Finding Aid: Neil Swendsboe Collection TBRC-20, 1950-1980 Finding Aid: Neil Swendsboe Collection TBRC-20 Collection name: Neil Swendsboe Collection Collection number: TBRC-20 Dates: 1950s-1980s Quantity: 5 boxes Provenance note: Materials collected relating to career of Hans E. Swendsboe. Donated in 2009. Biographical & Historical Information: Hans E. Swendsboe was born on May 22, 1924. He was a vessel design engineer for the Cleveland, OH firm of H. C. Downer & Associates (org. 1951), which later became Marine Consultants & Designers, Inc. He was a member of the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers. Hans died in Dedham, Massachusetts on February 21, 2006 at the age of 81. Neil Swendsboe is the son of Hans. Neil graduated from Bentley University in MA and is the owner of StarPacker. He lives in Nashua, New Hampshire. Scope & Content: Great Lakes vessel plans, vessel design studies and articles. Access: Open to research. Preferred Citation: Neil Swendsboe Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library, Alpena, MI. Contents: Box 1: Vessel Plans Folder 1. Vessel plans: BLOCK, E. J. 2. Vessel plans: GRAND ISLAND; midship section 3. Vessel plans: OGLEBAY, CRISPIN; general plans - conversion to self-unloader 4. Vessel plans: SYKES, WILFRED; midship section 5. Vessel plans: SYKES, WILFRED; booklet of general plans 6. Vessel plans: SYKES, WILFRED; general plans 7. Vessel plans: SYKES, WILFRED; general plans 8. Vessel plans: TAPLAN, FRANK; decks & profile 9. Vessel plans: TAPLAN, FRANK; midship section 10. Vessel plans: TAYLOR, MYRON C.; general arrangement of self-unloading equipment & general arr. 11. Vessel plans: UPSON, J. E.; bulkheads 12. Vessel plans: UPSON, J. E.; midship section