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A guide to the Burgess Cogill photograph collection, 1901-1927
P77-035 (SAFR 24823)
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Title: Burgess Cogill photograph collection
Date: 1901-1927
Identifier/Call Number: P77-035 (SAFR 24823)
Creator:
Cogill, Burgess
Physical Description:
38 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Burgess Cogill photograph collection, circa 1901-1927, (SAFR 24823, P77-035) is comprised of family photographs of Captain
Albert Sorensen. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.
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], P77-035 (SAFR 24823), Burgess Cogill photograph collection, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
GOGA-00789
In 1977, Burgess Cogill, daughter of Captain Albert Sorenson, loaned 1 photograph album, 1 page from a separate album, and
4 photographic prints to the San Francisco Maritime Museum for copying. Copies of 30 images were made. The loaned items were
returned, but Mrs. Cogill later donated them to SFMM. They are cataloged as P85-016 (SAFR 13867).
SAFR-00001 is a blanket accession that was transferred from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park in September 1988. GGNRA had previously acquired the collection from the San Francisco Maritime
Museum when it became a unit of the National Park Service in 1977.
GOGA-00789 was transferred from the J. Porter Shaw Library to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in February
1985.
Historical or Biographical Note
Captain Albert Henry Sorensen (1869-1938) was born Anton Holmgaard Sorensen in Denmark. He served as master aboard REAPER
(built 1876; ship, 3m), SNOW & BURGESS (built 1878; schooner, 5m), HESPERIAN (built 1918; barkentine, 4m), ROLPH (built 1919;
barkentine, 4m), ROSE MAHONY (built 1918; schooner, 5m), and others. His wife, Marie, and daughters, Burgess (born aboard
SNOW & BURGESS on September 5, 1902) and Dagmar, sometimes joined him on voyages.
The Burgess Cogill photograph collection, circa 1901-1927, (SAFR 24823, P77-035) is comprised of family photographs of Captain
Albert Sorensen. The collection has been processed to the Item level and is open for use.
Contains photographs of Captain Albert Sorensen, his daughters Burgess and Dagmar, and his wife Marie ashore and aboard vessels
on which he served as master, circa 1901-1927. There are 30 unique photographic images in 38 physical forms (black-and-white
negatives and black-and-white photographic prints).
The photographs document family life at sea and the Pacific Coast lumber trade. Primarily photographs of SNOW & BURGESS (built
1878; schooner, 5m), but also includes photographs of HESPERIAN (built 1918; barkentine, 4m), ROLPH (built 1919; barkentine,
4m), ROSE MAHONY (built 1918; schooner, 5m), and STORM KING (tugboat) in various locations. Some photographs were taken outside
the Sorensen family home in Alameda, California.
Arranged into two File Units: File Unit 1. Classified collection items; File Unit 2. Photo collection items.
Related photograph and media collections:
Burgess Cogill photo collection, 1900-1912. SFMNHP, (SAFR 17803, P84-010). Photographs of Captain Albert Sorensen and SNOW
& BURGESS (built 1878; schooner, 5m).
Burgess Cogill photo collection, 1901-1939. SFMNHP, (SAFR 13867, P85-016). Consists of a photograph album, loose photograph
album leaves, and individual photographic prints documenting the life of Captain Albert Sorensen and his family at sea and
ashore.
Burgess Cogill photograph collection, 1903-1905. SFMNHP, (SAFR 24826, P77-039). Consists of a photograph of Captain Albert
Sorenson and his family in the cabin of Snow & Burgess (built 1878; schooner, 5m) at Christmas time.
Related manuscript collections:
Captain A.H. Sorensen papers, 1924-1981. SFMNHP, (SAFR 17608, HDC 37). Comprised of correspondence, letters of reference,
news clippings and other papers regarding the Captain's career from 1924 to 1938.
God Was an Atheist Sailor manuscript (SAFR 20138, HDC 1245). Manuscript for a book Burgess Cogill wrote about her experiences
sailing with her father, Captain Albert Sorensen, titled "When God was an Atheist Sailor: Memories of a Childhood at Sea,
1902-1910" (published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1990).
- This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Seafaring life
Children and the sea
Lumber trade
Cogill, Burgess
Sorensen, Albert Henry, Captain
Snow & Burgess (Schooner)
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white prints (photographs)