Matthew Joseph Walsh Collection, 1866-1960, (bulk 1920 – 1950)

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Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Walsh, Matthew Joseph - 1866-1960 Walsh, Helen Gorry, Matthew Garbutt & Walsh Boat Yard Garbutt, Frank Matthew Joseph Walsh Helen Walsh Matthew Gorry Frank Garbutt
Abstract:
Extent:
7 cu. ft.
Language:
Preferred citation:

Matthew Joseph Walsh Collection. Los Angeles Maritime Museum

Background

Scope and content:

The collection depicts the life and career of Matthew Joseph Walsh, 1866-1960. Walsh was a yachtsman skilled at racing who also built yachts, fulfilled Navy and Coast Guard contracts and performed ships’ repairs at his shipways, Garbutt & Walsh Boat Yard, on Terminal Island between 1910 and 1950. News clippings, photographic prints and negatives, an original manuscript, journal and newspaper articles, and business correspondence detailing the life of Matt Walsh are contained in the collection. Business correspondence in this collection intermittently covers the dates between 1928 and 1954 for the firm, Garbutt & Walsh Boat Yard. Four (4) CDs (compact discs) contain digital scans of select images were also donated with this collection.

Biographical / historical:

Matthew Joseph Walsh was born in Little Canso, Nova Scotia in 1866. From the age of twelve, he worked with and spent most of his time on sailboats and yachts until his retirement in 1948. He died in San Pedro at the age of 94 in 1960. The story of his life, yacht racing and boat building business in the Los Angeles Harbor is also found in an article by Thomas Skahill in Maritime Life and Traditions, 2005.

Acquisition information:
Collection was gifted to the Museum in 2006.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Prior arrangement with Librarian, Curator, or Museum Director

Terms of access:

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred citation:

Matthew Joseph Walsh Collection. Los Angeles Maritime Museum

Location of this collection:
Berth 84
Foot of 6th St
San Pedro, CA 90043, US
Contact:
(310) 548-7618