Preferred Citation: Fort Worth Boat Club McGown Family Collection, Tarrant County Archives

Series Two Legend:

Correspondence, undated, 1929-2013

The Correspondence Series contains four large categorizations of correspondence – club members, non-club members, George Quentin McGown and William F. Crosby and the auxiliary fleet – as well as a few other groups.  The club members’ correspondence frequently relates to issues such as membership and the maintenance and improvements of the club. The non-club correspondence includes several letters with boat aficionados outside of the Fort Worth Boat Club. Several concern the construction of boats, particularly in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Also prevalent within the non-club member correspondence folders are letters with members of other clubs as well as the correspondence of organizations such as the Texas Yachting Association, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Some correspondence with Hub Isaacks may be in non-club folders. George Q. McGown Jr. corresponded prolifically with New York City resident William F. Crosby, boat designer and the longtime editor of The Rudder magazine. The auxiliary fleet’s correspondence is from a period of time during which George Q. McGown Jr. served as their leader. Some pieces of correspondence are organized within other series.

  • LOCATION: Boxes 2 and 4

FWBC Commodores, 2001

Past Fort Worth Boat Club Commodores, 2001

(front row): Clayton Brants, Jimmy Harrison, George Brandt, O.L. Pitts, Lee Smith

(back row): Les Miller, John Morran, Peter Lagergren, Dan Penner, Mike McConnell, Karl Dietz, Charley Poellet, Don Williamson, Ed Hiebert, Robert Aldrich

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Box Folder Description
2 1 Correspondence, 1929, 1931
2 2 Correspondence – Aerial Surveys for Eagle Mountain Lake, 1939
2 3 Correspondence – Auxiliary, 1958, 1967
2 4 Correspondence – Auxiliary, January 1977, December 1980
2 5 Correspondence – Club Members, 1932
2 6 Correspondence – Club Members, 1933
2 7 Correspondence – Club Members, 1934
2 8 Correspondence – Club Members, 1935
2 9 Correspondence – Club Members, 1936–1938
2 10 Correspondence – Club Members, 1939–1941
2 11 Correspondence – Club Members, 1942–1946
2 12 Correspondence – Club Members, 1950–1952
2 13 Correspondence – Club Members, October 1957, February–August 1958
2 14 Correspondence – Club Members, September–December 1958
2 15 Correspondence – Club Members, January–April 1959
2 16 Correspondence – Club Members, May–December 1959
2 17 Correspondence – Club Members, 1963–1965
2 18 Correspondence – Club Members, 1966–1971
2 19 Correspondence – Club Members, undated, 1973
2 20 Correspondence - Club Members, 1974-1975
2 21 Correspondence - Club Members, September 1976, May 1978, April 1979, April 1981, 2012
2 22 Correspondence - Legal and Financial, 1974-1975
3 1 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q.  and William F. Crosby (The Rudder), 1932
3 2 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1933
3 3 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby (Snipes), 1934–1935
3 4 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby (Snipes), 1936
3 5 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1937
3 6 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1938
3 7 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1939
3 8 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1940
3 9 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1941
3 10 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1942
3 11 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1946
3 12 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1950
3 13 Correspondence – McGown Jr., George Q. and William F. Crosby, 1951 – 1952
3 13a Correspondence – McGown, Grey, 2003
3 14 Correspondence – Naval Reserve Training Center, 1950
3 15 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1932
3 16 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1933
3 17 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1934
3 18 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1935
3 19 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1936
3 20 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1937
4 1 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, January–July 1938
4 2 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, August–December 1938
4 3 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, January–June 1939
4 4 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, July–December 1939
4 5 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, January–May 1940
4 6 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, June–December 1940
4 7 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, January–May 1941
4 8 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, June–December 1941
4 9 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1942–1943
4 10 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1946
4 11 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1951–1954 
4 12 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, May 1956, 1958, 1959
4 13 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1962, October 1963
4 14 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1966–1968, 1970–1971
4 15 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1972
4 16 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1973
4 17 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1974
4 18 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1975–1979 
4 19 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, 1980, August 1982
4 20 Correspondence – Non-Club Members, undated, 1987, 2013