Our Collection
Preserving history!
The Joshua Slocum Society has collected hundreds of items connected to Joshua Slocum. Some of these items are on display at the Slocum Boot Shop on Brier Island (Nova Scotia) and some are in a new Archival collection that we maintain. We are also working with other museums and sites to have joint displays about Slocum with items from our collection and we also have a travelling exhibit that moves to different locations or is brought to events and speaking engagements. Below is a sampling of some of the items in our collection.
Works of Joshua Slocum
First Edition of Sailing Alone around the world from 1900
First edition of Voyage of the Liberdade, 1890
Sloop Spray Souvenir, 1901 (copy only)
Small booklet special printing
Society reprinting of a Slocum paper
Original Letters
1899 original letter (Fairhaven)
1901 Dr. Ellis letter (page 1)
1901 Dr. Ellis letter (page 2)
Shipmates letter (Page 1)
Shipmates letter (Page 2)
Memorabilia
Souvenir cup plate, Fairhaven Bank (1981)
20c postage stamp in "Famous Visitors" stamp set, Christmas Island (1978)
Brooke Bone Tea Trading Card #43 in Adventurers & Explorers series (1973)
Ogden’s cigarette card No. 41 “Slocum’s Lone Hand Voyage” in Sea Adventures series (1939)
Biographies
Cobbler items
Whale oil lantern
Cobbler tools
1850s authentic cobbler bench
Antique stitching horse
Wooden shoe forms
Cobbler hammer