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A guide to the Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement, 1954
HDC0046 (SAFR 14040)  
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  • Historical or Biographical Note
  • Collection Scope and Content
  • Collection Arrangement

  • Title: Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement
    Date: 1954
    Identifier/Call Number: HDC0046 (SAFR 14040)
    Physical Description: 1 item
    Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
    Building E, Fort Mason
    San Francisco, CA 94123
    Abstract: The Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement (SAFR 14040, HDC 46) is comprised of one agreement between Shipowners & Merchant Towboat Company and the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, San Francisco Division, regarding wages, overtime, subsistence, hours, working conditions, vacations, method of employment, docking, assisting transporting ships, and general harbor work, dated 1954. This collection is processed and open for use without restrictions.
    Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
    Language(s): In English.

    Access

    This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

    Publication and Use Rights

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    Processing Note

    Note on Description: The descriptions in this collection guide were compiled using the best available sources of information. Such sources include the creator's annotations or descriptions, collection accession files, primary and secondary source material and subject matter experts. While every effort was made to provide accurate information, in the event that you find any errors in this guide please contact the reference staff in order for us to evaulate and make corrections to this guide. P lease cite the title and collection number in any correspondence with our staff.

    Preferred Citation

    [Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC0046 (SAFR 14040), Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

    Acquisition Information

    SAFR-00001
    This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.

    Historical or Biographical Note

    The parent company represented by the Shipowners and Merchants Tugboat Company was the Red Stack Tug operation, owned by Thomas B. Crowley. His father, Thomas Crowley, started the company with a rowboat on San Francisco Bay in 1892 and was active until his death in 1970. Crowley is now a large, diversified maritime and energy corporation. Thomas B. Crowley ran the company until 1992, and Thomas B. Crowley Jr. is the current chairman and CEO.

    Collection Scope and Content

    The Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement (SAFR 14040, HDC 46) is comprised of one agreement between Shipowners & Merchant Towboat Company and the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, San Francisco Division, regarding wages, overtime, subsistence, hours, working conditions, vacations, method of employment, docking, assisting transporting ships, and general harbor work, dated 1954. This collection is processed and open for use without restrictions.

    Collection Arrangement

    This is a collection of one item.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    tugboats
    Shipowners
    San Francisco (Calif.)