Series 9. Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Diaries, 1883-1931

This series includes photographs, mostly of Ward engines and boats, and some of the Ward family (ca. 1890s-1920s); two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings regarding Ward Engineering and the Ward family (ca. 1897-1930s); two diaries kept by Charles E. Ward (1880s); and ledger containing a guest book from Ward's display and presentation in Machinery Hall at the Chicago World's Fair (1893), as well mathematical calculations for steam engine and ship design (1894-1913).

Photographs of boats include views of construction and close-ups of details, as well as photos of completed vessels on their launch date.

The diary of May 1883 to November 1884 is available on microfilm in A&M No. 2266. Additional photographs of the Ward family may be found in A&M 2267.