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A guide to the Herbert H. Tiesler papers, 1907-1963
HDC0263 (SAFR 17399)
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Title: Herbert H. Tiesler papers
Date: 1907-1963
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0263 (SAFR 17399)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
16 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: Herbert H. Tiesler papers (SAFR 17399, HDC263) contains three illustrated sea journals in German with original drawings, a
"memorandum book" in English, a travel notebook in German, a number of items including letters and official documents, a typescript
in English by Tiesler titled "Sailor's Logbook" and three versions of the manuscript "Meine Erlebnisse Vor Dem Mast: one handwritten,
one typed and annotated and one possibly final version. The collection is available for research use without restriction.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In German and English
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Number], HDC0263 (SAFR 17399), Herbert H. Tiesler papers, 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
Seaman and artist Herbert Tiesler (1894-1975) was born in the small town of Oels, Silesia, in what was then known as Eastern
Prussia. He attended art school but "always had a longing for the sea" and in 1909 hired on for his first voyage as a deck
boy on a roundtrip to England. Subsequent voyages took him to Australia and South America and, in 1914, he signed on as a
seaman on the German four-mast bark HANS and sailed around Cape Horn to Santa Rosalia, Mexico.
Herbert H. Tiesler papers (SAFR 17399, HDC263) contains three illustrated sea journals in German with original drawings, a
"memorandum book" in English, a travel notebook in German, a number of items including letters and official documents, a typescript
in English by Tiesler titled "Sailor's Logbook" and three versions of the manuscript "Meine Erlebnisse Vor Dem Mast: one handwritten,
one typed and annotated and one possibly final version. The collection is available for research use without restriction.
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