Containers:

Box 1-4, 14-17; Flat File Storage; Nitrate Storage: Box 18-20

Extent:

862 items (1163 physical forms: black-and-white nitrate negatives, black-and-white safety negatives, black-and-white photographic prints, photograph albums, photograph booklets, color slides, color photographic prints, postcards, Photostats, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, photocopies, index cards, and correspondence)

Scope and content:

Contains photographs related to yacht racing, cruises, and construction or haul outs. The photographs were primarily taken in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and others were taken in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and along the coast of California.

Includes photographs of various one-design yachts, such as Star Class, Bird Class, 6-Meter, and others. There are photographs of vessels owned by Myron Spaulding, including Star Class sloop yacht number 389, LOON (built 1929; sloop: yacht: Bird Class, No. 13), and 6-Meter boat SAGA (sloop: yacht), as well as photographs of yachts he designed, including NAUTIGAL (built 1938; sloop: yacht), BUOYANT GIRL (built 1949; sloop: yacht), and CHRYSOPYLE (built 1961; yawl: yacht).

In addition to photographs of local Bay Area races and regattas, there are photographs of DORADE (built 1930; yawl: yacht), ODYSSEY (built 1938; yawl: yacht), and SUOMI (built 1947; yawl: yacht) participating in the Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii with Myron Spaulding on board.

Arrangement:

Arranged into 89 File Units primarily by original enclosure. Myron Spaulding kept his photographs in numerous envelopes. Each File Unit represents a separate envelope in most cases. There were some instances where the negatives were found in one envelope and prints made from the negatives were found in another. The processing archivist united the two envelopes into one File Unit.

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