Research Guides @ Fordham: Hudson River: Boats/Sloops

Sloops/Steamboats

Steamboats on the Hudson River by W. H. Ewen Jr.
Call Number: VM461 .E94 (RH)
Charleston, S.C: Arcadia, 2011.
Hudson River Pilot : From Steamboats to Super Tankers by J. G. Hamilton
Call Number: VK140.H244 A3 (RH)
Hensonville, N.Y: Black Dome Press, 2001.
The Sloops of the Hudson River : A Historical and Design Survey by P. E. Fontenoy
Call Number: VK24.N7 F66 (RH)
Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum and the Hudson River Maritime Museum, 1994.
Experiment in Social Change : One View of the First Five Years of the Hudson River Sloop, Clearwater by J. Janeti
Call Number: VK24.N7 J35 (RH)
[s.i.] : Michigan State Univ., 1975. PhD thesis.
The Mary Powell: A History of the Beautiful Side-Wheel Steamer Called "Queen of the Hudson" by D. C. Ringwald
Call Number: VM461.5.M3 R56 (RH)
Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1972.
Life on the Hudson in the Days of the Sloops by New York State Council on the Arts
Call Number: VK24.N7 L5 (RH)
Cold Spring, N.Y: Hudson River Sloop Restoration, [1971?]
Located in Special Collections : Non-circulating.
Hudson River Sloops: A Brief History and Technical Description, Together With Excerpts From a Nineteenth Travel Journal by J. Maude
Call Number: VK24.N7 H8 (RH)
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y: Morgan and Morgan, 1970.
The Sloops of the Hudson; An Historical Sketch of the Packet and Market Sloops, of the Last Century, With a Record of Their Names, Together With Personal Reminiscences of Certain of the Notable North River Sailing Masters by W. E. Verplanck
Call Number: HE630.H8 V4 (RH)
New York; London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908.
Also available online in the public domain. According to the Hudson River Maritime Museum, "it remains one of the best books on the subject."

Boating on the Hudson

Drifting : Two Weeks on the Hudson / by Mike Freeman
Call Number: E-book
Albany, N.Y : Excelsior Editions / State University of New York Press, 2011.
My River Chronicles : Rediscovering America on the Hudson by J. DuLong
Call Number: F127.H8 D85 (RH)
New York: Free Press, 2009.
Hudson Valley Traditions [sound recording] : Three Centuries of Regional Folk Music by R. Bala
Call Number: W CD 6273 (RH)
1 sound disc (46 min.).
Billings, N.Y: North River Productions, 2003.
Hudson River Waterfront Map [cartographic material]: An American Heritage River by D-Zine, Inc.
Call Number: G3802.H9 E635 (RH)
New York State: Hudson Valley Tourism, 2001.
The Tall Ships: A Sailing Celebration by H. M. Clark; Operation Sail 1976 Staff (Contr. by)
Call Number: VK543.C57 (RH)
New York: Two Continents, 1976.

History Blog Posts - Hudson River Maritime Museum

Turning Around in Rondout Creek
Read the verbatim transcription of an article featuring stories by tugboat Captain William O. Benson (1911-1986). From the Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston, NY; 05/06/2020.
Steamer "New York," 1887-1908
". . . a verbatim transcript of an article written by George W. Murdock, for the Kingston (NY) Daily Freeman newspaper in the 1930s." Murdock is a veteran marine engineer. 9/9/2020.

Websites: Hudson River Sloops/Steamboats

Steamboats on the Hudson: An American Saga
New York State Library : December 13, 2022.
Hudson River Maritime Museum
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Hudson River: Boats/Sloops

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