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Yacht building

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur C. Robb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-191
Abstract

Correspondence, design data, specifications, construction information, and other materials, relating to yachts designed by Robb, including many materials regarding the RADIANT class auxillary ketch designed in the mid 1960's.

Dates: 1957 - 1971
Found in: Manuscripts

Bror Tamm Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-288
Abstract Collection, 1898-1997, of Bror Tamm, boat builder and designer. Includes information on specific boats, research on various rigging components and types of boats, as well as Tamm's personal records, journals, schoolbooks with drawings, correspondence, and business records spanning his entire lifetime. There are also files organized for Tamm by his daughter, Edna Tamm Verzuh, and posthumous records that she kept as well. This collection complements Bror Tamm artifacts in the general...
Dates: 1898-1997
Found in: Manuscripts

L. Francis Herreshoff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-138
Abstract The L. Francis Collection consists primarily of Mr. Herreshoff's correspondence between the years 1925 and 1971. In addition, there are drafts of Mr. Herreshoff's books, The Wizard of Bristol, Common Sense of Yacht Design, The Complete Cruiser, and Introduction to Yachting. Drafts of various articles written by L. Francis Herreshoff for Rudder magazine are present, as are miscellaneous types of information relative to many of his designs. Finally, there are numerous memos and monographs,...
Dates: 1925-1971 (bulk 1940-1970)
Found in: Manuscripts

Muriel Vaughn and L. Francis Herreshoff Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-339
Abstract

Collection, 1926-1988, contains the business and personal correspondence, poetry, drafts of “Rudder” magazine articles, school papers, Coast Guard ID, and personal journals of L. Francis Herreshoff collected by Muriel Vaughn as well as Mrs. Vaughn’s personal and business correspondence. This collection complements the L. Francis Herreshoff manuscript collection (Coll. 138) and ships plans collection (Coll. 38).

Dates: 1926-1988
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of Concordia Company

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-350
Abstract

Records, 1938-2001, of Concordia Company. Includes records for twenty-three 17′ sloops, ninety-eight yawls, and twenty-eight other boats. The collection also includes business correspondence, bills of sale, building contracts, notes, IOR ratings, and other miscellaneous records. These records complement items in the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library (SP Coll. 130) and the general collection.

Dates: 1938-2001 (bulk 1938-1988)
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of Henry J. Gielow, Incorporated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-345
Abstract

Records, 1920-1992, of Henry J. Gielow, Incorporated, a naval architectural firm. Includes vessel descriptions and drawings of the yachts designed by Henry J. Gielow, Inc., business correspondence regarding military vessel and atomic power plant construction, correspondence regarding research on Henry J. Gielow, Incorporated, publications including articles, brochures and catalogs regarding vessels and yachting, journals, loose notes and lists of yachts and their owners.

Dates: 1920-1992, bulk 1920-1970
Found in: Manuscripts

Roderick Stephens collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-163
Abstract Logs, navigator's notebooks, scrapbooks, guest registers, notes, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, and other papers, chiefly relating to Stephen's activities as navigator and/or captain of various vessels in long distance racing, but also reflecting his and his brother, Olin Stephens' personal and business affairs. Includes materials relating to the yawls DORADE and STORMY WEATHER, winners of the Transatlantic and Fastnet races, and races aboard his personal sloop MUSTANG; his...
Dates: 1931 - 1990
Found in: Manuscripts