C. J. Thompson

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Type: Bugeye

Year: 1891

Builder: B. P. Miles

Location: Oriole

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Fetch?	Row ID	Catalog #	Object Name	Title	Artist/Maker	Date Made	Place Made	Description	Full Image	CBMM Cat. Page
	1	1967.0090.0001.00		.1-.13				.1-.13 <CR>Loose-leaf scrapbook assembled by Philadelphia yachtsman Robert Barrie c. 1895-1949 and containing articles, photographs, correspondence, and documents, including the following:" Original magazine articles by Robert Barrie and George Barrie, Jr., published in The Yachting Monthly, Yachting and Boating Monthly, The Yachtsman, and The Cruiser later republished in book for as Cruises, Mainly on the Bay of the Chesapeake." Correspondance from Yachting historian Winfield M. Thompson, yachting journalist W.P. Stephens, and J. Claud Kemperer." Customshouse documents and Corinthian Yacht Club measurement certificates for yachts Mona, Liris, and Azalea." Yacht brokerage publications for yachts Virginia, Liris, Azalea, Mona, Iona" Original photographs of yachts Thursday Island, Virginia, Panola, America's Cup challenger Genesta, America's Cup winner Puritan, America's Cup contender Atlantic or Priscilla, and a start of a yacht race at Cannes.	No image URL.	View
	2	1993.0004.0001.00	certificate of numbers	Bound volume of Comet Class measurement certificat		Circa 01/01/1935 -		Bound volume of Comet Class measurement certificates and correspondence, 1935. 1932-1962, mostly 1935-1937. Measurement certificate Nos. 1, 3-9, 11-14, 16-18, 21-30, 37-40, 42, 44-53, 55-58, 60, 63-71, 74, 78, 81, 85, 87-89,91-93, 97-100, 103-106, 108-116, 118, 123, 126-128, 131, 133-134, 138-139, 143-161, 163-173, 175-187, 189-193, 195-198, 200, 206-213, 215, 217,219, 222, 230, 236-238, 240, 250,253-260, 263, 270-278, 280, 282-283, 285-291, 293-298, 301-305, 307, 311-312, 318, 320, 322-323, 325, 327-328, 330, 332-337, 341, 343-346, 348-354, 356-359, 361-362, 364-367, 369-373, 375, 377, 379,381-394,396-398, 400, 407,411-415,421, 425, 428-429, 434-438, 440-442, 444-445, 448,450, 455-456, 460, 463-465,467-470, 473, 475-476, 478-479, 481-483, 485-487, 490, 493, 495-499, 501, 503, 506, 509-514, 516-523, 525, 528,-529, 531-532, 536, 538-539, 545-548, 550-553, 555-557, 559, 561-584, 586, 592. Condition: Paper discolored, aging, worn, some rust on ledger. Material: Paper with cardboard and metal post ledger.	No image URL.	View
	3	8888.0077.0000.00	documents	John. G. Earle Papers:<CR>The collection is a vertic		Range, Cir 01/01/1894 - 12/31/1991		This collection begins on CSC 15C3 and continues on CSC 15C4.John. G. Earle Papers:The collection is a vertical file of notes, ship plans, letters, drawings, articles, and photographs assembled by John Earle on varied Chesapeake maritime research topics, and individuals with whom he corresponded. Arranged alphabetically in three large boxes, two are of nautical subjects, and the other, people. Individuals are listed by last name, and vessels by name or type. Chronologically, the collection includes correspondence from the 1910s to the 1980s (not all involving Earle), but including original printed material, the collection dates from 1894 to 1991. Topics that contained no original research by Earle were removed to the library vertical file. Note: All photographs in the collection have been removed to the library photo archive, and are listed under accession number 1176. Photocopies of originals remain in the folders listed below. Biographical Background (from MS 30)Born in Easton, Maryland on March 14, 1901, John Goldsborough Earle expressed a love for and an interest in the vessels of the Chesapeake Bay early in life. It would be this interest that ultimately shaped his professional life, with Earle able to parlay this curiosity into the receipt of a degree in naval architecture and mechanical engineering from Lehigh University upon his graduation in 1926. After working for the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, from 1943-1946 Earle served as the special assistant to the chief engineer at the U.S. Maritime Commission in Washington, D.C. Earle then moved to Moylan, Pennsylvania where he was employed by the New York-based Nordberg Manufacturing Company. During this time Earle pursued the application of the diesel engine to the maritime environment, ultimately serving on the Ships' Machinery Committee of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Earle retired in 1966 and served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and returned to Easton in 1979. A thorough and exhaustive researcher, Earle never ceased in his quest to study and document the indigenous water craft of the Chesapeake Bay. Earle's scholarship put him in contact with many of the twentieth century's foremost maritime historians, including Howard I. Chapelle and Robert H. Burgess, and his work was particularly valuable to Marion V. Brewington in his study of Chesapeake Bay log canoes and bugeyes. Earle also contributed works to Yachting and Chesapeake Bay magazines. Prior to his death on May 21, 1992, Earle was presented with the Historic Preservation Award by the Historic District Commission of Talbot County for his lifelong dedication and devotion to the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay's maritime heritage. Subject: John G Earle	No image URL.	View
	4	8888.0054.0000.00	documents	THOMAS C. GILLMER<CR>MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION<CR><CR>Thomas		Exact 01/01/1981 - 12/31/1993		THOMAS C. GILLMER<CR>MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION<CR><CR>Thomas C.Gillmer was born in 1911 at Warren, Ohio. He became interested in ships at an early age, entering the U.S. Naval Academy and graduating in 1935. During the late 1930s he served aboard light cruisers in the Pacific and Mediterranean. During World War II he served as an instructor in naval construction, damage control, and marine engineering at the Naval Academy, eventually becoming chairman of the naval engineering department. In 1952 Gillmer wrote Naval Construction a Ship Stability, a basic text still in use in the naval architecture program at the Academy. He retired from active teaching at the Academy in 1967 and began to devote full time to the design of yachts and ship replicas. His first successful yacht design was the 1946 Blue Moon. Subsequent designs were the Southern Cross and Seawind series. He designed Pride of Baltimore 3,(1976-77), the pungy Lady Maryland (1979), and Pride 2L Baltimore 11. (1988). Most recently Gillmer prepared a study of the USS Constitution for her overhaul by the navy. He is the author of several books and numerous articles.See also Oral History tape No. 93 with transcript and list of books and articles.The manuscript collection consists of six papers:1. "Signposts Towards the Origin of Ship Design," prepared for the 5th Naval History Symposium, Annapolis, 1 October 1981.2. "Evolving Ship Design Technology As Revealed in Wrecks of Post Medieval Ships." 3rd International Symposium of Boat and Ship Archeology, Stockholm, 1982.3. "Authentic Replica Ships: Theory and Practice." International Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity, Delphi, Greece, August 1987.4. "The Importance of Skeleton First Ship Construction to the Development of Rational Ship Design." International Symposium on Ship and Boat Archeology, Amsterdam 1988.5. "The Second Pride of Baltimore, Her Design and Construction." 9th Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis 1989.6. "USS Constitution: An Assessment for Her Future." Naval History Symposium, Annapolis 1993. Subject: Thomas C Gillmer	No image URL.	View
	5	8888.0059.0000.00	documents	Captain Irvin S. Wheatley Ship's Papers<CR><CR>Backgro		Range, Cir 01/01/1885 - 12/31/1894		This collection begins on CSC 15D1 and continues onto 15D2.Captain Irvin S. Wheatley Ship's PapersBackgroundA large number of documents were donated to the museum by Karen Potter a descendent of the Wheatleys through her paternal grandmother's family. The papers consist of bills, receipts, invoices, and business and personal papers, mostly related to the activities of the two-masted trading schooner Edward L. Martin during the last two decades of the 19'h century.What is known about Captain Irvin Steven Ralph Wheatley (January 19, 1860-March 14, 1941) can be gleaned from the papers in this collection, U.S. Census records, and an internet genealogy. Born January 19, 1860, he was from a large family of Galestown, Dorchester County, Maryland, about twelve miles from Seaford, Delaware. He was captain of the schooner Hattie C. Wheatley for some time before becoming captain of the Martin from about 1885 until 1894. He owned shares in the Martin varying from one-third to one-eighth at different times during those years. Subsequently he was captain of the schooner John Q. Ferguson from January 1895 until at least December 1896. Irvin Wheatley had five brothers, two of whom died as children. The survivors were: Luther Elijah (June 1858-December 1931); George Edward (November 1856-July 1927); and Albert Ellis (September 1873-February 1955), and Frederick Seth (August 1858-August 1874). Of these, Luther figures most prominently in this collection. From personal letters (Box 7), it appears that while Irvin Wheatley was busy as captain of various ships, Luther managed a farm Irvin owned near Galestown. Irvin Wheatley apparently retired from the sea about 1897 and also took up farming. In 1930 both Irvin and his wife, Effie L. (October 1, 1866-August 11, 1935), still resided near Galestown.The schooner Edward L. Martin's official No. was 135629. She was built by Stephen (?) W. Kinsey in Sussex County, Delaware in 1882. She was of 84.95 gross, and 80.70 net tonnage. Her dimensions in feet were 87.2 length, 23.6 breadth, and 6.8 depth. About 1942, after running through numerous owners, she was bought by John B. Conway, converted to power, renamed Honey B, and put into the "dude" boat trade. In 1953 she was bought by Hugh B. Emmons and was destroyed the same year by fire near Oxford, Maryland.Scope and ContentThe core of this collection is an extremely comprehensive set of commercial shipping documents covering the period from 1885 to 1894. These include shipping instructions from the consignee of cargo, charter parties (contracts between shippers and vessel owners, shipping articles (agreements between ship owners and crews), and numerous other papers relating to the shipping business. Of special interest in this collection are the papers related to two trips made by the Edward L. Martin to the Bahamas to pick up loads of pineapples. These papers include instructions, charter parties, articles, as well as the many customs forms, clearances, quarantine receipts, and health certificates required at U. S. ports and from Bahamian authorities. (At the time the Bahamas were part of the British West Indies.)Sub'ectsMembers of Wheatley family: Effie L., wife of IrvinAddie E., and Roxie E., daughters of Irvin Luther E., brotherPhenie, wife of Luther Albert E., brother George E. H., brotherStella (Estelle S.) sister.Owners of schooner Edward L. Martin (during Wheatley's tenure) Josephus CollinsWm. T. MooreWm. EllisGeorge EllisE. J. EllisIrvin S. Wheatley. Subject: Capt. Irvin S. Weatley	No image URL.	View
	6	8888.0087.0000.00	documents	H. M. Rowe & Co., Oyster Packers:BackgroundI		Range, Cir 03/01/1882 - 07/31/1887		H. M. Rowe & Co., Oyster Packers:BackgroundIn 2001 the museum purchased four large, leatherbound books consisting of volumes labeled "Ledger", "Journal", "Cash", and "H. M. Rowe & Co." The latter contained no readable entries. The Journal contained entries from 1 March 1882 through 31 August 1885; Cash had entries from 1 September 1885 through 16 July 1887; and the Ledger covered the period from 1884 through July 1887.Wood's Baltimore City Directory, 1874 (Baltimore: John W. Woods), at p. 492, lists "Rowe, H. M. & Co (H. M. & W. H. Rowe) oyster packers, 68 Boston". Also, H. M. Rowe is listed at "393 e Pratt", and Wm. H. Rowe is listed at "395 e Pratt". Finally, James B. Rowe, bookkeeper, is listed at "393 e Pratt". From this it is evident that the Rowe company was in the oyster packing business as early as 1874. Information contained in the three volumes suggests that the company ended its business in July 1887. Polk's Baltimore City Directory, 1902, has no listing for the company.In 1882 Joseph W. Brooks (1832-1915) built a schooner named H. M Rowe at his yard in Dorchester County, MD. (See Pete Lesher, "The Industrious Shipbuilder: Joseph W. Brooks" (The Weather Gauge, v. 36, No. 1, Spring 2001, pp. 3-11 and 33). A photo at p. 7 shows the Rowe with her homeport as Deals Island. The vessel's first owner was Caleb J. Moore whose connection with the Rowes is not known. As shown below, however, the Rowe company purchased oysters from the vessel over several years.Scope and ContentThe Journal and Cash volumes reflect receipts and disbursements over a five-year period. Many of the disbursements were small amounts to the three Rowes; many others were to named recipients or for such expenses as stamps, labels, etc.The Journal (pp. 1-239) is of interest because it shows on a day-by-day basis all receipts and disbursements from 1 March 1882 through 31 August 1885. Disbursements cover everything from postage stamps, newspaper purchases (New York Herald, Baltimore American), payments to the Rowes and their employees, to payments for oysters delivered by ships. Among many vessels to which payments were made were the sloop Morning Light, and schooners Sea Belle, Sharps Island, Nautilus, Exchange, H. P. Barnes, Maid of Erin, Ann Virginia, Two Brothers, and Lewis Taulane. Of special are payments to the schooner H. M Rowe. These began on 6 October 1882 with the entry (p. 45) showing a payment of $50.00, and the entry "name & colors". Subsequent entries show payments to the vessel throughout the years 1882 until 19 January 1885. Most payments were for relatively large amounts apparently for cargos of oysters: examples are payments of $315.00 on 8 December 1882 (p. 61), $511.56 on 27 December 1882, and $455.05 on 11 January 1883.However, the key portion of the collection is contained in the Ledger. Between pages 70 and 261 the entries show shipments of oysters to numerous buyers in a variety of states and Ontario, Canada. Each entry shows the date of shipment, the quantity shipped (barrels, half-barrels, kegs, tubs), the grade of the shipment(standards, selects), the price of the shipment, and the payment dates and amounts, almost always in cash. The Ledger also shows that each of the Rowes owned one-third of the value of the assets of the company (pp. 4-5), but that H.M. Rowe held the most capital (pp. 30-43). Although the Rowes were all partners in the firm, we do not know what their relationship was to each other.A second important part of the Ledger reflects payments for merchandise to numerous individuals and companies (pp. 301-329).In short, although this company was only one of many oyster packers and shippers in Baltimore during the period covered by these volumes, clearly its business was widespread and apparently lucrative: when the company apparently wound up its business on 16 July 1887, the total capital split among the Rowes was about $21,665, a fair amount for the time.	No image URL.	View
	7	1994.0016.0018.00	oil paintings	Schooner CITY OF BALTIMORE	Stubbs, W P __Artist	After 2/1886		Oil Painting of schooner by W.P. Stubbs "City of Baltimore" heavy plain gilded frame (light carving) painting shows a three masted schooner with other boats in the background. Condition: thin paint, probably no varnish (or light); cracking and crizzling throughout. Painted for Capt. Leonard S. Tawes, master of the City of Baltimore. Artist lived in Boston, so the painting was probably commissioned on one of the two occasions that City of Baltimore called at Boston: 5 Feb 1886 or 31 December 1888.		View
	8	8888.0102.0000.00	papers	Papers of John Frazer, Jr.				Background<CR>The material in this collection was acquired in a donation from Mr. John Frazer Jr. It consists of a petition, May 1803, Elizabeth Smith to Talbot County, to keep the Oxford Ferry; letter dated June 7, 1822 from S. Harrison to Wm. W. Moore re: selling a 39 foot scow; materials relating to Maryland Nautical Academy; Correspondence to O. Tilghman relating to establishment of a steamboat line, 1903; shipping receipts to O. Tilghman; and shipping receipts to Dr. S. A. Harrison.Scope and ContentThe items in this collection are contained in one manuscript box with 8 file folders, and one oversized folder. The box is in Misc. Manuscripts and the large folder (#9) is in CSA 12 FF20.	No image URL.	View
	9	8888.0098.0000.00	papers	Burgess manuscript collection				This collection is housed in 24 boxes, starting on CSC 15A2 and continuing on to 15A3, 15A4, 16A1, and 16A2<CR><CR>The collection is broad in scope and content. It includes about 100 trailboards and name boards, and many other artifacts obtained from Chesapeake Bay vessels of all kinds; years of correspondence (covered in this finding aid), much of it acquiring background for and arranging the publication of his books, particularly those about the schooners Albert F. Paul and Purnell T. White; many of his photographs; and numerous clippings containing articles by and about Burgess.Among the highlights of the collection are a number of documents from the late 19th century such as invoices, receipts, and note from George P. Bailey, of Kinsale, VA, a dealer in wood, ties, etc., and the canner of the "Pride of Westmoreland" brand tomatoes and commission merchants Courtney & Kennan (see Box 17). Also, the lengthy correspondence (1946-1969) with the Baltimore Sunday Sun about articles Burgess submitted for publication, including the ""I Remember When" series (Boxes 19 & 20)	No image URL.	View
	10	0000.2050.0215	postcards	Oxford street with buildings	Published by J. L. Thompson, Oxford, Maryland The Finest American Made view post cards--The Albertype Co. Brooklyn, N.Y.	c.1948	Oxford, MD	"Morris Street Oxford, Maryland" printed on picture; shows trees and buildings on either side, including an Amoco station, a soda fountain, and a beer parlor; a few cars parked.		View
	11	0000.2050.0245	postcards	The Strand beach	Published by J. L. Thompson, Oxford MD. Postcards of quality--The Albertype Co. Brooklyn, N.Y.	c.1928	Oxford, MD	The Strand: water up to the bulkhead with small sheds, plantings and trees; sandy beach in foreground. (See rhyme on back about the Eastern Shore and the Philadelphia Club of Advertising Women.)		View
	12	0000.2050.0247	postcards	The Strand beach	Published by J. L. Thompson, Oxford, MD. Post Cards of Quality --The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.	c. 1932	Oxford, MD	The Strand from the river; sandy beach in foreground; water, bulkhead, sheds, greenery, trees and picket fences in background; hand colored.		View
	13	0000.2050.0278	postcards	Public School	Published by J. L. Thompson, Oxford, Md. Post Cards of Quality --The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.	c.1935	Oxford, MD	"Public School Oxford, Maryland" printed on picture. Shows story and a half brick building with white-columned entrance; flat-top first story and large windows in second story, which is much smaller than the first; flowering shrubs; green field in foreground.		View
	14	0000.2050.0290	postcards	Log canoe racing	Published by J. J. Thompson, Oxford, Maryland Finest American made view post cards--the Albertype Co. Brooklyn, N. Y.	c.1943	Oxford, MD	Five log canoes racing; all seen from port side, reaching; "Chesapeake Bay Long Canoe Races Oxford, Maryland" printed on picture		View
	15	8888.0191.0000	research (document genres)	"Notebook on Shipwrecks" research, Moale	Moale, H. Richard	circa 2000s		Research compiled by author Richard Moale while writing "Notebook on Shipwrecks" publishe din 2010. Includes, documentation of vessels, letters, and other data that did not go into the book.		View
	16	8888.0110.0000.00	scrapbooks	Scrapbook of documents on boating	Barrie, Robert __Creator			Scrapbook of documents on boating. Leatherbound 3-ring binder scrapbook contains articles from magazines and journals, letters, boat documentation, ads, cards, postcards, and pictures. First several pages are articles with holes punched in them, attached directly to rings. Majority of book has articles, etc. adhered to pages. Front cover detached. Loose-leaf scrapbook assembled by Philadelphia yachtsman Robert Barrie c. 1895-1949 and containing articles, photographs, correspondence, and documents, including the following:" Original magazine articles by Robert Barrie and George Barrie, Jr., published in The Yachting Monthly, Yachting and Boating Monthly, The Yachtsman, and The Cruiser later republished in book for as Cruises, Mainly on the Bay of the Chesapeake." Correspondance from Yachting historian Winfield M. Thompson, yachting journalist W.P. Stephens, and J. Claud Kemperer." Customshouse documents and Corinthian Yacht Club measurement certificates for yachts Mona, Liris, and Azalea." Yacht brokerage publications for yachts Virginia, Liris, Azalea, Mona, Iona" Original photographs of yachts Thursday Island, Virginia, Panola, America's Cup challenger Genesta, America's Cup winner Puritan, America's Cup contender Atlantic or Priscilla, and a start of a yacht race at Cannes.	No image URL.	View
	17	8888.0157.0000.00	serials (publications)	Boat Manufactureer Collections				Boat manufacturer catalogs, flyers, brochures, price sheets, photographs, operating manuals, and related magazine articles, donated by various individuals. <br />Series 1 William Gross<br />Series 2 Misc. <br />Series 3 Chris Craft Sailboat Division<br />Series 4 John C. Horner (in progress)	No image URL.	View
	18	1995.0011.0105.72	ships plans	Trumpy Yacht Design. Drawing # 415-4-25.		Exact 07/20/1964 - 07/20/1964		Trumpy Yacht Design. Contract # 415. Drawing # 415-4-25. Pencil and ink on vellum. Title located in lower right corner of the page reads "EXTERIOR AFTER END OF DECKH'SE. Scale: 1" = 1' - 0" and full scale. "J. THOMPSON" is written on the lower right edge of the page. Section "A-A," located in the lower left corner of the page, shows full scale construction details of the living and dining salon doors surrounding the center line of the vessel. Section "B-B" and "D-D," located in the center of the page, show full scale construction details for the pivot mechanism in the door at frame 15. Section "C-C" shows a smaller section of section "B-B" and "D-D" at full scale. Section "E-E" shows full scale details of the window locking mechanism. The upper left corner of the map shows construction details of the house doorways at 1"=1' - 0" scale, titled "AFTER END OF HOUSE-LOOKING FOR'D." Additional details are located directly below and in the upper center of the page, labeled "DETAIL E" which ends as section "F." Section "G-G", located in the upper right corner of the page is titled "STB'D WINDBREAK." The page was revised on 8/28/1964. The contract number and drawing number are located in the lower right corner of the page.	No image URL.	View