John S. Barry Papers

Overview of the Collection
	Repository:	G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
	Creator:	Barry, John S.
	Title:	John S. Barry Papers
	Dates:	1940-1976
	Extent:	968 items
	Abstract:	Correspondence, design and test data and specifications, miscellaneous drawings, printed materials, and other business papers, relating to Barry’s work with boats and yachts. Includes information regarding Barry’s involvement in the design and construction of Sea Sleds for Albert Hickman (Hickman Sea Sled Company, ca. 1944-1966) and his related work with the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy.
	Identification:	Coll. 239

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Biography of John S. Barry

Barry was naval architect and engineer who worked for the Hickman Sea Sled Company and the United States Coast Guard.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.

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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:

Hickman, Albert

Corporate Entities:

Hickman Sea Sled Company
United States Coast Guard
United States Navy

Subjects:

Boats and boating
Marine engineering
Motorboats
Naval architecture
Yachts

Document Types:

Drawings
Specifications

Occupations:

Naval architects–United States

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 239, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

 

Vessel data and info; 1944-1961
Box	Folder
1	1		78′ Sea Sled; 1944
	2		32′ Twin screw Sea Sled Fishing Cruiser; 1947
	3		44′ Twin screw Sea Sled Cruiser; 1947
	4		16′ Sea Sled outboard; 1948
	5		24′ single screw Sea Sled Cruiser; 1948
	6		25′ x 7’6″ Sea Sled rescue boat; 1948
	7		28′ twin screw Sea Sled cruiser (blueprint and docking plan in Ships Plans collection); 1948
	8		28’7″ x 7’6″ Sea Sled rescue boat; 1948
	9		39′ x 9’6″ Sea Sled personnel boat (blueprint Plans collection); 1948
	10		41′ x 11’6″ Fast Sea Sled cruiser; 1948
	11		75′ x 17′ Sea Sled motor torpedo boat; 1948
	12		Sea Colt (Motorboat), Frank Sawyer owner; 1955
	13		21′ Sea Sled outboard cruiser; 1956
	14		33′ twin screw Sea Sled fishing cruiser; 1957
	15		33′ Korman and Nicholson Sea Sled; 1957-1958
	16		33′ Korman and Nicholson Sea Sled; 1959
	17		33′ Korman and Nicholson Sea Sled; 1960-1961
	18		U.S.N. Sea Sled; 1970
Hickman Sea Sled Company Notes and Correspondence; 1940-1968
Box	Folder
1	19		Notes and Correspondence; 1940-1956
	20		Notes and Correspondence; 1957-1958
	21		Notes and Correspondence; 1959-1968
	22		Notes and Correspondence: U.S. Navy; 1945
	23		Notes and Correspondence: A.W. McMahon; 1962-1966
Formulas and data; 1945-1960
Box	Folder
1	24		U.S. Coast Guard stability test data; 1944
	25		Misc. Formulas and data; ca. 1945
	26		Misc. Formulas and data; ca. 1948
	27		Misc. Drawings; ca. 1955-1960
Printed materials; 1914-1976
Box	Folder
1	28		Hickman Sea Sled Company. Includes Bulletins #212-218, 220-223, 230; ca. 1947
	29		Other companies; ca. 1950
	30		Clippings re. Hickman Sea Sled Company; 1914, 1957, 1965
	31		Stevens Institute of Technology Paper: “Model Test of a High-Speed Landing Craft with Inverted Vee Section in Smooth and Rough Water”; 1976 Aug
General business papers; 1942-1955
Box	Folder
2	1		Papers re:Tuban (Yacht); 1951-1954
	2		Papers re: 60′ twin screw diesel yacht, M. Gale Lemoine, Esq, owner; 1953
	3		Papers re: Blue Marlin II (Yacht); 1953-1955
	4		Papers re: Ventura (Yacht); 1953
	5		Correspondence regarding conversion of Haida (Yacht), Nantucket Boat Inc.; 1954-1955
	6		Notes re Marine Engineers, London; 1942 Jul

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