Library Record
Metadata
Title |
Kenneth and Helen Durant manuscripts for The Naphtha Launch |
Author |
Durant, Kenneth |
Author added entry |
Durant, Helen |
Year Range from |
1877 |
Year Range to |
1976 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Control Number |
08435 |
Call Number |
MS 80-004 |
Physical Description |
1.04 linear ft. (3 boxes) |
Summary |
Repository: Adirondack Museum Library Creators: Durant, Kenneth Durant, Helen Title: Kenneth and Helen Durant manuscripts for The Naphtha Launch Collection Number: MS 80-4 Extent: 1.04 linear ft. (3 boxes) Donated by: Helen Durant, November, 1980. Inclusive Dates: 11877-1976, undated Access: Access to this collection is unrestricted. Abstract: The collection is comprised of research materials, correspondence and various drafts, including the final publication of the monograph, The Naphtha Launch. A card catalog created by the Durant's to navigate the research materials is also included. The research materials are primarily reproductions of published articles. Catalog Terms: Person(s): Durant, Kenneth Durant, Helen Subjects: Boats and boating Naphtha-launches Document Types: Photographs Correspondence Scope and Content Note: The collection contains research, correspondence and various drafts of the monograph, The Naphtha Launch. A card catalog created by the Durant's to navigate the research materials is also included. The research materials are primarily reproductions of published articles. The collection remains in the original order as used by the author's for the research and publication of The Naphtha Launch. The filing system and folder names retain their original headings. Biographical Note: Kenneth Durant (1889-1972) pioneered research on Adirondack guide-boats. A son of Frederick C. Durant, Kenneth spent summers as a young man at his parents' camp, Camp Cedars, on Forked Lake. Durant graduated from Harvard University and worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin, the Creel Commission, and was an aide to Col. Edward M. House, an advisor to President Woodrow Wilson. Durant headed the American office of TASS, the Soviet news agency, from 1923 to 1944. After his retirement, he edited an anthology about guide boats, Guide-Boat Days and Ways, in 1963. For over 20 years, Durant researched the history of the guide boat and began work on various projects on the subject, which remained incomplete at the time of his death in 1972. His wife, Helen (Van Dongen) Durant (1909-2006), edited the work that Durant began, publishing both The Naphtha Launch manuscript in 1976 and The Adirondack Guide-Boat manuscript in 1980. Helen Durant was a documentary filmmaker, who produced 29 films from 1928 to 1950. With her marriage to Durant, Helen became involved in the writing and research of Adirondack watercraft. Helen Durant died in 2006 at the age of 97. Container List: 1N3-1Gas Engine and Power Co.: Napththa Engine Launches [1888-1955] 1N3-2A Story of the Naphtha Launch with an outline of yachting History [1889] 1N3-3A Story of the Naphtha Launch with an outline of yachting History [1890] 1N3-4Catalog Naphtha Launches and Engines, published by Gas Engine and Power Co. [1887] 1N3-5Catalog Naphtha Launches and Engines, published by Gas Engine and Power Co. [1894] 1N3-6Catalog of Naphtha Launches, Steam yachts, etc. [undated] 1N3-7Front page of catalogs [1896, 1899] 1N3-8Yacht Dinghys, Gas Engine and Power Co. catalog [1896] 1N3-9Notes about naphtha launches from 1896 catalog [undated] 1N3-10Naphtha Launch instruction book [1903] 1N3-11Steam Yachts and Launches, etc. by C. P. Kunhardt [1887] 1N3-12Gas, Gasoline and Oil Vapor Engines by Gardner D. Hiscox [1901] 1N3-13Gas, Gasoline and Oil Vapor Engines by Gardner D. Hiscox (continued) [1901] 1N3-14Naphtha Launch patent application for F.W. Ofeldt [1883] 1N3-15Annual Report of the Forest Commission [1893] 1N3-16Marine Motor Department: Danger Versus Utility in Naphtha Vessels [undated] 1N3-17Steamboat hunter: List of articles in Boonville Herald [undated] 1N3-18Reference to Naphtha Launch in Adirondack Museum: Note [undated] 1N3-19Notes referring to R. Kipling [undated] 1N3-20Naphtha Launches by L. Francis, published in Rudder, Nov. 1965 [1965] 1N3-21Lillian Russell ad for Anaconda, May 1960 [1960] 1N3-22"The Naphtha Launch" by W. J. Chapman, published in Motor Boating, Dec. 1960 [1960] 1N3-23Autographed notes taken from Forest and Stream April 4, 1889 [undated] 1N3-24"A Steamboat on the Upper Saranac," Forest and Stream, February 15, 1877 [1877] 1N3-25Autographed notes taken from Forest and Stream, Nov. 24 1887 [undated] 1N3-26"A Now American Industry: The Naphtha Launch," Forest and Stream, Dec. 8, 1887 [1887] 1N3-27"The Adirondacks" by Seneca Ray Stoddard, 2 sheets [1887] 1N3-28Notes about new gas engine produced by N.Y. Petroleum Gas Engine Co., Forest and Stream, Dec. 31, 1885 [1885] 1N3-29Lillian Russell: pictures in "The Log of the Mystic Seaport," Vol. 12, No. 1, 1960 [1960] 1N3-30"Small Craft at Mystic Seaport," The Marine Historical Association, 1959 [1959] 1N3-31Kenneth Durant's working ocpy of "Steamboat Bill," No. 69, Spring 1959 [1959] 1N3-32"Sixty Year old Launch Sails Again," by William Chapman with correspondence [1959] 1N3-33Correspondence: Kenneth Durant and Theodore Middleton and Edward A. Middleton Jr. [1965] 1N3-34Correspondence and details about Naphtha Launch in possession of Sunflower Museum, Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin [1965] 1N3-35Letter from John Gardner, Nov. 26, 1965 [1965] 1N3-36Letter from Bissell Manufacturing Co., Long Lake, January 19, 1966 [1966] 1N3-37Steamboats and Modern Steam Launches, bound volume [1961] 1N3-38Steamboats and Modern Steam Launches, March-April, 1961 [1961] 1N3-39Correspondence about double-spread photo of naphtha launches and yacht lenders, published in "Steamboats and Moder Steam Launches," March-April, 1961 [1965] 1N3-40Dorcas photograph, 1--- Islands Antique Boat Gazette, Vol. 1, no. 1, 1969 [1969] 1N3-41Naphtha Launch, formerly called "Green Point Camp [undated] 1N3-42Inquiry about the naphtha launch, Frieda; Durant letter to E. F. Coleman [1965] 1N3-43Note about naphtha launches on Upper Saranac Lake 1N3-44Copy letter from Durant to Model Engineer, October 23, 1959 [1959] 1N3-45Autographed notes about naphtha launches [undated] 1N3-46Letters from Frances Seaman of Long Lake to Kenneth Durant [1965-1966] 1N3-47Correspondence between Kenneth Durant and Consolidated Shipbuilding Co., City Island, N.Y. [1965] 1N3-48Copy of letter from Kenneth Durant to Mystic Seaport, Nov. 11, 1965 about naphtha launch, Nellie [1965] 1N3-49Copy of letter from Kenneth Durant to Kleinschmidt of Mystic Seaport, Feb. 18, 1960 [1960] 2N3-50Naphtha Launch Nina, 1879-1965 [1879-1965] 2N3-51Town Topics, September 15, 1898 [1898] 2N3-52Attack by guides against rail and express, defending Adirondack guide-boat: autographed note [undated] 2N3-53Reference notes about performance of naphtha launches [undated] 2N3-54Autographed note about a quote from W. P. Stephens stating that the naphtha launch is driving the row boat from the water [undated] 2N3-55References to source materials about naphtha launch [undated] 2N3-56Naphtha launch fallacies, autographed note [undated] 2N3-57Naphtha launch Helena note [undated] 2N3-58Reference Note about laphtha launch owned by Professor Blander of Westminster Park, Thousand Islands [undated] 2N3-59Miscellaneous autographed notes [undated] 2N3-60Lines and details of 40 foot Steam-cutter sheer, half breadth and body plan [undated] 2N3-61Autographed first draft of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant with corrections undated] 2N3-62Version A: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-63Version B: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-64Version C: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-65Version D: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-66Version E: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-67Version F: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-68Version G: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-69Version H: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-70Version K: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-71The Naphtha Launch with additions and revisions [undated] 2N3-72The Naphtha Launch: 3 sheets of reference notes [undated] 2N3-73The Naphtha Launch: 14 sheets of original typescript with corrections and revisions [undated] 2N3-74The Naptha Launch: Corrections and revisions [undated] 2N3-75Version L: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-76Version L.1: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-77Version M: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-78Version N: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-79Version N.1: Typescript of Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant [undated] 2N3-80The Naphtha Launch: Final draft [1974] 2N3-81Version P.1: The Naphtha Launch with revisions by Alice W. Gilborn [undated] 2N3-82Version R: The Naphtha Launch, ribbon copy [1974] 2N3-83Restoration of Naphtha Launch in Old Forge N.Y. by Deke Morrison [1974] 2N3-84The Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant, October, 10 1975 [1975] 2N3-84(2)The Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant, version R with changes incorporated by H. Durant and Alice Gilborn [undated] 2N3-85The Naphtha Launch by Kenneth Durant, Carbon copy final version with notes and correspondence [1975] 2N3-86The Naphtha Launch [edited by H. Durant], monograph published by the Adirondack museum [1976] 3Photographs used for "The Naphtha Launch" [undated] Card catalog available at the repository. |
Legal Status |
For use of the collection credit: Kenneth and Helen Durant Collection, Adirondack Museum Library. |
Search Terms |
Durant, Kenneth.; Durant, Helen.; Boats and boating.; Naphtha-launches.; Photographs.; Correspondence.; |
Collection |
Adirondack Experience Library |