American Merchant Marines Beehive Chapter History Book, 1997-2009

Containers:

15.0037 - Box 2, Binder 001

Scope and content:

This large ringed binder holds a large collection of material based more on the lives of individual mariners and their history. There are several letters sent by the membership committee of the Beehive Mariners to its members regarding the working of all 37 chapters around the United States and their united struggle to earn the recognition they deserve from the government. This paper is the purpose of meeting on May 6th, 1997. There are several publications providing information about the Merchant Marines and their history. There is a large section dedicated to the Merchant Marine memorial which includes new articles, a small selection of photos, and the lead up to the creation of the memorial. There is a section entitled "info sheets and pictures" which contains pictures and a small amount of information about the date of signing of bill Hr23. It also contains pictures of the Beehive Mariners and a short summary of their time served; some are in much greater detail than others. There are 19 individual entries who were living at the time, each with at least some information about themselves. In the beginning of this book there are significant amounts of information about many of their whereabouts. There are an additional 13 entries for deceased members of the Beehive Mariners. Most have death dates. There is also a very nice collection of obituaries from newspapers in the back of the book.

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