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A guide to the General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. charter party ledgers, 1923-1941
HDC1663 (SAFR 23818)
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Title: General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. charter party ledgers
Date: 1923-1941
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1663 (SAFR 23818)
Originating agency:
General Steamship Corporation, Ltd.
Physical Description:
6 items
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. charter party ledgers, 1923-1941 (SAFR 23818, HDC 1663) collection contains charter
party agreements pasted into 6 large ledger books. The collection has been processed to the collection level and is open for
use without restrictions.
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], HDC1663 (SAFR 23818), General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. charter party ledgers, San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park
SAFR-02229
Field collection
Historical or Biographical Note
The General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. was organized in 1920. The company's first president was Harry S. Scott. Allan K.
Hulme joined the operation in 1923 and later became vice president in charge of Charter, Sale and Purchase. General Steamship
Corporation was primarily an owners' agent and broker with headquarters at 240 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA and offices
in Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; and Los Angeles, CA and agencies in San Diego, CA; Vancouver, B.C.; Callao, Peru; and Valparaiso,
Chile. (Source, company letterhead and Harold Huycke collection, HDC 1600, Series 3.08, File 095)
Empire Shipping Company, Limited was an official agent for General Steamship Corporation in Vancouver, B.C. (Source, company
letterhead in this collection)
The General Steamship Corporation, Ltd. charter party ledgers, 1923-1941 (SAFR 23818, HDC 1663) collection contains charter
party agreements pasted into 6 large ledger books. The collection has been processed to the collection level and is open for
use without restrictions.
The collection contains charter party agreements for cargoes such as lumber, grain, coal, steel, and gypsum. Some have correspondence
attached to the agreements. Among the well represented clients were J.J. Moore & Co., Inc., Hammond Lumber Company, Continental
Grain Company, Robert Dollar Company, Alberta Wheat Pool, and Strange & Co., Inc. Most agreements are stamped in red: General
Steamship Corporation, Chartering Department, Ship Brokers, San Francisco, Cal. Often there are notes in the margins of the
pages indicating commission paid, date and amount. A few are stamped: Empire Shipping Company, Limited, Chartering Department,
Vancouver, Canada. There are also agreements of sale for various vessels. On the inside of the back cover of these volumes
is inscribed, per Allan K. Hulme 3-28-63. Alan K. Hulme, Manager Chartering Dept. appears as the company's signatory on many
of these agreements.
The collection is comprised of 6 volumes: Volume 1, 1923-1926; Volume 2, 1927-1928; Volume 3, 1929-1930; Volume 4, 1931-1933;
Volume 5, 1934-1938; and Volume 6, 1939-1941.
Consists of 6 unboxed volumes stacked on shelving.
SFMNHP SAFR 08879, HDC 870 General Steamship Co. correspondence; Harold D. Huycke collection, SAFR 22224, HDC 1600 Series
3.08, file 095.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Shipping
Charter-parties
e]Hulme, Allan K.
e]General Steamship Corporation, Ltd.
e]San Francisco (Calif.)
Charter parties
Brokers