The papers of the firm Fellows and Stewart, Inc. are contained in 8 series. Series 1, 2 and 3 are the non-financial papers, financial records, and office and yacht correspondence files. These series cover the business of the firm with Series 3 holding many documents on vessels either built or repaired by Fellows and Stewart, Inc. In Series 4, Photographic prints, both snapshots and professional photographers provide documentary evidence of the shipyard. Series 5 holds the naval architectural drawings originating at the firm for recreational craft, yachts, vessels for local government agencies, and fishing yachts and boats, and the architectural plans for naval vessels under contract to various shipyards during and after World War II. Design work by other firms, and proposed layouts for the shipyard itself are contained in Series 6. News-clippings in scrapbooks are contained in Series 7, while Series 8 is reserved for the listing of objects in the collection, artifacts that have been recorded in the Museum’s catalog.

57 record cartons, 57 flat files, 15 rolls

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The collection is open for research. Please make an appointment with the Museum Archivist or Director for access to the collection.