Series 9. Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Diaries

Containers:

Box Series 9, Box 1, Box Series 9, Box 2, Box Series 9, Box 3, Box Series 9, Box 4, Box Series 9, Box 4a, Box Series 9, Box 5, Box Series 9, Box 6, Box Series 9, Box 7

Scope and content:

This series includes photographs, mostly of Ward engines and boats, and some of the Ward family (ca. 1890s-1920s); two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings regarding Ward Engineering and the Ward family (ca. 1897-1930s); two diaries kept by Charles E. Ward (1880s); and ledger containing a guest book from Ward's display and presentation in Machinery Hall at the Chicago World's Fair (1893), as well mathematical calculations for steam engine and ship design (1894-1913).

Photographs of boats include views of construction and close-ups of details, as well as photos of completed vessels on their launch date.

The diary of May 1883 to November 1884 is available on microfilm in A&M No. 2266. Additional photographs of the Ward family may be found in A&M 2267.

Access and use

Contents