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Models and modelmaking

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander G. Law Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-261
Abstract

Research notes, articles, newspaper clippings, letters, plans and data, ca. 1940-1960, collected by Alexander G. Law in the process of creating miniature ship models. Includes information about several of Law's models including the Ark Royal, H.M.S. Beagle, sloop Spray, H.M.S. Bounty, U.S.S. Constitution, clipper ship Flying Cloud, Brig Mary Celeste, and H.M.S. Victory.

Dates: ca. 1940-1960
Found in: Manuscripts

Lois Darling Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-267
Abstract

Papers of Lois Darling reflecting her maritime interests and including research notes, articles, clippings, sketches, correspondence, the logbook of the sloop SESAME and a scrapbook about the Larchmont Yacht Club. The papers document Darling's involvement with her catboats, the Catboat Association, yachts, model building, and the HMS Beagle.

Dates: 1940 - 1987
Found in: Manuscripts

Model Yachting Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-284
Abstract

Collection, 1898-1998, of papers of various model yachting organizations and influential people in the development of model yachting in the United States. Consists mainly of newsletters, collected by Roderick A. Carr, meeting minutes, rules and regulations, Theodore W. Houk's correspondence and card files as well as newspaper clippings. Complements The Vintage Model Yacht Group Collection (SP Coll.136) in the Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library.

Dates: 1898 - 1998
Found in: Manuscripts