Guide to the Crowley Maritime Corporation Records
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Guide to the Crowley Maritime Corporation Records
Collection number: BANC MSS 89/49 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Processed by:
- Elizabeth Stephens
- Date Completed:
- December 2004
- Encoded by:
- James Lake
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Crowley Maritime Corporation records,
Date (inclusive): 1888-1968
Collection Number: BANC MSS 89/49 c
Creator:
Crowley Maritime Corporation
Extent:
Number of containers: 29 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 3 oversize boxes, 4 volumes
Linear feet: 14
Repository: The
Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: Contains business records primarily for the early years of the company's operation in the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes
ledgers, account books, time books, stockholders records, payroll journals, cash books, pilot books and related material for
the Crowley Tugboat and Launch Company, Shipowners and Merchants Tugboat Company, Marinolich Ship Building Company, Harbor
Tug and Barge Company, and other Crowley enterprises.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must
be submitted in writing to the appropriate curator or the Head of Public Services for forwarding. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and the copyright.
Preferred Citation
Crowley Maritime Corporation records. BANC MSS 89/49 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related Collections
Crowley Maritime Corporation Pictorial Collection, BANC PIC 1990.007--ffALB
Crowley Maritime Corporation: San Francisco Bay tugboats to international transportation fleet: Oral history transcript and
related material, BANC MSS 85/26 c
Material Cataloged Separately
- Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Crowley, Thomas Bannon.
Shipping--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Work boats--California--San Francisco Bay.
Tugboats.
Shipbuilding.
Pilots and pilotage.
Inland water transportation--California.
Coastwise shipping--California.
Genres and Forms of Material
Account books.
Business records.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
Shipowners & Merchants Tugboat Company.
Crowley Launch and Tugboat Company.
Online Archive of California.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Crowley Maritime Corporation Records were given to The Bancroft Library by Thomas B. Crowley on December 16, 1988. Additions
were made on June 21, 2004.
Corporate History
Originally headquartered in Oakland, California, Crowley Maritime Corporation is one of the most diversified marine operations
companies in the world. Between 1973 and 1985, after several decades of doing business under as many as 45 different names,
Crowley Maritime Corporation consolidated it's various companies under the new corporation. It now provides diversified transportation
services in domestic and international markets by means of four operating lines of business: Liner Services; Ship Assist and
Escort Services; Oil and Chemical Distribution and Transportation Services; and Energy and Marine Services.
Thomas Crowley began ferrying sailors and supplies in a rowboat on San Francisco Bay in the 1800s. By 1904, he was running
28 foot launches with 8-horsepower engines. The Crowley Launch and Tugboat Company was officially created in 1906. Crowley
summed up his mission statement as "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, on Water." He adapted equipment, created services, and bought
into existing operations in California and elsewhere.
In 1918, he purchased a quarter interest in San Francisco's Red Stack tugs, owned by the Shipowners and Merchants Towboat
Company and continued investing until he held 100 percent of the stock. He also built double deck passenger boats for harbor
tours and established a shipyard, Martinolich Shipyard, to repair his own fleet.
Crowley expanded into Puget Sound, shortly after World War I with the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company. He continued to expand
into all major West Coast ports with launches and tugs and entered the common carrier freight services in 1935 with the purchase
of Bay Cities Transportation Company and entered the bulk-petroleum transportation in 1939. In the 1940s, Harbor Tug and Barge
Company was acquired to expand harbor services in San Francisco Bay, and in 1951, a second Oakland facility, Merrit Shipyards,
was purchased to increase repair capabilities.
[Excerpted from
Crowley Maritime Corporation A Century of Service 1892-1992 and the Crowley Maritime website.]
Scope and Content Note
Crowley Maritime Corporation Records, 1888-1968, contains business records primarily for the early years of the company's
operation in the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes ledgers, account books, time books, stockholders records, payroll journals,
cash books, pilot books, and related material for Crowley Tugboat and Launch Company, Shipowners and Merchants Tugboat Company,
Martinolich Shipbuilding Company, Harbor Tug and Barge Company, and other Crowley enterprises.
Boxes 1-10; Volume 1
Series 1:
Crowley Launch and Tugboat Company, 1894-1965
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchally and chronologically where appropriate.
Contains ledgers, towing logs, trip logs, and time book.
box 4, folder 1-7
Accounts Receivable Ledger
1923-28
box 7, folder 1-4
Accounts Receivable Ledger
1959-66
box 7, folder 5
Depreciation and Payroll Recap
1923-30
box 7, folder 6
Depreciation and Payroll Recap
1926-39
box 8, folder 1-9
Earnings Record Ledger
1945-52
box 9, folder 1-10
Earnings Record Ledger
1953-62
Boxes 11-19; Oversize box 1-3; Volumes 2-4
Series 2:
Shipowners & Merchants Tugboat Company, 1888-1965
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchally and chronologically where appropriate.
Contains ledgers and journals for stock transfer, towage accounts, and cash disbursements; orders for towing; boat descriptions;
damage log; and trip logs for the Red Stack Pilots.
box 11, folder 1
Stock Transfer Journal
Nov. 1, 1888
box 11, folder 2
Palo Alto Stock Ledger
1888-1918
box 11, folder 3
Stock Certificate Book
1907-10
box 14, folder 1-8
Towage debtor's ledger
1919
box 15, folder 1-7
Towage debtor's ledger
1919
Oversize box 2
Cash Disbursements Journal
1955-62
box 16, folder 1
Sea Lion, chief engineer's log
1921-22
box 16, folder 2
Red Stack tug fleet, boat descriptions
1918-19
box 16, folder 3
Red Stack Pilots, damage log
1946-58
box 16, folder 4
Trip log for Sea Tows
1946-53
Boxes 20-21
Series 3:
Martinolich Shipbuilding Company, 1936-1953
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Contains cash journal, general ledger, and ship repair ledger.
box 21, folder 9-10
Ship repair ledger
1953-58
Boxes 22-23; Box 24, folder 1; Oversize folder 1B
Series 4:
Harbor Tug and Barge Company, 1924-1948
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchally.
Contains general ledger, trip log, and scrapbook pages.
box 24, folder 1
Harbor Tug trip log
1924-27
Box 24, folders 2-8; Boxes 25-29
Series 5:
Related Companies, 1923-1968
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged in rough chronological order.
Contains trip logs, journals, account ledgers, and related material.
box 24, folder 2-3
Bay Pilots, trip logs
1927-41
box 24, folder 4
Oakland Pilots and Tugs/BAR Pilots, trip log
1932
box 24, folder 5
Oakland Pilots and Tugs, trip log
1937-38
box 24, folder 6-8
BAR Pilots, trip logs
1933-41
box 25, folder 1-2
Thomas Crowley cash journal
1923-28
box 25, folder 3-4
UR Company, journal
1927-41
box 26, folder 1-2
Army and Navy Tugs & Pilots, pilot logs
1947-52
box 27, folder 1-9
Texaco Station account ledger
1937-48
box 28, folder 1-4
Texaco Station account ledger
1937-48
box 29, folder 1-5
Twenty Grand Pacific, Inc., general ledger
1967-68
box 29, folder 6
Bay Cities Transportation Co, Instruction Book for Markey Hydraulic windlass
1964
box 29, folder 7
Mississippi Shipbuilding Co./Delta Line, S. S. Delbrasil
1939-40