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Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of Simon Lake submarine materials

 Collection
Identifier: 6992

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Letters, stock certificates, drawings, photographs, and publications related to Simon Lake's designs for submarines.

Dates

  • 1898-1964.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

.5 cubic feet. (.5 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Letters, stock certificates, drawings, photographs, and publications related to Simon Lake's designs for submarines.

SEPARATED MATERIAL

Books on Simon Lake and the Submarine.

  1. Underwater Torpedo Boats: Their Merits and Their Menace, Lake Torpedo Boat Co. Includes content on "The Protector" sold to Russia. Rudin # SL-43.
  2. Ancient and Modern Ships: Part 1, George C.V. Holmes, 1906. Signed by Lake. Rudin # SL-44.
  3. Ancient and Modern Ships: Part II, George C.V. Holmes, 1906. Rudin # SL-45.
  4. The Storage Battery, Augustus Treadwell Jr., 1902. Rudin # SL-46.
  5. Sixty Years' Recollections of Milford, Nathan Stowe, 1917. Signed by Lake. Rudin # SL-47.
  6. A Genealogy of the Lake Family and Submarine. Rudin # SL-48.
  7. The Autobiography of Simon Lake. Rudin # SL-49.

Physical Description

Correspondence, printed materials, publications, photographs

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Donor
Date completed:
October 2012
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, October 2012
Date modified:
Jude Corina, July 2017
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
October 2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)