Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of Simon Lake submarine materials, 1898-1964.
Collection Number: 6992
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of Simon Lake submarine materials, 1898-1964.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6992
Abstract:
Letters, stock certificates, drawings, photographs, and publications related to Simon
Lake's designs for submarines.
Creator:
Rudin, Stephen
Quanitities:
.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Letters, stock certificates, drawings, photographs, and publications related to Simon
Lake's designs for submarines.
Books on Simon Lake and the Submarine.
- Underwater Torpedo Boats: Their Merits and Their Menace, Lake Torpedo Boat Co. Includes content on "The Protector" sold to Russia. Rudin # SL-43.
- Ancient and Modern Ships: Part 1, George C.V. Holmes, 1906. Signed by Lake. Rudin # SL-44.
- Ancient and Modern Ships: Part II, George C.V. Holmes, 1906. Rudin # SL-45.
- The Storage Battery, Augustus Treadwell Jr., 1902. Rudin # SL-46.
- Sixty Years' Recollections of Milford, Nathan Stowe, 1917. Signed by Lake. Rudin # SL-47.
- A Genealogy of the Lake Family and Submarine. Rudin # SL-48.
- The Autobiography of Simon Lake. Rudin # SL-49.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Gail and Stephen Rudin collection of Simon Lake submarine materials, #6992. Division
of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Lake, Simon, 1866-1945.
Subjects:
Submarines (Ships).
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Letters, Manuscripts, and Documents
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
"A Trip to the Submarine Boat Argonaut"
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October 14, 1899 |
Scope and Contents
Typewritten manuscript. Embellished with ink cutaway drawings of the vessel. Apparently
presented to Lake after a visit to the Erie Basin. Rudin # SL-1
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Draft contract between Lake and battery manufacturer in Russia
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July 8, 1905 |
Scope and Contents
Signed by Lake. Rudin # SL-2
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Simon Lake Addressee: Boston Sunday Herald Writer's location: New York
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October 2, 1939 |
TLS
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Pages: 1
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Scope and Contents
Letter about military submarines and the use of cargo-carrying submarines. Accompanied
by a photo of Lake showing what a cargo-carrying submarine might look like. Rudin
# SL-3
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Simon Lake Addressee: son-in-law Writer's location: Philadelphia
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May 21, 1942 |
ALS
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Pages: 2
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Scope and Contents
States that Lake will be meeting with Mr. (J. Louis) Reynolds on the matter of cargo-carrying
submarines. Rudin # SL-4
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Simon Lake Addressee: son-in-law Cecil Ford Writer's location:
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n.d. |
TLS
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Pages: 1
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Scope and Contents
Instructions for yard and property maintenance while Lake is away on a trip. Rudin
# SL-5
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Simon Lake Addressee: Wife
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n.d. |
ANS
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Pages: 1
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Scope and Contents
"To my wife 'Mocky', with fond recollections of 53 years..." with photo of Lake. Rudin
# SL-6
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Simon Lake Addressee: Daughter Writer's location: New York
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1929 |
ALS
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Pages: 1
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Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-7
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Simon Lake
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February 11, 1938 |
ADS
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Pages: 1
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Scope and Contents
On Lakeolith letterhead, transferring ownership of household furniture to a daughter
at the family's Milford, Connecticut home. Also signed by son and other daughter.
Rudin # SL-8
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Simon Lake Addressee: Elwood Ford, grandson Writer's location: Milford, CT.
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November 14, 1940 |
ALS
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Pages: 2
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Scope and Contents
In pencil, with envelope bearing signature. Rudin # SL-9
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Simon Lake Addressee: Elwood Ford, grandson
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June 17, 1944 |
ALS
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Pages: 1
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Scope and Contents
To grandson at an Army Air Corps base in Gulfport, on Lake Submarine Co. letterhead.
Rudin # SL-10
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Ford, Elwood Addressee: Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ford
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May 1, 1944 |
ALS
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Pages: 1
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Scope and Contents
Includes photo of Ford. Rudin # SL-11
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Simon Lake Addressee: Lawrence Dale Coleman
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December 20, 1938 |
TLS
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Pages: 1
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Scope and Contents
Asks for names of museums in Venezuela in the event a planned submarine excursion
finds materials of interest. Rudin # A-137
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Simon Lake Stock Certificate in Lake Submarine Co.
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February 19, 1901 |
Scope and Contents
Signed twice by Lake. 100 shares. Rudin # SL-12
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Stock certificate for the Lake Sub-Marine Company.
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May 15, 1900 |
Scope and Contents
Signed by Lake. Cancelled. Rudin # SL-13
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Capital stock certificate for five shares in the Lake Sub-Marine Company, made out
to J.C. Lake and signed by Simon Lake.
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January 21, 1901 |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # A-133
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Capital stock certificate for five shares in the Lake Sub-Marine Company, made out
to E. Bunge and Co.
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August 6, 1915 |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # A-134
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Stock certificate for the Lake Torpedo and Boat Company. Rudin # SL-14
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August 25, 1916 |
Scope and Contents
Signed by Lake.
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Invitation to Lake from Theodore Roosevelt for a reception at the White House. Rudin
# SL-15
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February 18, 1909 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Original signed drawing of what appears to be a submarine.
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June 17 |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # A-135
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Original signed drawing of Steam Cylinder for Submarine.
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March 7, 1914 |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # A-136
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
"In Defense of the Submarine" manuscript, by Simon Lake.
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May, 1906 |
Scope and Contents
"In Defense of the Submarine" as well as two other manuscripts, one extolling "unsinkable"
ships and the other the virtues of the submarine. Rudin # A-138
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Series II: Photographs
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Photo of Lake
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Scope and Contents
Signed on verso "Simon Lake- Age 42" Rudin # SL-16
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Photo of Lake in his 60's
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Scope and Contents
Signed by Lake on verso in pencil "Simon Lake to Ma". Rudin # SL-17
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Original photo of the Argonaut, Lake's first submarine, after being lengthened and
made watertight.
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1898 |
Scope and Contents
Appears in Lake's 1918 book "The Submarine in War and Peace", pages 182-183. Rudin
# SL-18
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Original photo of a model of "The Aluminaut", an aluminum cargo-carrying submarine,
with Lake, Reynolds, and staff.
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-22
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Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Lake Torpedo and Boat Co. photo of USS S-49 prior to launch at Bridgeport.
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Scope and Contents
With Navy history of the submarine. Rudin # SL-23
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Box 1 | Folder 24 |
USS S-48
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December 8, 1928 |
Scope and Contents
With Navy history of the USS S-48 submarine. Rudin # SL-24
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Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Five Generations Lake reunion.
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-27
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Four original photos of "The Protector"
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Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-19
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Original photo of "The Protector" after being renamed "The Osetr"
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Scope and Contents
With entire Russian crew, their names penned on lower mount. Rudin # SL-20
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
USS S-47
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Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-25
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Series III. Magazines, Reprints, and Pamphlets
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Box 1 | Folder 26 |
"The Future of the Submarine", printed presentation by Lake to Optimist Club of Philadelphia
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Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-28
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
The Lake Periscope
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March, April 1920 |
Scope and Contents
Company magazine of Lake Torpedo Boat Co., including visit by Pershing to factory.
Rudin # SL-32
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
"Sage Submarine Vessels and the Future of the Art"
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1907 |
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet by Lake, illustrated. Rudin # SL-33
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
"Recovering Natural Products of the Sea"
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1920 |
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet, bears the name of Submarine and Exploration Co. Rudin # SL-34
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Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Pamphlet, "Fortunes Under the Sea", by Simon Lake.
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n.d. |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-35
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Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Pamphlet, "The Argonaut: Her Evolution and History", by Simon Lake
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July 1900 |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-36
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Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Pamphlet, "The Development of the Lake Type Submarine Torpedo Boats". Two copies
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n.d. |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-37, A-132
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Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Pamphlet, "Captain Simon Lake, Inventor of the Submarine, has Perfected Equipment
to Salvage Fortunes Now Under the Sea".
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n.d. |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-38
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Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Pamphlet, "Commissioning of United States Ship Simon Lake (AS-33)". Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard.
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November 7, 1964 |
Scope and Contents
48 pages with photo of ship. Rudin # SL-39
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
"Modern Submarines in War and Peace"
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1918 |
Scope and Contents
Reprint. Rudin # SL-40
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Box 1 | Folder 32 |
"The Submarine Versus the Submersible", by Simon Lake.
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May, 1906 |
Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-41
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Three copies of "Scientific American"
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1898, 1915 |
Scope and Contents
Article on the Argonaut, other articles by Lake with illustrations. Rudin # SL-29-31
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Illustration from "Recovering Natural Products from the Sea"
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Scope and Contents
Rudin # SL-34
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