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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).

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Records, 1920-1992, of Henry J. Gielow, Incorporated, a naval architectural firm. Includes vessel descriptions and drawings of the yachts designed by Henry J. Gielow, Inc., business correspondence regarding military vessel and atomic power plant construction, correspondence regarding research on Henry J. Gielow, Incorporated, publications including articles, brochures and catalogs regarding vessels and yachting, journals, loose notes and lists of yachts and their owners.

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Bills, receipts, accounts, correspondence, and other business records; printed materials, either for Wilson or associated businesses; items relating to yachting; signal flag drawings and measurements, photographs, and pamphlet; stock certificates; account books; and miscellaneous materials, including photographs, obituaries, stationery, advertisements, and business cards.

Abstract Illustrations of plans designed by Philip L. Rhodes from as early as his 1916 hydroplane to a diesel yacht of 1973. Illustrations depict all types of vessels from small recreational dinghies to large yachts and commercial cargo, as well as many one design and class boats. Very little military work is included. Advertising material for Rhodes designs is represented, as well as extensive correspondence for the design, construction and racing of the America's Cup defender, WEATHERLY. The...

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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.

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

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Records of the racing yacht Atlantic. Includes several pieces of ephemera from her victory in the 1905 Ocean Race for the Kaiser's Cup, as well as a small journal kept on board for the race. Collection also includes a number of newspaper clippings detailing her construction, successes under the ownership of Wilson Marshall, and eventual loss.

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Correspondence, membership information, minutes, scrapbooks, race results, and other documents, reflecting the club's history and its activities. Includes books by John Parkinson and William P. Stephens and information concerning the America's Cup and other racing events. Other organizations represented include the New York Yacht Club and North American Yacht Racing Union.

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Correspondence, track chart, articles and newspaper clippings about the ship, and logbooks (1924-1925) for three voyages.

Abstract Logs, navigator's notebooks, scrapbooks, guest registers, notes, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, and other papers, chiefly relating to Stephen's activities as navigator and/or captain of various vessels in long distance racing, but also reflecting his and his brother, Olin Stephens' personal and business affairs. Includes materials relating to the yawls DORADE and STORMY WEATHER, winners of the Transatlantic and Fastnet races, and races aboard his personal sloop MUSTANG; his...