Research Links

Links to online research resources

Research Links

There are numerous online resources provided by CAMM member institutions for researching maritime history. Some sites provide a searchable catalog or downloadable digital images; others simply include a description of their collection requiring an onsite visit to access the material. Click on the categories below to move to that topic.

Manuscripts Collections
Maps & Charts
Navy / Military
Oral Histories
Photography
Ships
Shipwrecks / Maritime Archaeology
Small Craft
U.S. Lifesaving Service
U.S. Lighthouse Service

Manuscript Collections

Los Angeles Maritime Museum’s Online Archive of California Finding Aids
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
Maryland Historical Society
MIT Hart Nautical Collections
Mystic Seaport
Navy History and Heritage Command
San Francisco Maritime NHP
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Maps & Charts

Navy / Military

Oral Histories

Photography

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Library of Congress “Built in America” project (documentation projects by HABS/HAER/HALS)
Maryland Historical Society
Mystic Seaport
Naval History & Heritage Command
New Bedford Whaling Museum
San Francisco Maritime NHP
Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Ships

CAMM’s Directory of Ship Plans
Historic Naval Ships Association
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Library of Congress “Built in America” project (includes photos, plans, and histories of ships by HABS/HAER/HALS)
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
The Mariners’ Museum (plans & drawings)
Mystic Seaport (ship plans)
National Archives: Maritime Records
Naval History and Heritage Command
San Francisco Maritime NHP
U.S. Ship Log Books of the 19th & 20th Centuries (An Old Weather Citizen History Project)

Shipwrecks / Maritime Archaeology

Institute of Nautical Archaeology
Library of Congress “Built in America” project (includes photos, plans, and histories of shipwrecks documented by HABS/HAER/HALS)
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (Lake Champlain shipwrecks)
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (Nova Scotia shipwrecks)
Naval History & Heritage Command

Small Craft

U.S. Lifesaving Service

U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association

U.S. Lighthouse Service

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Library of Congress “Built in America” project (includes photos, plans, and histories of lighthouses documented by HABS/HAER/HALS)

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