Guide to the Carlsark Collection,
ca. 1920-1973

Collection Number: 1145

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
A. Lipsky
Date completed:
November 1989
EAD encoding:
Ann Hubert, July 2002

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Carlsark collection, ca. 1920-1973.
Collection Number:
1145
Quantity:
1.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Logbooks, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, printed material, photographs, maps, and a wooden model.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Included are five logbooks kept by Carl Weagant during the Carlsark's voyage to Greece and back (1929-30), as well as a log kept by Henry Devereux. Also, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings; printed material, including articles by Weagant and Devereux, Yacht Club yearbooks, and other items; photographs of the Carlsark and her crew; hand made maps of voyages made by the Carlsark and other boats; and a wooden model of the Carlsark.
Language:
Collection material in English

The CARLSARK was a yacht owned by Carl L. Weagant, who sailed from Ithaca, New York, to Ithaca, Greece, shortly after graduating from Cornell University in 1929. The other crew members were Henry M. Devereux, Joseph Rummler, and Dudley Schoales. Weagant later wrote for YACHTING magazine and invested in salvage projects. In 1934, he committed suicide, citing financial failure as the reason in a note to his family.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Included are five logbooks kept by Carl Weagant during the CARLSARK's voyage to Greece and back (1929-30), as well as a log kept by Henry Devereux. Also, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings; printed material, including articles by Weagant and Devereux, Yacht Club yearbooks, and other items; photographs of the CARLSARK and her crew; hand made maps of voyages made by the CARLSARK and other boats; and a wooden model of the CARLSARK.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Devereux, Henry M.
Rummler, Joseph.
Schoales, Dudley.
Weagant, Carl L.
Carlsark (Yacht).

Titles:
Yachting.

Subjects:
Voyages and travels.
Yachts and yachting.
Sailors.

Places:
Ithakē (Greece)--Description and travel.

Form and Genre Terms:
Maps.
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Carlsark Collection, #1145. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
June 20, 1929-Aug. 2, 1929
Log Book, Volume 1, from Ithaca, N.Y. to the Azores Islands
 Box 1
Aug. 7, 1929-Sept. 10, 1929
Log Book, Volume 2, from Aorta, Fayal, Azores to the French Riviera
 Box 1
Nov. 27, 1929-Jan.12, 1930
Log Book, Volume 3, from departure from Cannes on French Riviera; episodes at the island of Ithaca, Greece; through arrival at Gibralter on the return trip home
Box 1
Feb. 4, 1930-Apr. 12, 1930
Log Book, Volume 4, from departure from Gibralter and arrival at Nassau, Bahamas
 Box 1
May 14, 1930-May 19, 1930
Log Book, Volume 5, from Nassau, Bahamas to the North Carolina Islands
 Box 1
June 20, 1929-Aug. 20, 1929
Henry Devereux's Note Book, from early part of August much of this is duplicated of the orginal log. Not shown in the original log are additional notes from the Azores, and Devereux's subsequent trip to Boston and New York
Box 1
1930
Blue water medal presented to Carl Weagant by the Crusing Club of America
 Box 1
n.d.
Typescript re: the "Carlsark"
 Box 2
ca. 1920-1973
Printed articles, excerpts, etc
 Box 2
Dec. 1929; Jan., Nov., Dec. 1930; Jan.-May 1931
Photocopied articles from Yachting
Box 2
June 1931; Mar. 1933; Feb., July; Aug., Nov., Dec. 1934; Apr.
Yachting magazine in which articles regarding the Carlsbad trip appear
Box 2
1929-1934
Scrapbook of clippings, blueprints, and memorabilia pertaining to the Carlsark
 Box 3
Apr. 1925
Bayside Yacht Club Log Book
 Box 3
1925-1934
Royal Ocean Racing Club booklet.
 Box 3
1934
The Crusing Club of America yearbook
 Box 3
1934
The Yachtsmans Yearbook edited by Alfred F. Loomis (dedicated to Mrs. R.A. Weagant)
Box 3
1939
Blue Water Vagabond by Denis Puleston
Box 3
1926
Map of the "Bermuda Race, 1926, on Board Schooner Countess"
 Box 4
1926-1930
Map of "The Cruise of the Carlsark"
 Box 4
1929
Small map of the Carlsark voyage
 Box 4
ca. 1931
Map of "The Cruise of the Pinta"
 Box 4
1929
Photocopies of entries in the Carlsark Log Book concerning Christmas Eve in Palermo
 Box 4
Model of the Carlsark
 Box 5 Mu. 916