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...

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Plans and manuscript material from the personal collection of Frederick C. Geiger. Received 12/8/1987. 611 sheets of plans

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,...

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...