Maritime Collections: Getting Started

The Lake Superior Maritime Collection is our largest collection of maritime materials. Explore over 7,000 ship files for Great Lakes vessels; hundreds of blueprints and technical drawings; subject files on many maritime subjects; shipping news articles from various Great Lakes publications; ship log books and associated record books; and much more.

The Fraser Shipyards Collection at UW-Superior contains project files, technical drawings, and photographs for ships built, modified, and repaired at Fraser Shipyards in Superior, Wisconsin.

The Duluth-Superior Harbor Club Collection contains the papers and other historical materials of the Duluth-Superior Harbor Club, a long-standing social club for individuals working in and retired from maritime industries in the Twin Ports area.

The Dan Rau Collection is the maritime collection of Captain Dan Rau, former UW-Superior professor and captain of the Lake Superior Research Institute's research vessel, the L.L. Smith, Jr.

The Alexander McDougall Collection contains materials collected by the McDougall family, including photographs of whaleback ships, scrapbooks, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

The Daniel Sloan Collection contains Great Lakes maritime materials collected by Daniel Sloan, including photographs, postcards, publications, and audio-visual materials.

Maritime materials, including thousands of photographs and negatives, collected by Kenneth Thro.