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    <title>George W. Mixter papers, 1855-1946 (bulk 1933-1945)</title>
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    <namePart>Mixter, George W. (George Webber)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1876-1947</namePart>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, writings, notes, lectures, ship's papers, problem sets, calculations, maps, and other papers chiefly relating to Mixter's contributions to the study of navigation.  Includes material relating to his schooner Teragram and the Bermuda Races of 1932 and 1934.  Correspondents include Julius Frederick Hellweg, James Robertson, John Shesta, and Philip Van Horn Weems.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Navigation researcher and consulting engineer.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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      <namePart>Hellweg, Julius Frederick</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Robertson, James</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Shesta, John</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Weems, Philip Van Horn</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1889-</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Teragram (Schooner)</namePart>
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    <topic>Navigation</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Ship's papers</topic>
    <temporal>20th century</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Yachting</topic>
    <geographic>Bermuda Islands</geographic>
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    <occupation>Engineers</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
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