Browse Exhibits (6 total)
"The Whole Art of Navigation, London, 1701" -- A Nautical Treasure Returns to New London
How a 351-page book explaining the fundamentals of navigation, printed in London in 1701 and once owned by Captain James Rogers of New London, was sold by his heirs and vanished until it returned to the Captain's hometown two centuries later.
Chapter headings appear at the right. They also appear at the bottom of each chapter for easy navigation in either direction.
Brian Rogers, Online Exhibitions Librarian - December, 2024
Bringing the Ships to New London: A Tale of Two Piers
An exhibition about the parallel histories of the Connecticut State Pier and the Central Vermont Railway Pier, from their 19th century origins to their transformation into a single staging area for the construction of offshore windpower projects.
Best viewed in Full Screen mode.
---Brian Rogers, Online Exhibits Librarian
Voyage of the Whaler Merrimac
This exhibit is about the journal of the voyage of the whaler Merrimac of New London, Connecticut, covering a period from 1844-1847, followed by a journal of the General Williams, covering July-November 1852
Edited by Laurie Deredita, Librarian
A Conservator's Legacy: Gene MacMullan at the McGuire Library
An examples of book and paper conservation projects carried out by Eugene C. MacMullan between 2012 and 2019 for the Frank L. McGuire Maritime Library of the New London Maritime Society.
--Brian Rogers, Online Exhibits Librarian
U.S. Maritime Service Officers School at Fort Trumbull
A pictorial history of the U.S. Maritime Service Officers School at Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut (1939 - 1946)
Begin by clicking on the first heading in the chapter list at left. The headings also appear at the foot of each page, allowing viewers to page forward or backward.
-- Brian Rogers, Online Exhibitions Librarian
Historic Postcard Views
The Frank L. McGuire Maritime Library's postcard collection features maritime images of New London and Groton in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Neighboring shoreline towns are covered as well, such as Stonington and Noank, Connecticut, and towns between New London and the Connecticut River. The cards date primarily from the 1890s to the 1950s, while more recent examples document the shift from "colorized" lithography to full-color photography.
Duplicates or near-duplicates are included with many of these to show postmarks, personal messages, or variations in design.
Principal subjects include the Thames River and New London Harbor, steamboats and other large vessels, the Yale-Harvard Regatta, New London Harbor Light and other area lighthouses, New York Yacht Club visits, Ocean Beach Park, and historic buildings on or near the waterfront, from Union Railroad Station and the U.S. Custom House to Fort Trumbull and the Lighthouse Inn. Groton waterfront scenes include the late Griswold Hotel, Fort Griswold and the monument to the Battle of Groton Heights, the Groton-New London Ferry, and the rail and road bridges linking New London and Groton.
The work of library volunteer Gretchen van der Lyke in scanning large segments of the postcard collection for this exhibit is gratefully acknowledged.
The McGuire Library also holds a large collection of modern postcards of American and foreign lighthouses and lightships, the gift of maritime historian Norman Brouwer. These may be viewed in the library, together with our collection of more than three hundred books about lighthouses and lightships.