Fort Worth Boat Club Scrapbooks

Accessibility Notice: Due to the age and complexity of the original material, these linked scrapbook PDFs are made up of scanned images. If you need assistance accessing the content in one of the documents, please contact the Archives at 817-884-3272 or archives@tarrantcountytx.gov

Fort Worth Boat Club 1980 Cover Page

Fort Worth Boat Club, 1980 World Youth Sailing Championship
undated, 1980
Contains newspaper clippings, photographs, rules, and a few letters related to the 1980 World Youth Sailing Championship held on Eagle Mountain Lake, September 5-15, 1980, and hosted by the Fort Worth Boat Club. Donated by Grey McGown. 12.5 by 15.5 inches. 70 pages. 

Fort Worth Boat Club 1981 Cover Page

Fort Worth Boat Club, 1981 Mallory Cup
undated, 1981
Newspaper clippings, news releases, programs and photographs related to the 1981 Men's North American Sailing Championship (Mallory Cup) hosted by the Fort Worth Boat Club at Eagle Mountain Lake, September 15-20, 1981. Donated by Grey McGown. 12 by 14.5 inches. 33 pages.

Fort Worth Boat Club scrapbook cover

Fort Worth Boat Club, 1997-2007
undated, 1997-2007
Scrapbook belonging to Bip and Bernie Nauta containing photographs, correspondence, and partial newsletters related to Fort Worth Boat Club. Most images are of Boat Club members sailing, wearing costumes and singing at "Rock On 2000" and "FWBC's Musical Titanic," at holiday events, the Ol' Man of the Sea Regatta, and showing musicians performing at the Boat Club. 10 by 11 inches. 63 pages. Digital images only.

Fort Worth Boat Club Framed Collages cover page

Fort Worth Boat Club Framed Collages
undated, circa 1930s-1960s
Ten framed collages each containing multiple images from the Fort Worth Boat Club events. 10 pages. Digital images only.

Special Olympics scrapbook cover page 

Fort Worth Boat Club and Special Olympics
undated, 1998-2006
Scrapbook belonging to Bip and Bernie Nauta containing photographs, newspaper clippings,  related to Bip Nauta's work organizing events with Special Olympics at the boat club, including the Special Olympics Sailboat Regatta. The first one was held on August 29, 1998. 11 by 11.75 inches. 108 pages. Digital images only.

Good Time scrapbook cover page 

Fort Worth Boat Club Good Times
undated, 1996-2006
Scrapbook belonging to Bip and Bernie Nauta containing photographs related to Bip Nauta's ten years as Entertainment Chairman at the boat club. Events include the 1998 Great Gatsby Commodore Party, Turkey Trot, Special Olympics, Seniors Prom, Casino Night, and Ol' Man of the Sea. 11.5 by 12.5 inches. 51 pages. Digital images only.

Glenn Darden Scrapbook cover page 

Glenn Darden
1969-1979
Scrapbook belonging to Glenn Darden's mother and contains a program, newspaper articles, photographs, and newsletters about the 1969 Adams Cup Race, the Cotton Bowl Regatta, the Fort Worth Boat Club Skipperettes, and awards received by Glenn Darden. 10 by 12 inches. 50 pages. Digital images only.

Hub Isaacks Scrapbook cover page 

Hub Isaacks
1930-1934
Scrapbook contains photographs of Hub Isaacks, newspaper clippings, images of sailboats, sailing flags or burgees, and cartoon strips. Many of the images relate to Hub Isaacks at a young age sailing at White Rock Lake in Dallas. Grey McGown brought the disbound scrapbook to the Tarrant County Archives to be digitized, which was on loan from Hub Isaacks' daughter, Margo Stephanow. 7 by 9 inches. 46 pages. Digital images Only.

Sea Explorers Ship 420 Scrapbook cover 

Sea Explorers Ship 420
1980-1986
Scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and rosters. Brodie Cobb, Lisa Smith, Jason Dyer, Bryan Dyer are names that appear frequently. 12 by 12.5 inches. 53 pages.

Follow links to the Grey McGown Named Collection page and the Fort Worth Boat Club Collection page.