Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1971

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Curl, Donald W.

Abstract

This thesis examines the origins and growth of the United States Life-Saving Service, from early volunteer efforts through the merger of the Service with the Revenue Marine to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915. In particular, it describes the history of the ten Houses of Refuge located along the southeastern coast of Florida, with emphasis upon the story of the original five houses built by contractor Albert Blaisdell in 1876. The text includes the dimensions of the buildings, accounts of the keepers' daily routine, and selections from various wreck reports prepared by the keepers. House of Refuge Number Two at Gilbert's Bar is referred to as being typical of all the houses. The appendix contains a duplicate of the original contract for the houses, a copy of a wreck report form, and lists of the keepers of the original five houses.

Extent

145 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1971.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13453

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