A guide to the Fred W. Hughes memoirs, 1924-1954
Processed by: Historic Documents Department Staff (Bailey), March 2015 (OAC).
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
2015
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A Guide to the Fred W. Hughes memoirs
HDC0372
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2015, National Park Service
Title: Fred W. Hughes memoirs
Date: 1924-1954
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0372 (SAFR 17561)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
.3 linear ft.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Fred W. Hughes memoirs (SAFR 17561, HDC 0372) collection consists of memoirs and scrapbook materials that document the
career events of Hughes. The memoirs are not in a final order or compiled. The collection is available for research use without
restriction.
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], HDC0372 (SAFR 17561), Fred W. Hughes memoirs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
Mr. Hughes was the manager of the Koke Club in Japan, and he worked for both Matson and N.Y.K. lines.
The Fred W. Hughes memoirs (SAFR 17561, HDC 0372) collection consists of memoirs and scrapbook materials that document the
career events of Hughes. The memoirs are not in a final order or compiled. The collection is available for research use without
restriction.
Folder 1 contains a (mostly) typewritten memoir/autobiography titled "Fifty years in the Merchants Service." It is a draft
and contains correction and notes. This folder also contains an "analysis of subsistence cost" (of food).
Folder 2 contains newspaper clippings; correspondence; a listing of ship lines and ships Mr. Hughes sailed on; notebooks;
steward supply report book (food list); and passenger lists for the S.S. Maui.
Folder 3 contains photographs of exhibition baseball in Japan in 1925 sponsored by Steamship Lines; a postcard; and photographs
of a (ship?) ballroom.
The items are arranged in three folders.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
merchant mariners
Seafaring life
Clippings (Newspapers, books, etc.)
Scrapbooks
autobiographies
newspaper clippings
Correspondence
Nautical charts
Photographic prints