Seamen's Church Institute of New York & New Jersey Seamen's Service Records

Includes ledgers, correspondence and reports related to various departments within the Institute that provided services to seamen, including the Department of Special Services, the Alcoholics Assistance Bureau, the Credit Bureau, the Employment Bureau, the Post Office Station for Seamen and the Seamen’s Bank for Saving. Also included are materials related to ship visiting. Of particular interest is correspondence related to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928, including direct communications between the Institute and members of the crew. Also of particular interest are correspondence and reports related to Federal relief for seafarers during the Great Depression, as well as communications between the Institute and the Welfare Council of New York City regarding the state of unemployed seafarers in the Port of New York. Additionally, materials related to the Institute’s transport vessel the Sentinel are included.