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Daniel Sloan Collection: Getting Started

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Jim Dan Hill Library Special Collections
University of Wisconsin-Superior
Belknap and Catlin
P.O. Box 2000, Superior, WI 54880

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The Daniel Sloan Collection at UW-Superior

Scope & Content: The Daniel Sloan Collection contains materials related to Great Lakes maritime vessels and activities, covering 1870 to 2007. Materials are a combination of collected items and photographs personally created by Sloan. The collection is arranged in five series: Photographs and illustrations; Postcards and notecards; Publications; Logbook; and Audio-Visual.

Additional listing of photographs by Daniel Sloan, contained in Folders 1 thru 83 of Box 3. Includes names of ships, dates, and locations when available.

Collection Information

Accession Reference Codes: 2015.012; 2019.010

Repository: University of Wisconsin-Superior, Jim Dan Hill Library
Superior, WI

Date: circa 1870 - 2007

Extent: 14.75 linear feet

Creators: Sloan, Daniel

Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for research use.

Languages and Scripts: English

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