Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement, 1954

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Summary

Title:
Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement
Dates:
1954
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.
Extent:
1 item
Language:
In English.
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

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-00001

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

Processing information:

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Arrangement:

This is a collection of one item.

Physical location:
San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .

Indexed terms

Subjects:
tugboats
Shipowners
Places:
San Francisco (Calif.)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by: Historic Documents Department Staff (Bailey).
Date Prepared:
2012
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ICMS database and converted into xml from a template revised and updated by San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department. 8/16/2012 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

Terms of access:

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

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

Location of this collection:
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123, US
Contact:
415-561-7030
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