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Name |
Kittansett Club |
Number of Archive records |
70 |
Number of Library records |
3 |
Number of Photo records |
10 |
Number of Object records |
1 |
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2003.019.001 - The Kittansett Club
History of The Kittansett Club. Notes by R. Brydon and D. T. Hood. Hurricane Carol 8/31/54, 1938 Hurricane, 40th Walker Cup Golf Match 2 copies
Record Type: Library
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2004.008.036 - postcard
Original Beverly Yacht Club building at Kittansett Club, Butler's Point, Marion, Mass. Completely destroyed by 1938 hurricane.
Record Type: Photo
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2004.019.065 - Print, Photographic
Kittansett Club Note on reverse "Where the beach plums used to grow"
Record Type: Photo
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2005.007.003 - Tape, Audio
Interview with Peter Converse covering the following topics: Converse family history Converse Point history Second World War Marion to Bermuda race Marion summer community Peter Converse It is December the 5th, 1995, and this is Christina Kingston speaking with Peter Converse of the Moorings, Converse Road, Marion, MA as part of the Sippican Historical Society's - Oral History Project. Peter Converse: Well, what is now Converse Point b...
Record Type: Archive
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2008.001.048 - Digital photograph
Sippican Harbor & Waterfront - This aerial view shows Butler's Point about 1935. The Kittansett Club is in the background, mostly hidden by trees, and the Beverly Yacht Club with its long pier is situated close by in the foreground. From this perspective, the area's vulnerability to severe weather is evident
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.212 - Digital photograph
Camps & Clubs - The name Kittansett comes from two Wampanoag words: "kittan" ("sea") and "sett" ("near"). A group of thirteen wealthy Marion landowners founded a corporation in 1922 "to provide and maintain proper grounds and facilities for playing the game of golf and other sports as may be authorized by the board of governors and to maintain a clubhouse and such other buildings as may be deemed advisable for the accommodations of its members." ...
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.213 - Digital photograph
Camps & Clubs - The original clubhouse at Kittansett pictured above has been greatly enlarged in this view from the golf course dating to 1950. Despite its exposed oceanfront location, the club has successfully weathered storms and hurricanes over the years since its inception.
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.220 - Digital photograph
Hurricanes - The Hurricane of 1938 was, by far, the most extensively documented in real-photo postcards of all of Marion's many encounters with severe coastal weather. This view shows the remnants of two of the guest cottages at the Kittansett Club on Butler's Point. The Club maintained several cottages with letter designations. Cottages F and I were closest to the tip of the Point and were swept clean from their foundations. The remains of one o...
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.221 - Digital photograph
Hurricanes - This Kittansett cottage-letter designation unknown-was transported by the 1938 storm's ferocious winds for over a mile, to finally pile up as rubble against this brake of scrub pines. A Mission-Style settle and a folding chair seem to be the only salvageable items from the whole house.
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.223 - Digital photograph
Hurricanes - One of the smaller cottages near the shoreline at Kittansett, this structure took the brunt of the 1938 hurricane head-on and was knocked from its foundation, the front of the cottage collapsing under the pounding of wind and surf. Whatever sand was once deposited here was swept away, leaving only rocks and debris.
Record Type: Photo
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2009.020.002 - Documents
A blue binder contains information on the Sippican Club from 1946 - 1950 (approximately 79 pages) as well as two 1954 Tennis Club booklets, four 1950 Sippican Club booklets and three 1948 Kittansett booklets.
Record Type: Archive
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2015.006.001 - Map
A black and white map tilted "Plan of Property of Butler's Point Assoc." dated 4/10/1922. It shows golf course holes, house lots, trees and land types. It is 15.5" by 25.5".
Record Type: Archive
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2015.006.002 - Map
A map titled "Kittansett Club Marion, Massachusetts General Plan" on thin vellum dated February 27, 1925. It shows golf course, habor, club buildingserected and proposed, and land available for members houses. It is 10.5" by 20".
Record Type: Archive
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2015.006.003 - Map
A map of 4 panels titled "Detail of House Sites Reserved for Members" dated August 26, 1924 prepared by Kittansett Realty Trust.
Record Type: Archive
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2015.006.004 - Booklet
An early descriptive booklet titled "Kittansett Club Marion, Massachusetts". It is 10.5" by 8".
Record Type: Archive
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2015.015.010 - Booklet
A booklet titled "Member Handbook 2001 The Kittansett Club". It contains information on the Organization, a Membership Directory, By-Laws, Club Rules & History.
Record Type: Archive
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2016.051.052 - Newspaper
July 1990 Golf Tournament Mark Milhench and Tim Murphy
Record Type: Archive
