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Peggy Lyons’ Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-155

Dates

  • 1982

Conditions Governing Access

No known restrictions on content. Audiocassettes have all been digitized. Access to digital content by request. Photographs in scrapbook have been digitized and are available for viewing at http://archives-exh.lib.umassd.edu/

Biographical / Historical

In the summer of 1982, Peggy Lyons was the only woman of the 14-person crew, who consisted of 8 Cape Verdeans and 6 Americans, to sail aboard the Schooner Ernestina on its journey to the U.S., back from Mindelo, Cape Verde. Peggy was a licensed captain, originally from New York, and had her own 30-foot Sloop Repose. She had a true passion for sailing. Peggy worked at a volunteer to repair and retrieve Ernestina, after being dismast in her first voyage back in the U.S. in 1976.

Biographical / Historical

The bulk of the collection is a photograph album and series of 16 audiocassette recordings documenting the 1982 voyage. It also includes loose items: newspaper articles, certificates, and correspondence.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (one large flat box, one binder and one audiocassette box)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from the sister of Peggy Lyons, Kathie Talbot, June 2013. Acquisition # 13-25.

Title
MC 155, Peggy Lyons’ Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey papers
Status
Completed
Author
Caterina Francisco
Date
July 2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository

Contact:
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA