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Title: Papers of Fellows and Stewart, Inc.
Dates: 1896-1967 (bulk 1907-1967)
Collection Number: Collection # 3
Creator/Collector:
Fellows, Joseph - 1865-1942
Fellows, Richard Joseph - 1906-1962
Fellows, Lois Anderson
Stewart, Victor - 1876-1956
Fellows and Stewart, Inc.
Extent: 57 record cartons, 57 flat files, 15 rolls
Repository:
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
San Pedro, California 90731
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research. Please make an appointment with the Museum Archivist or Director for access to the collection.
The material in this collection is the property of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. The material is subject to copyright
restrictions and may not be used without prior permission from the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.
Papers of Fellows and Stewart, Inc.. Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection of business papers and documents represents the history of the firm, Fellows and Stewart, Inc. until 1967,
and to some extent the firm as it was known much earlier (circa 1907-1917) as Joe Fellows Yacht and Launch Company. Financial
ledgers, office correspondence, design notes, naval architectural plans and photographic prints remain as evidence of the
firm’s history on Terminal Island, California, and their place among local shipbuilders in Los Angeles Harbor as designers
and builders of pleasure craft, fishing and work boats, and vessels for government agencies. The collection’s architectural
plans are indicative of this range of vessels, while the photographic prints provide a glimpse of the construction yards,
completed vessels, launchings, and craft underway in the Harbor, as well as personal and family portraits and snapshots.
boat building
motor boats
naval architecture
navigation history
speed boats
yachts
Fellows, Joseph - 1865-1942
Fellows, Richard Joseph - 1906-1962
Fellows, Lois Anderson
Stewart, Victor - 1876-1956
Fellows and Stewart, Inc.
Joe Fellows Boat Shop
Joe Fellows yacht and Launch Company
Terminal Island (Calif.)
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Fellows and Stewart Inc. Finding Aid
- FellowsStewart Series 1 Corporate Papers
- FellowsStewart Series 2 Financial Records
- FellowsStewart Series3 Office Client Yacht
- FellowsStewart Series4 Photographs
- FellowsStewart Series5 Naval Arch1
- FellowsStewart Series5 Naval Arch2
- FellowsStewart Series6 Outside Consult
- FellowsStewart Series7 Business Promotion
- FellowsStewart Series8 Museum Artifacts