Yachts, 1911-1948
Part of collection: John J. Raskob papers (0473)
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1948
Scope and Content
Subject files for yachts and motor boats owned and operated by Raskob, and correspondence with manufacturers and brokers concerning sales and acquisitions of boats. Includes correspondence with Captain Gunnar Abrahamsson concerning maintenance, crew wages and expenses, storage and operation of the yachts Patsy and Toodes, and the sale of same in 1937; operating and expense statements for the cruiser Boksar, and purchase offers from various parties and agents; various brochures, boat plans, catalogs and publications by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation, Cox & Stevens, Electric Launch Company, Henry Gielow, Inc., Krogman and Purdy, Chris-Craft, and other manufacturers and brokers; expenses from 1927 summer charter of Flying Fox from Dr. John Harriss (see also file 1031)
General Physical Description note
1,000 items.
Physical Storage Information
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From the Collection: 300 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository