Frederick Gilbert Bourne collection 1901-1918 Bourne, Frederick Gilbert collection

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Frederick Gilbert Bourne collection 1901-1918 Bourne, Frederick Gilbert collection

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The Frederick Gilbert Bourne collection is made up of correspondence, photographs, printed items, and ephemera related to Bourne, president of the Singer Manufacturing Company and commodore of the New York Yacht Club, and to his son-in-law, Ralph Strassburger, who served as consul general to Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia in 1913.

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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Bourne family

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Frederick Gilbert Bourne was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 20, 1851, to Reverend George Washington Bourne and his wife, Harriet Gilbert Bourne. He attended public school in New York and began working for the Atlantic Submarine Wrecking Company in 1865. Later, while working at the Mercantile Library of New York, he befriended Alfred Corning Clark, then president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Clark later offered Bourne a job, which he accepted, and he rose within ...

Strassburger family

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Frederick Gilbert Bourne was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 20, 1851, to Reverend George Washington Bourne and his wife, Harriet Gilbert Bourne. He attended public school in New York and began working for the Atlantic Submarine Wrecking Company in 1865. Later, while working at the Mercantile Library of New York, he befriended Alfred Corning Clark, then president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Clark later offered Bourne a job, which he accepted, and he rose within ...

Strassburger, May Bourne.

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Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, 1883-1959

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Ralph B. Strassburger was born in Norristown, Pa., on Mar. 26, 1883. He received his preliminary education in the public and private schools of Norristown. He attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., and in 1901 was appointed to the United States Naval Academy. After his graduation in 1905, Strassburger was assigned to cruiser duty until 1909 when he resigned from the Navy to become manager of a boiler manufacturer. In 1914, he was an unsuccessful candidate for United States House o...

Bourne, Frederick G., 1851-1919

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New York Yacht Club

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New York club of yacht owners and racing enthusiasts; established 1844 and incorporated 1865. From the description of Minutes, 1895-1896. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58772144 ...

Jekyll Island Club (Jekyll Island, Ga.)

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