Inventions and Designs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Darby, S. Newman, 1928-2016 (inventor)
label: Collection Creator
content: Darby, Kenneth
label: Collection Creator
content: Darby, Naomi
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content: S. Newman Darby Windsurfing Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0625, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.