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Edwin B. Hoffman Collection
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CONTAINER LIST

 

Series 1: United States Lighthouse Service and United States Shipping Board, 1901-1921

Box 1, Folder 1

Accounts, 1919

Master's Expense Account, Steamship Elkton Voyage #1.
Box 1, Folder 2

Application forms, 1909-1910

United States Civil Service Commission. Application for the Trades and Skilled Occupations; Department of Commerce and Labor. Notice of Rating; Department of Commerce and Labor. Probationary Appointment-Prior Date; and Department of Water and Commerce. Personal Question Sheet.
 

Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 3

1908 October 24 Hoffman, Edwin B. to "Dear Sir"

Includes reply letter from Charles F. Pond, 1908 October 26.
Box 1, Folder 4

1908 October 29 Sims, William Sowden to Edwin B. Hoffman

Includes copy of a letter.
Box 1, Folder 5

1909-1910 United States. Department of Commerce and Labor to Edwin B. Hoffman

Includes Oath of Office form.
Signed: John M. Ellicott.
4 letters.
Box 1, Folder 6

1910 June 1 Baldwin, A.H. to Edwin B. Hoffman

Resignation acceptance letter.
Box 1, Folder 7

1910 November 12 Hoffman, Edwin B. to "the Honorable board of U.S. Local Inspectors of Steamboats."

2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 8

1910 November 18 Nickles, A.F. to "whom it may concern"

Box 1, Folder 9

1910 December 17 United States. Department of Commerce and Labor to Edwin B. Hoffman

Signed: Ray L. Hankinson.
Box 1, Folder 10

1912 October 21 Office of Commissioner. Kuskokwim Precinct to Edwin B. Hoffman

Signed: Edward J. Stier.
Box 1, Folder 11

1915 October 4 Leckey, ----- to Edwin B. Hoffman

Telegram.
Box 1, Folder 12

1915 October 9 Allisuk, Anna to Edwin B. Hoffman

With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 13

1915 October 9 ----- ----- to Edwin B. Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 14

1915 December 2 Faulkner, H.L. to Edwin B. Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 15

1915 Shields, J.E. to/from Edwin B. Hoffman

7 telegrams.
Box 1, Folder 16

1915-1916 Shields, J.E. to Edwin B. Hoffman

2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 17

1916 January 20 Hoffman, Edwin B. to "the Honorable board of Local Inspectors of Steam Vessels."

Box 1, Folder 18

1916 March 24 Snow, MacCormac to Edwin B. Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 19

1916 August 19 Jacobsen, Charles to Edwin B. Hoffman

With envelope.
Box 1, Folder 20

1916 September 28 United States. Department of Agriculture to John A. O'Brien

Signed: R.M. Harding.
Box 1, Folder 21

1916 December 13 Theile, Ruby Lindsay to Edwin B. Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 22

1916 Bowlby, Laura to Edwin B. Hoffman

With envelope.
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 23

1916 Boyd, Bertha J. to Edwin B. Hoffman

2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 24

1917 January 27 Sims, William Sowden to Edwin B. Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 25

1920 August 17 Nash, Charles M. to Edwin B. Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 26

1920-1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. to James W. Elwell & Company

2 copies of letters to and from Mr. Perine and Mr. R. Joly.
Box 1, Folder 27

Kinyon, E.B. to Edwin B. Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 28

Crew lists, undated

Steamship West Eagle.
Box 1, Folder 29

Empty envelopes, 1908-1909

Addressed and postmarked.
Box 1, Folder 30

Financial records, 1909-1920

Includes estimates, receipts, and statements.
Box 1, Folder 31

Legal documents, 1901-1911

Includes certifications, Warranty Deed, and Contract for Deed.
Box 1, Folder 32

Manuscripts, undated

Entitled "Some of the cooks sayings."
Box 1, Folder 33

Notes, 1906-1918

Box 1, Folder 34

Poems, undated

Entitled "The Amalgamated Order of Bull-Shitters."
Box 1, Folder 35

Photographs, 1915-1917

Box 1, Folder 36

Printed ephemera, 1913-1920

Includes Harbour Regulations for the Port of Shanghai; Pacific Load Line Data by J.C. Rohlfs; United States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Small Craft, Storm, and Hurricane Warnings; and "Code Flag" and "Answering Pennant."
Box 1, Folder 37

Statements, undated

2 statements beginning "WHEREAS, Captain E.B. Hoffman, was captain of..."
Signed by multiple individuals.
 

Series 2: United States Shipping Board, Master of Eastern Leader, 1921

Box 1, Folder 38

Accounts, 1921

Master's Expense Account, Voyage #51.
Box 1, Folder 39

Certificates, 1921

Bill of Health
Box 1, Folder 40

Circular letters, 1921 March 31

The Admiral Line Pacific Steamship Company Foreign Freight Department Circular #16.
 

Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 41

1921 March 1 Hoffman, Edwin B. to A.E. Wyndham

Box 1, Folder 42

1921 March 9 Ehst, A.B. to Edwin B. Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 43

1921 March 21 Hoffman, Edwin B. to "U.S. Shipping Commissioner"

Box 1, Folder 44

1921 March 31 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Anna Hoffman

Box 1, Folder 45

1921 March 31 Hoffman, Edwin B. to W. York

Box 1, Folder 46

1921 April 4 Hoffman, Edwin B. to ----- Bush

Box 1, Folder 47

1921 June 2 Hoffman, Edwin B. to ----- Leahey

Box 1, Folder 48

1921 June 6 Dinan, John A. to Edwin B. Hoffman

Includes copy of a letter.
Box 1, Folder 49

1921 June 6 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Annie Ellis

Box 1, Folder 50

1921 June 6 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Ben Emsley

Box 1, Folder 51

1921 June 6 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Helga Plath

Box 1, Folder 52

1921 June 11 Hoffman, Edwin B. to T.E. Evans

Box 1, Folder 53

1921 June 12 Hoffman, Edwin B. to W. Wilson

Box 1, Folder 54

1921 July 15 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Mary O'Keefe

Box 1, Folder 55

1921 July 17 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Katie Cross

Box 1, Folder 56

1921 July 22 Hoffman, Edwin B. to S.P. Woodin

Box 1, Folder 57

1921 July 27 Barber Steamship Lines, Inc. to Edwin B. Hoffman

Signed: J. Barnett.
Box 1, Folder 58

1921 August 15 Hoffman, Edwin B. to "U.S. Local Inspectors of Steamboats"

Box 1, Folder 59

1921 November Direct mail

Includes Mitchell-Lewis & Staver Co. and Review of Reviews Company.
Box 1, Folder 60

1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. to A.B. Ehst

4 letters.
1921 March 9 letter incomplete.
Box 1, Folder 61

1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. to A.J. Storrs

2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 62

1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. to E.L. McNoble

6 letters.
Box 1, Folder 63

1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Frank J. O'Connor

3 letters.
Box 1, Folder 64

1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Richard Waters

2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 65

1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. to "Sister"

3 letters.
Box 1, Folder 66

1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. to Walter Van Ruyssevelt

3 letters.
Box 1, Folder 67

1921 Hoffman, Edwin B. and W. Wilson to "Whom It May Concern"

2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 68

Empty envelope, 1921

Prescription envelope for A. Patrick.
Box 1, Folder 69

Financial records, 1921

Box 1, Folder 70

Journals, 1921

Fragment of a 1-page account beginning "Weather fine + clear."
Box 1, Folder 71

Logs, 1921

Voyage #51.
Includes 3 entries in Official Log.
Box 1, Folder 72

Manifests, 1921

Department of Commerce. Outward Foreign Manifest.
Box 1, Folder 73

Records, 1921

Miscellaneous documents and records include Department of Commerce radio service; Times on Voyage; List of Slop supplies; United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation standing orders, crew list, application for officer's berth, and receipt.
Box 1, Folder 74

Reports, 1921

Includes Illness; Report of Loading and Discharge; and Voyage #51.
Box 1, Folder 75

Statements, 1921

United States Public Health Service. Port Sanitary Statement.