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- catalog abstract "The Pacific Steam Whaling Company records contains logbooks kept by Captain George B. Leavitt while on whaling voyages from San Francisco, California to the Arctic Ocean. Six log books document ten voyages made in different steam vessels between 1893 and 1908. The log books describe living conditions in the Arctic, social activities and engagements while wintering in port, work aboard the ship and daily nautical observations. The photographs depict Captain Leavitt, locations visited, land and seascapes, natives and crew members. Also included are two handwritten Thanksgiving menus for 1893 and 1902.".
- catalog contributor b754079.
- catalog coverage "San Francisco (Calif.)".
- catalog date "1893".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HBS.Baker.EAD:bak00223".
- catalog description "George Baker Leavitt was born in Portland, Maine in 1860. He worked for a New Bedford, Massachusetts whaling company at an early age before moving to California. He found employment with the San Francisco, California based Pacific Steam Whaling Company as a second mate before rising to the rank of captain. The Pacific Steam Whaling Company was incorporated in 1883 and managed by merchant marine turned entrepreneur, Josiah Nickerson Knowles. Associated with the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. was the Arctic Oil Works, the first refinery for oil on the west coast. Capt. Leavitt was the master of a number of steamers owned by the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, including the Mary D. Hume, Newport, Thrasher, Grampus, Baleana and Narwhal between 1893 and 1908. Leavitt made yearly voyages from San Francisco to the Arctic whaling grounds. A small whaling community was established on Herschel Island where the whaling ships wintered from roughly October to July. Leavitt retired from whaling in 1908 and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where he worked as a fruit and plant inspector for the island of Kauai. He later worked as a harbor master and pilot for Port Allen on the island Kaua. Leavitt died in Honolulu in 1925.".
- catalog description "Pacific Steam Whaling Company Records. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.".
- catalog description "The Pacific Steam Whaling Company records contains logbooks kept by Captain George B. Leavitt while on whaling voyages from San Francisco, California to the Arctic Ocean. Six log books document ten voyages made in different steam vessels between 1893 and 1908. The log books describe living conditions in the Arctic, social activities and engagements while wintering in port, work aboard the ship and daily nautical observations. The photographs depict Captain Leavitt, locations visited, land and seascapes, natives and crew members. Also included are two handwritten Thanksgiving menus for 1893 and 1902.".
- catalog extent "1 linear ft.".
- catalog hasFormat "The logbooks are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.), from Historical Collections, Baker Library. Order no. 94-2932.".
- catalog isFormatOf "The logbooks are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.), from Historical Collections, Baker Library. Order no. 94-2932.".
- catalog issued "1893".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog relation "The logbooks are available on microfilm (1 reel, 35mm.), from Historical Collections, Baker Library. Order no. 94-2932.".
- catalog spatial "Arctic Ocean.".
- catalog spatial "San Francisco (Calif.)".
- catalog spatial "United States California.".
- catalog subject "Balaena (Steamer)".
- catalog subject "Grampus (Steamer)".
- catalog subject "Leavitt, George B. 1860-1925.".
- catalog subject "Mary D. Hume (Steamer)".
- catalog subject "Narwhal (Steamer)".
- catalog subject "Pacific Steam Whaling Company.".
- catalog subject "Thrasher (Steamer)".
- catalog subject "Whaling Arctic Ocean.".
- catalog subject "Whaling United States California.".
- catalog subject "Whaling ships Photographs.".
- catalog title "Pacific Steam Whaling Company records, 1893-1908 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Black and white photographs. aat".
- catalog type "Gelatin silver prints.".
- catalog type "Logbooks. ftamc".
- catalog type "collection".