Portsmouth Yacht Club – MS047

Provenance: Placed on deposit by the Portsmouth Yacht Club in 1993

Citation: Portsmouth Yacht Club (MS047), Manuscript Collections, Portsmouth Athenaeum

Access: No restrictions

Scope and Content

Record books of annual meetings and officers and directors meetings; and slides, photographs, and negatives of members, races, and ships.

Box List

Box 1

Record Books of Annual Meetings 1898-1913, 1913-1931, 1931-1988

Record Books of Officers and Directors Meetings 1911-1932, 1933-1957

Box 2

Record Books of Officers and Directors Meetings 1957-1966, 1966-1972, 1972-1975, 1975-1978, 1978-1983

Box 3

Record Books of Officers and Directors Meetings 1983-1987, 1987-1992

Cash Book #3 1942-1953

Guest Book – Including J. D. Rockerfeller October 2, 1915, John D. Rockerfeller on June 10, 1932; Charles A. Lindberg August 1932; a seaplane flown by Leon H. Tanguay on July 13, 1939; there was an entry for Franklin Roosevelt on December 17, 1941, however FDR was not in Portsmouth at this time and the signature is not authentic; Henry Becker and Dorothy Becker on September 6, 1948

Programs for the Annual Meeting 1981 (3)

 Removed to photograph collection November 15, 2017 – Slides, photos, negatives of ships figure added in January 1996