Visual Materials

Subseries B. Photographs

Description

This subseries contains photographic prints, negatives, and transparencies primarily of interior spaces on the NS Savannah, as well as photographs of the ship bow, a model of the ship exterior, and three pieces of artwork displayed in the ship. Many of the photographs are credited to New York City photographer Alexandre Georges. Most of the photographs were presumably taken in the early 1960s following the installation of furniture, artwork, and fixtures on the ship.

Most images exist in duplicate or multiple formats, with at least one copy typically accompanied by a descriptive typewritten caption and a photograph number.

Type

Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)

Date

approximately 1959-1963

Call number

archHeaney

Creator

Heaney, Jack (1904-1972)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of JoAnne Heaney, 2010.

Subseries B. Photographs

Visual Materials

This collection contains the papers of naval architect, artist, and interior designer Jack Heaney primarily related to projects Heaney worked on in the mid 20th century at the New York City marine design and naval architectural firm of George G. Sharp Inc., and later at Jack Heaney and Associates. The bulk of the collection dates from the late 1930s to the 1960s and includes both professional and project records primarily reflecting Heaney's design work for cargo-passenger vessels, and some personal documents. The professional and project records in the collection includes design renderings and drawings of ship exteriors, interiors, furniture, and fixtures; photographs primarily of ship interiors; miscellaneous ephemera, often with graphic components by Heaney; publications and clippings profiling Heaney's work; and some miscellaneous correspondence. The largest section relates to the first nuclear cargo ship, the NS Savannah. Other ships and ship lines represented include the Robin Line, Delta Line, American President Lines, Great Lakes Ore Carriers, SS Aquarama, Gulf and South American Steamship, and the Farrell Lines. While most of the collection concerns Heaney's work, the Staten Island Ferries series also includes correspondence related to JoAnne Heaney's interior design work on the project in the late 1970s. The materials also include twelve of the first issues of Harmony in G. Sharp, the George G. Sharp firm's in-house magazine dating from the mid 1940s. The personal papers include three shipbuilding books and a notebook used by Heaney as a student; six pieces of student artwork dating from 1924 to 1926; and some additional postcards and pieces of ephemera.

archHeaney

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