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Administrator [6]
Builder [12]
Caretakers [2]
Contractor [69]
Depot Personnel [654]
Depot Personnel of African descent [15]
Engineers [261]
Inspectors [362]
Inventors [11]
Lampist [6]
Lamplighter [6]
Light Keeper [22200]
Light Keeper Female [523]
Light Keeper of African descent [93]
Light Keeper and Lightship Personnel [171]
Light Keeper and Tender Personnel [55]
Light Keeper, Tender, and Lightship Personnel [26]
Lighthouse District Personnel [30]
Lighthouse Service [196]
Lightship Personnel [4199]
Lightship Personnel of African descent [42]
Manufacturer [6]
Other Lighthouse Personnel [416]
Relief Keeper [6]
Scientist [2]
Superintendents [195]
Tender or Utility Vessel Personnel [6874]
Tender Personnel of African descent [162]
U.S. Lighthouse Board [133]

Events

Fog Signals (general information) [943]
Holidays [227]
International Lighthouses or Services [3]
Lighthouse Superintendents [22]
Optics [1068]
WWI [16]
Lighthouse Inspectors [5]
Plans for Establishment of [1269]
Rescue [73]
WWII [45]
Gale or Hurricane [399]
Exposition [9]
Automation [144]
Buoys [214]
Civil War [22]
Construction [9584]
Accident [514]

Collections / Donors

American Lighthouse Foundation [69]
David Zapatka Collection [1277]
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 [323]
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keeper's Association [54]
Herb Entwistle Postcard Collection [2187]
Jeremy D'Entremont Collection [12584]
John Graham Collection [161]
Josh Liller Collection [10]
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum [29]
Kraig Anderson Inventory of Lighthouse Personnel [44055]
Library of Congress [1356]
Lighthouse Digest Collection [2]
National Archives [18894]

National Archives Cartographic & Architectural [376]

National Archives Clippings Files [1771]

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

National Archives Photography [1133]

U.S. Lighthouse Service Bulletin [37]

National Park Service [577]

National Park Service Inventory [293]

Penobscot Marine Museum Collection [28]
Ralph Krugler collection [678]
Robert A. Knight Collection [65]
Robert Bachand Collection [13]
Society Archives [13626]

Data Created by Society [377]

THE KEEPER'S LOG [382]

Suffolk River Heritage Collection [90]
U.S. Coast Guard [248]
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office [3806]

Scientist

Sir David Brewster

Sir David Brewster

Type: Scientist

Born:

1781

Died:

1868

Read more about Sir David Brewster

Georges L. Buffon

Buffon

Type: Scientist

Born:

1707

Died:

1788

Read more about Georges L. Buffon

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