Calkin, Milo,  1810-1872. <br/><br/>
Milo Calkin papers, 1833-1953  (bulk 1833-1842). 

 - 5  items. 1  container. 0.2  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Photocopy and transcript of journal kept by Calkin as a carpenter aboard the whaling ship, Independence, on its voyage from Nantucket, Mass., to the South Pacific Ocean.  Calkin made the trip on the advice of his physician as a cure for asthma.  Includes description and sketches of whaling, shipwreck on Starbuck Island (Kirihati), subsequent boat trip to Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and Hawaii, Calkin's years in Hawaii as a clerk in a mercantile firm, and his return to the U.S. (1842).  Also includes an introduction to the journal written in 1953 by George Boland Eckhart, biographical information concerning Calkin, and a map (1952). 
<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Huntington Library. <br/>San Marino, Calif. 
<br/><br/><br/>California: Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino 
<br/><br/><br/>Businessman, librarian, and shipwright. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 83075944  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Independence (Whaling ship)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Asthma.<br/>Shipwrecks--Kiribati--Starbuck Islands.<br/>Voyages and travels.<br/>Whaling--Massachusetts.<br/>Whaling--South Pacific Ocean.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Hawaii--Commerce.<br/>Hawaii--Description and travel.<br/>Nantucket (Mass.)--Description and travel.<br/>Rarotonga (Cook Islands)--Description and travel.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Businessmen.<br/>Librarians.<br/>Shipwrights.