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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

“Providence Journal / Narragansett Bay Yachting / 1921” Includes: Two invitations from Rhode Island Yacht Club about thet visiting schooner yacht America, 1921

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes scrapbooks that are predominantly clippings of Davis’ writing for the Providence Journal. Also included are ephemera, photographs, correspondence, and various other writings by Davis. Topics of interest include news of area races including collegiate, juniors, and America’s Cup; yacht clubs; particular yachts; Herreshoff boatbuilding company; and World War II maritime happenings

Dates: 1921

“Providence Journal / Yachting - 1922 / Narragansett Bay” Includes: First “Yachting Gossip” column “Galyards and Gaskets” columns Original photographs: Cranston Girl Scouts troop (two); Ladies’ Day at Fall River Yacht Club, 1921

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes scrapbooks that are predominantly clippings of Davis’ writing for the Providence Journal. Also included are ephemera, photographs, correspondence, and various other writings by Davis. Topics of interest include news of area races including collegiate, juniors, and America’s Cup; yacht clubs; particular yachts; Herreshoff boatbuilding company; and World War II maritime happenings

Dates: 1921

“Providence Journal / Yachting, 1923, Narragansett Bay” Includes: Correspondence from yacht owner thanking Davis for accurate article about the craft Davis’ invitation to go on a U.S. Navy submarine dive in Providence Harbor Original photographs of Block Island, 1921

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes scrapbooks that are predominantly clippings of Davis’ writing for the Providence Journal. Also included are ephemera, photographs, correspondence, and various other writings by Davis. Topics of interest include news of area races including collegiate, juniors, and America’s Cup; yacht clubs; particular yachts; Herreshoff boatbuilding company; and World War II maritime happenings

Dates: 1921

“Providence Journal / Narragansett Bay Yachting / 1924” Includes: Full page of yacht photos titled “Narragansett Bay’s Busiest Yachting Season” Several articles about women/girls in yachting Coverage of craft missing in North Atlantic carrying Motor Boat editor, William Washburn Nutting, who had recently spoken at the Edgewood Yacht Club, 1921

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes scrapbooks that are predominantly clippings of Davis’ writing for the Providence Journal. Also included are ephemera, photographs, correspondence, and various other writings by Davis. Topics of interest include news of area races including collegiate, juniors, and America’s Cup; yacht clubs; particular yachts; Herreshoff boatbuilding company; and World War II maritime happenings

Dates: 1921