Guide to the Ira C. Copley "Happy Days" yacht collection Wyles Mss 200
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2014.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2014 September 26
Title: Ira C. Copley "Happy Days" yacht collection
Identifier/Call Number: Wyles Mss 200
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.33 linear feet
(2 half-size document boxes, 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1926-2005
Date (bulk): 1928-1936
Abstract: Materials related to the seagoing diesel yacht "Happy Days," designed for Ira C. Copley (October 25, 1864 – November 1, 1947)
American publisher, politician, and utility tycoon, by Cox & Stevens Inc.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Ira C. Copley "Happy Days" yacht collection, Wyles Mss 200. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library purchase, 2014.
Materials related to the seagoing diesel yacht "Happy Days," designed for Ira C. Copley (October 25, 1864 – November 1, 1947)
American publisher, politician, and utility tycoon, by Cox & Stevens Inc. Collection contains four photograph albums (with
captions) documenting cruises to Scandinavia and Iceland, the West Indies, and Mexico, dating from 1928 to 1936. Materials
also include original documentation, specifications, correspondence, photographs, passenger lists, maps, itineraries, and
logs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Yachts -- United States
Scandinavia -- Pictorial works
Iceland -- Pictorial works
West Indies -- Pictorial works
Mexico -- Pictorial works
Photograph albums
Photographs
Itineraries
Documents (object genre)
Maps (documents)
Passenger lists
Ships' logs
Correspondence
Copley, Ira
Cox and Stevens
box 1
Specifications, Copley family history, maps, itineraries, logs, passenger lists, correspondence 1926-2005
box 2, flat-box 3
Photograph albums 1928-1936