Boatbuilders, Watermen and Waterwomen - 350 Oral Histories at CBMM

2026-05-27

Decoy carver and boatbuilder Ira D. Hudson with his sisters Erma and Eva at Chincoteague, Va. Unknown Date CBMM Cat. No. 0000.1067.0002.00

Decoy carver and boatbuilder Ira D. Hudson
with his sisters Erma and Eva
at Chincoteague, Va.
Unknown Date
CBMM Cat. No. 0000.1067.0002.00


Below is a table of over 350 oral history entries gathered from the online archives of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md..  It makes the names of these people, places, and workboats discoverable across the Web, and easy to explore deeper.

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CBMM Cat No. Names of Interviewee Date of Interview Description Transcript CBMM Catalog Page
CBMM.0000.0001 John Lord Recording of "Anatomy of a Ship," a lecture held at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum by John Lord. OH 1 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0002 Monk Farnum Recording of "Ocean Racing and Sailing at Sea," a lecture held at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum by Monk Farnum. OH 2 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0003 Irma Harper Recording of "History of St. Michaels to 1800," a lecture by Irma Harper. OH 3 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0004 Jane Ward Interview with Jane Ward by an unknown interviewer regarding a tour of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse. OH 4 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0005 Jane Ward Interview with Jane Ward by an unknown interviewer regarding a tour of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse. OH 5 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0007 William Bodenstein Interview with William Bodenstein by an unknown interviewer regarding Eastern Shore railroads and connecting water services. OH 7 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0008 Bob Smith Range, Exa 01/01/1978 - 12/31/1978 Interview with Bob Smith by Tuckee Van Dyke regarding select buildings at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, including the Waterfowling Building, Hooper Strait Lighthouse, and Dodson House. OH 8 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0009 Gilbert Byron After 01/01/1980 - Interview with Gilbert Byron by an unknown interviewer, featuring comments on his slide collection. OH 9 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0010 Edwina Murphy, Lillian Mortimer, Ellis and Edna Berridge Exact 12/11/1984 - 12/31/1984 Interview with Edwina Murphy, Lillian Mortimer, Ellis and Edna Berridge by Richard Dodds and Chris Polk regarding pound net fishing. OH 10 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0011 Paula Jenkins and Ben Harrison Circa 11/01/1985 - Interview with Paula Jenkins and Ben Harrison by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding boatbuilder John B. Harrison. Jenkins and Harrison were John B. Harrison's daughter and son. Includes list of boats built by John B. Harrison. OH 11 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0012 Harold S. Argue Exact 04/08/1986 - Interview with Harold S. Argue by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding his work as a cabinet-maker at Trumpy Yacht Yard 1942-1943 until it closed in 1972 or 1973. Argue grew up in Jenkintown, PA and moved to Annapolis in 1935; he was 92 at the time of his interview. OH 12 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0014 Joe Liener Exact 02/06/1986 - Interview with Joe Liener regarding canneries, towns of McDaniel, Wittman, Royal Oak, and Easton; also Chesapeake Bay fisheries. OH 14 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0015 Paige Pinkett Exact 06/17/1986 - Interview with Paige Pinkett by Richard Dodds regarding St. Michaels and local regattas. OH 15 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0016 Capt. William F Thornton Exact 08/07/1986 - Interview with Capt. Thornton by Richard Dodds regarding the crew on various Chesapeake Bay steamboats, including Three Rivers. OH 16 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0017 Robert A Walters Circa 07/01/1986 - Interview with Robert A Walters by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding father's schooner IDA MAE and other family owned boats including schooner AUSTRALIA and power vessel ELIZABETH. OH 17 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0018 Capt. Calvert Evans Exact 11/19/1986 - Interview with Calvert Evans by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding his life history, the crew on schooner FANNIE INSLEY, and the dieselized schooner SARAH CONWAY. OH 18 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0020 William A Baker Circa 10/04/1984 - Recording of a lecture on Chesapeake Sailing Craft at a small craft conference at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum by William A Baker. There was a conference on this topic held at CBMM on October 4-5, 1984, and this may have been the occasion. OH 20 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0021 Mildred Kemp Exact 02/06/1981 - 02/06/1981 Interview with Mildred Kemp by R.J. Holt, Peter Gideon and Sandra Buckman. Mrs. Kemp discussed shipbuilder Thomas Kemp; the Annapolis-Claiborne ferry; reminisced about St. Michaels, and about making the movie First Kiss. She described acquiring the lighthouse desk in Easton, PA, and there was discussion of volunteers refinishing it. OH 21 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0022 Orville Parks and Tom Flowers Interview with Orville Parks and Tom Flowers by an unknown interviewer, regarding GLADYS MELBA in the freak storm of 1939. This tale was copied from the original owned by Ben Evans. OH 22 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0023 John Earle Exact 02/21/1987 - Recording of John Earle's lecture on C. Lowndes and Graham Johnson, boatbuilding and sailing, given at the Corisca River Yacht Club. OH 23 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0024 Otis S. Lloyd Jr. Exact 03/19/1987 - Interview with Otis S. Lloyd, Jr by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding his father, Whitehaven and Cambridge boatbuilder Otis S. Lloyd, Sr. Lloyd, Sr. built the well-known round-stern bugeye NORMA. OH 24 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0025 Helen Galt Exact 03/20/1987 - Interview with Helen Galt by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener. Mrs. Galt was the bookkeeper for the W.H. Valliant Packing Co. For additional information about the company, please refer to oral histories 19, 28, 34, 39, 82, OH 370. OH 25 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0028 Joe Valliant Exact 04/30/1987 - Interview with Joe Valliant by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener. Valliant discussed the history of the W.H. Valliant Packing Co., of Bellevue, MD. For more information about the company, please refer to oral histories 19, 25, 34, 39, 82, and 370. OH 28 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0029 Clarence Cox Exact 06/12/1987 - Interview with Clarence Cox by Richard Dodds regarding the seafood industry and boarding houses in Oxford, and about fishing parties. OH 29 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0030 Captain Bill Benson Exact 06/12/1987 - Interview with Captain Bill Benson by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding the history of, and events involving, the Oxford ferry from 1938 to 1974, as well as the seafood packing industry and local watercraft. OH 30 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0031 William Greenwood Exact 07/23/1987 - Interview with William Greenwood by Richard Dodds describing life at the Hooper Strait Lighthouse when it was an active station. Greenwood served aboard the lighthouse for about 18 months between 1949 and 1951. In this tape, he walked through the lighthouse with then-curator Richard Dodds, commenting on the rooms and fixtures. OH 31 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0032 Haskett Harris Exact 07/28/1987 - Interview with Haskett Harris by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding life at New Bridge, MD on the Tuckahoe River, a tributary to the Choptank. Harris also discusses steamboats on those rivers including his trips to Baltimore by steamer, and about fishing in the Tuckahoe. OH 32 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0033 Estelle Wright Range, Cir 01/01/1987 - 12/31/1987 Interview with Estelle Wright by Richard Dodds regarding traveling to Baltimore on the steamer MINNIE WHEELER of the Wheeler Line. OH 33 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0034 Mrs. William P. Lehman Exact 07/24/1987 - Interview with Mrs. William P. Lehman by Richard Dodds. Mrs. Lehman, born in 1906, is W. H. Valliant's daughter. She spoke about her father's seafood packing company, W.H. Valliant & Bro., and its history and operations, as well as living in her father's home in Bellevue, MD. OH 34 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0035 Mrs. Esther Callis, William Voshell Exact 08/07/1987 - Interview with Esther Callis and William Voshell by Richard Dodds. Callis was the granddaughter of Capt. William H.H. Perry of MINNIE WHEELER of the Wheeler Line. Callis and Voshell discussed the vessel, and how Perry got his name from President William Henry Harrison who died around the time Perry was born. They also talked about the town of Choptank, MD, and its buildings. OH 35 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0036 Harvey McDaniel Exact 09/18/1987 - Interview with Harvey McDaniel by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener. McDaniel, born in 1916, was a waterman who worked on Delaware Bay dredgeboats and later on Wade Murphy's WILLIE L. BENNETT, and on the skipjack ROSIE PARKS. He also discused working on a farm near Easton as a youth. OH 36 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0037 Bill Berridge Exact 10/14/1987 - Interview with Captain Bill Berridge by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding his work on yachts and other vessels including skipjacks and bugeyes, dredging and drift-netting, and the role of waterman and guide. OH 37 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0038 Stanley Vansant Exact 11/20/1987 - Interview with Stanley Vansant by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding the building of skiffs, charter boats and shanty boats, their uses, and stories about each vessel type. OH 38 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0039 Otis Turner Exact 12/18/1987 - Interview of Otis Turner by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener. Turner captained the schooners S.J. DELAN and THOMAS A. JONES for the W.H. Valliant packing house. OH 39 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0040 Hazel Caulk Larrimore, Elsie Jones Exact 03/09/1988 - Interview with Hazel Caulk Larrimore and Elsie Jones by Richard Dodds. Larrimore discussed St. Michaels, its history, businesses, and people. She remembered visiting the James Adams Floating Theater many times. She talked about the boarding houses on St. Michaels and vicinity, including the Willows, Wades Point, and Fairview. OH 40 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0041 Alex Spencer Exact 03/03/1988 - Interview with Alex Spencer by Richard Dodds regarding his memories of St. Michaels, working in the Easton A&P, and a St. Michaels drug store. He also discussed the history of various St. Michaels buildings, the railroad to St. Michaels, and the James Adams Floating Theater. OH 41 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0042 Elmer Parkerson Exact 04/20/1988 - Interview with Elmer Parkerson by Richard Dodds regarding the 1928 film "First Kiss," and other recollections of St. Michaels, including the Shannahan and Dodson houses, as well as repair work for the Kirby boatyard. Born in 1908, Parkerson lived in a wood house on the site of the present Rude house adjacent to the museum, which was used in the movie. His father had been assistant keeper of the Sharps Island lighthouse and later owned the skpjack IDA BEDSWORTH. OH 42 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0043 Mary Carolyn Cockey and Sarah Cockey Exact 04/22/1988 - Interview with Mary Carolyn and Sarah Cockey by Richard Dodds regarding the history of Claiborne, MD, steamships and ferries, history of St. Michaels. The Cockey sisters were born in 1912 and 1920, and grew up in Claiborne. Their family owned Maple Hall, a boarding house in Claiborne. OH 43 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0044 Doug Hanks Exact 05/10/1988 - 05/10/1988 Interview with Doug Hanks by Richard Dodds regarding yachts and yachtsmen of the Talbot County area, log canoe racing, Capt. Buck Richardson, and regattas and clubs. Hanks was a well know log canoe sailor and captained and owned many boats before going into real estate. He was captain of ISLAND BLOSSOM. OH 44 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0045 Mrs. Gordon Pope Exact 06/04/1988 - Interview with Mrs. Gordon Pope by Jane Tucker regarding her experiences as the wife of a Talbot County waterman. OH 45 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0046 Mildred Kemp Exact 07/07/1988 - Interview with Mildred Kemp of McDaniel, Maryland by Richard Dodds regarding Wades Point, St. Michaels, and early twentieth century Talbot County. OH 46 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0047 Dorothy Keithley, Rachel Marsh, Buster Caulk, Dot LeCompte, Lena Fairbank Exact 06/24/1988 - Recording of an annual meeting of Historic St. Michaels-Bay Hundred Inc, held June 24, 1988. A panel of older residents of St. Michaels were asked to talk about their reminiscences of St. Michaels. Among those interviewed were Dorothy Keithley, Rachel Marsh, Buster Caulk, Dot LeCompte, and Lena Fairbank. OH 47 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0048 William Harper Exact 08/18/1988 - Interview with William Harper by Richard Dodds regarding the history of the Pasadena Inn and Royal Oak, and its involvement in the filming of "First Kiss." OH 48 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0049 Gus Plutschak Exact 11/23/1988 - Interview with Gus Plutschak by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener. Mr. Plutschak was born on April 18, 1904 and moved to Easton in the 1930s. He was a barber by profession but in the evenings he built a number of "Scrappy Cats," a Ralph Wiley design. He also raced them. Mr. Plutschak worked in a Cambridge shipyard during World War II, and also in Annapolis. For many years he hunted and fished in the local area. He donated his hunting jacket to CBMM (1988.32.1). OH 49 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0050 A.G. (Lee) Reese Exact 10/07/1988 - Interview with Mr. A.G. (Lee) Reese by Richard Dodds regarding the history of various buildings in St. Michaels and local people. Mr. Reese was a long-time resident of St. Michaels and prominent businessman. OH 50 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0051 Alice Haddaway, May Jane Fairbank Exact 08/24/1988 - Interview with Alice Haddaway and daughter Mary Jane Fairbank by Beverly Abribrat and Linda Girod. Alice Haddaway and her husband Vernon were caretakers of the Jefferson Island Club on Poplar Island. OH 51 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0052 Ruth Hubbard Exact 12/02/1988 - Interview with Ruth Hubbard by Richard Dodds regarding personal recollections of St. Michaels, its businesses and people. Mrs. Hubbard, aged 84 at the time of interview, had been a life-long resident of St. Michaels. OH 52 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0053 Alfred Chester Exact 01/30/1989 - Interview with Alfred Chester by Richard Dodds regarding St. Michaels history, African American members of the community, seafood industry, and the Freedom's Friend Lodge. At the time of the interview, Mr. Chester was one of the oldest African American residents of St. Michaels. OH 53 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0054 Bryan Bundick Exact 02/09/1989 - Interview with Bryan Bundick by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener. Mr. Bundick's father, Horace Bundick, built log canoes in the vicinity of Sanford, Virginia in the early 20th century. At the time of the interview, Mr. Bundick was 92 years old but still able to recall a number of details about his father's career. Of particular interest was the canoe ANNIE C. which still exists in Sanford. OH 54 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0055 Vernon Whitely and John Wright Exact 03/14/1989 - Interview with Vernon Whitely and John Wright by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding methods of fishing on the river and the vessel types used to fish. Both men were residents of Greensboro, MD, and used to fish the Choptank River. OH 55 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0056 Wilber Engle Exact 03/22/1989 - Interview with Wilber Engle of Tanyard, near the Dover Bridge, by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding fishing on the Choptank and the type of boats used. Mr. Engle is a farmer and used to fish and build skiffs for use on the Choptank River. Mr. Engle was suggested by the Vernon Whitely and John Wright, who themselves were interviewed in oral history interview 55. OH 56 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0058 Wilson Harrison Exact 03/13/1989 - Interview with Wilson Harrison by Richard Dodds. Mr. Harrison was for many years the chief executive officer of St. Michaels Bank. Topics discussed included the history of the Bank, the changes to the bank building, and people and events associated with St. Michaels. OH 58 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0059 Capt. Garnett Arnold Exact 05/12/1989 - Interview with Capt. Garnett Arnold by Richard Dodds regarding the history of the Potomac River doryboat AFRICAN QUEEN (CBMM 88.43.1), and dories and oystering on the Potomac River in general. At the time of the interview, Mr. Arnold was 94 and has been a waterman for much of his life. OH 59 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0060 John G. Earle Exact 04/25/1989 - Interview with John G. Earle by Richard Dodds regarding the history of shopbuilding in the St. Michaels area and information on the builders, mainly in the 19th century. OH 60 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0061 Catherine Kennedy Exact 05/09/1989 - Interview with Catherine Kennedy by Richard Dodds regarding her time spent as passenger and "unofficial crew" on the sailing ram EDWIN AND MAUD (now DOMINO EFFECT), during the 1940s. Miss Kennedy recalled Capt. Ira Stevens of the schooner, the crew, and life aboard the schooner during her trips around the bay. OH 61 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0062 Max Chambers Exact 04/20/1989 - Interview with Max Chambers by Richard Dodds regarding the Wheeler Line, career and events in his life, and Choptank River fisheries. Mr. Chambers was a long-time resident of Caroline County and was, for years, owner of the Preston News and Farmer. He asked George Ross to write the column, "Minnie Wheeler's Boyfriend" that appeared for a number of years. OH 62 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0063 Everett "Eps" Russell Exact 07/05/1989 - Interview with Everrett "Eps" Russell by Richard Dodds. As a young man, Russell participated in the filming of "First Kiss" at St. Michaels in 1928. He was part of the crew of a small skipjack from Oxford that was used in many of the scenes and also assisted as a stage hand. Russell had a good memory for the boats that were used in the film and some of the techniques used in creating special effects. OH 63 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0064 Joseph Usilton Exact 07/11/1989 - Interview with Joseph Usilton by Richard Dodds. Usilton was manager of Parson's Island for many years. He was born on Poole's Island in 1908 and came with his family to Parson's Island as a young boy. He followed his father as Keeper on the Island for approximately 65 years. Mr. Usilton is 82 years old. The beginning of the interview was conducted outside his home on Kent Island after which it was continued on Parson's Island at the clubhouse, the original part of which was built in the late 1930s. OH 64 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0065 Wayman Sinclair Exact 07/17/1989 - Interview with Wayman Sinclair of Easton, formerly of Tilghman Island, by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener. Sinclair started working for the Tilghman Packing Co. in 1935 on the cannery line. He stayed with the company until it closed in the 1970s, eventually winding up in the Maintenance Dapt. The company made much of their own machinery and had a well equipped machine shop. Topics discussed included the history of the company and its different operations. OH 65 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0066 Melvin Engle Exact 07/18/1989 - Interview with Melvin Engle by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding Engle's activities as a commercial fisherman on the Choptank River in the vicinity of the Dover Bridge, as well as other well-known fishermen and the boats and equipment that were used. OH 66 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0067 Elwood Jackson Exact 07/25/1989 - Interview with Elwood Jackson by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding the boatbuilding activities of George Jackson and family, as well as the 1929-built sailing skiff built for artist Louis Feuchter (1989.19.1). Elwood Jackson was the son of George Jackson, a well-known boat builder of Wittman who built many deadrise workboats. OH 67 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0068 Elsie Jones Exact 11/16/1989 - Interview with Elsie Jones by Richard Dodds regarding the businesses and people living in St. Michaels from the 1930s, in particular along Talbot Street. Jones was born in Bozman in 1916 and moved to St. Michaels in the mid-1920s. After moving to Princess Anne with her family, she had relocated to St. Michaels by 1933. OH 68 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0069 Ben Gowe Range, Exa 09/01/1989 - 09/30/1989 Interview with Ben Gowe of Tilghman by Richard Dodds, Joe Liener and Ed Faye, regarding his career as a a waterman, poundnetting, oyster and crab harvesting, and the deadrise powerboat Gypsy Girl. OH 69 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0070 F.R. Hayden Range, Exa 02/01/1989 - 06/30/1989 A series of interviews conducted by John M. Wearmouth of Port Tobacco in February, May, and June of 1989 regarding the boatbuilding activities of F.R. (Peg Leg) Hayden. Mr. Hayden built the Potomac River dory 1988.43.1 now at CBMM. Among those interviewed were Robert K. Hayden, Annie Mae Hayden, James A. Dyer and Edward L. Middleton. Topics discussed included Hayden family history, particularly F.R. Hayden. OH 70 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0071 Norman Shannahan Exact 11/10/1989 - Interview with Norman Shannahan, Jr. by Richard Dodds regarding the history of the St. Michaels Packing Co., the moving of the train shed from Claiborne for use as a warehouse, Shannahan's properties on Mill St. including "Willow Cottage," and the filming of the movie "First Kiss." OH 71 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0072 Marion Clark Marshall Jr. Exact 06/04/1990 - Interview with Marion Clark Marshall, Jr. (Junie) by Richard Dodds regarding early life in St. Michaels, family business, log canoe racing, seafood industry. Junie owned the log canoe ROVER. Notably, his family wsas affected by the Great Depression, having lost their general store in 1936 as too many people had lines of credit ($45,000 on the books). OH 72 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0073 Interview with Clayton Brooks Exact 06/11/1990 - Interview with Clayton Brooks by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener. Brooks was the owner of J.M. Clayton Seafood Co. in Cambridge. Subjects discussed included the history of the 100 year old company and the nature of the oyster and crab packing inustries. Mr. Brooks invented a machine to pick crabs. OH 73 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0074 Charles (Buck) Palmer Exact 07/19/1990 - Interview with Charles (Buck) Palmer by Richard Dodds, regarding recollections of his family and the sailing scow ELSIE. As a boy in the 1930s, Buck Palmer sailed with his father in the summer months on ELSIE, which was the last scow on the Bay. OH 74 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0075 William C. Stand Exact 08/03/1990 - Interview with Capt. William C. Stand by Richard Dodds, Joe Liener, and Norman Plummer regarding the history of the log boat MUSTANG/KATIE D as well as the history of other canoes and builders in the Sanford/Saxis area. The interview ends with a discussion of Capt. Stand's career on the water. OH 75 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0076 Virginia Tarr Neebe Exact 08/30/1990 - Interview with Virginia Tarr Neebe by Richard Dodds regarding people and businesses in St. Michaels in the early twentieth century. Mrs. Neebe, aged 96, was born in St. Michaels in the house on the corner of Mulberry and Talbot Streets where Lanham's Antiques in now located. She later lived in the Tarr House at Muskrat Park. OH 76 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0077 Clifton Marshall Exact 08/24/1990 - Interview with Clifton Marshall regarding his family's activities at Willis Wharf, VA, and his own career as a waterman and seafood company owner. Mr. Marshall was born in 1896 at Saxis, VA, and is the grandson of Edward Barney Moore, builder of the log boat KATIE D (MUSTANG). OH 77 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0078 Charles Anthony Exact 10/04/1990 - Interview with Charles Anthony by Richard Dodds and Joe Liener regarding haul seining in the Chester River and Eastern Bay with a crew of seven men. The information in this interview was gathered to provide background on an iron pot (1990.37.1) used by Anthony's father, Captain Charles 'Chalk' Anthony, to tar nets on the Spring. OH 78 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0079 Russell Duncan Exact 10/31/1990 - Interview with Russell W. Duncan by Richard Dodds and Joe Leiner. Duncan was the last person born on Holland Island and later followed his father into the fishing industry. Although living on the Eastern Shore, his family fished (poundnetted) out of Flag Ponds in Calvert County. Some of the artifacts from this industry have been preserved by the County at Flag Ponds, inciuding the last surviving fishing shanty. OH 79 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0080 John W. Collins Exact 11/07/1990 - Interview with John W. Collins by Richard Dodds and Joe Leiner regarding the background of Collins' 5 log power canoe and Mr. Collins's career as a waterman. The canoe was originally built in 1933 in Mt. Vernon, one of three canoes all built at the same time by Tommy Shores. This boat was used by Mr. Collins for oystering in winter and taking fishing parties in summer. He took the canoe out of the water in the summer of 1990, therefore possibly making her the last log canoe to work on the Chesapeake. OH 80 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0081 Nellie Poet Exact 01/10/1991 - Interview with Nellie Poet by Calvert Thompson and Richard Dodds regarding the boatbuilding activity of the Thompson family and, in particular, Joseph A. Thompson, who built the log canoe ALVERTA (1981.29.1). OH 81 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0082 Jerry Valliant Exact 05/29/1991 - Interview with Jerry Valliant by Richard Dodds regarding Jerry Valliant, Sr.'s seafood packing business in Oxford as well as the Valliant seafood plant in Bellevue. The business was started in the mid 1880s and lasted until the 1920s. Other subjects included Jerry Valliant Jr.'s involvement wth seafood industry conservation and other seafood packers in Oxford. For additional information about the company, please refer to oral histories 19, 25, 28, 34, 39, and 370. OH 82 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0083 Larry Mathews Exact 07/26/1991 - Interview with Larry Mathews by Richard Dodds. Mathews was born and raised in Townsend, Virginia at the tip of the Delmarva Peninsula. He worked in the water on both sides (bay and ocean). Mr. Mathews used to know Hanson Downes, builder of the BESSIE LEE (1982.14.2), who also lived in Townsend. The tape contains information on Mr. Downes and racing seaside skiffs in the area in the 1920s and 1930s. OH 83 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0084 George Howard Post Range, Cir 08/01/1993 - 08/31/1993 Interview with George Howard Post by Cindee Herrick regarding the George Washington Horsman family and Shorter family, as well as oystering, fishing, restaurants, education, transportation, and the Great Depression. Mr. Post was descended from an early twentieth century waterman's family of Benedict, Charles County, MD and Dorchester County, MD. His grandparents, born in the late 19th century, were boatbuilders and watermen. OH 84 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0085 Annabel Earle, Ronald, & Pete Lesher Exact 01/10/1994 - Interview with Annabel Earle Lesher, Ronald Lesher, Pete Lesher by Cindee Herrick regarding biographical and family information relating to John Earle. Annabel Earle Lesher is the daughter of John Earle (b.1901), boatbuilder and draftsman at Easton. He worked with Graham and C. Lowndes Johnson, and contributed drawings to Marion Brewington's books. He had a strong interest in the history of Chesapeake Bay boats and in taking lines from them (making drawings of existing vessels). OH 85 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0086 James Hornor Range, Cir 02/01/1994 - 02/28/1994 Interview with James Hornor by Cindee Herrick. Hornor is a gentleman duck hunter who lived most of his life in Philadelphia. He is strongly interested in bird hunting and guns, bird dogs and their training. OH 86 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0087 Elizabeth Hall Exact 01/25/1994 - Interview with Elizabeth Hall by Cindee Herrick regarding Hall's childhood, as well as her grandfather and great-uncle of Crisfield. Both sailed in the Pacific Ocean. Interview provides background information on a collection of shadowboxes with ship models, some made on the Eastern Shore, which has since been accessioned by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (1994.16). OH 87 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0088 Roy W. Rafter Exact 02/14/1992 - Interview with Roy W. Rafter by Pete Lesher regarding his career and work enforcing oyster dredging laws on the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Rafter, originally of Hagerstown, MD, bagan working for the Maryland Dapartment of Tidewater Fishing in 1948, following service in the Navy in WWII. He worked 10 years on board the vessel KENT, and then for 27 years in the Department offices. OH 88 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0089 Unknown (Decoy collection appraisal) Recording of the description of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's decoy collection and appraisal for exhibit purposes prior to opening of waterfowl building. OH 89 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0090 Docent Training Lectures (Fletcher Hanks, Robert A. Hedeen, Arthur Pierce Middleton) Range, Exa 01/01/1991 - 12/31/1991 Recording of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's 1991 docent training lectures "Birth of the Clamming Industry," by Fletcher Hanks, clam dredge inventor, "Celebrated Life of the Bivalve," by Robert A. Hedeen, author of THE OYSTER, and "Colonial Maritime History" by Arthur Pierce Middleton, author of TOBACCO COAST. OH 90 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0091 Charles T. Precht Range, Exa 11/01/1993 - 11/30/1993 Interview of Charles T. Precht by Cindee Herrick and Pete Lesher, regarding Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum scrapbooks, skipjack AMY MISTER and captain, and annual dinner in honor of steamer EMMA GILES. OH 91 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0092 Patsy Higgs Exact 09/03/1993 - Interview with Patsy Higgs by Pete Lesher and Lila Line regarding work/life balance, the demands of making a living from the water, and maintaining gill nets on the Chester River and Love Point. A waterwoman in Rock Hall, MD, Higgs was featured in Lila Line's WATERWOMEN. OH 92 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0093 Thomas C. Gillmer Exact 01/23/1996 - Interview with Thomas C. Gillmer by Pete Lesher and Norman Plummer regarding naval architecture and his own career. OH 93 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0094 Earl White Exact 02/14/1996 - Interview with Earl White by Pete Lesher about the Skipjack Project. OH 94 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0095 Captain Dan Dize Exact 08/15/1995 - Interview with Captain Dan A. Dize by Pete Lesher and Norman Plummer regarding his life as a waterman on Smith Island, the history of Ewell/Rhodes Point, harvesting crabs and oysters, family anecdotes, boatbuilding, skipjacks and bugeyes, World War II LCI boats, freighting grain, working under sail versus engine, and vessels including the James G. Blaine, the Rose Augusta, the Marylander, the Fanny Dougherty, the Kathryn, the Claud Somers, the Henrietta Frances, and the F.C. Lewis Jr. OH 95 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0096 Hayward Turner Exact 07/04/1996 - Interview with Hayward Turner by John E. Aliyetti regarding William A. Turner & Sons, Turner family, and the seafood business. OH 96 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0097 Otis Turner, Sarah Moore, Joyce Landman Range, Exa 06/28/1996 - 07/08/1996 Interview with Otis Turner, Sarah Moore and Joyce Landman by John E. Aliyetti regarding William A. Turner & Sons, Turner family, and the seafood business. OH 97 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0099 Randolph Murphy Exact 09/06/1996 - Interview with Randolph Murphy by Pete Lesher and Lila Line regarding watermen. OH 99 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0100 Wilson "Turk" Cannon Range, Cir 06/06/1993 - Interview with Wilson Cannon by Pete Lesher and Lila Line regarding his experience as a crew member on the oyster dredging skipjack E.C. COLLIER. Lists names of fellow crew members and briefly discusses Larrimore's captaincy. Discusses one African American captain of a skipjack, dynamic of African American watermen, and crabbing activities in St. Michaels. OH 100 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0101 Henry Lauterbach Exact 08/30/2001 - Interview with Henry Lauterbach by Kelly Feltault regarding recreation on the bay and the charter fishing project. OH 101 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0102 Emil Myers and Helen Durding Exact 05/10/1999 - Interview with Emil Myers by Virginia Jenkins and interview with Helen Durding by Ann Schiff. Topics included storekeeping, skipjack supplies, and Rock Hall. OH 102 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0103 Norman Owens Exact 10/27/2001 - Interview with Norman Owens by Ceres Bainbridge and Melissa McLoud regarding recreation on the bay and the charter fishing project. OH 103 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0105 Pete Sweitzer Exact 04/07/1999 - Interview with Robert "Pete" Sweitzer by Virginia Jenkins regarding workboat foodways and workboat galleys, as well as oystering and the HILDA WILLING. Tape missing. OH 105 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0106 Gospel concert (assorted performances) Exact 11/15/1997 - Gospel concert with performances by the following: Adams United Methodist Young Adults Choir; Friendship U.M. Choir with Anthony Ames; Miranda Little of New York; Robert Tisdale; The Zionnaires of Princess Anne, MD; Jay Caldwell; the Gospel Ambassadors of Delaware. OH 106 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0108 Tom Burton Exact 11/18/1997 - Interview with Tom Burton by Kelly Feltault for Delmarva Folklife Project about carving, local history, farming potatoes and tulips, water business, Virginia's Eastern Shore. OH 108 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0109 Jay Cherrix Exact 12/11/1997 - Interview with Jay Cherrix by Kelly Feltault for Delmarva Folklife Project regarding the mural he painted, his tools, decoy carving, his grandfather Ira Hudson, Chincoteague history, family history. OH 109 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0111 Nannie Haddaway Exact 12/08/1998 - Interview with Nannie Haddaway by Kelly Feltault about a crab picking project. OH 111 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0113 Elizabeth Dunleavy Exact 01/12/1999 - Interview with Elizabeth "Lib" Dunleavy by Kelly Feltault about crab picking at Tilghman Packing Co. OH 113 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0114 Nicey Turpin Exact 01/13/1999 - Interview with Nicey Turpin by Kelly Feltault about crab picking at Maryland Crabmeat Co. OH 114 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0115 William and Mary Frances Haddaway Exact 01/26/1999 - Interview with William and Mary Frances Haddaway by Kelly Feltault regarding crab picking, Alexander Haddaway Co, oystering, and St. Michaels. OH 115 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0116 Joseph Keene Exact 01/27/1999 - Interview with Joseph Keene by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, Meredith & Meredith, Canon, gender, portrait painting, knives. OH 116 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0117 I.T. and Casey Todd Exact 01/27/1999 - Interview with I.T. and Casey Todd by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, Metompkin Bay Oyster Co., union strikes, industry in Crisfield. OH 117 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0118 Tim Howard Exact 01/28/1999 - Interview with Tim Howard by Kelly Feltault about crab industry in Crisfield, worker's culture, family business, Maryland Crabmeat Co, traditions of pickers, picking families, changes in industry. OH 118 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0119 Mary Lowery Exact 01/30/1999 - Interview with Mary Lowery by Kelly Feltault about crabbing, sense of place, waterwomen, gender, soft crab shedding, foodways. OH 119 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0120 Nellie Flowers 2/10/1999 Interview with Nellie Flowers by Kelly Feltault and Melissa McLoud about crab picking, W.T. Ruark, work, traditions, learning, health issues, Hispanic pickers. OH 120A Transcript OH 120B Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0122 Roy Harrison Exact 03/03/1999 - Interview with Roy Harrison by Kelly Feltault and Melissa McLoud about crab picking, Harrison & Jarboe, traditions, industry issues, wages, workers. OH 122A Transcript OH 122B Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0123 Clayton Brooks 3/22/1999 Interview with Clayton Brooks by Kelly Feltault about J.M. Clayton Seafood Co. OH 123 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0124 Relatives of Fronnie Jones (Rosalie Brown, Nicey Jones, Joyce Jones, Georgia Sephus, Donald Sephus) Exact 03/23/1999 - Interview with relatives of Fronnie Jones (J.M. Clayton Pickers): Rosalie Brown, Nicey Jones, Joyce Jones, Georgia Sephus, Donald Sephus by Kelly Feltault about J.M. Clayton Seafood Co. and crab picking. OH 124A Transcript OH 124B Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0126 Jay Newcomb Exact 04/14/1999 - Interview with Jay Newcomb by Kelly Feltault and Melissa McLoud about Mexican pickers, crab picking. OH 126 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0127 Evelyn Robinson Exact 03/31/1999 - Interview with Evelyn Robinson by Kelly Feltault about child labor, families, crab picking. OH 127A Transcript OH 127B Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0128 Dot and W.T. Ruark Exact 04/27/1999 - Interview with Dot and W.T. Ruark by Kelly Feltault about crab picking. OH 128 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0129 Lou Brown Exact 04/15/1999 - Interview with Lou Brown by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, A.E. Phillips Co. OH 129 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0130 Lupe Ortiz, Griselda Ortiz, Gabriela Moreno Exact 06/18/1999 - 06/18/1999 Interview with Lupe Ortiz, Griselda Ortiz and Gabriela Moreno by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, travel from Mexico, work conditions, cross-cultural situations. OH 130 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0131 Maidel Martinez, Esperanza Ruivez Exact 08/13/1999 - Interview with Maidel Martinez and Esperanza Ruivez by Kelly Feltault and translator Helen Holland about crab picking, Mexican crab pickers, J.M Clayton Co. OH 131 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0132 Soledad Bernal, Graciela Ponce Resendiz, Sophia Chavarin Perez, Elena Tovar, Artemia Garcia Zuniga, Candida Ponce Resendiz Exact 08/16/1999 - Interview with Soledad Bernal, Graciela Ponce Resendiz, Sophia Chavarin Perez, Elena Tovar, Artemia Garcia Zuniga, Candida Ponce Resendiz by Kelly Feltault and translator Helen Holland about crab picking, Mexican labor, travel, work in foreign country, Phillips Seafood. OH 132 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0133 Aracely Salinas, Maria Hernandez, Lily Alarcon Exact 08/26/1999 - Interview with Aracely Salinas, Maria Hernandez, Lily Alarcon by Kelly Feltault and Helen Holland (translator) about crab picking, travel from Mexico, work conditions, cross-cultural situations. OH 133 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0134 Hazel Cropper, Deborah Jones, Barbara James, and Crystal Evans Exact 08/30/1999 - Interview with Hazel Cropper, Deborah Jones, Barbara James, and Crystal Evans by Kelly Feltault regarding crab picking, women pickers, and child pickers. OH 134 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0135 Joyce Fitchett Exact 08/31/1999 - Interview with Joyce Fitchett by Kelly Feltault about being an 8-time winner of a crab picking contest. OH 135 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0136 Patty Lowe Exact 09/09/1999 - Interview with Patty Lowe by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, Fairmount. OH 136 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0137 Crab pickers singing Lord's Prayer Exact 11/10/1999 - Crab pickers singing the Lord's Prayer at Byrd's Seafood recorded by Kelly Feltault. OH 137 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0138 Harold Bozman, Merline Cooper, Louise Stevens Exact 11/10/1999 - Interview with Harold Bozman, Merline Cooper, Louise Stevens by Kelly Feltault about crab picking. OH 138 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0139 Jim Dodson 11/11/1999 Interview with Jim Dodson by Kelly Feltault about Byrd's Seafood, Mexican workers, traditions, and local workers. OH 139 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0140 Betty Lou Middleton Exact 12/02/1999 - Interview with Betty Lou Middleton by Kelly Feltault about home pickers, being crab champion, White and Nelson. OH 140 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0141 Alice Palmer Exact 02/23/2000 - Interview with Alice Palmer by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, Harrison & Jarboe, Higgins, and Tilghman Packing Cos. OH 141 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0142 Bertha Nelson Exact 02/24/2000 - Interview with Bertha Nelson by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, Harrison & Jarboe, Chesapeake Bay Landing, Ray Jones, racial issues outside crab house, being a nurse. OH 142 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0143 Catherine Ennels Exact 03/21/2000 - Interview with Catherine Ennels by Kelly Feltault about crab picking and oyster shucking on Kent Island, in Annapolis, Bellevue, St. Michaels, Cambridge, and shucking vs. picking. OH 143 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0144 Janice Marshall Exact 04/12/2000 - Interview with Janice Marshall by Kelly Feltault about crabmeat coop, singing, Smith Island. OH 144 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0145 Louise Clayton, Connie Marshall, Patty Laird, Christine Smith 04/12/2000 Interview with Louise Clayton, Connie Marshall, Patty Laird, Christine Smith by Kelly Feltault about crabmeat coop, Smith Island. OH 145 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0146 Zolah Brown 04/04/2000 Interview with Zolah Brown by James S. Lane about the African-American Community, "My Soul Looks Back in Wonder." OH 146 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0147 Orlando Purnell 01/12/2000 Interview with Orlando Purnell by James S. Lane about the African-American Community, "My Soul Looks Back in Wonder." OH 147 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0148 Sam Turner 05/10/2000 Interview with Sam Turner by Kelly Feltault about Bellevue and Turner Seafood, WPA, race, oystering. OH 148 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0149 Candid recording of Smith Island Crab Coop 07/12/2000 Candid recording of Smith Island Crab Coop singing hymns and talking while picking crabs by Kelly Feltault. OH 149 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0150 Candid recording of Smith Island Crab Coop 07/13/2000 Candid recording of Smith Island Crab Coop talking while picking crabs by Kelly Feltault. OH 150 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0151 Candid recording of Smith Island Crab Coop talking 07/13/2000 Candid recording of Smith Island Crab Coop talking and singing while picking crabs by Kelly Feltault. OH 151 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0152 Roy and Peggy Harrison 07/20/2000 Interview with Roy and Peggy Harrison by Kelly Feltault about crab picking. OH 152 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0153 Lelia Elliott 08/02/2000 Interview with Lelia Elliott by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, Meredith & Meredith Seafood. OH 153 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0154 Janice Marshall 10/04/2000 Interview with Janice Marshall by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, singing, Smith Island. OH 154 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0155 Eleanor Requard 06/21/2000 Interview with Eleanor Requard by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about ISABEL, recreation on the bay. OH 155 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0156 Thomas Requard 06/30/2000 Interview with Thomas Requard by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about ISABEL, Maryland Yacht Club, recreation on the bay. OH 156 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0157 Wheeler Baker 11/06/2000 Interview with Wheeler Baker by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about racing boats, recreation on the bay. OH 157 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0158 Larry Simns 02/15/2001 Interview with Larry Simns by Kelly Feltault about charter fishing, watermen, Rock Hall, recreation, MD Waterman's Association. OH 158 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0159 Gary Jobson Exact 02/15/2001 - Interview with Gary Jobson by Kelly Feltault about charter fishing project, sailing races on the Bay. OH 159 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0160 Jimmy Taylor 02/20/2001 Interview with James Robert Taylor by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about charter fishing project, being dockmaster at Oxford Boat Yard. OH 160 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0161 Kitty Baxter 02/21/2001 Interview with Kitty Baxter by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about charter fishing project, growing up in the Sassafras River, recreation, race relations. OH 161 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0162 Pat Biddle and Don Owens 03/01/2001 Interview with Pat Biddle and Don Owens by Kelly Feltault about Betterton Beach, Tolchester Beach, play, local beaches. OH 162 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0163 Laurence Hartge 03/14/2001 Interview with Laurence Hartge by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about Hartge family history, Hartge boat yard. OH 163 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0164 Henry Gootee 03/20/2001 Interview with Henry Gootee by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about charter fishing, marina business, family history. OH 164 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0166 Larry Lauterbach 03/28/2001 Interview with Larry Lauterbach by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about the design and racing of hydroplanes. OH 166 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0167 Capt. Levin Faulkner "Buddy" Harrison III 03/29/2001 Interview with Buddy Harrison by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about Harrison family history, charter fishing. OH 167 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0168 Ray Langston, Jean Langston, Carol Foster Sydney, John Leek, Nisa Langston 04/04/2001 Interview with Ray Langston, Jean Langston, Carol Foster Sydney, John Leek, Nisa Langston by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about Highland Beach, racism, segmentation, middle- to upper-class, African Americans. OH 168 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0169 Lorraine Henry 05/16/2001 Interview with Lorraine Henry by Kelly Feltault about Henry's Beach, work, Deal Island, African Americans and recreation. OH 169 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0170 Wilfred Henry Laaksonen 04/10/2001 Interview with Wil Laaksonen by Kelly Feltault and Ceres Bainbridge about charter fishing, military service, teaching watermen, Coast Guard tests. OH 170 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0171 Lucretia Harris 05/17/2001 Interview with Lucretia Harris by Kelly Feltault and Virginia Jenkins about foodways, working as a cook, African American experiences, making cheese biscuits. OH 171 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0172 Capt. Delmas Benton 05/30/2001 Interview with Delmas Benton by Kelly Feltault about skipjacks, FANNY L. DAUGHERTY. OH 172 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0173 Capt. Wade H. Murphy Jr. 06/05/2001 Interview with Capt. Wade H. Murphy Jr. by Kelly Feltault about Wade's life as crew and captain, SIGSBEE & REBECCA T. RUARK, weather, tourist industry, working boats. OH 173 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0174 Russell Dize 06/05/2001 Interview with Russell Dize by Kelly Feltault about early years on Smith Island, in Mississippi, in clam industry, buying the KATHRYN. OH 174 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0175 Capt. Walt Benton 06/07/2001 Interview with Capt. Walt Benton by Kelly Feltault about skipjacks, crew, jokes, entertainment. OH 175 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0176 Joe Jones 06/13/2001 Interview with Joe Jones by Kelly Feltault about DNR, marine police, service in Marine Corps, stories of "Cat & Mouse" games with dredgers, recreational boaters and lack of knowedge, regulations. OH 176 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0177 Robert Harrison 07/14/2001 Interview with Robert Harrison by Kelly Feltault about marine police. OH 177 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0178 Capt. Art Daniels 06/19/2001 Interview with Capt. Art Daniels by Kelly Feltault about stories and poems, DNR, being a skipjack captain, crabbing, storms, jokes. OH 178 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0179 Orval Jones 07/25/2001 Interview with Orval Jones by Kelly Feltault and Pete Lesher about boat building in Wittman, bombing of Pot Pie, family stories. OH 179 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0180 Capt. Daniel Dize 08/09/1999 Interview with Captain Daniel Dize by Virginia Jenkins about foodways. OH 180 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0181 Ruke Dize Range, Exa 08/09/1999 - 08/20/1999 Interview with Ruke Dize by Virginia Jenkins about foodways. OH 181 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0182 Rodney "Binky" Dize 08/18/1999 Interview with Rodney "Binky" Dize by Virginia Jenkins about foodways. OH 182 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0183 Daniel Harrison 08/19/1999 Interview with Daniel Harrison by Virginia Jenkins about cooking. OH 183 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0184 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kitching 08/20/1999 Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kitching by Virginia Jenkins about food. OH 184 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0185 Joseph Bradshaw, Norma and William Carmine 09/27/1999 Interview with Joseph Bradshaw, Norma Carmine, and William Carmine by Virginia Jenkins, Pete Lesher, and Tom Howell about foodways, Old Point. OH 185 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0186 John W. Freeman Sr. 09/27/1999 Interview with John W. Freeman Sr. by Virginia Jenkins, Pete Lesher, and Tom Howell about foodways, Old Point. OH 186 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0187 William Wallace 11/09/1999 Interview with William Wallace by Virginia Jenkins about cooking. OH 187 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0188 Tom Parks 12/02/1999 Interview with Tom Parks by Virginia Jenkins about cooking, oystering. OH 188 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0189 Capt. Rodney W. Dize Circa 01/01/1979 - Interview with Rodney Dize by Frances Dize about pungies, schooners. OH 189 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0190 Thurman E. Price, Jr. Exact 11/17/1999 Interview with Thurman E. Price, Jr. by Virginia Jenkins about seafood packing, skipjack foodways. OH 190 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0191 Jim Richardson Circa 01/01/1982 Interview with Jim Richardson by Lila Line about buying an engine, personal boat, boatbuilding, bugeyes, personal and family history, abandoned boats, neighbor with pilot nephew. OH 191 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0192 Jim Richardson Circa 03/01/1982 Interview with Jim Richardson by Lila Line about windmills, WATERMEN, Birth of a Bugeye, lifelong friends, bugeyes, innovations, working without plans. OH 192 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0193 Jim Richardson Circa 01/01/1982 Interview with Jim Richardson by Lila Line about boat building, family. OH 193 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0194 Jim Richardson 02/20/1983 - 02/20/1983 Interview with Jim Richardson by Lila Line about boat building, making doorframes, travelling to Washington via streetcars, making automobile wheels, wife's large family, permit for shed, accepting the Dove project. OH 194 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0195 Jim Richardson Exact 01/16/1983 - 01/16/1983 Interview with Jim Richardson by Lila Line about boat building, photography, visitors, Jenny Norman, choosing a bugeye, sailing alone, first work after war, exploring waters late in life. OH 195 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0196 Jim Richardson 01/12/1984 Interview with Jim Richardson by Lila Line about his book. OH 196 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0197 Buck Garvin Exact 10/27/1989 - 10/27/1989 Interview with Buck Garvin by Lila Line about Jim Richardson and Mr. Garvin's relationship with him. OH 197 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0199 Jim Richardson 02/20/1983 - 02/20/1983 Interview with Jim Richardson by Lila Line about boat building, making doorframes, travelling to Washington via streetcars, making automobile wheels, wife's large family, permit for shed, accepting the Dove project. OH 199 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0200 Wade and Jackie Murphy Circa 11/01/1992 - 11/30/0992 Interview with Wade and Jackie Murphy by Lila Line about REBECCA, oystering, staying overnight on a boat, writing about the bay, Bay Hundred Christmas festivities, grant program, partnership for children's activities, oystering & disease, economy. OH 200 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0203 Bart Murphy and Scott Leavitt Interview with Bart Murphy and Scott Leavitt by Lila Line about style of church renovations, manuscript review, religion, boating. OH 203 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0204 Maggie Briggs, Ed Cutts, Bill Hanks Exact 10/12/1992 - 10/12/1992 Interview with Maggie Briggs, Ed Cutts, Bill Hanks by Lila Line about work history, waterfowl refuge, Cutts's boatyard, repair work on ISABEL, Cutts family history, building motorcycles, Hanks's flight school history. OH 204 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0205 Frances Grunden Range, Cir 08/01/1981 - 09/30/1981 Interview with Frances Grunden by Lina Line and Pete Lesher. Grunden talks about her life while cooking. OH 205 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0212 Maynard Lowery Exact 03/22/1996 - Interview with Maynard Lowery by Lila Line about workboats and boatbuilding. OH 212 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0213 Philip L. Jones, Eldridge Rippons, Jr., Scott Jones, Brian Scott Jones, Mark Rippons, Patrick Murphy Exact 03/16/1996 - Interview with Philip L. Jones, Eldridge Rippons, Jr., Scott Jones, Brian Scott Jones, Mark Rippons, Patrick Murphy by Lila Line about crabbing, oystering, boatbuilding. OH 213 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0214 Wally Willrick Exact 06/21/1999 Interview with Wally Willrick Jr. by Pete Lesher about Coast Guard, Sandy Point lighthouse. OH 214 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0215 Mason Shehan 09/08/1999 Interview with Mason Shehan Jr. by Pete Lesher and Ceres Bainbridge about sailboat racing, Star Boats. OH 215 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0216 Lucille Snyder Exact 01/14/1998 Interview with Lucille Snyder by Kelly Feltault about quilts, farming, personal narratives, selling vegetables, local fairs, home remedies, medicine shows. OH 216 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0219 Harold Wornom Exact 02/09/2000 - Interview with Harold Wornom by Pete Lesher and Gina Watts about Poquoson River, Hunt's Wharf, OLD POINT, OLD POINT COMFORT, Lyon's Creek, York River, Hunts Neck Rd, Hunt's Wharf, Pasture Rd, and Hampton. OH 219 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0220 Joe Bradshaw, Norma and William Carmines 02/10/2000 Interview with Joe Bradshaw, Norma Carmines and William Carmines by Virginia Jenkins, Pete Lesher and Tom Howell about a workboat foodways project, and OLD POINT. OH 220 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0222 Stevon Sample Exact 01/17/1998 Interview with Stevon Sample by Kelly Feltault about cartooning, chicken plants, political cartoons related to the plants, relating that to his personal life, and religion. OH 222 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0223 Ron Greenley Exact 01/19/1998 Interview with Ron Greenley by Kelly Feltault about hunting, woodsmanship, local history, foodways, and deer meat. OH 223 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0224 Ernie and Barbara Bowden, Sam Swift Exact 01/19/1998 Interview with Ernie Bowden Jr., Barbara Bowden, and Sam Swift by Kelly Feltault about gill netting, hunting, meat curing, fishing regulations, Barbara's role in Ernie's business. OH 224 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0225 Marion Hammer Exact 01/20/1998 Interview with Marion Hammer by Kelly Feltault about rug hooking, wool dyeing, and creek culture. OH 225 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0226 Singing by the Chesapeake Scenes Exact 01/31/1998 Recording by Kelly Feltault of singing by the Chesapeake Scenes. OH 226 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0227 Janice Marshall performance Exact 01/31/1998 Recording by Kelly Feltault of a performance by Janice Marshall titled "Great Flydini." OH 227 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0228 Lena Trowe Exact 03/02/1998 Interview with Lena Trower by Kelly Feltault about conch picking, foodways, aphrodisiac qualities of seafoods. Tape quality good. OH 228 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0229 Roger Schwendeman Exact 03/04/1998 Interview with Roger Schwendeman by Kelly Feltault about pound netting, carving, and living on the shore. OH 229 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0231 Chris D. Clarke Exact 04/13/1998 Interview with Chris D. Clarke by Kelly Feltault about fly fishing, hunting, newcomers to the shore, painting, and wildlife art. OH 231 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0232 Laurena Collemer Exact 04/13/1998 Interview with Laurena Collemer by Kelly Feltault about crab picking, training Hispanic and Asian women to pick crabs, and life on Hooper's Island. OH 232 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0234 Andrea Jacquette Exact 04/28/1998 Interview with Andrea Jacquette by Kelly Feltault about net gearing, water business, soft crabbing, being a waterman's wife, women's culture, tourism in Rock Hall, and goose hunting. OH 234 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0235 Patsy Higgs 04/28/1998 Interview with Patsy Higgs by Kelly Feltault about waterwomen, storms, holidays, housework, and working with her father. OH 235 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0237 Mini and Elmer Ford Exact 05/22/1998 Interview with Mini and Elmer Ford by Kelly Feltault about boat building, crabbing soft crabs, and marsh. OH 237 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0238 Richard and Martha Robinson Exact 05/22/1998 Interview with Richard and Martha Robinson by Kelly Feltault about farming, vegetable auctions, scrapple making. Tape quality good. OH 238 Transcripts CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0240 Rev. Darlene Dixon Exact 06/15/1998 Interview with Rev. Darlene Dixon by Kelly Feltault about Bellevue, religion, women pastors. Tape quality good. OH 240 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0241 Roy Woodall Exact 06/15/1998 Interview with Roy Woodall by Kelly Feltault about carving, painting, sense of place. Tape quality fair. OH 241 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0242 Krazy Quilters Exact 06/16/1998 Interview with the Krazy Quilters by Kelly Feltault about quilting, local history, family, group history. Tape quality good. OH 242 Transcripts CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0243 Al Dager Exact 06/17/1998 Interview with Al Dager by Kelly Feltault about hunting, trapping, collecting bird calls, land usage, development. Tape quality good. OH 243 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0245 Preston and Sally Cherry Exact 07/31/1998 Interview with Preston and Sally Cherry by Kelly Feltault about truck farming, vegetable huckstering, railroad work, planting by the signs, growing up on a farm, religion, Harrison nursery, fruit picking, storing vegetables in backyard kilns. Tape quality good. OH 245 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0246 Leola and Maude Smack Exact 07/31/1998 Interview with Leola and Maude Smack by Kelly Feltault about midwives, African American community, home remedies, Whaleysville MD. Tape quality good. OH 246 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0247 Doris and Harley Pierce Exact 08/11/1998 Interview with Doris and Harley Pierce by Kelly Feltault about African American foodways, family recipes, local history, Chincoteague ponies, African American beaches, Assateague, original Salt Water Cowboys, frostbite and snowstorms, Pfiesteria algae, African American watermen, and Ocean City watermen. OH 247 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0248 Edith Maddox and Sam Maddox Exact 08/14/1998 Interview with Edith Maddox and Sam Maddox by Kelly Feltault about sassafras tea making, work during the war, riveting, tonging oysters, working in canneries, quilting, death. Tape quality good. OH 248 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0249 Day's Basket Making Exact 08/17/1998 Interview with Day's Basket Making Company employees by Kelly Feltault about basket making, factory history, issues facing company. Tape quality good. OH 249 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0250 Janet Melvin Exact 08/19/1998 Interview with Janet Melvin by Kelly Feltault about quilting, Swedish embroidery, DE state fair. Tape quality good. OH 250 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0252 Mary Lane Exact 08/20/1998 Interview with Mary Lane by Kelly Feltault about crochet, personal narratives. Tape quality good. OH 252 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0253 Deloris Blakey Exact 08/21/1998 Interview with Deloris Blakey by Kelly Feltault about African American dance, swing, jive, African American dance show in Wilmington, DE. Tape quality good. OH 253 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0254 Robert Mollock Exact 08/24/1998 Interview with Robert Mollock by Kelly Feltault about Weston Farm, south of Vienna toward Elliot's Island, private hunting ground, formerly Royer's Farms. Tape quality good. OH 254 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0255 Capt. Bob Jones 12/1/1998 Interview with Capt. Bob Jones by Kelly Feltault about haul seine fishing, decoy carving, hunting, market gunning, regulations. Tape quality fair, lots of background noise, sound fades in and out. OH 255 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0256 Gary "Rooster" Potter Exact 12/01/1998 Interview with Gary "Rooster" Potter by Kelly Feltault about fyke net fishing, stories, gearing net, place names. Tape quality good, lots of background noise. OH 256 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0257 Ron Rue Exact 12/07/1998 Interview with Ron Rue by Kelly Feltault about decoy making, Ward brothers, hunting, personal traditions for decoys. Tape quality good. OH 257 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0258 Henry Pipp Pratt Exact 12/09/1998 Interview with Henry Pipp Pratt by Kelly Feltault about net fishing, working the water. Tape quality good, quiet. OH 258 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0259 Rhonda Aaron Exact 01/26/1999 Interview with Rhonda Aaron by Kelly Feltault about foodways, muskrat cooking, trapping, family traditions, church. Tape quality good. OH 259 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0260 Mary Lowery Exact 01/30/1999 Interview with Mary Lowery by Kelly Feltault about boats, boatbuilding, family. Tape missing. OH 260 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0261 Leroy and Phyllis Saddler Exact 06/16/1999 Interview with Leroy and Phyllis Saddler by Kelly Feltault about model boats, sense of place, working water, foodways. Tape quality good. OH 261 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0262 Thomas and Shriver Mills Exact 02/24/1999 Interview with Thomas and Shriver Mills by Kelly Feltault about muskrat trapping, marsh life, National Outdoor Show, conservation of muskrats, shiopping to Russia, foodways, local identity. Tape quality good with background noise. No signed release. OH 262 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0264 Bill Cummings 03/02/1999 Interview with Bill Cummings by Kelly Feltault about shad fishing, pound netting, haul seining in upper bay and around Tilghman. Tape quality good. OH 264 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0267 Ronnie Haddaway Exact 06/17/1999 Interview with Ronnie Haddaway by Kelly Feltault about model ship building, historical replications. Tape quality good. OH 267 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0268 Mac Simpson Exact 07/13/1999 Interview with Mac Simpson by Kelly Feltault about Delmarva Folklife Project. Tape quality good. OH 268 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0271 Sing by the Chesapeake Scenes Exact 01/31/1998 - Singing by The Chesapeake Scenes recorded by Kelly Feltault. Tape missing. OH 271 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0272 Rufus M. Todd 05/30/2001 Interview with Rufus M. "Bobby" Todd by Virginia Jenkins and Paul Touart about skipjack project, Russell Hall Seafood Co. Tape quality good. OH 272 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0276 Colleen and Roy Saddler Exact 02/08/1999 - Interview with Colleen and Roy Saddler by Kelly Feltault about crabbing, oystering, fishing, gneder, waterwomen, tourism, trot lining. Tape quality very good. No signed release. OH 276 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0277 Harold B. Kennerly Range 04/10/2001 - 05/08/2001 Interview with Harold B. Kennerly Jr. by Virginia Jenkins about Seafood Industry, oysters, Nanticoke Seafood Company, Kennerly Seafood Company. Tape quality good. OH 277 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0278 Virgil Ruark 05/30/2001 Interview with Virgil Ruark Jr. by Virginia Jenkins and Paul Touart about skipjack project, Charles H. Parks & Co., Inc. Tape quality good. OH 278 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0325 J. Ramsay Speer Interview with J. Ramsay Speer by Pete Lesher about building and repairing of small boats, commercial boats and building custom made boats during his years as owner of Oxford Boat Yard, formerly the Conley Yard in Oxford. He also talks about building and racing Star Boats. OH 325 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0328 Rev. William Holt and Martha Greene Exact 03/24/2002 - Interview with Rev. William Holt and Martha Greene by Shelly Drummond, Bernard Demczuk about Unionville, St. Stephen's AME Church, past members of the community, the school house, Rainbow suppers, church pageants. CD quality very good. OH 328 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0329 Kevin Wallace Exact 03/29/2002 - Interview with Kevin Wallace by Shelly Drummond about African American skipjack captains, family life, Captain WIlliam Wallace, Captain Wheatley, Captain Farley, Deal Island, H.M. Krentz. CD quality very good. OH 329 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0330 Donald Todd Exact 03/01/2001 - Interview with Donald Todd by Shelly Drummond about skipjacks, 1930s-1970s, week away from home, dredging with sails, REBECCA RUARK, LADY KATIE, Todd family, Emerson Todd, Wilson Todd, SALLY BRAMBLE, JT LEONARD, Ballard Biscuits, working the Choptank River, accidents and insurance, Depression, Bill Buck, NELLIE BYRD, Orville Parks, ROSIE PARKS, Gene and Ralph Wheatley, raising children, Mary Todd Tyler, Scott Todd, Save Our Skipjacks restoration project. CD quality very good. OH 330 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0331 Polly Shannahan Exact 10/22/2003 - Interview with Polly Shannahan by Shelly Drummond about recreation on the bay, yachting in the 20s and early 30s, sailing from 1930s to 1950s, recreational racing, Miles River regatta, LITTLE SHAMROCK, MARY F., Oxford and St. Michaels town docks, long distance, races, Gibson Island, hunting. CD quality good. OH 331 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0332 Various Recording of Watermen's Day at Rock Hall Yacht Club, 1993 by Skip Willets and Heather Davidson. Organized by Tom McHugh. Stories of working on water, jokes, struggles of local watermen. CD quality good. OH 332 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0333 Lester Mayne Exact 11/05/2003 - Interview with Lester Mayne by Shelley Drummond about Swan Creek Marina, recreational boating, history of marinas in Rock Hall, race relations. CD quality good. OH 333 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0335 Daniel Elburn Exact 10/29/2003 - Interview with Daniel Elburn by Shelly Drummond about watermen in Rock Hall, gearing net, Pelorus Marina, J&J Seafood, Maryland Watermen's Association, Larry Simns. CD quality good OH 335 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0336 Jean Bullis Exact 03/14/2002 - Interview with Jean Bullis by Shelly Drummond about decoy painting for Frank Cockey. CD quality very good. OH 336 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0337 Alice Palmer Exact 07/26/2002 - Interview with Alice Palmer by Shelly Drummond about crab picking during a demonstration. CD quality very good OH 337 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0338 Linda and Charles Hutson Exact 10/01/2002 - Interview with Linda and Charles Hutson by Shelly Drummond about Bozman, Broad Neck Creek, Broad Neck Creek Decoy Shop, Theodore Thomas Jones, Otis Bridges, Pete Vosso, Dupont Farm, P.T. Hambleton, Pete Richardson, Mark Lennox, Horace Brando, crabbing, oystering, hand tonging, trot line, gill netting, turtle dredging, oyster shucking, crab picking, hunting, waterfowling, duck/goose picking, seasonal work, family economy, general store, bow nets, crab nets, Bivalve, Hebron, decoys, boat building, Civil War Captain, waterfowl photography, waterfowl carving competitions. CD quality very good. OH 338 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0339 Dorsey Wooters Exact 04/20/2003 - Interview with Dorsey Wooters by Shelly Drummond and Tatiana Irvine about jousting. CD quality very good. OH 339 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0340 John Fitzhugh and Kris Turner Exact 10/17/2001 - Interview with John Fitzhugh and Kris Turner by Shelly Drummond and Tatiana Irvine about making crab dipnets. CD quality very good. OH 340 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0341 Howard Franklin Richardson Exact 05/14/2003 - Interview with Howard Franklin Richardson by Shelly Drummond about Bozman, environmental change, storms, tonging, crabbing (trotlining), hunting, decoy carving, Dunn's Cove, Hurricane Hazel, waterspout, Claiborne packing house, timbering, saw mills, vacation houses, prices of seafood, shipping (rail and truck), working log canoes, ice storm of '78, roothead decoys, crooked tree limb decoys, farming/crabbing, mechanized corn pickers, shoreline, Otis Bridges, Haddaway, Miles Hancock, Madison Mitchell. CD quality very good OH 341 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0342 Recording of Homecoming service at Faith Church Exact 11/18/2001 - Recording of homecoming service at Faith Independent Methodist Church in Wenona, MD. CD quality good, but speaking is quiet. OH 342 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0344 Norman Stewart Exact 08/27/2003 - Interview with Norman Stewart by Shelly Drummond and Jim Pickle about St. Michaels businesses, Woodlawn Farm, Royal Oak, historic architecture on farm, barns, shoreline, hunting, Ware Point, lightning, business in the area, agricultural traditions. CD quality good. OH 344 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0345 Maynard Lowery Exact 11/04/2002 - Interview with Maynard Lowery by Shelly Drummond and Pete Lesher about Tilghman Island, John B. Harrison. Edna Lockwood, Devil's Island, Civil War legend, Sea Cloud, Mr. Jake, August Storm of 1933, Capt. Bennie Fairbanks, John Breeding, spauling, dumb iron, Cat Napper, Cat Nipper, Mariland Pilot's Association, Unger Maun, Fenwick Williams, Barnhardt, Lady Nell, airplanes, boat builders, cat boats. CD quality very good. OH 345 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0346 Ethel Hicks Exact 12/11/2003 - Interview with Ethel Hicks by Shelly Drummond, Larry McDaniels, Joanne Ransom, daughter about Ethel Hicks personal life, Capt. Oscar Hicks, Capt. Clarence Hicks, Eastern Neck Island, B.S. FORD. CD quality very good. OH 346 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0349 Rebecca Simns, Joanne Simns Ransom, Larry McDaniels Exact 12/11/2003 - Interview with Rebecca Simns, Joanne Simns Ransom, Larry McDaniels by Shelly Drummond about Cliff Simns, Rock Hall life, women's role in watermen's community, Rock Hall traditions. CD is blank. OH 349 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0350 Patsy Higgs, Joan Elburn, Bernadette Van Pelt, Eleanor Van Pelt Exact 11/24/2003 - Interview with Patsy Higgs, Joan Elburn, Bernadette Van Pelt, Eleanor Van Pelt by Shelly Drummond about Waterwomen (watermen), gill netting, anchor netting, bluefish, rockfish, culling oysters, Swan Point, Rock Hall Harbor, Susquhanna Flats, shad fishing, boning shad, raising family. CD quality is good. OH 250 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0351 Myrtle Butler, Cordelia Hynson Exact 11/21/2003 - Interview with Myrtle Butler, Cordelia Hynson by Shelly Drummond, Leslie Raimond about Rock Hall Clam and Oyster, Vita Foods in Chestertown, Hubbard's Restaurant, Rock Hall African American Community, Eadesville, Rock Hall Harbor, Edna Marie Sutton, integration of Hubbard's Restaurant, explosion in Chestertown, cutting fish and shucking oysters. CD quality is good. OH 351 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0352 Daniel and Jessica Elburn Exact 10/30/2003 - Interview with Daniel Elburn by Shelly Drummond about Rock Hall watermen, Pelorus Marina, J&J Seafood, Maryland Watermen's Association, Larry Simns. First CD is blank, second CD quality is good--very quiet at first, them improves after a few seconds. OH 352 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0353 Ron Fithian Exact 11/26/2003 - Interview with Ron Fithian by Shelly Drummond about Maryland Watermen's Association, Bayside Park, development, commercial fishing, Rock Hall town management, vision and plans for the future, Marine Trade School, Rock Hall Seafood. CD quality good, interviewer quiet. OH 353 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0354 Willis Coleman Exact 01/25/2002 - Willis Drummond leads a tour through a marsh in Dorchester and talks about the changing environment and his life. CD quality fair--lots of wind. Edited version included with no wind. OH 354 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0356 Emory "Pie" Edwards Exact 11/28/2003 - Interview with Emory Edwards by Shelly Drummond about Piney Neck, Skinner's Neck, North Point, John Glenn, Oystering, Hubbard's Pier, Hubbard's Restaurant, raising Rock Hall Jetty, shanty boat story, Stanley Vansant. CD quality very good. OH 356 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0358 Capt. Art Daniels Capt. Art Daniels tells stories about being a skipjack captain, sings shanties at Oysterfest 2003. CD quality good--background noise. OH 358 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0359 Mary Parks Harding Oral history interview of Mary Parks Harding conducted 2/25/2002. Present: Shelley Drummond. Subjects: Bronza Parks, LADY KATIE, MARTHA, ROSIE PARKS, boatyard, dovetails, Spicer's Lumber, early yacht building, skipjacks, Wingate Volunteer Fire Department, ambulance, Spark Woodland, Lois Woodland, Theo Spicer, Willis Windsor, STANLEY NORMAN, Lasbury Lewis, Bobby Powley, Tom and O'Neal Dean, Orville Phillips, Crepo, Charles Parks, Wingate Ramblers, Monel Steel, Carlton Windsor, Levi Phillips, Vanderscoot, Kingdon, Jimmy Richardson, Harvey Hurley, Clarence Jones, Phillips Todd, Dr. Swing, Joe Brocato, George Robinson, Theodore Cephas, Lev Richardson, African American caulkerIncluded are original MiniDiscs (2), master CDs from MiniDisc (2), protection copies (2), and unlabeled copies (2). No transcript. OH 359 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0360 Steve Dunn, Lewis Bennett Oral history interview with Steve Dunn by Shelly Drummond about goose hunting, goose picking, duck hunting, duck picking, picking machines, hand pickers on Kent Island, goose season, fishing and hunting supplies, waterfowl hunting regulations and licensing, Wilson Roe, Carvel Hall knives. OH 360 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0361 Bobbie Harrison Exact 01/28/2002 - Oral history interview with Bobbie Harrison by Shelly Drummond about Bobbie Harrison's life, Tilghman Island days, building St. John's chapel, Children's Home Society in Easton, Fishing Fair. No recording, only field notes. OH 361 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0362 Jay Newcomb Exact 08/05/2001 - Oral history interview with Jay Newcomb by Kelly Feltault about crab picking a the Crab Days festival. Joint discussion with Jay Newcomb, Evelyn Harrison, and Roy Harrison. OH 362 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0363 Evelyn Harrison Exact 08/05/2001 - Oral history interview with Evelyn Harrison by Kelly Feltault about crab picking a the Crab Days festival. Joint discussion with Jay Newcomb, Evelyn Harrison, and Roy Harrison. OH 363 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0364 Roy Harrison Exact 08/05/2001 - Oral history interview with Roy Harrison by Kelly Feltault about crab picking a the Crab Days festival. Joint discussion with Jay Newcomb, Evelyn Harrison, and Roy Harrison. OH 364 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0365 James Lane and Cora Ward Exact 08/04/2001 - Oral history interview with James Lane and Cora Ward by Kelly Feltault about crab picking at the Crab Days festival. OH 365 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0367 Don Blanchard Exact 07/19/2002 - 07/19/2002 Interview with Don Blanchard about chainsaw carving. Tape missing. OH 367 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0393 Robin Allison and Mark Steinlein 10/17/2011 - 10/17/2011 Robin Allison and Mark Steinlein oral history regarding Maryland Veterinary Medical Association, Trumpy's yachts, Pile Drivers Union, Woodfield's Fish and Oyster House, JK McCammon Marine Transportation, Perdue Chicken, Florida Rock Industries, Salisbury Towing, Vulcan Industries, SPCA, Yacht Yard, Marind Engine Sales and Service, Petersen Publishing, Rudder Magazine, BMW, Tradewinds Yacht Charters, Fawcett Boat Supplier, Womanship Inc., Eastport Yacht Club, Camper and Nicholson, McGarvey's, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, SUNY, Vane Bros, Espress Marine, Dann Towing, BG&E, West Marine, Wheeler Transportation Co., Choptank Transport, Ward Bro OH 393 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0394 Jack Austin Exact 09/23/2011 - Jack Austin oral history, references working for Moran, Starting out as a deckhand, working as a captain, Scott Turecamo-tugboat, operating own tugboat, Army, Virtnam, Deckhand experience, Delbar, teachers, safety, mentor, tugboating today, tug barges, enjoyable aspects of tugboating, places worked/visited, bulk barges, caring for vessel. OH 394 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0395 Jack Austin Exact 10/28/2011 - Jack Austin oral history regarding Vietnam, commercial career, UTV license, Taylor and Anderson, Compass Marine, Dann, hitting a bridge, friends and business partners, Moran, prep work, rules of pilotage, cargo, crew, decisions of a captain, technology, unions, African Americans, crew backgrounds, galley, living on board, 9/11, European v. American industry, US maritime industry. OH 395 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0396 Martha Austin Exact 10/07/2011 - Martha Austin oral history regarding her home, marriage, growing up, housing, East Coast, life, divorce, parenting, children, friends, communication, prioritizing, conflicts, togetherness, trip prep, grocery shopping for crew, daily life, visiting on board, social life, dangers, medical emergencies, retiremement, traveling to and from jobs, outside perceptions of maritime industry, container ships. OH 396 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0397 Dennis and Janet Berg Exact 10/06/2011 - Dennis and Janet Berg oral history regarding starting own business, Quaker, Intracoastal Waterway, eating onboard, galley, groceries, teaching navigation, weather and navigational tools, Blue Star, Mustang, cargo, cleaning, losing a rudder, Vane Bros, Barnegat, family life, being away from home, communication, log canoe racing. OH 397 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0398 Michael Grosh Exact 09/24/2011 - Michael Grosh oral history regarding Vane Line Bunkering divisions, Oyster Creek, Vane Brothers, becoming a captain, early life, Harry Lundberg School of Seamanship, lifeboat race, Piney Point LH, Texas Harbor tug, license, Eastern Shore Marine, Congress, Denny Berg's fleet, Quaker, barges, first run, mom and pop tug companies, weather, loading, environment, barge v. railroad, trucking, maritime people, maritime academies, retirement, crew as family, corporatization, food, family, Tangier, military contract, regulations, the Bay. OH 398 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0399 Mary Hutchins Exact 02/08/2012 - Mary Hutchins oral history regarding Maine Maritime Academy, her choice of careers, Growing up in NH with boats, Moran, being a woman in the business, physical demands, line materials, license, family atmosphere, personal relationships, industry on the Chesapeake, gentrification, experience. OH 399 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0400 Dayvien Johnson Exact 02/08/2012 - Dayvien Johnson oral history interview with Michelle Zacks discussing getting started, family background, school, seafarers union, Piney Point, career, steering boat and pushing barges, fog, African Americans, making money, racism, camaraderie, 401(k), family, future of industry, and the Bay. OH 400 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0401 Andrew Langley Exact 12/11/2011 - Andrew Langley interview with Michelle Zacks discussing how he left police for maritime, Merchant Mariner papers, family, commercial fisherman, licenses, Tangierians, recruiting, reason for tugging, work experience, traveling, marriage, flexibility, routine, scuppers, Declaration of Security and Safety Measures, Missouri boat ride, Anchor system, moving tugs/barges, towing cables, danger, safety, Vane Bros, living quarters, crew, barge description, and barrel calculation.<br /> OH 401 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0402 Greg McClelland Exact 12/02/2011 - Greg McClelland oral history interview with Michelle Zacks. Discussed Maritime Exchange, cargoes, gantry cranes, contracts, unions, pilot types, conserving fuel, wind, weather, captains, crew, maneuvering, placement at terminals, cruise ships, other companies, radio call, family-run business, auto towing, development, container shipping, job prospects, types of people in industry, diversity,and Maritime Academy. OH 402 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0403 Robert Matthews Exact 02/22/2012 - Robert Matthews interviewed by Michelle Zacks discusses Churchton and Shady Side MD, nickname, family, African-American community, Smith Brothers, father, uncle, desire to be on the water, oystering, military, crabbing, children, college, misses being on the water, tugboating on the Bay, and lighthouses. OH 403 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0404 Kim "Socks" Parks Exact 12/10/2011 - Kim "Socks" Parks interviewed by Michelle Zacks discusses her nickname, Vane Bros, Parks family, tugging, captaining, working with father, regualtions, pirates, losing first wife, housekeeping and boatkeeping, safety, dealing with situations on boat, leading, crew, classes of tugs, range of travel for tugs, typical job, storms, watermen, and community. OH 404 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0405 Joshua Roark 9/28/2011 Joshua Roark interview with Michelle Zacks discussing "El Paso", steersman apprenticeship, inshore versus offshore, tugboats versus towboats, tankerman certified, work history, weekend warrior, transporting HAZMAT & pharmaceuticals, Kirby, early life, college, USCG, supervising, crew, captains, industry, family on board, working on Bay, Gulf, networking, schedule, travel, relationships, books, women, sleep, fear, weather, people, Jones Act, getting along with crew, fishermen, enjoying ecenery, boat versus office job, safety, clean ship, eating, exercise, cooking, Vane Bros, lifestyle, communication, and technology. OH 405 Transcript 1 OH 405 Transcript 2 CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0406 John Edward Ward and Iain Everton 1/26/2012 John Edward Ward and Iain Everton interviewed by Michelle Zacks. Discussing "Captain Johnny", learing to pilot, timing, barges, working conditions, starting out, apprenticeship, family, team, cultural differences between family and business boats, career, commitment to job, sailing versus tugboating, maneuvers, New Orleans, rivers versus open ocean, and beauty in the job. OH 406 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0407 John M, Floyd G, and Helen Ward 11/16/2011 John M. Ward, Floyd G. Ward and Helen Ward oral history interview by Michelle Zacks discussing family, scudding, push or pull, technical terms, wraps & layers, weather procedures, ice, crews, black and white workers, Calvin Mason, payment, pollution, depths, welding, USCG regulations, licensing, Chesapeake Maritime Training Institute. OH 407 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0408 John M. Ward, Floyd T. Ward and Jean Ward 11/17/2011 John M. Ward, Floyd T. Ward and Jean Ward interviewed by Michelle Zacks. Discussing Middlesex & Mathers ctys, First boats & jobs, "Iva W," oysters, trucking, crab dredging, upbringing, work ethic, Crisfield, family, "Mary Lewis," grain, "John W," "Gram-Me," auction, paid, Perdue, stress and hostility from public, community, licensing, credentials needed, regulations, maritime grads, motion detectors, future, surveyors, depths, importance of industry to Bay area, and government dependance. OH 408 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0409 Joshua Biebesheimer 12/2/2011 Joshua Biebesheimer interviewd by Michelle Zacks. Discussing his start in industry, crew, tech, helping a ship, pilots and captains, signals, canada, McAllister, Baker-Whitely, race, cuteness, and future. OH 409 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0410 Robert Dempsey 12/2/2011 Robert Dempsey interviewed by Michelle Zacks. Discussing types of cargo, pilopts, weather, the unexpected, gill nets, work, upbringing, family, port captain responsibilities, regulations, and invasive species OH 410 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0418 Jean Sisco Exact 02/23/2012 - Interview with Jean Sisco by Julie Broadbent regarding race and race relations, segregation, Edesville, Chestertown, shucking, oyster picking, working as an African American woman, family relations, growing up in the early twentieth century, and the history and acknowledgement of slavery. OH 418 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0419 Ann Lee Thomas Exact 08/07/2011 - Interview with Anne Lee Thomas by Julie Broadbent regarding early life in Rock Hall, working in Rock Hall and watermen's wives. OH 419 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0420 Patsy Higgs Exact 10/02/2011 - Interview with Patsy Higgs by Julie Broadbent regarding fishing, oystering, trotlining, changing regulations, watermen industry dying, family, and crabpicking. OH 420 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0421 Sheila Strong Pierce Exact 10/04/2011 - Interview with Sheila Strong Pierce by Julie Broadbent regarding Chester River Seafood, owning a business, women in the industry, trotlining, growing up in Rock Hall, and dating. OH 421 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0422 Rick Morlock Exact 10/04/2011 - Interview with Rick Morlock by Julie Broadbent regarding growing up in Rock Hall, working on the water, watermen, rock fishing, and pound netting. OH 422 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0423 Shirley Ashley Exact 08/07/2011 - Interview by Shirley Ashley by Julie Broadbent regarding growing up in Rock Hall, fishing, working on the water, waterwomen, eel pots, crapping, children, discussion of racial tensions and integration. OH 423 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0424 PJ Elbourn Exact 02/19/2012 - Interview of PJ Elbourn by Julie Broadbent regarding Rock Hall Manufacturing Company, t-shirts, sewing, women's work, Rock Hall. OH 424 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0425 Robin Fithian Exact 02/22/2012 - 02/22/2012 Interview with Robin Fithian by Julie Broadbent regarding growing up in Rock Hall, working in town, and expectations for women. OH 425 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0426 Ronnie Fithian Exact 02/20/2012 - Interview with Ronald Fithian by Julie Broadbent regarding working in Rock Hall, crab potting, tonging, Rock Hall, watermen, women, and race relations. OH 426 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0427 Andrea Jacquette Exact 08/08/2011 - Interview with Andrea Jacquette regarding working, working on the water, waterwomen, family, sloughing crabs, soft shell crabs. OH 427 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0428 Janet Nordhoff 10/3/2011 Interview with Janet Nordhoff by Julie Broadbent about Women's work, Rock Hall, and working on the water. OH 428 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0429 Edna Marie Hubbard Sutton 8/6/2011 Interview with Edna Marie Hubbard Sutton by Julie Broadbent discussing Waterman's Restaurant, seafood wholesaling, seafood industry, working as a female, and growing up in Rock Hall, religion and churches. OH 429 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0430 Larry Simms 8/8/2011 Larry Simms interviewed by Julie Broadbent, includes thesis materials. OH 430 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0432 Douglas "Turkle" North 10/23/2008 Interview with Douglas "Turkle" North interviewed by Pete Lesher discussing people, boatbuilding & repair, crabbing, oystering. OH 432 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0437 W.P. "Pres" Harding 05/17/2018 Interview with W.P. Harding, often called by his nickname "Pres", discussing his grandfather, Bronza Parks. Interview conducted by Michael Buckley. Includes video of performance. OH 437 CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0439 Stan Davis 08/06/2018 Interview with Stan Davis discussing S. Owen Davis, artist. Interview conducted by Jen Dolde. OH 439 CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0440 Jeep Jallade 08/23/2018 Interview with Jeep Jallade discussing Miles River Yacht Club. Interview conducted by Pete Lesher. OH 440 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0442 David W. Harp 05/29/2020 Interview with David W. Harp. Photographer David W. Harp discussing his childhood, early experience working at the newspaper where his father was an editor, college, with tourism agencies, his 1970s skipjack documentation project, work with the Baltimore Sun and his collaborations with Tom Horton and Sandy Cannon-Brown. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 442 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0443 Tom and Judy Howell 06/29/2021 Interview with Tom and Judy Howell. Boatbuilder Jim Richardson (father of Judy Howell) construction of the Maryland Dove, Tom Howell's boatbuilding at Richardson Yard and Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 443 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0444 Paul Hawkinson 06/30/2021 Interview with Paul Hawkinson. Building the Maryland Dove at Richardson's boatyard, Hawkinson's work at CBMM boatyard, Higgins Yacht Yard and elsewhere. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 444 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0445 Jay Dayton 07/06/2021 Interview with Jay Dayton. Building the Maryland Dove at Richardson's boatyard, Dayton's work at CBMM boatyard, and elsewhere. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 442 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0446 Jennifer Kuhn 07/08/2021 Interview with Jenn Kuhn. Training and career as a boatbuilder, work at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and involvement with new Maryland Dove project. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 446 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0447 Ed Farley 07/07/2021-07/08/2021 Interview with Ed Farley. Experience working on wooden boats, as captain of skipjacks, Jim Richardson and the 1970s Dove, involvement with new Maryland Dove project. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 447 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0448 June Rose Wingo 07/14/2021 Interview with June Rose Wingo. Growing up in Cambridge, Md., building the Maryland Dove at Richardson's boatyard, working for Historic St. Mary's City doing historic reconstruction. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 448 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0449 William Slacum 07/10/2021 Interview with William Slacum. Growing up in Cambridge, Md., building the Maryland Dove at Richardson's boatyard, work with boatbuilder John Swain, work restoring historic houses. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 449 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0450 David Westergard 07/13/2021 Interview with David Westergard. Moving to the Eastern shore, building the Maryland Dove at Richardson's boatyard, career building wooden boats in Nova Scotia. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 450 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0452 Catherine Moore 07/23/2021 Interview with Catherine Moore. Growing up in Cambridge, Md., building the Maryland Dove at Richardson's boatyard, her work as an architect and in historic preservation. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 452 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0453 Joe Connor 07/16/2021 Interview with Joe Connor. Training and career as a boatbuilder, work at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and involvement with new Maryland Dove project. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 453 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0454 Jeff Reid 07/13/2021 Interview with Jeff Reid. Training and career as a boatbuilder, work at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and involvement with new Maryland Dove project. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 454 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0455 Sam Hilgartner 07/13/2021 Interview with Sam Hilgartner. Training and career as a rigger, work at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and involvement with new Maryland Dove project. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 455 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0456 Frank Townsend 07/21/2021 Interview with Frank Townsend. Training and career as a boatbuilder, work at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and involvement with new Maryland Dove project. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 456 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0457 Clara Zinky 07/21/2021 Interview with Clara Zinky. Training and career as a boatbuilder, work at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and involvement with new Maryland Dove project. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 457 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0458 John Swain 07/19/2021 Interview with John Swain. Training as a boatbuilder, working with Curtis Applegarth, at his own yard, Dickerson boatyard, building the Schooner Sultana and John Smith Shallop, role on build of new Maryland Dove and memories of Jim Richardson and 1970s Dove build. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 458 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0459 Richard Scofield 07/16/2021 Interview with Richard Scofield, conducted by Jen Dolde. Scofield discusses working at his family boatyard, connection to St. Michaels, working at Higgins yacht yard, career at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as boatyard manager and assistant curator of watercraft. OH 459 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0460 Tom Howell 07/13/2021 Interview with Tom Howell. Discussion of activity at Richardson boatyard, Howell's activity as a boatbuilder there and at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Interview conducted by Jenifer Dolde. OH 460 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0461 Ernest Haynes, Jr. 8/31/2021 This interview discusses Haynes' work at Jim Richardson's boatyard in 1960s, friendship with family, work as a police officer in Cambridge, St. Michaels, Hurlock; experiencing racism. OH 461 Public Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0462 David Rogers 08/11/2021 Interview with David Rogers, conducted by Samuel Hilgartner. The interiew discusses Rogers' mother, Mary "Mama Girl" Onley a Black sculptor and artist, as well as his own life and art. OH 462 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0463 Mary "Mama Girl" Onley 10/20/2003 Interview with Mary "Mama Girl" Onley. The interview was conducted by Elaine Eff in 2003. They discuss Mam Girl's life and work as a sculptor, and black artist. OH 463 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0465 Jim Brighton 3/22/2022 Interview Jim Brighton, conucted by Jen Dolde. This interview discusses Brighton's early life, wokring at Jim RIchardson's Boatyard and his work on the Maryland Dove in the 1970s. Brighton is Jim Richardsons' son-in-law. OH 465 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0482 Ted Daniels 6/7/2013 Ted Daniels oral history interview by Paulina Guerrero discussing life on Deal Island, working at a boat plant in Salisbury, making 40-foot boats with fiberglass, Captain 'Daddy' Art and community ties, crabbing in the summer and oystering in the winter, connections to the Bay, collecting Native American artifacts, archaeological excavations on nearby islands, environmental changes, rising water levels, loss of traditional community, increase of private property and loss of public beaches, freedom of being a waterman. OH 482 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0483 Stella Daniels, Captain Art Daniels 6/7/2013 Stella and Art Daniels oral history interview by Paulina Guerrero discussing Wenona, Deal Island natives, captains of the F.C. Lewis Jr., racing, changes to the community over time, alcohol/drug use in the community, legal limits to crabbing and oystering, dwindling numbers of skipjacks, loss of tight-knit community, environmental concerns in Tangier Sound (underwater islands, uninhabitable islands, erosion). OH 483 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0493 Calvert "Butterball" Thompson 04/30/2023 Calvert "Butterball" Thompson interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Thompson describes his childhood on Kent Island, his career on the water, and his infamous anchor throwing. Other topics discussed include: oystering, crabbing, regulation, local government, storms, boat building, diving, family. OH 493 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0494 Geoge O'Donnell 05/07/2023 George O'Donnell interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. O'Donnell describes his childhood in Grasonville, time as a waterman, and his experience as County Commissioner for Queen Anne's County. Other topics discussed include: eeling, crabbing, oystering, fishing, ecology, local government, evolution of fishing technology, regulation, infrastructure. OH 494 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0495 Montro Wright 05/17/2023 Captain Montro Wright interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Wright discusses his childhood in Grasonville, career as a waterman, and his charter fishing business. Other topics mentioned include: clamming, oystering, diving, storms, canning, packing houses, regulation, discrimination, environmental degredation, community, local government. OH 495 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0497 Lamont Wright 06/12/2023 Captain Lamont Wright interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Wright describes his childhood in Grasonville, his work away from the water, and his charter fishing business with his father, Montro Wright. Other topics discussed include: crabbing, clamming, oystering, diving, fishing, community, Kent Island, storms, environmental changes, seafood industry. OH 497 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0498 Joey Horney 06/26/2023 Joey Horney interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Horney discusses his childhood in Chester and his career as a waterman. Other topics discussed include crabbing, oystering, carpentry, oyster conservation, MSX, boat building, superstitions, family, storms, boating accidents, changes on the water. OH 498 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0499 Joey Sadler 06/27/2023 Joey Sadler interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Sadler discusses his childhood in Stevensville, career on the water, and his charter fishing business. Other topics discussed include: crabbing, oystering, clamming, hunting, family, boat repairs, changes on the Chesapeake Bay, boating accidents, artifacts, seafood industry. OH 499 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0500 Troy Wilkins 07/10/2023 Troy Wilkins interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Wilkins discusses his childhood in Chester, career on the water, and his current position as president of the Watermen's Association. Other topics discussed include: crabbing, oystering, eeling, clamming, fishing, hunting, environmental preservation, state government, Department of Natural Resources. OH 500 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0501 Gene Austin 07/18/2023 Gene Austin interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Austin discusses his childhood on Kent Island with his grandparents, working on the water, and changes in the industry. Other topics discussed include crabbing, oystering, clamming, fishing, eeling, hunting, ferryboats, environmental change, boating accidents, Rock Hall, Tilghman Island, Chester. OH 501 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0502 Tom Willis 07/25/2023 Tom Willis interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Lewis discusses his childhood in Queenstown, his career on the water, and his position as town commissioner. Other topics discussed include: crabbing, fishing, oystering, eeling, hunting , clamming, storms, local families, Centerville, military service, changes in Queenstown, local government. OH 502 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0503 Annie Richards 06/05/2023 Annie Richards interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Annie Richards describes her experiences with Echo Hill Outdoor School, international maritime travel, ShoreRivers, watershed preservation, and as Riverkeeper of the Chester River. Other topics discussed include: Chestertown, ecology, Elsworth, Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, education, Oxford, Seamester, Chesapeake Heritage Initiatives. OH 503 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0504 Geraldine Isabell-McCottrey 06/06/2023 Geraldine "Gerrie" Isabell-McCottrey interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Gerrie Isabell-McCottrey recounts her experience learning how to drive powerboars, and her lifelong love for all things mechanical. Other topics discussed include: Annapolis, Seafarers Yacht Club, Columbia Beach, African American captains, discrimination, family, cars, motorcycling, motivational, Chesapeake Bay, racism, sexism. OH 504 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0505 Iris Robertson 06/08/2023 Iris Robertson interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Iris Robertson describes her family's history on Long Island, NY, which for the past three generations has been tied to the catboat "Selina". Robertson details the boat's history, its restoration, and her career as a charter boat captain. Other topics include: the Chesapeake Bay, sailing, ship bulding, Saint Michaels, Tangier Sound, Frenchtown, historic boats. OH 505 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0506 Kate Dumhart 05/22/2023 Kate Dumhart interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Kate Dumhart tells her story of her involvement with outdoor and sailing education, including time spent in the San Juan Islands, aboard the Dee of St. Mary's at the Calvert Marine Museum, and aboard the Sultana. Other topics discussed include: education, youth programs, tall ship sailing, Cambridge, Saint Michaels, sexism, self-confidence, Chestertown, Chester River, historic boats, safety, Solomons, Patuxent River, and the Chesapeake Bay. OH 506 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0507 Nancy Taylor Robertson 05/31/2023 Nancy Taylor Robinson interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Nancy recounts her childhood shaped by boating, her time working on a tugboat, her career as a journalist, and the publishing of her first book, Woman in the Wheelhouse. Other topics discussed include family, shipbuilding, the Chesapeake Bay, sexism, the Delaware Bay, captaining, gardening, and racing. OH 507 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0508 Terri Moon Cronk 05/16/2023 Terri Moon Cronk interviewedc by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Terri discusses her background in sailing and her career as a journalist. Other topics discussed include: Herring Bay, the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Overlook, Annapolis Sailing School, Colorado, Catalina 30, Herrington Harbor, Rose Haven, Old Colony Cove, North Beach, environmental changes, erosion. OH 508 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0509 Abigail Robson 06/12/2023 Abigail Robson interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Abigail describes her education at the Merchant Marine Academy, and her career working aboard tankers as a second mate with the Overseas Shipholding Group. Other topics discussed include: mentorship, Alaska, sexism, discrimination, navigation, the Pacific Ocean, sailing, racing, leadership, Kings Point, the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal, cake decorating. OH 509 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0510 Lynn McClaskey 06/20/2023 Lynn McClaskey interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Lynn recounts the meaning sailing has brought to her life over the years, starting with racing in Oklahoma during her teenage years, to racing in Annapolis on the Chesapeake Bay. Other topics discussed include: Boston Harbor Sailing Club, community, J/30 boats, J/110 boats, Annapolis Newport, family, Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating, mental health. OH 510 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0511 Cynthia A. Evans 06/21/2023 Cynthia "Cindy" Evans interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Cindy discusses the process of earning her captain's and guide's licenses in order to start her own charter fishing business, which she still operates to this day. Other topics covered include: powerboats, sailing, sexism, Captains Association, Deltaville Bay, overfishing, deep sea fishing, the Chesapeake Bay. OH 511 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0512 Eunice Lin 07/19/2023 Eunice Lin interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Eunice describes her steadily increasing love for sailing, leading her to start coaching and racing professionally. Other topics discussed include: Annapolis, the Chesapeake Bay, j/80 boats, competition, Herring Bay, Chesapeake Boating Club, sexism, discrimination, positivity. OH 512 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0513 Phyllis Holtman 07/05/2023 Phyllis Holtman interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Phyllis describes her decision to earn her captain's license and operate boat tours out of Annapolis. Other topics discussed include: education, communication, mentorship, Chesapeake Bay, ecology, sexism, water taxis, Watermark, confidence. OH 513 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0514 Dorothy Tuohey 08/02/2023 Dorothy Tuohey interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Dorothy, the third women to ever earn her captain's license in the United States, recounts her extensive career on the water, ranging from delivering megayachts to running her own charter fishing business. Other topics discussed include: sailing, navigation, Rockville, Annapolis, bank repossession, sexism, boat maintenance, entrepreneurship, safety, the Chesapeake Bay, Bay pilots, international travel. OH 514 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0515 Kate Hollingsworth 08/07/2023 Kate Hollingsworth interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Captain Kate "Boomies" Hollingsworth discusses her experiences as a sailing instructor, luxury yacht captain, small business owner, and content creator. Other topics discussed in the interview: International maritime travel, education, social media, Chesapeake Bay, Long Island, Saint Michaels, advantages of being a female captain. OH 515 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0516 Sarah Lawrence 09/05/2023 Sarah Lawrence interviewed by Jennifer Shea or Her Helm Project. Sarah recounts her time sailing and working at boating schools in the Caribbean, running charter businesses out of the Bahamas and Maryland, and helping her mother run their family towing and salvage business, "Tow Jamm Marine Inc." In 2021, Sarah opened her own boating school, the Chesapeake Boating Academy. Other topics discussed include: houseboats, BoatUS, Neavitt, competitive sailing, Miles River, catamarans, safety, American Sailing Association, education. OH 516 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0517 Jen Bowie 08/23/2023 Jen Bowie interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Jen recounts her career on the water as a safety boat captain, keeping watch over construction projects adjacent to the water. Other topics discussed include: entrepreneurship, the Chesapeake Bay, powerboats, sexism, discrimination, barges, Potomac River, confidence, family, contracting, the Bay Bridge. OH 517 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0519 Vera Meredith 09/14/2023 Vera Meredith interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Vera discusses how she and her brother carry on their father's legacy by running his charter fishing business. Other topics dicussed include: Kent Island, community, accessibility, the Chester River, the Chesapeake Bay, maintenance, food service, African American waterman, environmental changes, COVID-19. OH 519 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0520 Judy Bixler 08/31/2023 Judy Bixler interviewed by Jennifer Shea for Her Helm Project. Judy describes her experience of buying and operating the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry, one of the only privately owned ferries in the country. Other topics discussed include: New York, historic boats, wildlife, tourism, local history, sailing, Talbot County., sexism. OH 520 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0521 Richard Hubbard 10/6/2023 Background of the Skipper Craft boat company (1956-1959), in Easton, Maryland and father Sherwood Hubbard. Other topics discussed include fishing, crabbing, shipbuilding, local history, and racial discrimination. OH 521 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0523 Kate Dumhart, Geraldine "Gerrie" Isabel- McCottrey, Kate Hollingsworth, Sarah Lawrence 03/12/2024 Panel discussion with Her Helm captains Gerrie Isabelll-McCottry, Kate Dumhart, Sarah Lawrence, and Kate Hollingsworth, monitored by Jenifer Dolde. Topics discussed include: the Chesapeake Bay, leadership, powerboats, sailing, education, safety, sexism, discrimination, schooners, family, communication, boat maintenance, coaching. OH 523 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0526 Jason Ruth 03/26/2024 Jason Ruth interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Ruth describes his time working on the water, his ownership of Harris Seafood, and challenges in the seafood industry. Other topics discussed include: crabbing, oystering, clamming, MSX, regulation, immigration, packing, environmental changes. OH 526 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0527 Tyrone Meredith 03/27/2024 Tyrone Meredith interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Tyrone Meredith interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Meredith discusses his charter fishing business, his family's legacy on the water, and changes in Kent Narrows. Other topics discussed include: crabbing, oystering, fishing, storms, recreational boating, the Chesapeake Bay. OH 527 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0528 Lewis Carter 04/13/2024 Lewis Carter interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Lewis discusses his childhood in Grasonville, his career on the water, and changes in the industry over the years. Other topics include: crabbing, oystering, clamming, seafood packing, diving, boating accidents, oyster replenishment. OH 528 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0529 Clifton Richard Coursey 05/07/2024 Clifton Richard "Dickie" Coursey interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Coursey discusses his childhood on Kent Island, his career on the water, and changes to the industry and Chesapeake Bay. Other topics include: crabbing, weather, oystering, clamming, regulation, eeling, hunting, family. OH 529 Transcript CBMM catalog page
CBMM.0000.0532 Joe Poet 06/11/2024 Joe "Booter" Poet interviewed by Brent Lewis for Watermen's Story Swap Project. Poet describes his childhood growing up in Grasonville, his grandfather's boatyards in Kent Narrows, and his time working as an EMT. Other topics discussed include: crabing, oystering, clamming, diving, boat repair, seafood packing, local changes. OH 532 Transcript CBMM catalog page

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