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Title: A History of the Wapama (built 1915; steam schooner) carbon copy of typescript
Date: circa 1971
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0367 (SAFR 17526)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
1 item.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: A History of the Wapama (built 1915; steam schooner) carbon copy of typescript (SAFR 17526, HDC 367) contains a 43-page, unbound
manuscript titled S.S. Wapama, a History. It was prepared as a reference for the California Department of Parks and Recreation
by Glenn E. Burch circa 1971. 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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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0367 (SAFR 17526), A History of the Wapama (built 1915; steam schooner) carbon copy of typescript, San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-00001
This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.
Collection Scope and Content
A History of the Wapama (built 1915; steam schooner) carbon copy of typescript (SAFR 17526, HDC 367) contains a 43-page, unbound
manuscript titled S.S. Wapama, a History. It was prepared as a reference for the California Department of Parks and Recreation
by Glenn E. Burch circa 1971. The collection is available for research use without restriction.
The manuscript contains a color postcard of the WAPAMA affixed to the first page and a poem titled "the steam schooner." The
author discusses Charles McCormick and his lumber and shipbuilding companies (including the builder of the WAPAMA); and it
discusses steam schooners in general. The rest of the manuscript is devoted to the history of the WAPAMA, its voyages, shifting
ownership, its renaming to the TONGASS, and its delivery in 1958 to the Maritime Historic Park.
Collection Arrangement
This is a collection of a single item.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
steam schooners
Historic ships
History
Lumber trade--Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Wapama (built 1915; steam schooner)