Boatbuilding
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
Fredrick C. Geiger Collection
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-075
Content Description
Plans and manuscript material from the personal collection of Frederick C. Geiger. Received 12/8/1987. 611 sheets of plans
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930 - 1972
Found in:
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library
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
Morgan Barney Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-207
Abstract
Diaries, notebooks, diplomas, building specifications for various yachts, and miscellaneous papers. Includes invoices (1838-1843) of whale oil, sperm candles, etc., shipped by Capt. Edward Merrill of New Bedford, kept by Barney's father, George Barney, who clerked for Merrill; schoolboy diary and notebooks kept by his son, John "Peter" Barney, who worked on his father's boats on weekends and holidays; and diary (1943) reflecting Morgan Barney's debilitating stroke (leaving him with slurred...
Dates:
1838-1943‚ (bulk 1899-1943)
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 Britt Brothers Boat Builders
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-316
Abstract
Correspondence, business cards, letterhead, timesheets, and clippings for the Britt Brothers Boat Builders of West Lynn and Saugus, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1913 - 1990
Found in:
Manuscripts
William Garden Collection
Collection
Identifier: SP-Coll-096
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1906 - 1999
Found in:
Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library