Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Museum of History &
Industry
Sophie Frye Bass
Library
2700 24th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-324-1126
URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org
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Collection Number:
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1974.5883
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Creator:
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Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock
Company
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Title:
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Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Record Books
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Dates:
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1916-1953 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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3 record books
1 box
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in
English.
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Summary:
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Record books of a Seattle shipbuilding
company
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Location of Collection:
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12b.2.6
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Historical Note
Edgar Ames founded the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in
Seattle in 1916, with a modern plant on West Waterway and 26th Avenue SW on
Harbor Island. With a floating drydock, this large wartime shipbuilding yard
produced 25 steel tankers and cargo steamships for the US Shipping Board in the
World War I period, and fabricated the boilers, engines and much of the
equipment for these vessels as well. Employing over 5000 men, the shipyard
covered an area of about 20 acres and was equipped with a machine shop,
blacksmith shop, boiler shop, plate and pattern shops, carpenter and
coppersmith shops, and other facilities, including a large dining hall and
hospital for its employees. Ames opened his new Ames Terminal Company, a
cargo-handling facility, in Seattle in 1922, at the site of the shipyard. The
terminal was a center of salmon shipping activity, handling the entire pack of
the large Libby, McNeil and Libby Company fisheries.
City directory entries for the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
end in the 1956, and for the Ames Terminal Company in the early 1960s.
Content Description
Three record books for the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company,
and also for the related Ames Terminal Company, largely comprising minutes of
Board of Directors and shareholder meetings, and also including articles of
incorporation, licenses and other materials.
Other Descriptive Information
Edgar Ames (1868-1944), a St. Louis native, was educated at Andover
and Yale. He entered the banking and financial business in 1894, when he became
involved with the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company, contracted to
fill the tidelands on the Seattle waterfront. Ames moved to Seattle from
Chicago in 1895 and is listed in the city directory as General Manager of the
Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Co. from 1895 until 1905. Beginning in
1906, Ames is listed as President of the Seattle General Contract Company, and
beginning in 1917, as President of Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company.
Beginning in 1925, Ames is also listed as President of the Ames Terminal Co.,
opened in Seattle in 1922.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Gift of Mrs. John Baillargeon, May 1974.
John A. Baillargeon was on the Board of Directors of Ames Shipbuilding
& Drydock Company from 1935-1949, serving as Secretary and Vice-President,
and as President of the company after Ames' death in 1944. Baillargeon resigned
due to illness in December 1949 and died in 1950 at 58 years old.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access The collection is open to the public by appointment.
Restrictions on Use The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in
the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research,
publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI
before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Record Books, Museum of
History & Industry, Seattle
Subjects
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
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| Ames, Edgar
(1868-1944) |
| Baillargeon,
John A. |
| United
States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Shipbuilding--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Shipyards--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Other Creators : |
| Ames
Terminal Co. |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1974.5883.1:
Record Book 1
The first record book contains company Articles of Incorporation,
including the original Articles signed by George W. Albin, George Donworth and
Elmer E. Todd, with Edgar Ames as company president, starting the business;
Oaths of Office, By-Laws, Corporation Licenses, stock subscriptions, and
minutes of Board of Trustees and stockholder meetings. Also includes agreements
between Ames Shipbuiding & Drydock Company and the Seattle Contract
Company, of which Ames was also President.
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1974.5883.2:
Record Book 2
Minutes of meetings of Board of Trustees (called the Board of
Directors beginning in 1935), and of stockholders, later called shareholders.
Minutes for Board of Directors meeting on July 5, 1944 note the
death of company President Edgar Ames and the election of John A. Baillargeon
to serve as President.
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1974.5883.3:
Record Book 3
By-laws, oaths of office and meeting minutes as above. This volume
includes a letter from John A. Baillargeon (December 30, 1944) resigning as
President of the company due to illness. Minutes of Board of Directors of
February 6, 1950 records the election of then Vice-Presdient R.L. Albin to
serve as President of Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock and Ames Terminal
Companies.
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