Inventions and Designs
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 (inventor)
- Darby, Kenneth
- Darby, Naomi
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- S. Newman Darby Windsurfing Collection
- Date
- 1953-1990
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0625, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- S. Newman Darby Windsurfing Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- This series contains sketches, mechanical drawings and written documentation for concepts and invention prototypes produced by S. Newman Darby. Materials related to the invention of the sailboard, its publication in Popular Science in 1965 and Darby's subsequent development of the form as well as the innovative rigs he designed for other manufacturers are here. There are the original mechanical drawings for the first sailboard plans. His graphic designs are presented in materials for the Darby 12 model sailboards. A list of retail outlets for windsurfers c. 1983 is located in the marketing folder. Some photographs of individual pieces can be found in this series but most are found in Series 5: Photographs, 1946-1997.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512537424-1503512537434-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0