Scope and Contents
Records relating to the fishing business, coastwise shipping, and a general store. The material on fishing includes fish books, schooners' outfits, shares books, and unbound papers. On coastwise shipping there are unbound papers for a number of vessels, schooners' outfits, coasting books, and waste books. The general store, Newcastle, N.H., is represented by blotters, day book, and stock books.
Dates
- Creation: 1795-1865
Creator
- Oliver, Thomas E. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
10 linear feet (33 volumes, 6 boxes)Biographical / Historical
Thomas E. Oliver was a merchant and ship captain from Newcastle, New Hampshire. He established the fish yard in Newcastle, and was engaged in trading and freighting of commodities from Boston and Portsmouth, NH to southern ports.
Physical Location
MANU
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles H. Taylor.
Creator
- Oliver, Thomas E. (Person)
- Title
- Oliver, Thomas E., 1779-1868. Thomas E. Oliver Business Records, 1795-1865: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- bak00482
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
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