Hudson River Day Line Collection (1963.01)
Steamship Historical Society of America
Steamship Historical Society of America2500 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886
Tel: 401-463-3570
E-mail: info@sshsa.org
Arrangement
Series 1. Hudson River Day Line Administrative Records
- This series comprises the administrative records of the Hudson River Day Line. Records include internal and external correspondences, company charters and name change documentation, meeting minutes, documents pertaining to events such as the Hudson Fulton Celebration, legal cases, and more. A standout record from this series is the original 1825 Connecticut charter for the Steam Navigation Company.
Series 2. Hudson River Day Line Financial Records
- This series comprises the financial records of the Hudson River Day Line. Records include stock and bond certificates, information pertaining to shareholders, dividends, annual reports, earnings statements, ledgers, expenditures, payroll, and more.
Series 3. Hudson River Day Line Property Records
- This series comprises the property records of the Hudson River Day Line. Records include blueprints, mortgages, leases, deeds and more. Properties represented include Bear Mountain, Indian Point, Desbrosses St. Pier, etc. Please note that records pertaining to the boats of the Hudson River Day Line are arranged in a separate series.
Series 4. Hudson River Day Line Boat Records
- This series comprises company records pertaining to boats of the Hudson River Day Line. Records include plans and general documents. There is a sub-series for boat logs. Vessels represented in this series include the Albany, Alexander Hamilton, Chauncey Depew, DeWitt Clinton, Hendrick Hudson, Mary Powell, Peter Stuyvesant, Robert Fulton, and Washington Irving.
- Subseries 4.1: Hudson River Day Line Boat Logs: This subseries comprises boat logs of various vessels of the Hudson River Day Line. Vessels represented in these logs include the Albany, Alexander Hamilton, Chauncey Depew, DeWitt Clinton, Hendrick Hudson, Mary Powell, Peter Stuyvesant, Robert Fulton, and Washington Irving. Log sheets display the routes taken by specific steamships of the Hudson River Day Line. They capture the number of passengers on board at various routes along the Hudson River and also include the year that a particular trip was taken.
Series 5. Hudson River Day Line Ephemera
- This series comprises brochures, broadsides, timetables, and other promotional material of the Hudson River Day Line.
Series 6. Hudson River Day Line Objects
- Collection of objects from the Hudson River Day Line. Objects include artifacts from HRDL steamships and copper printing blocks/plates.
Series 7. Hudson River Day Line Photographs
- This series comprises several folders of loose photographs of individuals and boats associated with the Hudson River Day Line, including the Olcotts.
