St. Louis Mercantile Library

P-17: Anton Drabik Collection

 

INTRODUCTION: The Anton Drabik Collection consists of materials related to marine salvaging. The collection consists of both archival records and monographs (books), and measures approximately 4 linear feet, of which 1 linear feet are archival records. The monographs consist of 53 volumes.


SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Anton Drabik Collection consists of two series; the Drabik Papers and the Drabik Monographs. Series One, the Drabik Papers, consists of archival records dealing primarily with marine salvage. This series consists of essays, correspondence, surveys, clippings, and Anton Drabiks own writings, in the form of published magazine articles as well as drafts to a larger work. Finding aids for series one can be located below.


The books of the Anton Drabik Collection make up series two, the Drabik Monographs. Series two consists of 55 volumes, totaling in all about three linear feet. The monographs in series two contain information on marine salvaging, as well as information covering submarines, maritime law, marine insurance, vessel engineering and shipbuilding, modeling, and shipwrecks. These monographs have been incorporated into the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library holdings, and can be accessed through the University of Missouris Online Public Access Catalog. In addition, the monographs can be perused in our finding aids, located below.


ACCESS: This is Special Collection P-17. Some of the collection may be photocopied, digitally scanned, or photographed, depending on condition.

Anton Drabik Collection Finding Aid (.pdf)

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