Ships for Defense - the Yankee Way

Name/Title

Ships for Defense - the Yankee Way

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2014.32.3

Description

Collection of 16 photographs and two articles about shipbuilding at the Morse shipyard in Thomaston, Maine. The shipyard built fishing trawlers that were converted for use as minesweepers during World War II.

Collection

Betty Foxwell Collection

Cataloged By

Heather Moran

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2014.32

Source or Donor

Camden Public Library

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Foxwell, Betty

Date made

1941

Place

Location

Morse Shipyard, Thomaston, Maine

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Shipbuilding

Search Terms

Morse Shipyard, Thomaston, Maine, World War II

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

MS 022

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Location

Location

Container

MS 022 Box WHC 2014.32 Betty Foxwell Col

Shelf

Shelf 4

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 1

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Container

MS 022 - Folder 003

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Mar 29, 2018

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Mar 27, 2015

Examined By

Heather Moran

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Foxwell, Elizabeth "Betty"

Person or Organization

Morse, Wilbur

Related Events

Event

World War II

Provenance

Notes

Found in library collection.

Copyright

Copyright Details

No known copyright restrictions.

General Notes

Note

Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: Heather Moran Status Date: 2015-03-27

Created By

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Create Date

March 27, 2015

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025