Title: Lane/Mead Boston Maritime Collection, 1931-2004
Predominant Dates: 1931-2002
Collection Identifier: MS 3898
Primary Creator: Lane, Arthur
Other Creators: Mead, Jane
Extent: 6.0 Cubic Feet
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into 12 series:
1. Day Books
2. Vessels Log
3. Peabody & Lane
4. Certificates for shares of Peabody & Lane Capital Stock
5. The Stowage Red Book
6. The Port of Boston Handbooks
7. Scrapbooks
8. Commission on Waterways and Public Lands
9. Letters and Miscellany
10. Photographs and Certificate
11. Port of Boston and Related Material
12. Related Material
Date Acquired: 00/00/2006
Arthur Lane
Arthur Lane graduated from Harvard in 1939 and began working for Peabody & Lane, a steamship agency founded by his father and Robert Peabody in 1920. Lane supervised the company's break bulk stevedoring operations until he joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served in New Guinea where he was Company Commander of the 19th Seabee Stevedoring Battalion. Lane returned to Boston in 1946 and began his career as a shipping industry leader in the Port of Boston. He became President of Peabody & Lane in 1964 and served as President of the Boston Shipping Association from 1968 through 1990. During this time, Lane participated in negotiations with the east coast International Longshoremen's Association. He was the founding member of The Boston Harbor Association, a long-time Associate Member of the Boston Marine Society, and a manager of the Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society. Mr. Lane died in Boston in 2008.
Jane Mead
As Project Review Coordinator of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CMZ), Jane Mead implemented the agency’s program policy and regulatory functions. Mead was CMZ's lead reviewer of transportation and energy projects including the Central Artery/Tunnel Project; the proposed abandonment of the Boston & Maine rail spur to the Mystic River Designated Port; HubLine, a high-pressure natural gas pipeline constructed through Massachusetts Bay; expansion of several coastal electrical generating facilities; and the Cape Wind Project. Her publications include Energy Consumption and its Impact on the Massachusetts Coastal Zone (2004), Guide to Environmental Permitting in Massachusetts (2003), Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Plan (2002), and "Coastal Zone Law" in Massachusetts Environmental Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Association (2001). Ms. Mead is past president of the Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society.
Repository: Boston Public Library Archival and Manuscript Finding Aid Database
Access Restrictions: Open for research.
Use Restrictions:
Items in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. The Boston Public Library does not hold copyright on the material in this collection. Researchers are responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations that hold copyright.
When reproducing material from this collection please include the credit line "Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library/Rare Books."
Acquisition Source: Arthur Lane and Jane Mead
Acquisition Method: Donation
Separated Materials:
Books
Baker, William A., The Boston Marine Society in the American War for Independence. (VK 1.B83B34)
Cunliffe, Tom, ed. Pilot Schooners of North American and Great Britian. (Acc. 2008-154 folio)
Old Shipping Days in boston. (VK 23 S7)
Russell, Maud. Men Along the Shore: The I.L.A. and its History. (Acc. 2008-155)
United States. Maritime Administration. Marine Museums in the United States. (Acc. 2008-153)
Preferred Citation: Lane/Mead Boston Maritime Collection, 3898. Rare Books and Manuscripts Department, Boston Public Library. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library/Rare Books.
Processing Information: Finding aid written by Sean Casey and Jane Mead, May 2006.
