Dwight Stanley Long Collection, 1934 – 1993 (bulk 1934-1959)

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Creators:: Long, Dwight Stanley - 1915-1993 Dwight Stanley Long
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Extent:: 2 cu. ft.
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Preferred citation:: Dwight Stanley Long Collection. Los Angeles Maritime Museum

Scope and content:: Dwight Stanley Long's circumnavigation and adventures were captured on film as photographic prints and motion pictures between 1930 and 1959. His black and white photographs, loose and in scrapbooks, printed programs, books, correspondence, as well as a diary kept on board his yacht, IDLE HOUR, make up this collection. The diary was on his yacht which suffered water damage in New York, near the end of his journey. The still images portray his crew and scenes from a variety of ports worldwide. He published the books in 1938 and 1939: Sailing All Seas in the "Idle Hour” by Dwight Long with a preface by Alan Villiers, and Seven Seas on a Shoestring; Sailing All Seas in the "Idle Hour".
Biographical / historical:: Dwight Long, sailor, lecturer, and documentary filmmaker, was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. In 1934 he left Seattle to sail a 32 ft. ketch, the “IDLE HOUR”, around the world via the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans to the East Coast of the United States when the ketch was destroyed in the hurricane of 1938. Long wrote a book, “Sailing All Seas” documenting his circumnavigation of the globe. He lectured in numerous cities both during and following his journey. During World War II he joined the U.S. Navy and became a documentary film producer. After the War, he continued making films, such as “Tanga Tika”, released in 1954.
Acquisition information:: Donated to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in 2002.

Subjects:: navigation
ketches
filmmakers
photographers
yachtsmen
photographic prints
motion pictures
Names:: Long, Dwight
Long, Dwight Stanley - 1915-1993
Dwight Long
Dwight Stanley Long
Places:: Seattle, Washington
New York, New York

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection may be viewed with prior arrangement with Museum Archivist or Director.
Terms of access:: Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred citation:: Dwight Stanley Long Collection. Los Angeles Maritime Museum

Location of this collection:: Los Angeles Maritime Museum

Berth 84

Foot of 6th St

San Pedro, CA 90043, US