A guide to the Stuart P. Walsh collection, 1918-1922, 1939-1941, 1947, 1973
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
2013
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A Guide to the Stuart P. Walsh collection
HDC1320
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2013, National Park Service
Title: Stuart P. Walsh collection
Date: 1918-1922, 1939-1941, 1947, 1973
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1320 (SAFR 21383)
Compiler:
Walsh, Stuart P.
Physical Description:
37 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Stuart P. Walsh collection (HDC 1320, SAFR 21383) consists of logbooks; letters and newspaper clippings, a Coast Guard
operator's license and photographs.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC1320 (SAFR 21383), Stuart P. Walsh collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00762
SAFR-02202 (11 items)
Gift from the Associates of the National Maritime Museum Library.
Historical or Biographical Note
Stuart P. Walsh, who collected these documents, was head of the Seattle Boy Scouts and instrumental in starting the first
Sea Scout Chapter in the city of San Francisco.
Walsh wrote five manuals for Boy Scout leaders including the pamphlet, Sea Scouts Afloat: Hints on Cruising in 1932 with his
co-author Harry B. Jones. The yacht WHITE LIGHT sailed out of Seattle.
The passenger vessel the PRINCESS SOPHIA was built in 1912 by Bow, McLachlan and Company of Paisley, Scotland. The ship was
built for the Canadian Pacific Line's Alaska run, and made its maiden voyage in June of 1912. On October 25, 1918, the steam
ship struck Vanderbilt Reef, in Alaskan territory, and all 268 passengers on board were killed. According to "The Wreck of
the Princess Sophia" (http://www.ssislander.co.uk/sophia.html), the ship's sinking was "Southeast Alaska's worst maritime
disaster."
The Stuart P. Walsh collection (HDC 1320, SAFR 21383) consists of logbooks; letters and newspaper clippings, a Coast Guard
operator's license and photographs.
Stuart P. Walsh collected logbooks for the WHITE LIGHT (built 1934; yacht); letters and newspaper clippings about the sinking
of the PRINCESS SOPHIA (built 1912; passenger vessel) and the subsequent litigation. Walsh also had a license to operate motor
boats carrying passengers for hire issued by the US Coast Guard; and photographs of various places and vessels in the Pacific
Northwest. The collection has been processed to the file unit level and is open for use without restrictions.
Two series: documents and photographs. Series 1 are documents contained in four file folders and Series 2 are photographs
separated to a large flat box.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Shipwrecks--Alaska
Yachting
Walsh, Stuart P.
Princess Sophia (Steamboat)
White Light (built 1934; yacht)
Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Correspondence
Clippings
Photographic prints
Logbook