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Fog Signals (general information) [998]
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WWII [49]
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American Lighthouse Foundation [69]
David Zapatka Collection [1441]
Donations of National Archives Miscellaneous Research [15]

Buffalo Lighthouse Association [2]

Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society [1]

Tybee Island Historical Society [16]

Edward Rowe Snow Collection [376]
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keeper's Association [5]
Herb Entwistle Postcard Collection [2185]
Jeremy D'Entremont Collection [15833]
John Graham Collection [161]
Josh Liller Collection [10]
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum [29]
Kraig Anderson Inventory of Lighthouse Personnel [48025]
Library of Congress [1358]
Lighthouse Digest Collection [3]
National Archives [18931]

National Archives Cartographic & Architectural [375]

National Archives Clippings Files [1772]

National Archives Letters Sent Regarding the Light-House Service, 1792 - 1852 [33]

National Archives Photography [1126]

U.S. Lighthouse Service Bulletin [37]

National Park Service [576]

National Park Service Inventory [291]

Penobscot Marine Museum Collection [28]
Ralph Krugler collection [736]
Robert A. Knight Collection [61]
Robert Bachand Collection [37]
Society Archives [13580]

Data Created by Society [377]

The Keeper's Log [380]

Suffolk River Heritage Collection [86]
U.S. Coast Guard [248]
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office [3796]

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Many keeper registers list names of people offered the position but they declined to accept it.

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