A guide to the Captain Leighton Robinson scrapbook of maritime clippings, 1928
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A Guide to the Captain Leighton Robinson scrapbook of maritime clippings
HDC1617
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2012, National Park Service
Title: Captain Leighton Robinson scrapbook of maritime clippings
Date: 1928
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1617 (SAFR 22223)
Creator/Collector:
Robinson, Leighton
Physical Description:
1 item
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Captain Leighton Robinson Scrapbook of Maritime Clippings, 1928 (SAFR 22223, HDC 1617) consists of a 1926 Yearbook used
as a scrapbook by Captain Leighton Robinson.
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], HDC1617 (SAFR 22223), Captain Leighton Robinson scrapbook of maritime clippings, San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park
SAFR-00001
This item was originally given to the San Francisco Maritime Museum and later accessioned into the Golden Gate National Recreation
Area museum collection. Later it was transferred to the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
Biography: Captain Leighton Robinson, 1871 Oct 7-1956 Jan 19
Capt. Robinson was born in Cornwall, England in 1871. He went to sea in 1888 and settled in Sausalito, California. He was
a shantyman and was recorded with others by Sidney Robertson Cowell at Belvedere, California in 1939. The recordings are available
for download at the Library of Congress American Memory Project.
Sources:
"Captain Leighton Robinson, Alex Barr, Arthur Brodeur, and Leighton McKenzie performing Anglo-American Music", November 12,
1939. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/0055.html.
Ancestry.com. "California Death Index, 1940-1997." Database. Ancestry Library Edition, January 19, 1956.
The Captain Leighton Robinson Scrapbook of Maritime Clippings, 1928 (SAFR 22223, HDC 1617) consists of a 1926 Yearbook used
as a scrapbook by Captain Leighton Robinson.
It contains newspaper clippings related to maritime matters, mostly from 1928. The collection is available for research.
This is a collection of one item.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Newspaper clippings
Robinson, Leighton (Captain)
Scrapbooks