This collection contains the records of the Cruising Club of America, 1921-2005, including race records, correspondence, historical files, governing officers'; and committees' files, rules and etiquette, clippings, and yacht logbooks. Also included in the collection are the papers of John Parkinson Jr., William W. Nutting, and Arthur B. Homer.

Thirty-five daily journals of Samuel A. Beebe (1843-1897) of East Lyme, Connecticut. The journals include details of Beebe's life on shore and on fishing and trading voyages, including cargo, daily catch numbers, location of fishing grounds, and various ports of call along the east coast from Key West to Nova Scotia.