John H. Adams

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Type: Pungy

Year: 1858

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Fetch?	Row ID	Catalog #	Object Name	Title	Artist/Maker	Date Made	Place Made	Description	Full Image	CBMM Cat. Page
	1	2004.0050.0001.01	barometers	Barometer-Metallic. "Metallic Barometer - Gold Me				Barometer-Metallic. "Metallic Barometer - Gold Medal Exhibition - 1849" and "E. Bourdon And Richard's Patent - Paris". Spun brass case. Instrument comes in a leather covered (velvet lined) flip-top case with brass hasp. Condition: Fair. Materials: Brass, glass, leather.		View
	2	8888.0052.0000.00	documents	CAPTAIN LEONARD S. TAWES MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION				CAPTAIN LEONARD S. TAWES - MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION<CR><CR>Biographical Background<CR> Captain Leonard S. Tawes was born in Accomack County, Virginia, on October 2, 1853. He died in Crisfield, Maryland, on December 6, 1932. He went to sea at an early age, worked his way up to master of sailing vessels, and continued actively to captain sailing vessels until 1922 when he retired from the sea to devote himself to oyster farming in the area around Crisfield. In his retirement, using his logs and other records, Tawes composed a series of journals covering his life and recounting his maritime experiences in detail. The journals, edited by Robert H. Burgess, called Coasting Captain, were published as a book by The Mariners Museum in 1967. This volume is an excellent companion to the manuscript collection and permits clarification of many of the entries found in the manuscripts themselves. In 1884 Captain Tawes took command of, and part ownership in the three-masted, 138-foot schooner City of Baltimore. The 356-gross ton schooner was built by Goss, Sawyer & Packard of Bath, Maine, and was launched on February 2, 1884. Tawes captained the City of Baltimore until 1904 when she was sold in Tampa, Florida (Coasting Captain, 146, 445-6). Most of the material in the manuscript collection relates to the period during which Tawes sailed the City of Baltimore.Scope and Content The collection consists of seven bound booklets and ledgers, and one folder containing various documents which were found in the ledgers when they were accessioned. Most of the material is financial and other operating records from the schooner City of Baltimore. Subject: Captain Leonard S Tawes	No image URL.	View
	3	8888.0048.0000.00	documents	Ephraim Price Collection:The bulk of the Womac		Range, Cir 01/01/1843 - 12/31/1891		Ephraim Price Collection:The bulk of the Womack collection is comprised of receipts and bills from Maryland Merchants to Captain Ephraim Price of Dorchester County, MD, Capt. R.K Forrest, and miscellaneous Maryland vessel captains. A wide variety of Baltimore, Salisbury, and Crisfield companies are represented in the collection. Also included are numerous county and state tax bills, vessel measurement certificates, oyster harvesting licenses, an orphan court document, an estate settlement, a marriage license, and miscellaneous correspondence. The records cover the years 1843 to 1891.Biographical BackgroundMr. Winslow Womack, who originally obtained the records from Mr. Tony Severn, donated the collection to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in April 1996.For further information, see vertical files: Baltimore--History, Baltimore, MD, Boatbuilding--Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay--History, Crisfield, MD, Deal Island, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Eastern Shore History, Maryland--History, Oyster Harvesting, Oyster Dredging, Oyster Industry, Salisbury, MD, Seafood, Shipping and Shipping Trades, and Shipyards.SubjectsMaryland Ship Chandlers, Marine Railways, Clothing Companies, Drug & Medicine Companies, Groceries, Ship Carpenters; Maryland County and State Tax Records; Maryland Orphan Records; Maryland Vessel Measurement Records; Maryland Marriage Records; Seafood Industry--Chesapeake Bay; Oyster Industry--Chesapeake Bay; Baltimore--History; Crisfield, MD--History; Salisbury, MD--History, Long Island Co., MD--History; Dorchester Co., MD--History; Deals Island, MD--History; Hollands Island, MD--HistoryCompanies Represented in the Collection:Ballard & Hooper, Baltimore, MDBeacham & Bro., Baltimore, MDChrisfield Marine Railways, Crisfield, MDC.O. Dougherty & Bro., Manufacturers of Patent Cranks and Dredges, and Other Smith Work, Crisfield, MDDougherty, Sterling & Co., Dealers in Stoves, Tinware, Hardware, Cutlery, House Furnishing Goods, Etc., Crisfield, MDEdward V. Zirkel, Dealer in Mens' and Boys' Clothing, Crisfield, MDE.E. Jackson & Co., City UnknownGeorge Mene? & Son, City UnknownHazzard Brothers, Baltimore, MDJames C. Causey, Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Ready-made Clothing, and General Merchandise, Deals Island, MDCompanies Represented in the Collection (Continued):Jas. E. Richardson, Manufacturer of Sails, Flags, Tents, Plain and Fancy Awnings, Crisfield, MDJohn Henderson & Co., Ship Chandlers & Manufacturers of Patent Cordage, Baltimore, MDJohn M. & Wm. E. Bartlett, Jr., Dealers in Drugs and Medicines, Baltimore, MDJ.W. Disharoon, Groceries and Provisions, Crisfield, MDMaltby & Co. [Fragment], ?Commission Merchants, Baltimore, MD?Milbourn Adams & ?, Baltimore, MDRobert Knight, Produce Dealer and Commission Merchant, Baltimore, MDSamuel Mass, Manufacturer of Cedar-Ware, Baltimore, MDS. Frank Toadvine, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Flour, Etc., Salisbury, MD Starler? & Company, Baltimore, MDVandegrift & Dougherty [Dougherty, Sterling, & Co.], Dealers in Stoves, Tinware, Hardware, Cutlery, House Furnishing Goods, Etc., Crisfield MDW.C. Bennett, Dealers in General Merchandise, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Etc., Hollands Island, MDW.S. Croswell, Ship Carpenter, Crisfield, MDVessels Represented in the CollectionPungy, DoveSchooner Elizabeth Ann, Capt. Ephraim PriceSteamer ExpressSchooner Four SistersSchooner Mamie & Lillie, Capt. R.K. ForrestNote: Names throughout this listing are spelled as given in the records, despite variations. For example, Ephraim was spelled at least four different way: Ephragm, Ephraim, Ephriam, and Ephram. Despite such spelling variations, no attempt was made to standardize any particular proper name in the collection--they are recorded as given in the original documents. Subject: Capt Ephraim Price	No image URL.	View
	4	8888.0044.0000	documents	Oystering Ephemera Collection				An artificial manuscript collection of materials relating to the oyster industry in the Chesapeake Bay there are 2 series in this collection from different sources.<br /><br />The Series 1 collection consists mostly of letterheads, billheads, price lists, trade cards, labels, and related items, including correspondence for a large number of oyster and seafood packing houses, some of which also dealt with fruit packing. Many of these companies were based in Baltimore, Maryland, but packers in Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are also represented. Other items in the collection include envelopes, checks, mailing tags, receipts, advertisements, recipe booklets, and ledgers.<br /><br />The Series 2 collection includes photographs and stereoviews, oyster advertising material, restaurant menus, trade cards, comics, sheet music, post cards, business receipts, and books/booklets. The collection is organized by category, Chesapeake related, and general oyster material and was collected by Michele and Clifford Krainik.		View
	5	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
	6	2018.0016.0001	log canoe	log canoe Glide	Skinner, Washington Hammond	Circa 1864	Dorchester - Eastern Shore - MARYLAND	Log canoe, Glide, attributted to Washington Hammond Skinner of Dorchester County, c. 1864 and believed to be the oldest surviving log canoe. Length approx. 20 feet on deck, breadth 4 feet, 10 inches. Built of three pine logs, tenon fastened. Complete with 2 masts, 2 spirits, sails by Downes Curtis, rudder and tiller. <br />		View
	7	1991.0009.0001.00	models	Model of Floating Theater James Adams made by CBMM volunteers	Holland, John R __Designer	Range, Cir 12/01/1990 - 03/01/1991		Model of Floating Theater James Adams made by CBMM volunteers durning the winter of 1990-91. Model made to a scale of 14': 1 foot, based on plans drawn up by John R. Holland of Jay Benford Associates of St. Michaels. Holland drew the plans from existing dimensions and photographs. Model was made to conform to the Theatre's appearance in 1918, while it still had the full length balcony and shutters. Model is made mainly of scratch built material with the exception of the siding. Some of the deck fittings are widow shutters. <br /><br />Names of Model Makers: Maurice Dashiel, Grasenville; Marilyn and Bob Mason, Bozman; Eugene Guthrie, Easton; Jacque Baker, Easton; Paul Walbridge, Trappe; Ashley and Bruce Summers, Tunis Mills; Bob Robert, Easton; Ray Stewart, Norman Stewart, Royal Oak; Bill Stagg, Easton; Seymour.		View
	8	1964.0005.0001.00	models	Rigged model, case and stand. sch USS ENTERPRISE	Gibson, R H __Creator	Exact 01/01/1956 -		Full model, case and stand. USS ENTERPRISE. Excellent quality and condition. Model after Antoine Roux's sketch 1806, and lines of "Vixen" in Chapelle's "Sailing Navy" by R. Hammond Gibson.		View
	9	1964.0005.0002.00	models	Full model, case and stand. schooner USS NAUTILUS.	Gibson, R H __Creator	Exact 01/01/1956 -		Full model, case and stand. USS NAUTILUS. Excellent quality and condition. 3/16" scale model by R. Hammond Gibson.		View
	10	1964.0005.0003.00	models	Full model of the brig JOHN GILPIN		Circa 01/01/1964 -		Full model of the brig JOHN GILPIN. Made of wood. Condition: fair.		View
	11	8888.0095.0000.00	oral histories	Jno. Burns Oyster Account Book				Jno. Burns Oyster Account Book	No image URL.	View
	12	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
	13	0000.1290.0473.00	photographic prints	Schooner John D. Williams				Schooner John D. Williams built 1873 Kennebunk, ME 147.6 x 35.0 x 16.3 542.14 gross. Cargo sailing ships at dock on Quinnipiac river (slightly above New Haven Harbor) Photo taken about 1895. City: New Haven, CT CreditL from Harry B. Adam, 200 Yale University, New Haven, Conn.	No image URL.	View
	14	0000.1100	photographs	Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1976) Photo Collection		1890-1970		This is a collection of many photographs, which have not been cataloged individually. Please review the attachments for specific information on the images. <br /><br />Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1976) Photo Collections (1890s--1970s) Biographical Background: Herman Hollerith, Jr. was born in 1892 at 3112 Q St., Georgetown, District of Columbia to Herman Hollerith, Sr. and Lucia Talcott Hollerith. His father invented the punch-card tabulating machine. He sold his company in 1911 to a firm that later became IBM. Other Hollerith children were Nan, Richard, Charles, Virginia and Lucia. The family lived in Georgetown, Garret Park and Montgomery County. In 1908 they bought a summer home in Mathews County, Virginia named Brighton. They spent their summers at Brighton from 1909. The family had a number of boats which were kept at Brighton: a New England dory named LUVINA; a flat bottomed power workboat named BRIGHTON; a 45 foot, gas powered yacht named REGINA, which was later renamed LUVINA and later still renamed MATOAKA, and an 85 foot vacht named LUVINA. The name Luvina was derived from the three daughter's names, Lucia, Virginia and Nan. Herman Hollerith, Jr. attended Worchester Polytechnic College with his borther, Charles, and received an engineering degree in 1917. He worked at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, and then at the Victor Talking Maching Company, where he was chief engineer and production engineer. During this time he lived in Riverton and Moorestown, New Jersey. He quit the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1928 when it was purchased by RCA. From 1932-1936 Hollerith was president of the Virginia Navigation Company and operated a small passenger steamer under contract to a large corporation. From 1936-39 he did not work during the Depression. In 1939 he moved to Baltimore to work for the Glenn L. Martin Company where he was involved in building airplanes during WWII. Hollerith worked until he was 69 years old. He was married twice. He and Sarah Valentine Fox had four children and were divorced in 1936. In 1938 he married Elisabeth C. Guest. In 1954 he bought a house near Oxford, Maryland and retired there in 1961. Hollerith was active in the early days ofnthe Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and was instrumental in the move of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse to the grounds. Hollerith had a love for boats and owned the ERIC, launched in 1925, until his death. This sailboat was an Atkins design based on a Norwegian ketch. ERIC was the prototype of the Westsai1 32. Hollerith died in 1976. For more information about the Hollerith family researchers should consult: HERMAN HOLLERITH: FORGOTTEN GIANT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING, by Geoffrey D. Austrian; NY: 1982, Columbia University Press. Scope and Content: This collection consists of photos taken or collected by Hollerith. The bulk of photos were taken by Hollerith of scenes from 1915-1940. They feature steamboat and sailboat scenes on the lower Chesapeake. Many of the photos were taken on cruises around Mathews County, Va. Some photos (especially M series negatives) were collected by Hollerith and taken by his father and brothers. The photos depict the agriculture life of the lower western shore and often show the introduction of power. Many of these photos have been published. The water was an important focus for life in Brighton. Mrs. Elisabeth Hollerith supplied a quote from Hollerith about life in Brighton: We did everything by boat, used the daily steamer from Norfolk for transportation to and from Washington and for most supplies including ice. Met the steamer at one of the wharves on the East River each day to pick up mail, visiting friends, etc. The roads were so bad we rarely went inland. Went to church and to visit our friends in a motor boat. In addition to the following subject indices, the researcher should note that Hollerith had his own subject indices. These are available to researchers and especially useful in looking for boat names. They are stored with the negatives. Subjects:Airplanes; Caribbean; C & D Canal; Eastern Shore; Hollerith, Herman, Jr.; Log canoes; Mathews county, Va.; Old Point Comfort, Va.; Sailboats, commercial; Seafood Industry; Steamboats, Chesapeake Bay; Washington, DC; workboats, Chesapeake Bay. Subject: Herman Hollerith Jr		View
	15	8888.0136.0000.00	records (documents)	Gray and Waller Packing Co Records, 1900-1940s		1900-1940		Scope and Content: The collection consists primarily of ledgers related to the companies operation and supples. Payments to oystermen, crabbers, and shuckers are noted by individual name. Some ledgers have widely mixed dates, which appear to be the result of "available space" ( if a particular year ledger was filled or not readily available, another year's ledger, with unused pages, was used). Contracts and agreements are also included on some ledger pages. <br />Additional loose materials include calculations and work sheets, (later transferred to the ledger and usually un-dated), letters from venders, shipping forms, personal letters, advertisements, government letters pertaining to requests for development of oyster grounds, and Corp of Engineers regulations. <br />Biographical/Historical Note: The materials in this collection were purchased at Dixon's Auction, Crumpton, Md. circa 2012. The book " Elliott's Island: the land that time forgot" ( A.M.Foley and Freddie T. Waller, 1999, Dogwood Ridge Books, Elliott, Md) notes that Gray and Waller was one of several shucking houses on the island. The book notes that the business was operated by James Prettyman Gray and his brother-in-law Thomas "Monk" Waller at the Low-er Creek from around 1917 to 1925. Foley and Waller indicate that the company was known primarily as an oyster house although records show wholesale crabmeat shipments to Baltimore. Records contained in these ledgers also show fur trapping, fish and seasonal fruit and vegetable packaging and shipments , although these appear to represent a minor endeavor compared to oysters and crabs. The Elliott's Island book provides a very limited description of this company. In 1925 Prettyman Gray attempted to sell the company to brothers Joseph, Ira, and Carl, but the sale was not completed. The book notes, "Eight years later the shucking house, long since idle, was washed out by the August Storm of 1933. Ira and Joe Gray picked up the pieces from the mouth of McCready Creek, trucked them home to Gate Point, and built I. Gray and Bro., a shucking house which em-ployed a number of local shuckers, including Phyllis Gray, Bertie Gray, Gertie Gray, and Elsie Woodland ( the ledgers include activity and payment to these and other workers). The brothers owned private oysterbeds (sic) off from Gates Point and Joe Gray owned the buyboat Lucky Lindy with which to supply the business" ( El-liott's Island, pp. 114-115).<br />The ledger entries end in the 1940's although the Elliott Bros. crabhouse continued under new ownership. Ches-ter and Jean Martinek ran the operation until it burned in 1962. Although Foley and Waller note the business was idle sometime during the period from 1925 to 1933, the ledgers indicate a variety of continuing operations.<br />4 boxes	No image URL.	View
	16	2018.0016.0002.00	schooners (model)	Model, schooner A.H Schulz				Model. schooner A.H Schulz probably made by Harry Edger of Cambridge, later restored by John T. Adams, Sr.: made from old topmast of schooner A.H Schulz.		View
	17	2020.0013.0001	skiffs, crabbing	Crab Skiff	Parks, Charles H.	circa 1928	Fishing Creek - MD	Crab skiff built by Charles H. Parks and used to harvest peeler crabs out of Hooper Island. Charles H. Parks opperated a seafood packing house till the 1960s.		View
	18	1985.0005.0001.00	steering wheels	Wood steering wheel reportedly from the sidewheel				Wood steering wheel reportedly from the sidewheel paddle steamer RIVER QUEEN. The wheel has 10 spokes connected to the metal brass hub. On the outer ring there are 10 inlaid metal stars and 10 inlaid wood diamonds. The RIVER QUEEN was built in 1864 and was used by President Lincoln during the Civil War. Condition: The ends of 3 spokes are loose and had been repaired at an earlier time, heavily varnished & discolored. Material: Oak? with metal hub, brass.		View