Cyrus Hamlin Papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of a naval architect and designer and the corporation that he owned. Included are correspondence, designs, blueprints, conference materials, advertisements and other records of Cyrus Hamlin's design firm and his company Ocean Research Corporation.
Dates
- 1947-1984
Creator
- Hamlin, Cyrus, 1918- (Person)
Access Restrictions
Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval.
Use Restrictions
Information on literary rights available in the repository.
Biographical Note
Cyrus Hamlin was born in New Jersey in 1918. He began his career as a draftsman and boat builder. From 1939 to 1944 he worked for the Hinckley Company. He served in World War II in the Army Corps of Engineers, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. After the war he returned to boat design. In 1950 he went into partnership with E. Farnham Butler. In 1956 he established his own design firm. Together with David Thurston, he founded the Ocean Research Corporation in 1964. Ocean Research Corporation specialized in marine design, engineering and system analysis. In 1986 Hamlin dissolved the Corporation and once again went into private practice in naval architecture. In 1996 he partnered with Ron A. Smith to form Hamlin and Smith, Naval Architects.
Extent
4 linear feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers of a naval architect and designer and the corporation that he owned. Included are correspondence, designs, blueprints, conference materials, advertisements and other records of Cyrus Hamlin's design firm and his company Ocean Research Corporation.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged according to Cyrus Hamlin's filing arrangement - by type of record, chronologically within each type of record.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Cyrus Hamlin, May 15, 1998.
- Advertisements Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Blueprints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Clippings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Design drawings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Naval architecture Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ocean Research Corporation
- Records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Cyrus Hamlin Papers
- Status
- Box And Folder List Available
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207-581-1686
