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Box 9

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Providence Journal & Bulletin, Narragansett Bay Yachting, 1950 Includes: “Yachting Gossip” columns by John Maynard Article about project to extending the Inland Coastal Waterway from Long Island to Narragansett Bay Tributes to Hookon Norgaard, one of Narragansett Bay’s best known yachtsmen Article about and photo of the new Rhode Island State College boat house Spread in Providence Sunday Journal titled “Sailfish are Spawning”, 1950

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes scrapbooks of materials collected by Davis after his retirement in 1948 from the Providence Journal. Topics include news of area races including collegiate, juniors, and America’s Cup; yacht clubs; particular yachts; and Herreshoff boat building company and individuals involved in the yachting community.

Dates: 1950

Providence Journal & Bulletin, Narragansett Bay Yachting, 1951 Includes: “Yachting Gossip” renamed “Spindrift” Formation of Block Island Yacht Club Obituary for William Parker Paine, veteran sailmaker for Herreshoff, 1951

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes scrapbooks of materials collected by Davis after his retirement in 1948 from the Providence Journal. Topics include news of area races including collegiate, juniors, and America’s Cup; yacht clubs; particular yachts; and Herreshoff boat building company and individuals involved in the yachting community.

Dates: 1951

Providence Journal & Bulletin, Narragansett Bay Yachting, 1953 Includes: Article about Commander Donald B. MacMillan’s theory about future weather trends Coverage of oil pollution in Narragansett Bay Article about four boats sinking in Narragansett Bay by electrical storm Coverage of two Bristol fisherman missing at sea Profile of Joseph W. Appleton, builder of yacht models, 1953

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 42-43
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes scrapbooks of materials collected by Davis after his retirement in 1948 from the Providence Journal. Topics include news of area races including collegiate, juniors, and America’s Cup; yacht clubs; particular yachts; and Herreshoff boat building company and individuals involved in the yachting community.

Dates: 1953