Susan Detrich collection
Collection, MC/29
- Creator:
- Susan Detrich
- 1971 – 1973
- Quantity
- 3 folders
- Language of Materials
- English.
- Call Number
- MC/29
- Administrative/Biographical History
- The U.S. Navy decommissioned the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966, and in 1967 the Commerce Labor Industry Corporation of Kings (CLICK) was established to manage the yard on behalf of New York City. At that time, Seatrain Shipbuilding (owned by Seatrain Lines) signed a lease with CLICK to operate as a private shipbuilding facility on the Navy Yard grounds. Seatrain was in operation from 1967 to 1979, and provided job training and employment for thousands of workers while building four Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), eight barges, and one ice-breaker barge during its tenure. Susan Detrich initially worked as a one-person art department for a printing broker whose client was Seatrain, and Detrich was assigned to work with the shipbuilding company. She then continued working with Seatrain after she moved into freelancing and Seatrain opened their own print shop in Weehawken, New Jersey. Throughout this working relationship, Detrich designed Seatrain’s monthly company newsletter, called the “Seatrain Scanner”, as well as other printed materials including employment brochures, broadsides, and posters for various company campaigns.
- Scope and Content
- The Susan Detrich Collection documents the era of Seatrain Shipbuilding at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This collection includes materials created and collected by Susan Detrich, who created advertising and graphic arts materials for Seatrain Shipbuilding during the 1970s. Materials include ephemera, photographs, and newsletters, relating to the operations of Seatrain Shipbuilding between 1971 to 1973. Materials are in either paper or digital formats.
- System of Arrangement
- This collection contains 3 series: Ephemera; Photographs; and Seatrain Scanner.
- Access Points
- Advertisements, Tenants
- Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research.
- Physical Access Some items have been digitized from the original, while other items are either paper or digital in format.
- Technical Access Some items have been digitized from the original, while other items are either paper or digital in format.
- Conditions Governing Reproduction Material in this collection is made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The use must assume full responsibility for any use of the material, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced material. Please see the BNYDC Archives’ Policy on Access and Use for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Any material used for academic research or otherwise should be credited using the citation below.
- Preferred Citation Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Susan Detrich papers; MC/29; Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation Archives, Brooklyn, NY.
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