Seamen's Church Institute of New York & New Jersey Seamen's Files

Includes various materials related to seafarers and their activities involving SCI. Included are registers, correspondence, logbooks, clippings, surveys and shipping articles. Among the various groups represented in this series are ANGYRA (International Society for the Aid of Greek Seamen); the Janet Roper Club (3 E. 67th Street), a leisure center exclusively for seafarers established by SCI in 1943; the International Club (25 South Street and 15 State Street), which catered to foreign seafarers staying at the Institute; the Kings Point Club (25 South Street), international headquarters for alumni of the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island; and the British Merchant Navy Club. Also included are registers and correspondence related to the 1955 sinking of the Andrea Doria is included, specifically relating to the surviving crew members who stayed at SCI after the accident.