Carlsark collection

Collection — mu: 916

Identifier: 1145

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Included are five logbooks kept by Carl Weagant during the CARLSARK's voyage to Greece and back (1929-30), as well as a log kept by Henry Devereux. Also, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings; printed material, including articles by Weagant and Devereux, Yacht Club yearbooks, and other items; photographs of the CARLSARK and her crew; hand made maps of voyages made by the CARLSARK and other boats; and a wooden model of the CARLSARK.

Dates

[ca. 1920]-1973.

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

The CARLSARK was a yacht owned by Carl L. Weagant, who sailed from Ithaca, New York, to Ithaca, Greece, shortly after graduating from Cornell University in 1929. The other crew members were Henry M. Devereux, Joseph Rummler, and Dudley Schoales. Weagant later wrote for YACHTING magazine and invested in salvage projects. In 1934, he committed suicide, citing financial failure as the reason in a note to his family.

Extent

1.5 cubic feet. (1.5 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Included are five logbooks kept by Carl Weagant during the Carlsark's voyage to Greece and back (1929-30), as well as a log kept by Henry Devereux. Also, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings; printed material, including articles by Weagant and Devereux, Yacht Club yearbooks, and other items; photographs of the Carlsark and her crew; hand made maps of voyages made by the Carlsark and other boats; and a wooden model of the Carlsark.

Physical Description

Logbooks, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, printed material, photographs, maps, and a wooden model.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: A. Lipsky
Date completed:: November 1989
EAD encoding:: Ann Hubert, July 2002
Date modified:: Jude Corina, April 2014