The Robert E. Durkin Collection is divided into eleven series:

Series I: Personal Information

Series II: Masters, Mates and Pilots International

Series III: M.M.P. Local 90

Series IV: M.M.P. Local 88

Series V: I.O.M.M.P. Offshore Division

Series VI: Miscellaneous M.M.P. Locals

Series VII: Safety

Series VIII: Exxon Valdez

Series IX: Legal Materials

Series X: Maritime Associations and Organizations

Series XI: Research Materials

Robert Edward Durkin was born December 25, 1912 in Paterson, New Jersey. He enlisted in the Navy in November 1934 in New York and received an honorable discharge in December 1938 in Seattle. He married Helen Cleo Jones in Lakewood Village, Los Angeles on April 1, 1948. He did not have any children.

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Collection is open for research.