William Smyth Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-165
Abstract
This small collection is essentially the business papers of William Smyth, created during his time at the Dauntless and Mystic Shipyards, 1927-1971. Included are yard financial reports, meeting notices, clippings, and business correspondence, all arranged in chronological order.
Dates
- Creation: 1927 - 1971
Language of Materials
English Latin
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.
Biography of William Smyth
Major William Smyth was born in 1887 in Ireland and was "...considered by many one of the finest boatbuilders in the United States..." In 1925 he became manager of the Dauntless Shipyard in Essex, Connecticut. He reorganized their operations and proceeded to build many quality sailing yachts. During 1939 Smyth came to Mystic Shipyard, and by 1960 was president and general manager of the yard corporation which included John R. Rincicotti and Donald A. Truss. The yard had been founded in 1843 under the name of Maxson, Fish and Co., however by the time Smyth sold out his interest in 1971, Mystic Shipyard was essentially a yacht storage and repair facility.
Extent
75 piece(s) (3 boxes)
Index to Personal Names
NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about Thomas H. Aageson in Box 3, Folder 5 of the collection.
- ?, Patricia 3/9
- Aageson, Thomas H. 3/5
- Adler, Edward A. 2/9, 2/13
- Alden, John G. 2/2
- Allen, Virginia M. 3/8, 3/9
- Allen, William James 1/7
- Alling, L.L. 2/9
- Anderson, John M. 3/8
- Anderson, Lavinia A. 1/7
- Ayer, Frank R. 3/6
- Bailey, Walter F. 2/9
- Baird, Walter S. 3/2
- Barnes, Harry B. 2/6
- Barney, Phil 3/8
- Barnstead, F.E. 2/7
- Baum, Dick 3/2, 3/4
- Baum, Richard 3/8
- Belcher, Nathan (Judge) 2/8
- Bell, Nicholas 1/5
- Black, H.L. 2/3
- Blackwell, T.W. 2/10
- Bolger, Phil 3/1
- Boote, W.G. 1/3
- Boyle, ? (Major) 1/6
- Brigham, Theodore W. 2/5
- Brown, T. Owen 2/8
- Bunce, John L. 3/9
- Burk, Morgan J. 2/3
- Caleb, George E. 2/7
- Cambria, Guy 2/3
- Campito, J.M. 3/9
- Caranex, Bruce 3/10
- Card, Thomas 3/8
- Carey, ? (Capt.) 2/3
- Carney, Robert B. 2/8
- Carpenter, Walter 2/9
- Carson, Edward (Sir) 1/5
- Carswell, D.B. 1/5
- Carswell, David 2/7
- Carswell, David B. 2/6, 2/12
- Case, Philips N. 3/10
- Chamberlain, Dorothy 3/2
- Chapelle, Howard I. 2/8
- Chappell, L.A. 2/8
- Chase, Philip P. 3/8
- Christy, James L. 3/3
- Coffin, Clifford 1/6
- Colt, William L. 1/4
- Comstock, Peter H. 3/9
- Cooley, Francis 2/5
- Cooley, John 3/1
- Cooley, John C. 3/2, 3/5
- Cooper, Stanley M. 3/9
- Corkey, Richard F. 2/9, 2/10, 2/11, 2/13, 3/3
- Cox, Daniel H. 3/8
- Crandall, J. Stuart 2/8
- Crandall, James L. 2/8
- Cross, Walter A. 3/1
- Crouch, George 2/6
- Cuno, John 3/8
- Dalgleish, Maria 1/4
- Day, Charles 1/4
- Degoutte, ? (General) 1/6
- DeVane, Milton P. 3/9
- Dey, Philip S. 3/3
- Dickman, Frank 3/2
- Dickman, Franklin J. 3/3
- Dodge, William 3/9
- Driscoll, William (Mrs.) 3/9
- Dunham, A.G. 3/9
- Dunham, G. 3/8
- Dunham, Gilbert 3/1, 3/8, 3/9
- Dunlap, Charles 3/10
- Dunn, Thomas W. 3/3
- DuPont, Henry B. 3/9
- Dupont, Pierre S. (III) 2/8
- Edmonds, E. Gary 2/11
- Egan, Jarvis 2/8
- Elliott, E.F. 2/8
- Ellsworth, John E. 2/14
- Elton, John P. 2/5
- English, John E. 3/9
- Evans, Gordon A. 3/8
- Everett, J.W. 1/8
- Fagan, J.J.A. (Lieut.) 1/6
- Ferdinand, S.W. 2/1
- Ferguson, C.V. 2/8, 2/9
- Ferrier, A. (Lieut.) 1/6
- Finnis, ? (Col.) 1/5
- Flack, George 2/7
- Foch, Marshall 1/6
- Forrestal, James 2/9
- Fraser, A.E. 3/3
- French, Harry N. 2/9
- Fuller, Henry J. 2/9
- Furd, John 3/8
- Gardner, John 3/1
- Gardner, William 3/8
- Garfield, John 3/8
- Glanville, ? (Capt.) 1/6
- Glubb, F.M. 1/6
- Goertner, Francis B. 2/10
- Gooch, Harold 1/7
- Goodwin, Charles A. 2/3, 2/5, 2/6, 2/8, 2/11
- Goodwin, Clarence 3/9
- Goodwin, Francis 2/11, 3/1
- Goodwin, Jonathan 3/9
- Goodwin, Sage 3/9
- Goodwin, Spencer 2/5
- Gosselin, B. 1/5
- Gosselin, N. 1/2, 1/5
- Greenan, J.E. 2/8
- Greenhill, Basil 3/5
- Grosvenor, Melville Bell 3/6
- Grover, ? 2/10
- Haines, Frank 2/8
- Haines, Franklin M. 3/3
- Haines, Rowland 3/3
- Hamilton, Cole (Col.) 1/6
- Hamilton, Fredric 1/2
- Hamilton, Georgia W. 3/8
- Harding, J.E. 1/3
- Hardy, William A. 3/1
- Hardy, William Agee 3/9
- Hargrove, John 1/3
- Harrison, Earl G. 2/8
- Harte, Dick 2/4
- Harte, Helen 1/4
- Harte, Katherine 1/4
- Harte, Richard 1/4, 1/8, 2/1, 2/5, 2/6
- Harte, Richard H. (Dr.) 1/4
- Hartman, Bill 3/1
- Hawes, C.L. 1/6
- Haynes, Gordon 2/14
- Healy, ? (Miss) 1/4
- Heath, G.M. 1/6
- Hellier, John R. 3/3
- Hetherington, Thomas E. 1/2
- Hibbert, G.N. (General) 1/5
- Hill, A.F.S. (Capt.) 1/5
- Hodgson, G.C.S. 1/7
- Howland, ? 2/1
- Howland, Waldo 3/1, 3/2, 3/8
- Hoyt, Fred 2/11
- Hughes, Paul M. 3/2
- Hutchinson, ? 1/5
- Ingraham, Bob 3/1
- Jameson, ? (Lieut.) 1/5
- Jameson, Willy 2/4
- Jenssen, Edward L. 2/10
- Jerome, ? (Col.) 1/6
- Johnson, E.B. 2/4
- Johnson, Irving M. 3/2
- Johnston, Waldo C.M. 3/4
- Keefe, Arthur T. 2/8
- Kelley, ? 2/4
- Kerr, M.J.D. 1/6
- Kerzner, Elliot 3/8
- Killeen, John W. 3/6
- King, John 1/2
- Kistler, F.E. 2/8
- Kneen, H.F. 3/9
- Kneen, Harold F. 3/8
- Knipe, Mabel Hoyle 3/10
- Knipe, Robert 3/10
- Kotz, Ronald K. 3/5
- Kyztiniak, Emil 3/8
- Ladden, Charles A. 2/8
- Lalley, Bill 2/12
- Lamont, Donald B. 3/3
- Lamont, Patsy Rice 3/3
- Lardner, ? 1/5
- Lawrence, Charles 3/8
- Lee, Albert R. 2/8
- Lewin, R.A.H. 1/6
- Lidstone, G.J. 1/8
- Lindquist, Fred H. 3/2
- Litchfield, Julia 2/2
- Lonergan, ? 2/10
- Loud, Newton 3/1
- Lyon, Agnes 1/2, 1/7
- Lyon, Elizabeth 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 1/7
- Lyon, Lottie 1/2
- Lyon, William 1/7, 2/5
- MacCarthy, ? (Dr.) 1/6
- MacDonnel, Tim 3/1
- MacDougall, ? 2/8
- MacKenzie, Robert H. 1/6, 1/7
- Mande, C. 1/2
- Marlin, Thomas 1/7
- Maynard, J.A. 2/6
- Mayo, ? (Dr.) 1/4
- Mayo, Charles 2/9
- McGrath, Hazel W. 2/11
- McKnew, Thomas W. 3/1
- McLeod, John (Jr.) 2/4
- Milkofsky, Brenda 3/9
- Millett, R. 1/2
- Moore, ? 1/8
- Moore, G.L. 2/8
- Morgan, Alexander 1/2
- Morris, B.W. 2/3
- Morris, B.W. (Jr.) 2/3
- Morris, B.W. (Sr.) 2/5
- Morris, Benjamin W. (Jr.) 2/5
- Morris, Everett B. 3/1
- Morrison, L. 2/7
- Morse, Arthur 3/8
- Myles, T. 2/3, 2/4
- Nagle, Virginia C. 3/9
- Neill, Duncan 2/4
- Neill, Melville 2/4
- Nelson, Bob 2/7
- Nevins, ? 2/8
- Nichols, H.D. 2/8
- Noonan, Peter 3/7
- Norris, ? (Capt.) 1/6
- Norton, C. McKim 3/8
- O’Donnell, M. 1/7
- Oakes, T.F. 2/8
- Owen, George 3/8
- Palmer, Emma Jane 2/11
- Parker, P.W. 2/9
- Pashler, P.E. 3/1
- Paterson, John 2/7
- Patterson, Linda 3/9
- Peterson, Richard V. 2/10
- Petrucelli, L.A. 2/10
- Pettigrew, D. 2/4
- Phelps, Hubbard 2/8
- Phillips, F.W. 2/8
- Pickett, C.E. 2/11
- Pierce, Howard A. 2/3
- Ratsey, T.C. 2/7
- Read, Joseph M. 2/8
- Rhodes, Phil 2/8
- Rhodes, Philip 3/9
- Rhodes, Philip H. 3/8
- Rhodes, Philip L. 3/1, 3/8
- Ricardo, A. 1/6
- Rice, E.D. 3/9
- Rice, Edward T. 2/6, 2/8, 2/9, 2/10, 2/13
- Rice, Harriet C. 2/13
- Rincicotti, Henry 2/8, 2/13
- Rincicotti, John 2/14
- Rincicotti, John H. 3/3
- Robins, W.S. 1/3
- Roland, Glen R. 2/8
- Rosencrantz, Donald 3/1
- Rowland, John T. 2/8
- Rozendaal, Hans M. 3/1, 3/2, 3/8
- Russell, Alick (Lieut. Col.) 1/5
- Russell, G.G. 2/8
- Russell, M. 3/8
- Russell, Thomas W. 2/5
- Sayers, R.S. 2/5
- Schaefer, Rudy 3/1
- Schmidlapp, Carl 3/10
- Schultz, Harcourt 3/8
- Schultz, Harcourt F. 3/9
- Sclateno, H.C. (General) 1/5
- Scott, Hall 2/10
- Sharp, Thomas A. 3/10
- Sheffield, Alfred C. 2/9
- Shields, William H. 2/9
- Shrewsberry, Karen F. 3/6
- Simmons, Frank 2/5
- Smith, Billy 1/1
- Smith, Geoffrey S. 3/1, 3/3
- Smith, Hugh 2/3
- Smith, J. Rodney 3/4
- Smyth, Alice 2/10
- Smyth, Elizabeth 2/12
- Smyth, Elizabeth Lyon 2/1, 2/8
- Smyth, Esther Minnie Keown 1/1
- Smyth, Hugh Edwin 2/9
- Smyth, J. Philip 3/8
- Smyth, Janet 3/4
- Smyth, Mary 2/7
- Smyth, William (Sr.) 1/1
- Smyth, William L. 3/8
- Sparkman, James D. 2/14
- Spens, Nora 3/3
- Steele, Rita E. 3/10
- Stephens, Olin J. 2/8
- Stephens, Roderick (Jr.) 3/8
- Stevens, J.E. 2/7
- Stevens, W.P. 2/11
- Stewart, Arthur W. 3/9
- Stingle, Robert M. 3/9
- Stinson, J.B. 3/4
- Sullivan, Frank H. 2/1
- Sutphen, John 3/7
- Sweetser, J.A. 3/10
- Swift, Rodman 2/7
- Szulman, Pat 3/9
- Thompson, Muriel A. 3/8
- Thompson, W. Roosevelt 2/5
- Thomson, A.G. (Col.) 1/6
- Thomson, D.G. 2/7
- Timken, J. 3/8
- Timken, John 3/9
- Towlson, A.J. (Capt.) 1/6
- Towlson, A.J. (Lieut.) 1/6
- Truss, Donald 2/8, 2/9
- Truss, Donald A. 2/13, 3/3
- Turnbull, James R. 2/10
- Vaughan, Samuel 1/8
- Vincent, Arnold 2/9
- Wadhams, M. Allyn 2/5
- Wallace, J. 1/7
- Walters, Henry 2/11
- Warner, Winthrop L. 3/2, 3/8
- Watkins, P.H. 2/10
- Watson, ? (Miss) 1/4
- Way, Earnest 2/11
- Way, Earnie 2/5
- Wayland, J.E. 3/9
- Wells, John H. 3/8
- Werthmann, Norman J. 3/1
- Westbrook, Crawford C. 3/9
- Westbrook, Stillman F. 3/9
- Wetherill, Sam 2/8
- Wettengel, Carl T. 2/9
- Wheatly, E.A. 1/6
- Wheeler, Ed 3/3
- White, Henry C. 2/11
- White, W. King 2/8
- White, W.W. 2/11
- Whiting, Paul 3/10
- Wilkie, George 1/7
- Willard, R.P. 2/14
- Willard, Wallace W. 2/11
- Worthington, Eugene 1/7
- Wright, S.B. 1/5
- Yates, ? (Capt.) 2/10
- Yates, Lloyd D. 2/12, 2/14
- Young, Charles T. 3/9
Index to Corporate Names
NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about Allen, Russell & Allen in Box 2, Folder 5 of the collection.
- Allen, Russell & Allen 2/5, 2/8
- Allyn Wadhams Co. 2/5
- American Express Co. 2/7
- American Kite Fliers Association 3/1
- Ames Baldwin Wyoming Shovel Co. 2/5, 2/6
- B.E.F. Fishing Co. 1/7, 1/8
- Black & Yates, Inc. 2/3
- Bowers & Kalenak 2/14
- Bridgeport Motor Co. 2/1
- Calkins Craft Boat Co. 2/14
- Cambria, Roth & Cambria 2/3
- Canadian Vickers, Ltd. 2/6
- Concordia Co., Inc. 3/1, 3/2
- Corkey & Barrows 2/13
- Cove Boat Shop 2/8
- Cox & Stevens, Inc. 2/8
- Crandall Drydock Engineers 2/8
- Crosswell Construction Co. 1/8
- Curtis-Dunn Marine Industries 2/12
- Dauntless Shipyard 2/9, 3/8
- Dauntless Shipyard, Inc. 2/2, 2/3
- Day & Zimmerman 1/4
- Deep River National Bank 2/3
- Deloro Mining & Reduction Co. 1/4, 1/5
- Dodge Mfg. Co. 1/3
- E.E. Dickinson Co. 3/9
- Eidlitz, French & Sullivan 2/9
- Electric Boat Co. 2/9
- Empire Refining Co. 2/1
- Essex National Bank 2/3
- Fairhaven Star 3/10
- Fisher’s Island Yacht Club 2/8
- Francis R. Cooley & Co. 2/5
- Furnan’s Yacht Agency 3/1
- George Flack & Co. 2/7
- Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank 3/1
- Great West Life Assurance Co. 1/4
- Greenport Basin & Construction Co. 2/5
- Halifax Shipyards, Ltd. 2/7
- Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co. 2/3
- Hurdman & Cranstoun, Public Accountants 2/4
- Ichabod T. Williams & Sons 2/4
- Imperial Guarantee & Accident Ins. Co. 1/4
- John Cooke & Co. 1/7
- John G. Alden Co. 3/8
- Johnson Iron Works 2/1
- Lacashire Dynamo & Motor Co. 1/3
- MacKenzie River Steamship Line 1/7
- Marine Historical Association 3/1
- Mather & Platt, Ltd. 1/2
- Millicent Library, The 3/10
- Minneford Yacht Yard 2/5, 2/6, 3/8
- Monarch Machine Works 1/4
- Montaup Realty Co. 2/3
- Moore & Young 1/8
- Moore-McCormack Lines 2/12
- Morris & O’Connor 2/5
- Morris Plan Bank of Hartford 2/3
- Mystic Seaport Museum 3/3, 3/8, 3/9
- Mystic Shipyard 2/7, 2/8, 3/6, 3/8
- National Geographic Society 3/1, 3/6
- National Maritime Museum 3/5
- New Bedford Standard 3/10
- Niagara Mohawk Power Co. 3/5
- Phoenix State Bank & Trust Co. 2/3
- Pierce & Kilburn Corp. 2/7, 2/8, 2/9
- Pierce & Kilburn Shipyard 3/8
- Ratsey & Lapthorn, Ltd. 2/7
- Sachems Head Yacht Club 3/8
- Schenectady Trust Co. 2/6, 2/10
- Scottish Widows’ Fund 1/8
- Shipman & Goodwin 2/3, 2/5, 2/8
- Siemens Brother Dynamo Works, Ltd. 1/2
- Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. 2/8, 2/14
- Thomas Beattie & Sons 2/7
- Traveler’s Insurance Co. 2/1, 2/2
- Wadsworth Atheneum 3/8
- Watch Hill Yacht Club 2/8
- Wayland Boiler Repair & Welding Co. 3/9
- Webster, Blanchard & Willard 2/11
- Werthmann & Faulkner, Inc. 3/1
- Whitehead Metal Products Co. 2/4
- Woolsey Paint Co. 2/4
- York Street Flax & Spinning Co. 2/7
Index to Vessel Names
NOTE: The fraction(S) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about the sloop AIDA MCNEIL in Box 3, Folder 9 of the collection.
- AIDA MCNEIL (Sloop) 3/9
- ALERT 2/11
- AMERICA (Schooner) 3/1
- ARIES (Yacht) 3/8
- BALTICA (Sloop) 3/8
- BANTAM (Sloop) 2/11
- BEN HAM (Yacht) 3/10
- BETTY (Sea skiff) 2/10
- BLUE GODDESS (Yacht) 3/10
- BRENDA (Yacht) 2/11
- BRENDAN (Sloop) 2/11
- BRITTANIA 2/4
- BRUNETTA (Yawl) 3/10
- CAMBRIA 2/4
- CHARLES W. MORGAN (Ship) 3/4
- CHERRY BLOSSOM 2/8, 3/9
- CHOTAH (Yacht) 2/4
- CINDERELLA (Sloop) 3/8
- CIRRUS (Sloop) 3/8
- CLAVETTE (Sailboat) 2/8
- COCK ROBIN (Yacht) 3/8
- CREOLE 2/4
- CRITERION 3/8
- CROW’S NEST IV (Yacht) 3/2
- CURLEW 3/9
- DAUNTLESS (Yacht) 3/8
- DISCOVERY 2/12
- EMILY MORGAN 2/14
- ENDEAVOR (Yacht) 2/7
- FAITH (Yacht) 2/4
- FANTASY (Sailboat) 2/8
- FELISI (Ketch) 3/8
- FLAME 3/8
- GODSPEED 2/12
- GOLDEN HAND (Yacht) 3/8
- GOLDEN HIND (Yacht) 2/11
- HARBINGER (Sailboat) 2/11
- HARBINGER (Yacht) 2/11
- HERZOGEN CECILIA (Bark) 2/4
- HOSTESS III (Yawl) 3/8
- INTEGRITY 3/2
- KAEL (Sailboat) 2/8
- KATRINA (Yacht) 3/1, 3/2, 3/8
- KATYDID (Yacht) 2/11
- LIGHTNING (Yacht) 3/10
- LINNET (Yacht) 3/1, 3/2
- LITTLE DIPPER 3/2
- LULWORTH 2/4
- MAGDALEN (Schooner) 2/4
- MARIA (Yacht) 2/8
- MARITA (Yacht) 3/3
- MERMURUS (Yacht) 2/11
- MINNOW (Star boat) 2/8
- MIRANDA 2/14
- MUSKRAT (Yacht) 2/12
- N’OR EASTER (Motor sailer) 3/8
- NANCY G. (Yacht) 2/11
- NEDRAH (Yacht) 3/8
- NEECHEE (Sloop) 3/8
- NITRAMON (Sailboat) 2/8
- NOVA SCOTIA 2/7
- ONWOOD III (Yacht) 3/10
- ORIOLE (Yacht) 2/11
- POLLY II (Sea sled) 2/8
- PROCYON (Yawl) 2/11
- PUSSY WILLOW (Yacht) 2/10, 3/8
- QUEST (Sailboat) 2/10
- QUEST (Yacht) 2/6, 2/12
- RANGER 3/9
- SEMINOLE (Yawl) 3/9
- SHAMROCK (Sloop) 2/4
- SHAWNEE (Yacht) 3/8
- SHEARWATER (Yacht) 3/10
- SHEILA (Yacht) 2/3, 2/4
- SOUTHERLY (Yacht) 3/9
- STORM (Yacht) 2/11
- STOUT FELLA (Sloop) 3/9
- SUB ROSA (Yacht) 3/3
- SUSAN (Yacht) 2/11
- SUSAN CONSTANT 2/12
- TERAGRAM (Yacht) 3/8
- TEREGRAM (Schooner) 2/5
- TYCHE (Yacht) 2/7, 2/12
- VAGABOND (Schooner) 3/1
- VERLAINE (Yacht) 3/1
- VESTRIS (Schooner) 2/3
- WAIANDANCE (Yacht) 2/11
- WALLABY (Sport fisherman) 3/8
- WHITE HEATHER 2/4
- WHITE MIST (Yacht) 3/6
- WIDGEON (Yacht) 3/9
- WINONA (Motor sailer) 2/8
- Title
- William Smyth Papers (Coll. 165)
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of the Collection at the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367
collections@mysticseaport.org