Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey

Includes subject files related to printed material produced by the Institute including Welcome Aboard and The Look-In, both inter-institutional newsletters. Of particular note is a collection of post cards depicting illustrated scenes from 25 South Street and various pamphlets and promotional material produced and distributed by SCI.

Includes books, pamphlets, broadsides and ephemera collected by SCI relating to the maritime community and contemporary events and politics. Some items likely formed part of the Joseph Conrad Library collection, which operated as a seafarers’ library at SCI’s 25 South Street and 15 State Street headquarters. Of particular note is SCI’s collection of unique and scarce labor pamphlets from the New York City waterfront circa 1930-1950.

Includes printed material collected by SCI related to maritime subjects. Of particular note are various editions of Robert W. Hart’s Manual of Ship Sanitation and First-Aid for Merchant Seamen, published by SCI and issued to merchant vessels. Also of note are four publications by Capt. Robert Huntington, head of SCI’s Navigational and Marine Engineering School.

Includes printed material collected by the Institute related to ministry, particularly maritime ministry. Of particular note are several Seamen’s worship manuals dating from 1819‐1977.

Includes printed material related to various subjects. Of particular note is a 17th century law case study book written by Sr. John Popham, a New York World’s Fair catalog published by the New York World’s Fair 1964-1965 Corporation and a catalog from a 1974 Whitney Museum exhibit featuring nine artists from the Coenties Slip lofts.

Includes printed material collected by SCI related to World War II. Many of the items in this sub‐sub series are very scarce according to their listings on WorldCat.