George W. Collier

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Type: Skipjack

Year: 1900

Builder: G. W. Horseman

Location: Deal Island

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Fetch?	Row ID	Catalog #	Object Name	Title	Artist/Maker	Date Made	Place Made	Description	Full Image	CBMM Cat. Page
	1	8888.0085.0000.00	documents	HABS/HAER REPORT ON SKIPJACK E. C. COLLIER:Bac		Circa 01/01/1990 -		HABS/HAER REPORT ON SKIPJACK E. C. COLLIER:BackgroundThe Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum acquired the skipjack or two-sail bateau E. C. Collier in November 1988. The vessel was donated to the museum by her previous owners, Paula L. and John R. Cummings. At that time the E. C. Collier, built at Deale Island, MD, in 1910, was one of 35 surviving skipjacks and one of only 19 working skipjacks to have been built before 1912. As a traditional working sailing vessel unique to the Chesapeake Bay, she was considered appropriate for documentation by the Department of the Interior's Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER). This process was begun in January 1989 when the vessel was inspected by Richard K. Anderson, Jr., Staff Architect of HABS/HAER and found to be an appropriate subject for HAER Level II documentation. By May 1989 funding for the project had been secured through the Maryland Historical Trust and by July the project was underway by two HAER employees and one CBMM individual from its boat shop.The documentation project included detailed measurements of the vessel and its components resulting in a set of lines drawings consisting of eight pages and numerous photographs of key parts of the vessel and its equipment. In addition, a full historical report on the vessel was undertaken. The final report (identified as HAER No. MD 77) was completed by April 1990. In the fall of that year s copy was deposited in the Library of Congress which houses all the HABS/HAER reports.Scope and ContentThe collection includes the final report and the correspondence leading to the inception of the project. It includes photocopies of some of the vessel's licenses, the initial application for an official number, certificates of documentation, and bill of sale. Also, the collection includes the research material related to determining who built the vessel and what owners she had during her long history as a commercial sailing vessel.Sub'ectsChesapeake Appreciation DaysCollier, Eddie, first ownerCollier, George W., blacksmith, father of Edward Collier, Melvin, blacksmith, Deale Is. Collier, Ross, part owner Crockett, Rufus, owner (1941) Cummings, John R., part owner (1983) Cummings, Pauline L., part owner (1983) Dix, Jefferson, owner (1926) Dize, Colby, part owner (1942) Dize, Orzie, L., part owner (1942) Eddie Collier, skipjackGeorge W. Collier, skipjack Gladys Melba, dredgeboatHettinger Company, maker of winder motorHorseman, George Washington, builder Horseman, Harvey, great grand nephew of builder Kapisak, John P., part owner (1949) Kapisak, Laura J., part owner (1949) Larrimore, Elsie B., part owner (1955) Larrimore, John R., part owner (1955, 1983) McBride, Robert, part owner (1920) McQuay, Dave, builder of last pushboat Pope, Gordon S., owner (1946) Robert L. Webster, skipjack Smith, William, owner (1944) Todd, William C., part owner (1920) Webster, Moody, first master, Wheatley, Harry, owner (1944) Whitelock, Charles, part owner (1945) Whitelock, James, part owner (1945)	No image URL.	View
	2	0000.0975.0028.06	negatives	Transome and rudder of skipjack George W. Collier	de Gast, Robert __Photographer			Transome and rudder of skipjack George W. Collier. Place unknown. See 975.28.2 for date, source, etc.	No image URL.	View
	3	0000.1201.0006.00	photographic prints	E. C. COLLIER. Biew of stern from off port quarte		Range, Cir 06/01/1988 - 08/31/1988		E. C. COLLIER. View of stern from off port quarter. Two-sail bateau or "Skipjack." Photograph part of a summer 1988 survey and documentation project by the Historic American Building Society/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER). HAER No. MD-77-6. 4x5 contact print. Photograph by Mark Harrell.	No image URL.	View
	4	0000.1295.0486.00	photographic prints	Skipjack George W. Collier dredging in the Chopta		Exact 02/19/1948 - 02/19/1948	Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD	Skipjack George W. Collier under sail, dredging in the Choptank; boards in place along rail; bowsprit and jib of another skipjack in foreground. . For source, see 1295.0001	No image URL.	View
	5	0000.1295.0487.00	photographic prints	Skipjack George W. Collier under sail, dredging in		Exact 02/19/1948 - 02/19/1948	Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD	Skipjack George W. Collier under sail, dredging in the Choptank; boards in place along rail. Another skipjack at the right. For source, see 1295.0001	No image URL.	View
	6	0000.1295.0488.00	photographic prints	Skipjack George W. Collier under sail, dredging in		Exact 02/19/1948 - 02/19/1948	Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD	Skipjack George W. Collier under sail, dredging in the Choptank; she is seen from astern, running down wind with main out. For source, see 1295.0001	No image URL.	View
	7	0000.1295.0489.00	photographic prints	Skipjack George W. Collier under sail, dredging in		Exact 02/19/1948 - 02/19/1948	Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD	Skipjack George W. Collier under sail, dredging in the Choptank; she is seen from astern, running down wind with main out. Another skipjack in far background. Light breeze. For source, see 1295.0001	No image URL.	View
	8	0000.1295.0491.00	photographic prints	Skipjack George W. Collier dredging under sail			Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD	Sskipjack George W. Collier, under sail, dredging, with another skipjack in far background. Boards placed along rail. For source, see 1295.0001	No image URL.	View
	9	0000.1295.0492.00	photographic prints	Skipjack George W. Collier, under sail, dredging,			Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD	Skipjack George W. Collier, under sail, dredging, seen from starboard side; dredge visible. Print labeled "Choptank dredging gounds, Todd's Pt. bar." Boards placed along rail. For source, see 1295.0001	No image URL.	View
	10	0000.1295.0582.00	photographic prints	Skipjack George W. Collier oystering under sail, w		Exact 02/19/1948 - 02/19/1948		Skipjack George W.Collier oystering under sail with another skipjack in background. Place unknown. For source, see 1295.0001	No image URL.	View
	11	0000.1295.9999.00	photographic prints	Skipjack George W. Collier, under sail, probably d				Skipjack George W. Collier, under sail, probably dredging, seen from starboard side; Boards placed along rail; anchor dangling from bowsprit. Place and date unknown. For source, see 1295.0001 NOTE: This picture was misnumbered 0000.1295.1293. Current number 0000.1295.9999 is being used until we can find the picture and give it the proper, sequential number.	No image URL.	View
	12	2005.0033.0001.00	skipjacks	Skipjack E.C. COLLIER	Horseman, George W __Builder	1910	Deal Island - MARYLAND	E.C. COLLIER, a historic skipjack used for oystering on the Chesapeake Bay. National Record of Historic Places completed a record in 1990 of E.C. Collier identifying the vessel as an exemplary case of a Chesapeake Skipjack. Made on Deal Island, Maryland. Currently on display in the Oystering on the Chesapeake building.		View