This collection of works on sailing and navigation is the gift if Dr. Edward B Hinckley, who served as President of Babson Institute from 1946 to 1956.

Dr. Hinckley’s love of the sea can be traced back to the many summers he spent on Cape Cod, A year after coming to Babson; he purchased the Sandy Neck Lighthouse in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Upon retiring to Florida in 1972, he became good friends with the captain of the Calypso, Dr. Jacques Cousteau’s famous research vessel, and became acquainted with Dr .Cousteau.

A chemistry major at Harvard University, Dr. Hinckley earned his M.A. in 1926 and worked briefly as a chemical analyst at the B.F. Goodrich Company. While there, he discovered a love for teaching. He returned to Harvard in 1927 to earn a PhD in English literature in order to teach English at the college level. He taught at the University of Tampa, New Church Theological School in Cambridge, and at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. He soon became Acting President of Kalamazoo College and also served as Academic Dean before accepting the position of President of Babson Institute. A devoutly religious man, Dr. Hinckley was ordained into the ministry of the Swedenborgian Church in 1947.

The Hinckley Collection spans over 400 books on nautica and railway history. Click here to browse the WEBNet Catalog for the Hinckley Collection.

For more information on President Hinckley click here to be routed to the archives website.

British Polar Explorers
by Admiral Sir Edward Evans

The Last Survivors in Sail
by John Anderson

London to the Nore
by W.L. & M.A. Wyllie

Braiding and Knotting for Amateurs
by Constantine Belash

Lost Glory
by Ian Logan