Stephan Gmelin was an amateur maritime photographer based out of Cranford, NJ. He was also a longtime member of SSHSA, serving on the Board of Directors from 1951-1960 and writing eight articles for Steamboat Bill. Gmelin passed away on July 11, 2001.
This collection is available to the public by appointment at the Steamship Historical Society. Objects that are fragile, significant, or require additional tools to access may require archivist assistance.
Use, reproduction, and/or publication of archival material is prohibited without prior approval of the Steamship Historical Society. Fees and/or restrictions may apply. Please contact the SSHSA archivist, Astrid Drew, at adrew@sshsa.org for more information.
Stephan Gmelin Clipping Collection, 2003.01, Steamship Historical Society of America Archives, www.sshsa.org.
This collection comprises three drawers of clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to various steamships and steamship lines. Countries represented include Belgium, Brazil, Great Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, and the USA. Almost all of Drawer 2 contains folders on British lines, while all of Drawer 3 is devoted to United States lines and naval vessels of the Maritime Commission/World War II.
This collection is arranged in folders by country, followed by ship line in alphabetical order.
David Powers of the SSHSA purchased this collection at auction from Dennis Auction Service in April 2003. The collection was retroactively accessioned by assistant archivist Tessa Mediano in May 2023 with the accession number 2003.01.
Stephan Gmelin Photograph Collection, 2004.03, Steamship Historical Society of America Archives, www.sshsa.org