Evelyn Wright-Crawford articles

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Evelyn Wright-Crawford articles

Entry/Object ID

2024.29.01

Scope and Content

Newspaper clipping PDFs compiled by Mark Wharton Reid, Chicago Yacht Club historian.

Context

Evelyn Wright-Crawford who, along with her cousin Sara Cary [or Carey], double-hand sailed her 32-foot sloop "Lady Eileen" in the Chicago Yacht Club’s 1905 Chicago to Mackinac race. She was a founder of the Saugatuck Yacht Club and spouse of Andrew Hay Crawford of the Crawford Transportation Company, that from 1909 to 1913 made daily trips from Chicago with the H. W. Williams (later the Tennessee) and other steamships. The ships usually docked at the Big Pavilion.

Collection

Nautical, Family History

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.29

Source or Donor

Reid, Mark Wharton

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Crawford Transportation Company, Crawford, Andrew 1831-1900, Crawford, Evelyn (Wright) 1877-1966, Crawford, George Robert "Bob" 1913-1999, Saugatuck Yacht Club

General Notes

Note

https://printcenter.org/100/1925/10/19/mrs-andrew-wright-crawford-first-director/

Create Date

June 19, 2024

Update Date

June 23, 2024