Biography of W. Starling Burgess
W. Starling Burgess was born in 1878, and was an aeronautical engineer and naval architect. His father, Edward Burgess, designed the America’s cup defenders PURITAN, MAYFLOWER and VOLUNTEER. Burgess was educated at Harvard University, and in 1904 entered his father’s profession by opening a yard at Marblehead, Massachusetts, where he designed and built small boats.
In 1909 he became interested in aviation and constructed a plane in which he made the first flight in New England. Having sold his plane, he engaged in the manufacture of airplanes with Norman Prince, who helped found the Lafayette Escadrille during the First World War. They were thee first civilian pupils of the Wright brothers, receiving a license to manufacture and sell under their patents for a number of years. They soon began to manufacture airplanes for the army and navy, and on June 3, 1911, with Greely s. Curtis and Frank H. Russell, he organized the Burgess Co., for the production of airplanes, hydroplanes, seaplanes, and flying boats. In October 1911 he fitted a biplane with pontoons and was the first to begin and end a flight on the water. At the outbreak of the First World War, Burgess sold planes to the Canadian government. Later he sold to the British Admiralty forty-eight pusher biplanes of a radical design. Business increased rapidly, and when America entered the First World War, Mr. Burgess sold the company to John N. Willys. He then spent the war years designing aircraft for the U.S. Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
After the war Starling Burgess returned to boat construction, and in 1920 was engaged to re-rig Alexander Smith Cochran’s VANITIE for tests to select the America’s Cup defender for that year. Two years later, with Frank C. Paine, later the designer of the cup sloop YANKEE, and A. Loring Swasey, he formed the firm of Burgess, Swasey & Paine in Boston, including among his draftsmen L. Francis Herreshoff. The firm turned out many well-known yachts, including the ADVANCE for John S. Lawrence, the GOSSOON for Charles Francis Adams, and the ELLEN for Charles Foster. In 1926 the firm of Burgess, Swasey & Paine was dissolved and Mr. Burgess joined the firm of Burgess & Morgan, Ltd., naval architects in New York City. In 1928 he designed for Paul Hammond the racing schooner NINA. In 1930 Mr. Burgess designed the successful America’s Cup defender ENTERPRISE for Harold S. Vanderbilt and his syndicate, embodying in it many radical principles, including a mast and struts of duralumin. He also designed the successful defender RAINBOW for the same syndicate in 1934. The sloop RANGER, which he designed for Vanderbilt in 1937, sailed to four successive victories in defending the America’s Cup.
In 1935 Mr. Burgess became a consulting naval architect for the Aluminum Company of America with his office at the Bath Iron Works, and engaged in promoting a wider use of corrosion-resisting alloys for ship construction. The ALUMETTE, an all aluminum section of a ship complete with propellers, was designed by him and built at the Bath Iron Works. The structure was launched in 1935 and kept continually afloat in salt water at Newport News for testing the durability of aluminum. On November 1, 1937 Mr. Bugress’ design for an all aluminum high speed destroyer was presented to the U. S. Navy. Orders to build the vessel were issued by the Secretary of the Navy in November 1941, only to be countermanded a month later when the United States entered World War II. During the war Mr. Burgess was employed as a civilian engineer by the Special Devices Division, Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy, and assigned to the Anti-Submarine Development Detachment, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. His work with the Navy was a confidential nature, largely consisting of the design of special devices for Anti-Submarine warfare. By 1946 Mr. Burgess was at the Stevens Institute of Technology, where he was involved with damage control research. W. Starling Burgess died in 1947.
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Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Burgess, Charles P.
Davidson, Kenneth S. M.
Vanderbilt, Harold S. (Harold Stirling), 1884-1970
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
Aluminum Company of America
Bath Iron Works
Enterprise (Sloop)
Rainbow (Sloop)
Ranger (Sloop)
Sea Otter (Freighter)
Stevens Institute of Technology
United States. Navy
Subjects:
Aluminum alloys
Aluminum construction
America’s Cup races
Hulls (Naval architecture)
Naval architecture–United States
Ship models–Testing
Ships, Aluminum
Towing basins
World War, 1939-1945–Naval operations
Yacht racing
Yachts
Document Types:
Patents
Proposals
Specifications
Occupations:
Naval architects–United States
Yacht designers–Massachusetts–Marblehead
Yacht designers–United States
Administrative Information
Coll. 193 Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Indexes
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| General correspondence: incoming & outgoing letters relative to Burgess’ designs and business activities; 1935-1946 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence; before 1935 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Correspondence; 1935 Jan-May | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Correspondence; 1935 Jun | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Correspondence; 1935 Jul | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Correspondence; 1935 Aug | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Correspondence; 1935 Sep | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Correspondence; 1935 Oct | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Correspondence; 1935 Nov | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Correspondence; 1935 Dec | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence; 1936 Jan | |||||||||||
| 2 | Correspondence; 1936 Feb | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Correspondence; 1936 Mar | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Correspondence; 1936 Apr | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Correspondence; 1936 May | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Correspondence; 1936 Jun | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Correspondence; 1936 Jul | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Correspondence; 1936 Aug | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Correspondence; 1936 Sep | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Correspondence; 1936 Oct | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Correspondence; 1936 Nov | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Correspondence; 1936 Dec | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence; 1937 Jan | |||||||||||
| 2 | Correspondence; 1937 Feb | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Correspondence; 1937 Mar | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Correspondence; 1937 Apr | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Correspondence; 1937 May | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Correspondence; 1937 Jun | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Correspondence; 1937 Jul | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Correspondence; 1937 Aug | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Correspondence; 1937 Sep | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Correspondence; 1937 Oct | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Correspondence; 1937 Nov | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Correspondence; 1937 Dec | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Correspondence; 1938 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Correspondence; 1939 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Correspondence; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Correspondence; 1941 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Correspondence; 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Correspondence; 1943 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Correspondence; 1944 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Correspondence; 1945 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Correspondence; 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Correspondence; undated | ||||||||||||
| Yacht RAINBOW: Design data, correspondence, and other related information; ca. 1933-1936 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | RAINBOW, correspondence; 1936 | |||||||||||
| 2 | RAINBOW, (Design # 66), general information and data; 1933-1934 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | RAINBOW, weights and ballast information; ca. 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | RAINBOW, keel information; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | RAINBOW, Lloyds scantling; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | RAINBOW, regarding mast and boom; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| Yacht RANGER: Design data, correspondence, measurements, etc.; ca. 1936-1937 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | RANGER, (Design #77) preliminary weights, measurements, and data; 1936 Jul-Dec | |||||||||||
| 2 | RANGER, rating information for Cup Defense; 1936-1937 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | RANGER, comparative towing tank data & reports from Stevens Institute of Technology; ca. 1936-1937 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | RANGER, “Class J Sloop Plan List”; 1936 Oct 30 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | RANGER, “Cup Defender Work, Address List”; ca. 1936-1937 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | RANGER, Experimental Towing Tank (S.I.T.) Reports #34 & #35; 1937 Apr | ||||||||||||
| 7 | RANGER, estimated weights (Design #77); 1936 Oct | ||||||||||||
| 8 | RANGER, drawing numbers and other calculations; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | RANGER, information and data on mast; ca. 1937 May-Nov | ||||||||||||
| 10 | RANGER regarding spreaders; ca. 1937 May | ||||||||||||
| 11 | RANGER regarding spinnaker poles; ca. 1937 May | ||||||||||||
| 12 | RANGER regarding rod rigging; ca. 1937 May | ||||||||||||
| 13 | RANGER regarding head stay gear; ca. 1937 Jun | ||||||||||||
| 14 | RANGER expense information; 1936 Jun-1937 Oct | ||||||||||||
| 15 | RANGER race chart withYANKEE, RAINBOW, and WEETAMOE (plus unidentified sail plan) | ||||||||||||
| 16 | RANGER scrapbook relative to America’s Cup; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| Tinavette (smaller model of a proposed high speed coastal patrol boat with aluminum alloy hull), design data, correspondence, performance informatin, etc.; ca. 1936-1941 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Tinavette, general correspondence; 1936-1941 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Tinavette, calculations, data, etc.; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tinavette, calculations, data, etc.; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tinavette, calculations, data, etc.; 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Tinavette, calculations, data, etc.; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| Alumette (all aluminum hull section built at Bath Iron Works for testing durability & aluminum hulls). Calculations, photos, reports, correspondence, etc.; 1935-1938 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Alumette: data, reports, correspondence; 1935 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Alumette: data, reports, correspondence, photos; 1936-1938 | ||||||||||||
| Patrol boats: calculations, design data, etc.; 1935 Jan-1936 Jun | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 120′ patrol boat (Design B-1); 1935 Feb-Mar | |||||||||||
| 2 | 40′ patrol boat (Design B-2); 1935 Mar-May | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Patrol boat (25 knot); 1935 Apr 1-May | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 65′ patrol boat; 1935 Sep-1936 Jan | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 70′ and 100′ patrol boats; 1935 Dec | ||||||||||||
| Motor torpedo boats: calculations, design data, etc.; 1938-1939 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 54′ Motor Torpedo Boat, pre-study & data; 1938 Aug-Sep | |||||||||||
| 2 | 54′ Motor Torpedo Boat, resistance data; 1938 Aug-Sep | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 70′ Motor Torpedo Boat; 1938 Jul-Sep | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 70′ Motor Torpedo Boat, specifications; ca. 1938 Sep | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 70′ Motor Torpedo Boat, towing tank data, etc.; ca. 1939 Feb | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 70′ Motor Torpedo Boat, resistance curves, and related data; 1938-1939 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 70′ Motor Torpedo Boat, rivet data & other information; 1939 Jan | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 80′ Motor Torpedo Boat, “Shedd Proposal”; 1940 Jan-Feb | ||||||||||||
| Sub chasers: calculations, design data, etc.; 1938 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | 110′ Sub Chaser (wood); 1938 Aug-Sep | |||||||||||
| 2 | 110′ Sub Chaser (wood), proposal; 1938 Sep | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 165′ Sub Chaser (steel) preliminary design data; 1938 Sep | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 165′ Sub Chaser, description of “Main Propelling Machinery and Steam Generating Units”; 1938 Aug | ||||||||||||
| Sub destroyers: specifications, calculations, design data, etc.; 1936-1937 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | “Detail specifications for Sub-Destroyers” Bath Iron Works, W. Starling Burgess, Designer; 1937 Sep | |||||||||||
| 2 | 250′ Sub-Destroyer, design data, correspondence, etc.; ca. 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 250′ Sub-Destroyer, calculations; 1937 Jan | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 250′ Sub-Destroyer, S.I.T. data; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, weights and stress data; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, weights and C. G. data; 1936-1937 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 290′ Sub-Destroyer, fuel tank data; ca. 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, Rudder calculations; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, condensers; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, propeller design; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, hydrostatic data; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, stability test, re. “Ship Righting Arms”; 1937-1938 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, structural data; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 270′ Sub-Destroyer, misc. data; ca. 1937 | ||||||||||||
| Destroyers: specifications, calculations, design data, correspondence, etc.; 1935-1938 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | Destroyer model #3293 design data; 1935 May | |||||||||||
| 2 | Destroyer design information, etc; ca. 1936-1937 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | “Hull Specifications for Light Destroyer”; 1937 Nov | ||||||||||||
| 4 | “Special Machinery Specifications for Light Destroyer”; 1937 Nov | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Boiler data; ca. 1936-1937 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Destroyer design #10461, data, correspondence, etc.; 1937-1938 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Destroyer design #10461, calculations; 1937-1938 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Destroyer design #10461, turning circle calculations and data; 1937-1938 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Destroyer design #10461, weight and speed analysis; 1937-1938 | ||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | Burgess destroyer models, extrapolations, and information relative to U.S.S. DRAYTON; ca. 1937-1939 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Destoyer models #3577-3578, calculations and data; ca. 1937-1939 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Flotilla Leader, design #1508, towing tank data; 1939 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Flotilla Leader, design #1509, calculcations, etc.; 1939 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Destroyer design, #1515, calculations and data; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Destroyer design, #1516-A, calculations and data; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Destroyer design, #1516-B, calculations and data; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Destroyer design, #1516-C, calculations; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Destroyer design, #1516-D, calculations; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Destroyer design “C & R #014671”, calculations; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Destroyer designs, S.I.T., towing tank models data; ca. 1935-1940 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | General information on destoryers and Burguess destroyer projects; 1936-1940 | ||||||||||||
| Sea Otter Project (Freighter/Tanker) designed by W. S. Burgess) calculations, test data, correspondence, etc.; 1941-1942 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | SEA OTTER, Correspondence, memos, etc.; 1941 Jan-Jul | |||||||||||
| 2 | SEA OTTER, Correspondence, memos, etc.; 1941 Aug-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 3 | SEA OTTER, Correspondence, memos, etc.; 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | SEA OTTER, purchase orders and requisitions; 1941 Apr-May | ||||||||||||
| 5 | SEA OTTER, towing tank reports #156 and 160; 1941 Jun-Jul | ||||||||||||
| 6 | SEA OTTER, speed trials; 1941 Jun-Sep | ||||||||||||
| 7 | SEA OTTER, Correspondence re. S. O. Model; 1941 Jun-Jul | ||||||||||||
| 8 | SEA OTTER (SEAMOBLIE) tank test and data; 1941 Oct-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 9 | SEA OTTER, “Specifications fo 250′ SEAMOBILE type Dry Cargo vessel” report; 1942 Jun-Oct | ||||||||||||
| 10 | SEA OTTER, Misc. material; ca. 1941-1942 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | SEA OTTER, Scrapbook pages with clippings; 1941-1942 | ||||||||||||
| Experimental Towing Tank Data, Stevens Institute of Technology (data on various tank test models); ca. 1935-1940 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | Activitiy Reports and Information; 1938 Dec | |||||||||||
| 2 | “Review of Gimcrack Sail Coefficients”; 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | S.I. Data, 70′ Model #11.67 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | NACA Data, Model #64A | ||||||||||||
| 5 | S.I.T. Data, Model #64A | ||||||||||||
| 6 | S.I.T. Data, Model #64A, Extrapolations | ||||||||||||
| 7 | S.I.T. Data, Langley Field Extrapolation Model #64A (Model #1) | ||||||||||||
| 8 | S.I.T. Data, Model #2 Extrapolation | ||||||||||||
| 9 | S.I.T. Data, Model #3 Extrapolation | ||||||||||||
| 10 | S.I.T. Data, Model #5 Extrapolation | ||||||||||||
| 11 | S.I.T. Data, Model #283 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | S.I.T. Data, Model #289-294 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | S.I.T. Data, Model #320, 322, and 324 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | S.I.T. Data, Model #328 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | S.I.T. Data, Model #329-330 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | S.I.T. Data, Model #334 | ||||||||||||
| W. S. Burgess, Yachting projects and related information; ca. 1930-1940 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 17 | 1 | Design #47; ca. 1929-1930 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Yacht VANITIE; ca. 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stability and Resistance data for various yachts and J-Boats; ca. 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Specs. for J-Class, & America’s Cup Defenders info.; 1930-1935 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Resistance curves and related info. for J-Boats and other yachts; 1929-1934 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Vanderbilt 150′ Schooner test tank data; 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Sailboat, Boothbay 20; ca. 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | S.I.T. Report #12 “Keel Comparisions for J-Class Boat WEETAMOE; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 8 Metre Alcoa Aluminum yacht; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | SONIA II, Sch. Yacht, Aluminum masts; 1937 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 30′ Sailboat for U.A. Naval Academy; ca. 1937-1945 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | NINA, Sch. Yacht; 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Aluminum sailboat; 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Motor Sailer for Anthony Fokker (Design #1512); 1939-1940 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 24′ Aluminum launches for Vanderbilt & Davis; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 20′ tender for VARA; 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | 15 1/2 Mercury Class sailboat purchased by W. S. B.; 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Nicholson Steel mast; 1933 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Rules re. 22 & 30 sq metre class; 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Lectures, biography & other info on Burgess’ career, and America’s Cup Defenders; ca. 1936-1938 | ||||||||||||
| W. S. Burgess, miscellaneous projects, etc., plus some papers of brother Charles P. Burgess; ca. 1933-1947 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 18 | 1 | U.S.N. Allison Engine Tests; 1933-1935 | |||||||||||
| 2 | The Burgess Motor (i.e. gas turbine and air compressor info.); 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Burgess-Bath yacht fitting; 1937-1938 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Helium mail carrier; 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Steel fisherman (refrigerated fishing boat); 1939 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Mexican Project (Freighter and Coastal Craft); 1944 Jun-Aug | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Burgess Draft and speed gauge; ca. 1947 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Charles P. Burgess, re. aircraft floats, wing sails, etc.; ca. 1931-1940 | ||||||||||||
| W. S. Burgess, Misc. formula, calculations, data, etc.; ca. 1912-1946 | |||||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| 19 | 1 | Propeller data; ca. 1930 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Girders and plates; 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Regarding strength of plating; 1935 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Beams and Columns, strength calculations; ca. 1936-1946 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Struts; ca. 1940 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Torque calculations; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Planning data; ca. 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Regarding steel heat treatment; 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Fluid resistance; ca. 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Centrifugal formulas; 1935-1938 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Aluminum alloy rivets; 1935 May | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Instrument corrections; ca. 1936-1946 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Cost accounting notes; 1943 Jan | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Drafting room plan files; undated | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Miscellaneous, unidentified calculations, formula, data, etc., regarding naval architecture; ca. 1930-1940 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Miscellaneous material, including brochures, clippings, etc.; undated | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Clippings and other relative to W. Starling Burgess’ aviation activities; ca. 1912-1918 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Article copy, “Starling Burgess, Type Designer?” by Mike Parker, published in Printing History; 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Scrapbooks relative to yacht racing and particularly to the America’s Cup; 1930-1937 | |||||||||||||
| Volume | |||||||||||||
| 1 | “W. Starling Burgess Corp.”; 1930-1937 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | “W. Starling Burgess Corp.”; 1930-1945 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | “Burgess & Donaldson”; 1934 Apr-Jun | ||||||||||||
| 4 | “Burgess & Donaldson”; 1934 Aug-Sep | ||||||||||||
| 5 | “Burgess & Donaldson”; 1934 Sep-Dec | ||||||||||||
| 6 | “Donaldson & Company”; 1935 Jun-1936 Jun | ||||||||||||
| 7 | “Donaldson & Company”; 1936 Jun-1937 Jun | ||||||||||||
| 8 | “Donaldson & Company”; 1937 Apr-Oct | ||||||||||||