Related Resources
Audio/Visual MaterialsBooks Published Immediately Following the Disaster
Other Stories of Survivors
Obituaries of Survivors
1985 Expedition to Locate the Titanic
1996 Salvage Operation
Audio/Visual Materials
Alphabetically Listed
Albert Caldwell Remembers the Titanic Disaster Audio Recording / Podcast 1957 Interviews with Titanic Survivors from BBC Archive Video on YouTube.com Secrets of the Titanic From Snag Films and National Geographic Survivors of the Titanic Survivors tell their stories, from the BBC Archive |
Books Published Immediately Following the Disaster
By Survivors
The loss of the S.S. Titanic by Lawrence Beesley The truth about the Titanic by Archibald Gracie |
By Government Agencies
Loss of the Steamship "Titanic" British Government Report "Titanic Disaster" U.S. Senate Hearing |
By Other Authors
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters edited by Logan Marshall Titanic by Filson Young An unsinkable Titanic by J. Bernard Walker |
Novel Written Before the Titanic Sank
The wreck of the Titan, or Futility by Morgan Robertson Written in 1898, this fictional work is about a ship named the Titan that struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sank under circumstances similar to the Titanic. |
Other Stories of Survivors
Chronologically by Date of Article
Titanic survivor faces death again Apr. 15, 1913, New York Times - Survivor: Frank Karoun Society woman wants to nurse soldiers May 6, 1914, Chicago Day Book - Survivor: Margaret Brown Mrs. Carter has divorce May 30, 1914, New York Tribune - Survivors: Lucile Polk Carter and William Carter Titanic survivor a bride Oct. 27, 1914, Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger - Survivors: Eloise Hughes Smith and Robert W. Daniel Titanic survivor dies from hunger May 31, 1915, New York Tribune - Alleged Survivor whose name is not on any passenger list: Sadie Golden Sobbing woman tells of Titanic's horrors Jun. 25, 1915, New York Sun - Survivors: Lillian Renouf, John B. Thayer, and Marion Kenyon Futrelle smoked as Titanic sank Jun. 26, 1915, New York Tribune - Survivors: Karl Behr, Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, and Eugene Daly Women kept from boats Jun. 27, 1915, New York Sun - Survivor: William Mellors Miss Ryerson to wed Sept. 4, 1915, New York Sun - Survivor: Emily Ryerson Dr. Rice, explorer, weds Mrs. Widener, survivor of Titanic Oct. 6, 1915, New York Evening World - Survivor: Eleanor Elkins Widener Germantown survivor of Titanic gets $8750 Jan. 28, 1916, Evening Public Ledger - Survivors: Charlotte Cardeza, Irene Harris, and Elizabeth Case Mrs. Robert W. Daniel... Aug. 28, 1916, Evening Public Ledger - Survivors: Eloise Hughes Smith Daniel, Philip Smith, and Robert Daniel Many war orphans starving in Poland May 3, 1917, Washington Times - Survivor: Charlotte Cardeza Titanic Survivor to wed Nov. 23, 1917, New York Tribune - Survivor: H. Bjornstrom-Steffenson Carpathia is sunk by u-boat Jul. 19, 1918, Washington Times - Carpathia was the ship that saved Titanic survivors from the sea R. Norris Williams Weds Jan. 13, 1919, Evening Public Ledger - Survivor: Richard Norris Williams Answers charges in $75,000 suits Feb. 25, 1920, New York Evening World - Survivor: Margaret Brown Tablet is unveiled to William T. Stead Jul. 6, 1921, New York Times - Passenger: William T. Stead Woman believes she may be baby reported lost Sept. 5, 1940, St. Petersburg Times - Passenger: Lorraine Allison Clue to Titanic survivor rouses kin, friends here Sept. 6, 1940, Milwaukee Journal - Passenger: Lorraine Allison Titanic survivor thinks sinking ended security age Jan. 7, 1959, Prescott Evening Courier - Survivor: Irene Harris Survivor of Titanic recalls experiences Apr. 15, 1972, Waycross Journal-Herald - Survivor: Edith Russell Titanic survivor was only 8 when ship went down Apr 15, 1977, Meriden Morning Record and Journal - Survivor: Marshall Drew Titanic survivor remembers Apr. 13, 1978, Reading Eagle - Survivor: Frank Goldsmith For 'Titanic' survivor, a gift from sea Dec. 21, 1993, St. Petersburg Times - Survivor: Edith Haisman |
Obituaries of Survivors
Alphabetical by Last Name
Asplund, Lillian (2006) Astor, Madeline (1940) Blanchard, Ruth Becker (1990) Cobb, Mortimer Howell (1986) Crosby, Catherine (1920) Dainton, Barbara West (2007) Dean, Millvina (2009) Drew, Marshall (1986) Duff-Gordon, Lady (1935) Frauenthal, Henry (1927) Goldsmith, Frank (1982) Gracie, Archibald (1912) Haisman, Edith (1997) Hart, Eva (1996) Ismay, J. Bruce (1937) |
Kroepfl, Louise (1979) Lee, Reginald (1913) Mackenzie, Edwina (1984) McCann, Robert (1965) Navratil, Michel (2001) Pope, Louise Kink (1992) Robb, Marjorie Newell (1992) Russell, Edith (1975) Ryerson, J.B. (1986) Shuman, Eleanor (1998) Spedden, Robert D. (1915) Straube, Ann (1990) Thomas, George (1991) Van Tongerloo, Winnifred (2002) Wellman, Mary Lines (1975) |
1985 Expedition to Locate the Titanic
Chronologically by Date of Article
Titanic found, expedition says Sept. 3, 1985, Ottawa Citizen Titanic nearly in one piece Sept. 4, 1985, Calgary Herald Titanic Find Sept. 4, 1985, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Titanic survived intact and upright: scientists Sept. 4, 1985, Montreal Gazette Luggage and wine bottles from the Titanic litter ocean floor Sept. 5, 1985, Glasgow Herald Photos from Titanic show an eerie wasteland Sept. 6, 1985, Milwaukee Journal |
1996 Salvage Operation
Chronologically by Date of Article
Line failure halts salvage of Titanic Aug. 30, 1996, Deseret News Effort to raise part of Titanic falters as sea keeps history Aug. 31, 1996, New York Times Wheels of fate cited as reason why aged Titanic returned to ocean floor Sept. 2, 1996, The Day (New London, CT) |