Lane/Mead Boston Maritime Collection, 1931-2004 | Boston Public Library Archival and Manuscript Finding Aid Database

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Collection Overview

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

Abstract

This collection contains material that documents the industrial development and history of the Port of Boston. Included in the collection are meeting minutes, a vessel log, day books, agreements, correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection documents the industrial development and history of the Port of Boston. It is an artificially constructed collection containing material from various entities connected with the Port of Boston Harbor Shipping Industry, including Arthur Lane, Jane Mead, Capt. A. Ross Pope, the Boston Shipping Association, Walter Egee, and Capt. Steve Palmer.

Collection Historical Note

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.

Administrative Information

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.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Day Books, 1942, 1952-1980, 1982-1996],
[Series 2: Vessels Log and number of ships per year. Patterson, Wylde & Co. Steamship Agents, 1889-1959, 1965-1966],
[Series 3: Peabody & Lane Record Books, 1932-2002],
[Series 4: Certificates for Shares of Peabody & Lane Capital Stock, 1932-1989],
[Series 5: The Stowage Red Book, 1940, 1944],
[Series 6: Port of Boston Handbooks, 1975-1980, 1984-1987],
[Series 7: Scrapbooks, 1931-1934],
[Series 8: Commission of Waterways and Public Lands, 1916],
[Series 9: Letters and Miscellany, 1936-2002],
[Series 10: Photographs and Certificates],
[Series 11: Port of Boston and Related Material],
[Series 12: Related Material],
[All]

Series 11: Port of Boston and Related Material

Item 1: Berry, Richard W., "Guarenteed Annual Income in Collective Barganing for the Port of Boston. Report, February 1975
Item 2: Boston Shipping Association, Inc. and the International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO: Agreement, October 1968
Item 3: Boston Shipping Association, Inc. and the International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO: Agreement, 1971-1974
Item 4: Boston Shipping Association, Inc. and the International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO: Agreement, 1974-1977
Item 5: Boston Shipping Association, Inc. and the International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO: Agreement, 1977-1980
Item 6: Boston Shipping Association, Inc. and the International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO: Agreement, 1980-11983
Item 7: Boston Shipping Association, Inc. and the International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO: Agreement, 1983-1986
Item 8: Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Pilotage Laws, 1 January 1947
Item 9: Hoffman, Miles E., "A Contemporary Analysis of a Labor Union: International Longshoremen's Association", December 1966
Item 10: Longshoremen Agreement, 1929
Item 11: Longshoremen Agreement, 1929-1930
Item 12: Longshoremen Agreement: Clerks, 5 December 1931
Item 13: Longshoremen Agreement, 5 December 1931
Item 14: Longshoremen Agreement, 1932
Item 15: Longshoremen Agreement, 1932
Item 16: Longshoremen Agreement, 1932-1933
Item 17: Longshoremen Agreement, 1932-1933
Item 18: Longshoremen Agreement, 1934
Item 19: Longshoremen Agreement, 1934
Item 20: Longshoremen Agreement, 1935
Item 21: Longshoremen Agreement: Boston, 1936
Item 22: Longshoremen Agreement: New York, 1 October 1935-30 September 1936
Item 24: Longshoremen Agreement: Watchmen, 1939
Item 25: Longshoremen Agreement: Boston, 1939-1940
Item 26: Longshoremen Agreement: Boston, 1941
Item 27: Longshoremen Agreement: New York, 1941
Item 28: Longshoremen Agreement: Watchmen, 1941
Item 29: Longshoremen Agreement: Boston, 1942
Item 30: Longshoremen Agreement: New York, 1942
Item 31: Longshoremen Agreement: Line, 1943
Item 32: Longshoremen Watchmen's Meeting Minutes, 1939
Item 33: Managers of the Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society: By-Laws and Membership List, 1987
Item 34: Maritime Association of the Boston Chamber of Commerce: By-Laws, 1920-1921
Item 35: Maritime Association of the Boston Chamber of Commerce: By-Laws, 1928-1929
Item 36: Maritime Association of the Chamber of Commerce: By-Laws, 1930-1931
Item 37: Massachusetts Port Authority: Enabling Act, 1956-1963
Item 38: New England Office. United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Outbound Shipping Services of the Port of Boston, September 1930
Item 39: Ross, Philip. Waterfront Labor Response to Technological Change: A Tale of Two Unions, July 1970
Item 40: Special Report of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, July 1970
Item 41: United States Department of Labor. Manpower Utilization - Job Security in the Longshore Industry: Boston, September 1964
Item 42: Wharfage Rates at Boston, 1 February 1921