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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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The collection consists of documents, originally part of a scrapbook, assembled by Raymond Dubrule during his service with the Naval Armed Guard from 1943 through 1946. Mr. Dubrule served aboard the liberty ships BERNARD M. BAKER and JERRY S. FOLEY and also spent time in New Orleans, San Diego, Guam, North Korea and Shanghai before being discharged from the Navy in Lido Beach, Long Island, New York.

Abstract The collection primarily consists of the broker's vessel listings (14 boxes); with tugs and towboats, tankers, barges, side and sternwheel steamers, yachts, sail boats, steamships, fishing boats, and many other vessels, all represented. These listings are organized by vessel type and listing number. Following these, there are 9 boxes of scrapbook material, with photographs and clippings for vessels of all kinds, in addition to other items of marine news. These scrapbook pages have been...

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Race records, membership information, newsletters, general correspondence, organization histories, scrapbooks, and other records, of the association, New England Intercollegiate Association (NEISA), and other regional associations. Includes A Study of Collegiate Sailing in the United States by Lester Rhoads and John Rousmaniere's History of the ICYRA; and extensive information concerning individual races and trophies presented.

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The Records of the Mystic Shipyard contains over 25,000 pieces of manuscripts filed in 66 document boxes, plus 31 volumes of business records.

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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.

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...

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The Samuel Watts Collection consists of 57 document boxes containing approximately 24,000 pieces and 6 volumes relative to the career of a prominent 19th century shipbuilder and shipowner, Samuel Watts of Thomaston, Maine. Included are business correspondence, bills, receipts, accounts, disbursements, dividend books, ledgers, and a scrapbook. The bulk of material is concentrated between 1850-1890.