TARRANT COUNTY, TX
Tarrant County Archives
Series 6: Boat Club History, undated, 1941-2019
Series I: McGown Personal, undated, 1934–1994
Series II: Correspondence, undated, 1929–2013
Series III: Meeting Minutes, 1958-1977
Series IV: Business Records, undated, 1915–2019
Series V: Classes, 1935–2019
Series VI: Boat Club History, undated, 1941–2019
Series VII: Ledgers, 1977-2001
Series VIII: World Youth Sailing Championship, 1978-1980
Series IX: Outside Clubs and Associations, undated, 1930–1985
Series X: Memorabilia and Sail Samples, undated, 1968–1989
Series XI: Log Books, 1933–2011
Series XII: Newsletters, 1934–2019
Series XIII: Oversized, undated, 1934-1984
Series XIV: Photographs, undated, 1931–2019
Series XV: Scrapbooks, undated, 1938-2007
Series XVI: Maps and Boat Schematics, undated, 1933-1978
Preferred Citation: Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family Collection, Tarrant County Archives
Series Six Legend:
Boat Club History, undated, 1941-2019
The Classes Series contains materials related to some of the classes of boats the club specialized in, such as Longhorns, Snipes, Rhodes 19’s and Falcons. Some materials relating to classes of boats may be sorted into other folders, particularly the correspondence series.
- LOCATION: Boxes 11, 12, 12a, Subject Files, Bookshelves
Fort Worth Boat Club Clubhouse, circa 1940s
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| Box | Folder | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | Boat Club History and Facts, undated, 1969, 2017 |
| 11 | 2 | Boat Club meeting, November 2002 (two copies) |
| 11 | 2b | Bruce Cup, Participants and Points, 1994 |
| 11 | 3 | Fort Worth Boat Club History / Fort Worth Boat Club Recipes, 1987 |
| 11 | 4 | Great Developments Follow Small Beginnings, pages 1-223, 2000 |
| 11 | 5 | Great Developments Follow Small Beginnings Draft, pages 1–108, 2000 |
| 11 | 6 | Great Developments Follow Small Beginnings Partial Manuscript, pages 1-52, 2000 |
| 11 | 7 | Newspaper Clippings, 1941, 1948, 1960, 1968, 1984-1985, 1998, 2003-2004, 2006 |
| 11 | 8 | Newspaper Clippings—Women in Speedboating, articles about Ruth Herring, undated, 1954 |
| 11 | 9 | Forty-second Annual Woman's North American Sailing Championship Program, 1969 |
| 11 | 10 | Fort Worth Boat Club - Hiebert Family, undated, 1982-1983, 1989 |
| 11 | 11 | Sundance Cup Logo - Draft Sketch, 2004 |
| 11 | 12 | List of Burgees displayed in FWBC bar, undated |
| 12 | 1 | Great Developments Follow Small Beginnings, pages 109–223, 2000 |
| 12 | 2 | "In the Matter of: A Brief History of the Fort Worth Boat Club from its Beginning." Transcription of Meeting about Boat Club History, August 1972 |
| 12 | 2 | Burgess, Lennie J. Documents, Deed Records - Volumes 1177 and 1243 |
| 12 | 3 | “Wind, Water and Sun” and “The Longhorn Fleet” Proposals and Forms, undated, 1969-1970 |
| 12 | 4 | “Wind, Water and Sun” order records, undated, 1969-1970 |
| 12a | 1 | Manuscript and Correspondence: Great Developments Will Follow Small Beginnings: A History of the Fort Worth Boat Club, 1929-2000 by Bill Fairley (binder) |
| 12 | 5 | Andy Green History with Fort Worth Boat Club, Andy Green's Note about Ted Turner, and Another Andy Green Story, undated, 2019 |
| 12 | 6 | Letter and Email from Janet Lee Cornwall to Grey McGown about Hub Isaacks, 2009, 2019 |
| Subject | File | Fort Worth Boat Club Membership List 1932 |
| 12 | 8 | Family History from Michael McConnell, undated |
| 12 | 8 | Family History from Donald L. Caldera, 2019 |
| 12 | 8 | Family History from John Cronkhite, 2019 |
| 12 | 8 | Family History: "William (Bill) and Marian Smith Family: Over 50 Years at the Boat Club" |
| 12 | 9 | Biography of Hub E. Isaacks, 2019 |
| Book | Shelf | Fort Worth Social Directory, 2003-2005 (hardback) |