Mystic Seaport (Museum of America) and the Sea Manuscript Collection Records of the Electric Launch Company (Coll. 213) 19 pages Repository : G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport dated 1892 - 1949 Internet search downloaded 5/15/2006 &5/10/2022

Archive

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Groton Public Library

History of the Electric Launch Co. held by the Mystic Seaport Museum
History of the Electric Launch Co. held by the Mystic Seaport Museum

Name/Title

Mystic Seaport (Museum of America) and the Sea Manuscript Collection Records of the Electric Launch Company (Coll. 213) 19 pages Repository : G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport dated 1892 - 1949 Internet search downloaded 5/15/2006 &5/10/2022

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.1051

Scope and Content

Mystic Seaport (Museum of America) and the Sea Manuscript Collection Records of the Electric Launch Company (Coll. 213) 19 pages Repository : G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport dated 1892 - 1949 Bulk 1925 - 1949 downloaded from http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/manuscripts/coll/coll213.html downloads 5/15/2006 Electric Launch and Navigation Company, later known as Electric Launch Company ("Elco"). Mystic Seaport (Museum of America) and the Sea Manuscript Collection Records of the Electric Launch Company (Coll. 213) 19 pages Repository : G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport dated 1892 - 1949 Bulk 1925 - 1949 downloaded from http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/manuscripts/coll/coll213.html downloads 5/15/2006 Electric Launch and Navigation Company, later known as Electric Launch Company ("Elco"). Records relating to the construction and sale of launches, motor yachts, and power boats, from the company's Bayonne plant, including correspondence, production records, product catalogs and brochures, retirement plan information, bowling pin and car body production information, and papers regarding the termination of the company's pleasure boat business. Persons represented include officials of Electric Boat Company: Lawrence Y. Spear, John J. Hopkins, and Preston L. Sutphen

Collection

James L. Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2016.1

Source or Donor

Streeter, James L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

History

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

History, Yachts, Shipbuilding, Business & finance, Ships, Pin industry, Bowling, Launches, Boats

Search Terms

Business & Commerce, Communications & Public Utilities, History, Internet Searches, Records, History, Ships, Elco, ELCO "Cruisette", ELCO Cruisers, Electric Launch and Navigation Company, Electric Launch Company (ELCO), Electric Storage Battery Company, Electro Dynamic, G. W. Blunt White Library, Holland Submarine Boat Company, Mystic Seaport, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., New London Marine Iron Works, Submarine Boat Corporation

Archive Details

Creator

Electric Launch Company, Mystic Seaport:: The Museum of America and the Sea

Date(s) of Creation

May 15, 2006

Restrictions

Access: Discolouration/fading, leaf-eared lower right corner, holes from staples and one staple

General Notes

Note

Notes: Coll. 213, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. Status: Good Status By: Sheila Sullivan Status Date: 2022-05-09