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Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Hiram Hamilton Maxim Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-351
Abstract

Collection, 1925-1989, consists mainly of logbooks and notebooks kept by Hiram Hamilton Maxim for his boats, GANNET and GANNET II (built 1939), as well as several logbooks kept by his father, Hiram Percy Maxim. It also contains Hiram Hamilton’s notes and newspaper articles about improvements made to a hand-held Radio Direction Finder in addition to manuscripts and pictures for “Precision Coastal Piloting” and “Miscellaneous Piloting Notes and Other Useful Items”.

Dates: 1925 - 1989
Found in: Manuscripts

Philip LeBoutillier Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-352
Abstract

Collection, 1932-1953, consists of four scrapbooks and loose papers containing newspaper and magazine clippings, letters, photographs, brochures, sail race results and banquet menus as well as racing history pertaining to several yachts owned by yachtsman, businessman and philanthropist Philip LeBoutillier (1880-1972) including STORMY WEATHER (built 1934), VIKING (built 1930), ALSUMAR (built 1930) and NANCY (built 1932).

Dates: 1932-1953 (bulk 1932-1936)
Found in: Manuscripts

Records of the Off Soundings Club

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-285
Abstract

Race notices, minutes, board and committee chairmen reports, membership notices, scrapbooks, and a ledger, reflecting the club's history and its activities.

Dates: 1933 - 2009
Found in: Manuscripts