William Henry Tripp, whaling log records, circa 1900-1925 : log book of schooner John R. Manta

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Contained In: William Henry Tripp, whaling log records, circa 1900-1925

Series: SIA Acc. T91019

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Tripp, William Henry,‏ 1880-1959
Mandley, Antone J.‏

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1925

Notes

This field book is part of a collection of whaling records from William Henry Tripp's collection. The present one concerns the schooner John R. Manta of New Bedford, Massachusetts. It is the log book written by Captain Antone J. Mandly (whose name is spelled "Antonio J. Mandly" on the log book's cover and "Antone J. Mandley" in VIAF's records using data from New Bedford Whaling Museum). The log book's entries show that the whaling trip started on May 2, 1925 and ended on June 11, 1925 in New York. The entries, very detailed, include lists of crew and watches as well as many drawings. A piece of whale skin is pasted, with caption "taken from head of Sperm Whale May 1925 by William H. Tripp." Several photographs, newspaper clippings and postcards are inserted or pasted; a menu and receipts are also pasted.

Subjects

Field notes , John R. Manta (Schooner) , Logbooks , Massachusetts , New Bedford , New York , Schooners--Massachusetts , Whaling--Massachusetts

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142150