieces )
	18		Papers; 1911 Jun 3-16 (8 pieces )
	19		Papers; 1911 Jul 29-Aug 6 (12 pieces )
	20		Papers; 1911 Aug 12-21 (12 pieces )
	21		Papers; 1911 Oct 19-28 (15 pieces )
	22		Papers; 1911 Nov 2-9 (10 pieces )
	23		Papers; 1911 Nov 15-23 (10 pieces )
	24		Papers; 1911 Nov 28-Dec 8 (8 pieces )
Baroness (Barge); 1908-1910
Box	Folder
12	1		Supply requisitions and general accounts; 1908-1909 (35 pieces )
	2		Papers; 1908 May 31-Jun 11 (14 pieces )
	3		Papers; 1908 Jul 11-21 (12 pieces )
	4		Papers; 1909 Jan 13-25 (15 pieces )
	5		Papers; 1909 Jan 31-Feb 9 (15 pieces )
	6		Papers; 1909 Aug 29-Sep 9 (12 pieces )
	7		Papers; 1909 Nov 18-Dec 4 (8 pieces )
	8		Papers; 1909 Dec 8-19 (8 pieces )
	9		Papers; 1909 Dec 25-1910 Jan 20 (10 pieces )
	10		Papers; 1910 Jan 22-Feb 2 (10 pieces )
Berkshire (Barge); 1907
Box	Folder
12	11		Papers; 1907 Sep 28-Oct 19 (22 pieces )
Bombay (Barge); 1909-1910
Box	Folder
12	12		Papers; 1909 Nov 11-22
	13		Papers; 1909 Nov 24-Dec 6
	14		Papers; 1910 Jan 9-24
	15		Papers; 1910 Mar 9-22
	16		Papers; 1910 Mar 30-Apr 21
	17		Papers; 1910 Jun 18-Jul 1
	18		Papers; 1910 Aug 16-Sep 6
	19		Papers; 1910 Oct 25-Nov 13
	20		Papers; 1910 Dec 24-1910 Jan 4
Brittania (Barge); 1908-1910
Box	Folder
12	21		Supply requisitions and general accounts; 1908
	22		Papers; 1908 Jun 16-28
	23		Papers; 1908 Jul 3-14
	24		Papers; 1910 Jan 9-22 (3 pieces )
	25		Papers; 1910 Feb 18-Mar 6 (7 pieces )

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