Martha's Vineyard Museum

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Summary Information

Biography/Historical Note

Scope and Content Note

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Collection Inventory

Descriptive Summary

Repository	Martha's Vineyard MuseumGale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508)627-4441
Call Number	RU479
Creator - creator	Alden, John Gale, 1884-1962
Title	John G. Alden blueprints and brochure
Date	1940-1941
Extent	1 flat file
Language	The materials are in English.
Abstract	The collection contains three blueprints and an advertising brochure for an auxiliary sloop designed by yacht broker and naval architect, John G. Alden.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions to access.

Use and Reproduction Restrictions

Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to museum staff. Reproduction fees may apply.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ethel Chapman in 1997. (Accession no. 1997.019.005).

Publication Information

Martha's Vineyard Museum

Gale Huntington Research Library
59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508)627-4441

Processing Information

Finding aid prepared by Insley Julier in August 2013. Finding aid finished by Lara J. Ullman in July 2014. Finding aid machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick, July 2014.

 Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Biography/Historical Note

John Gale Alden (1844-1962) was a well-known naval architect, yacht designer and yacht broker. Alden founded his office in 1909. Although he designed a variety of vessels, his offshore racing schooners were particularly popular. From the 1920s through the 1940s, Alden's office was on State Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts based Alden Design office closed in 2008.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains three blueprints of an auxiliary sloop designed by John G. Alden, naval architect, 131 State Street, Boston, Mass. The sloop belonged to the "Barnacle Class," and is Alden Design number 709. Blueprints include: Sail Plan for 34'-0" Auxiliary Sloop, (scale 1/2"=1'), 1940 January 04, 1 technical drawing, 77 x 66 cm.; Cabin Plan for 34 Ft. Auxiliary Sloop, (scale 1"=1'), 1940 January 05, 1 technical drawing, 60 x 109 cm.; and 34 Ft. Aux. Sloop Deck Construction Plan, (scale 1"=1'), 1940 April 07, 1 technical drawing, 35 x 104 cm. The collection also includes a 1941 advertising brochure titled, "The Barnacle."