Guide to the Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection The Design Records of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island The Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections

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The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, part of the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is described in this large and well-organized volume, which also includes information on other areas of the Hart Nautical Collections and a brief history of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. This guide to more than 13,000 drawings and other design records of the Herreshoff yard is divided into descriptions of catalog cards, casting cards, the HMCo. construction record, offset booklets, drawings, technical and business records, half-hull models, and historic microfilm. Appendixes include the HMCo. construction record and a complete list of Herreshoff-built vessels by name and hull number.