43 Sea Research Society & IDI Library & Archives Periodicals Maps & Prints

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(Spence Riebe Institute & Nautical Archives)
Important note: This page and some of our linked pages are still being compiled. When completed, they will collectively contain tens of thousands of entries and reference notes.

PERIODICALS, MAPS & PRINTS

Shipwrecks of the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, 1861-1865, by Dr. E. Lee Spence, Charleston, SC, 1984

Maps: This collection includes hundreds of maps and charts, most over fifty years old, many over one hundred years old.

Channel Straits Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1984

Dorset Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1986

England - South and West Coasts, St. Ives to Dodman Point, (illustrated with numerous shipwrecks) Produced by Del Gibbard, based on Admiralty Chart #777

Goodwin Sands Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1985

Isle of Wight Shipwrecks - from 1304, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1983

Isle of Scilly Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1981

Lake Erie Dive Chart with Detroit River, St. Claire River and Lake St. Claire (Showing numerous shipwrecks located and identified) by Paul Ackerman, Midwest Explorers League, 1998

Lake Michigan Dive Chart: Principal Shipwrecks located and identified, by Paul Ackerman, Midwest Explorers League, 1992

Lake Ontario Dive Chart: Principal shipwrecks located and identified, by Paul Ackerman, Midwest Explorers League, 1983

Lake Superior Dive Chart (Showing numerous shipwrecks located and identified) by Paul Ackerman, Midwest Explorers League, 1990

Land's End Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1980

Lizard - Peninsula Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1980

Maritime Disasters of Nantucket, s.w.artz, inc. 2003

North Devon Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1984

Shipwrecks of North Wales, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1984

Shipwrecks of the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, 1861-1865, by Dr. E. Lee Spence, Charleston, SC, 1984

Shipwrecks of Wreck Valley (approaches to New York, between the Jersey Shore & Long Island), by Dr. E. Lee Spence, Charleston, SC, 1990

South Devon Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1981

Sussex Shipwrecks, Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1990

Cover photo of wreck diver and model Cheryl Knudsen, taken by underwater photographer Louise Seddon. Seddon passed away March 1, 1994.

Periodicals: The Sea Research Society and IDI library has thousands of copies of back issues of various periodicals relating to commercial diving, sport diving, shipwrecks, treasure, ships and history. Listed below are some of those titles.

Alert Diver: The Magazine of Divers Alert Network

Aqua: The PADI Diving Society Magazine

AquaCorps 13: Leading the Underwater Generation

AquaCorps N7: The Journal for Technical Diving

Asian Diver: The First and Leading Pan-Asian Underwater Magazine

DeepTech: Advanced Diving Techniques

Dive

Dive Chronicles: Underwater Adventures & More ("The Digest of Diving")

Dive Training: The Monthly Magazine for New Divers & Their Instructors

Diving World

DYK: The Scandinavian Dive Magazine

Eastern & Western Treasure

Espacio Profundo (Mexico, in Spanish)

Historical Diver: The Official Publication of the Historical Diving Societies

Immersed: The International Technical Diving Magazine

Mondo Sommerso: International Ocean Magazine (Italy but with English text)

National Diver (formerly East Coast Diver)

National Geographic

Ocean Industry: Engineering, Construction, Operations

Ocean Realm: Magazine of the Sea

Octopus: Le magazine des plongeurs confirmes (French)

Offshore: Incorporating The Oilman

Pacific Diver

Red Sea Magazine: Aqaba, Eilat, Sinai, Hurghada

Scuba Diver: Most Widely Read & Most Authorized Dive Magazine in Korea (Korea)

SCUBA Diving: The Magazine Divers Trust

SCUBA Times: The Active Diver's Magazine

SCUBA: O Mergulho Levado A Serio (Brazil)

Sea Classics (naval history)

Sea Frontiers (sea life and exploration)

Selling SCUBA

Sources, The Journal of Underwater Education (NAUI)

Sport Diver: The Ultimate Underwater

Treasure

Treasure Diver

Treasure Found

Treasure Quest

Treasure Search

Treasure World

Wreck Diver, Narwhal Press Inc., Summerville, SC 29483

The original of this print of the sinking of the Stonefleet off Charleston,
South Carolina, was published in Harper's Weekly in 1862. The remains of several vessels
from this fleet were discovered by Dr. E. Lee Spence and the late Ron Reneau.

Prints: Many of the prints in the libraries collection are originals from the 18th & 19th centuries.

The Fute Clipper "Bay of Panama," Planaship, Maritime Productions, Cornwall, 1979

Shipwreck Salvor's Prayer, Shipwreck Press, Charleston, South Carolina, 1986

Civil War photo of sailors on gun deck.

Photos: There tens of thousands of slides, negatives and photographic prints in this part of the collection. They are in the process of being placed in binders for viewing.

Artifacts: The artifacts in this collection range from bronze cannon, binnacles, bells and ships' wheels to bone tooth brushes, clay pipes, pins, buttons and dinnerware. These items are used to train students to date and thus help identify shipwrecks.

Wreck Files: This portion of Sea Research Society's Spence Archives contains E. Lee Spence's hand-written notes on thousands of shipwrecks around the world. It also contains copies of ship's registries, enrollments and licenses as well as many pertinent news articles and other related documents.
See Also: the following links (also shown at top of page)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Note 1: By special agreement, the International Diving Institute houses the Dr. E. Lee Spence Shipwreck Archives and Robert R. Nielsen, Sr. Collection of the Sea Research Society's library at IDI's corporate office in Summerville, South Carolina. The Spence Archives includes thousands of books, magazines, maps and charts relating to shipwrecks, underwater archaeology and oceanography. It also includes have tens of thousands of prints, photographs and slides relating to sport and commercial divers and dive related work ranging from underwater welding, non-destructive testing (NDT), chamber operations to shipwrecks. Many of these were taken by the late Mike Freeman who was closely associated with National Geographic Magazine for much of his diving career.

Note 2: Library use of the Spence Archives and Nielsen Collection is limited to current IDI students and Board Members and is by appointment only.

Note 3: At the actual library, students can read about and research virtual every dive related topic from sunken treasure to the evolution of diving gear. Some documents are confidential and are not available to students as they touch on current and/or future projects of Dr. E. Lee Spence.

Note 4: All collections are actually owned by the Sea Research Society and are on loan to the International Diving Institute.

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