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Subseries D. Correspondence and business records

Description: This subseries contains correspondence and business records related to the NS Savannah and consists of documents related to the contract with Jack Heaney and Associates for interior design work on the vessel; the use of the Chart of the Nuclides in the interior design of the ship; and the use of petrified wood from the Petrified Forest National Park in coffee tables for the ship. The documents primarily date from 1957 to 1958, with a 1952 edition of a Nuclides chart.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1952; 1957-1958
Call number: archHeaney
Creator: Heaney, Jack (1904-1972)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of JoAnne Heaney, 2010.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Subseries C. Correspondence and business records

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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.

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[Correspondence about the petrified wood used for coffee tables]

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Savannah project staff, and Jack Heaney related to the acquisition of petrified wood for use as coffee-table tops on the NS Savannah, dated October-November 1958.

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Subseries A. Photographs

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Subseries A. Photographs

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Subseries A. Design drawings, plans, and renderings

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This subseries contains blueprints for seating on the Staten Island Ferry and lighting plans for various parts of the ship; sections of a document with interior design specifications; and various design drawings and photographic reproductions of renderings.

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Subseries B. Photographs

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Subseries D. Correspondence and business records

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