The Collections

Our Collections

Given the complexities of indexing, the following extracts from our database are only very partial. Please see separately the books, magazines, etc that are for exchange or sale as duplicates or surplus to our requirements. Enquiries about our holdings are welcome.

Robert W. "Bob" Davis Collection: and a short biography.

The Rudder
Sea Breezes Magazine
Yachting

Robert "Bob" Todd Collection and a short biography.

Wooden Boat - complete collection

The Ladies' Collection

The National Geographic Magazine

The HMS Victory and Nelson collection

HMS Victory and Nelson

The Stephen R. de Chene Collection and a short biography.

Nautical Quarterly - complete collection

General and Stormy Weather collection:

American Neptune - complete collection to 1991, near complete onwards
Arctic
Argonauta - complete collection
The Beaver - extensive collection
Boating magazine
Boatman magazine - complete collection
Canadian Geographical Journal - extensive collection
Canadian Historical Review - Volume 1 (1920) to the present day

Canadian Sailings
Canadian Yachting
Chasse-Marée - complete collection - including new publications, reprints and artwork
Classic Boat - complete to 9/99
County Magazine
Cruising World magazine
Deep-Sea Research
Fair Winds
Fisherman Life - complete collection
FreshWater
GAM On Yachting
Geographical Journal
Good Old Boat

Great Lakes Fisherman - a complete set
Jane's Defense Weekly
Journal de la Marine Marchande
L'escale - revue maritime
Log of Mystic Seaport
Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors
Marine Policy
Mariner's Mirror - complete collection
Mariner Life - complete collection
Marines: Yachting - Guerre - Commerce
Maritime Life and Traditions - complete collection
Motor Boating and Sailing formerly Motor Boating - partial collection
Motor Ship
Nautical Magazine
The Naval Chronicle (1799-1819) - complete set

Naval History - near complete collection
Naval Institute Proceedings - USNI, extensive from 1935
The Northern Mariner - complete collection
Oceans Magazine - near complete collection
Ontario History - Papers and Records - Ontario Historical Society, a complete set
Ontario Sailor
Ports and Harbours
The Royal Cruising Club Journal - nearly complete collection
The Rudder - extensive collection
Sail magazine
Sailing
Sailing Canada
Sea Breezes Magazine - near complete collection
Sea Chest - complete collection
Sea Classics - complete collection
Sea Frontiers - near complete collection
Seahorse - the official magazine of the Royal Ocean Racing Club
Seaport - the magazine of South Street Seaport
Seaports and the Shipping World
The Skipper
Small Boat Journal - complete collection
Transactions of S.N.A.M.E. - complete 1893-1986
Stem to Stern
West Coast Mariner
Yachting World magazine
Yachting - very extensive collection
Yachtsman

[The Society holds some 130,000 journals [more complete list], magazines, periodicals etc. Others, not listed above include Boat Building, Boat International, Canadian Tall Ships, Classic Yacht Regatta (Antigua, Pamphlets), Der Yacht, Harpers, Latitudes and Attitudes, Life Boat, Lifeboat, Light House, Maritime Policy and Management, Model Boats, Model Engineer, Motor Boating (and Sailing), Naval Architect, Neptune, Neptune-nautisme, Ocean Navigator, Ocean Voyager, Polar Record, Porthole, Practical Sailor, Professional Mariner, Professional Navigator, Seafarers, Ship and Boat International, Ships And Ship Models, Ships in Scale, Ships Monthly, Sports Afield, Tallships, The Yacht, Voiles et Voiliers, Warship Technology, Yachting Monthly, Yachts And Yachting]

[The Society currently holds twelve thousand titles on various broad aspects of maritime history and conservation, marine research and nautical education, with a further two thousand covering associated subjects.]

W. M. "Sandy" McPherson Collection and a short biography. [sailing, Canadiana]

Ben Ackerman Collection and a short biography. [Arctic, diving]

Joseph Lucas Collection and a short biography. [marine biology]

Stormy Weather Collection:

This collection is the Society's largest. Categories include:

1812, archeology, arctic, art, astronomy, biography, biography auto, biography junior, biology marine, calender, canadiana, canoes, cartography, cassette, catalogue, charts, communications, cookbooks, design, design models, design rigging, design steam, discovery, discovery history, discovery trade, diving, ecology, economics, ethnology, exploration, fiction, fiction and verse, fiction junior, fisheries, great lakes, guide, history, history WWI, history WWII, hudson, humour, law, lifeboats, lighthouse, local, merchant, merchant sail, merchant steam, meteorology, military, model, navigation, navy, navy ACW, navy art, navy RCN, navy RN, navy US, nelson, non-maritime, oceanography, piracy, reference, seafarers collection, seamanship, shanties, shipwreck, surplus, verse, whaling, yacht, yacht biography, yacht club, yacht cruising, yacht design, yacht racing.

The following extracts represent some subjects / authors taken from our master database. Updating these web-based lists is unfortunately complex and lengthy, so they should not be considered complete in any manner.