Ryan (Michael J.) photographs, 1918-1960

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Summary

Title:
Michael J. Ryan photographs
Dates:
1918-1960
Creators:
Ryan, Michael J.
Extent:
104 items
Language:
In English.
Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P99-025 (SAFR 22337), Michael J. Ryan photographs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Background

Scope and content:

The Michael J. Ryan photographs (SAFR 22337, P99-025) consists of 104 photographic prints related to the career of Naval Architect Michael J. Ryan from 1918 to 1960.

Biographical / historical:

Michael J. Ryan was a naval architect, marine engineer and surveyor in private practice at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. He was born in San Francisco on January 30, 1897, and graduated from Sacred Heart College of San Francisco in 1914.

Until 1916 he was a draftsman with the Union Iron Works before joining the Moore Shipbuilding Company where he had become assistant naval architect by 1921. Mr. Ryan first joined the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers as a junior member in 1918 and became a full member in 1934. During the period 1921-1929 he was a consulting naval architect with offices in New York City. From 1929-1933 he was associated with the American Bureau of Shipping as a technical surveyor before retuning to private practice as consulting naval architect in 1933. He formed the firm of Joslyn and Ryan, naval architects and marine engineers of San Francisco in 1940. In 1949 this partnership was dissolved and Mr. Ryan became president of his own firm, Michael J. Ryan Associates, Inc., and remained in this capacity until his death on October 31, 1964.

From the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (U.S.). “Obituary, Michael J. Ryan.” TRANSACTIONS - THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS 72 (1964): 534-535.

Acquisition information:

SAFR-01413

The collection was donated to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in 1999.

Processing information:

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Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 14 file units.

Physical location:
San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Physical description:
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Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by: Taylor Horton2015.
Date Prepared:
2015
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from ICMS database and converted into xml from a template revised and updated by San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department. 9/24/2015 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], P99-025 (SAFR 22337), Michael J. Ryan photographs, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Location of this collection:
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123, US
Contact:
415-561-7030
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