John W Bell

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	1	8888.0034.0000.00	documents	MS 34 Frank A. Moorshead, Sr. Papers, 1909, 193		Range, Cir 01/01/1934 - 12/31/1955		MS 34 Frank A. Moorshead, Sr. Papers, 1909, 1934-1955<CR>1 box<CR><CR>Background Information<CR><CR>Frank A. Moorshead, Sr. was a Philadelphia lawyer who enjoyed sailing yachts on the Chesapeake Bay. He owned the Kessie C. Price, built in 1888 at Rock Creek, MD. He corresponded with many Bay area marine historians and yachtsmen. Scope and ContentThis collection consists mainly of correspondence regarding yachting trips, sailing conditions, yacht clubs, and boats. Correspondents include Fessenden S. Blanchard, Marion V. Brewington, Robert Burgess, Davis Burroughs, Howard I. Chapelle, Paul Lane Ives, Lt. Col. John C. H. Lee, and W. B. Yarnall. Also included is a group of correspondence relating to the schooner Australia and its history, several logs from cruises taken on Kessie C. Price and Maria III, and miscellaneous news clippings and notes. General correspondence is arranged alphabeticallly by correspondent, and other materials are arranged chronologically where the date is known.	No image URL.	View
	2	8888.0016.0000.00	documents	Albert E. Brown and Bro Papers<CR><CR>The collection i	Brown, Albert __Creator	Exact 02/01/1988 -		Albert E. Brown and Bro Papers<CR><CR>The collection is comprised of some of the correspondence and business papers concerning the Brown's Sail Loft in Winona, Maryland. Included are many sail plans for work and recreational boats. These papers were retrieved by museum staff from the derelict sail loft with the permission of the owner. Many are damaged or, deteriorated.Biographical BackgroundAlbert E. Brown and Bro/ sail.1oft~:~was located at Wenona, on the southern tip of the island. The Loft was founded in 1870 by Capt. John Stubbs. In 1890 he was bought out by Henry Brown, born in England, and who served as a seaman in the Royal Navy. He learned the art of sailmaking when he came to the United States during the Civil War and joined the United States Navy.Henry constructed the present building. When he retired in 1919 his son Albert took over the sail loft. Albert's son Henry, in turn, started at the loft when he was 12 years old and took over the business in 1956. Henry G. Brown retired about 1980 and the building has stood empty ever since. In 1986 the old sail loft changed hands.In its heyday, the business was one-of the region's leading sailmakers and had a reputation for old-fashioned, quality workmanship. Orders for sails came from all across the country and from overseas.Scope and ContentThis material represents those papers that were salvagable and that remained in the sail loft after the business had closed. They give considerable insight into the operation of one of the country's most well-known sailmakers.The majority of the papers are correspondence written to the sail loft concerning orders for sails, frequently accompanied by a sail plan and an estimate. Of value are a number of sail plans for the oyster dredging fleet, that the loft kept on file for repeat orders, and letters concerning well-known Bay yachts. Many of these boats have long since disappeared. Sail Loft Amps (1923 - 1974)Brown Papers, p 2An index of boats is available.Correspondence was filed under boat name where it was known, and by correspondent's last name if-no specific boat was mentioned (except for one" design boats which are filed under class name).Other papers include"account books and miscellaneous business papers which provide an overview of 1"the finances of a traditional sailmaking business.Sub'ectsSailmaking Subject: Albert E. Brown and Bro.	No image URL.	View
	3	8888.0060.0000.00	documents	Feuchter Manuscript Collection	Feuchter, Louis J __Creator ||Feuchter, Walter J __Creator	1896-1992		A two part manuscript collection relating to Artists Louis J. and Walter J Feuchter. <br />The main focus is on Louis Feuchter including artwork with series two being about his brother Walter who is lesser known.	No image URL.	View
	4	8888.0030.0000.00	documents	John G. Earle Collection 1891-1987		Range, Exa 01/01/1891 - 12/31/1987		John G. Earle Collection 1891-1987<br />This collection is predominantly comprised of ships plans, including original designs and drafts made from existing ships by John G. Earle and his brother-in-law C. Lowndes Johnson. The collection also includes works by various naval architects and designers working throughout the early and middle twentieth century. In addition, the collection includes three scrapbooks comprised of newspaper clippings and other references to the architectural history of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.Biographical Background: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 were 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.Scope and Content:The collection, spanning close to one hundred years of maritime history, is definable by two large and predominant sections and is primarily composed of 245 ships plans. Specifically, the works of C. Lowndes Johnson and those done by Earle himself highlight the collection and are accented by the accumulated works of navalarchitects in contact with both Johnson and Earle throughout the twentieth century. Both Johnson and Earle engaged in taking lines off existing vessels and in the drafting of original designs, however, the majority of Johnson's works are original in nature and include the plans for the Comet Class sailboat. Whereas the works of Earle are largely composed of tracings and sketches of the Chesapeake's indigenous watercraft, both collections present a balance between the working vessels commonly associated with the Chesapeake(bugeyes, pungys. schooners, etc.) and the lesser known sailing yachts and skiffs which also made the Chesapeake's maritime landscape distinct. The accumulated works by other designers serve to broaden the range of the collection beyond the Chesapeake and include the works of naval architects such as William P. Gardner and Owen P. Merrill who worked in New York City. The collection also contains sailmaker's plans, although mostly unidentified and unlabeled, along with scrapbooks detailing the architectural history of the Eastern Shore and a small number of governmental documents concerning Chesapeake Bay vessels which serve to enhance the ships plans portion of the collection in terms of the overall maritime heritage of the region.	No image URL.	View
	5	8888.0181.0000	documents, electronic	The Delmarva Fox Squirrel in Dorchester County by Guy Willey	Willey, Guy ||Therres, Glenn	2002		Report by Guy Willey, biological technician at Blackwater NWR beginning in 1949, 2002, discussing the ecology of the Refuge area, hunting and trapping, his memories of changes to the forest and marsh and his role in the recovery of the endangered Delmarva Fox Squirrel. Edited by Glenn Therres, biologist, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Services (retired).<br />Photo by Guy Willey		View
	6	2022.0012.0025	drawings (visual works)	Somers Cove Lighthouse - Maryland	Moll, John B __Artist			Black and with drawing of the Somers Cove Lighthouse. The view of the lighthouse shows the lighthouse bell in the front and in the rear is one of the lighthouse boats hanging from its davits.		View
	7	2022.0012.0097	drawings (visual works)	Talbot Street - St. Michaels, Maryland	Moll, John B __Artist			Black and white drawing of a view looking down Talbot Street in St. Michaels. Halfway down the street are two churches, one on either side of the road. The bell towers of each church rise above the other buildings along the street. In the foreground on the right is a two story house with an addition on the right of the house. Along the roof line are three gables and the second floor has a balcony that extends along the second floor of the house.		View
	8	2022.0012.0098	drawings (visual works)	St. Luke's United Methodist Church - St. Michaels, Maryland	Moll, John B __Artist			Black and white drawing of the St. Lukes United Methodist Church in St. Michaels. The view is of the church from the right front and along the right side are the five large windows that stretch from the center of the building to the roof line. To the right of the main entrance is the church's sign and several large trees that are in bloom. A top the church towards the front is the bell tower.		View
	9	2003.0013.0001.01	log canoes (model)	BELLE M. CRANE	Lambdin, Robert D __Creator	Circa 1930		Log canoe model of the BELLE M. CRANE, but misspelled on bow "BELL M. CRAIN." Model has white topsides, red bottom, yellow cove stripe and bow sprit braces. Cotton sails, brown with age, two masts, jib boom, gull wing rig fore and main, one hiking board, and an oar, both in boat, cotton string for all lines, rudder, tiller. Interior painted an orange yellow; removeable chocks at both mast partners, centerboard pull, hatch cover over lazarette on skipper's seat. The model was built by Robert D. Lambdin (1849-1938) to represent the then-surviving log canoe, BELLE M. CRANE (built in 1879). Possibly made for owner of the canoe, Ruth Starr Rose, the only log canoe owner and skipper of her day. Model has cradle. Condition: Fair. Sails in disrepair, brown and holes: very fragile. Topside paint chipping. Cotton lines fragile. Sails located in CSA 7A2		View
	10	1994.0007.0001.00	oil paintings	Painting of the "Gloucester" by Otto Muhlenfeld, a	Muhlenfeld, Otto __Artist	Exact 01/01/1896 -		Painting of the "Gloucester" by Otto Muhlenfeld, a merchants & miners steamship Condition: good.		View
	11	0000.1295.1999.00	photographic print	Schooner John W. Bell at Long Dock, Baltimore		Range, Exa 01/01/1934 - 12/31/1934	Long Dock - Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD	Schooner John W. Bell at Long Dock, Baltimore; seen from starboard side; no topmasts; no foresail, other sails furled; yawl boat on davits. Possibly a cargo of lumber on dock, but hard to see it. For source, see 1295.0001	No image URL.	View
	12	0000.1295.1312.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell achored off West Point, VA			West Point - Lancaster - Corrottoman - Western Shore - VA	Schooner John W. Bell anchored off West Point, VA with a deck load of lumber. Dark copy print. No date. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	13	0000.1295.1313.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell tied up at Long Dock, Baltim		Exact 06/13/1934 -	Long Dock - Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD	Schooner John W. Bell tied up at Long Dock, Baltimore; seen from starboard side, main and jib furled; lumber barely visible on dock. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	14	0000.1295.1314.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell, stern view		Exact 06/13/1934 -	Long Dock - Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD	Schooner John W. Bell, stern view with yawl boat on davits; she is tied up at Long Dock, Baltimore;a little lumber barely visible on deck. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	15	0000.1295.1315.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Balt.		Exact 10/13/1935 -	Baltimore - Colgate Creek - Western Shore - MD	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Baltimore; foreward part of boat is under water; after deck and cabin above water; spars visible; For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	16	0000.1295.1316.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Balti		Exact 10/13/1935 -	Baltimore - Colgate Creek - Western Shore - MD	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Baltimore; foreward part of boat is under water; after deck and cabin above water; spars visible; For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	17	0000.1295.1317.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell's stern, partially sunk in C		Exact 10/13/0193 -	Baltimore - Colgate Creek - Western Shore - MD	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Baltimore; view of her stern, which is still above water; no sails, no yawl boat. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	18	0000.1295.1318.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Balti		Exact 10/13/1935 -		Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Baltimore; looking forward toward her cabin, which is still above water, but forward part of vessel in under water. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	19	0000.1295.1319.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek,		Exact 10/13/1935 -	Baltimore - Colgate Creek - Western Shore - MD	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Baltimore; looking aft on port side toward her cabin, which is still above water. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	20	0000.1295.1320.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Balti		Exact 10/13/1935 -	Baltimore - Colgate Creek - Western Shore - MD	schooner John W. Bell sunk in Colgate Creek, Baltimore; looking aft on starboard side toward her cabin, which is still above water. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	21	0000.1328.0241.00	photographic prints	Number 10 Light & bell Buoy	Moll, John B __Photographer			B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Number 10 light & bell buoy.	No image URL.	View
	22	0000.1328.0242.00	photographic prints	Number 10 Light & bell Buoy	Moll, John B __Photographer			B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Number 10 light & bell buoy.	No image URL.	View
	23	0000.1328.0243.00	photographic prints	Number 10 Light & Bell Buoy	Moll, John B __Photographer			B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Number 10 light & bell buoy.	No image URL.	View
	24	0000.1328.0377.00	photographic prints	Skipjack Lottie Bell tied up at wharf.	Moll, John B __Photographer			B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Skipjack, Lottie Bell, tied up at wharf. Bowsprit facing out. Also, transom of Wampie visible.	No image URL.	View
	25	0000.1290.0719.00	photographic prints	Schooner John W. Bell at Long Dock, Baltimore		Exact 06/13/1934 -	Long Dock - Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD	Schooner John W. Bell at Long Dock, Baltimore; she is seen from starboard side;some sails furled.	No image URL.	View
	26	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
	27	2000.0049.0001.00	sculpture (visual work)	Painted wooden silhouette of man skulling crabbing	Evans, Waverly __Creator	Circa 01/01/2000 -		Painted wooden silhouette of man skulling crabbing skiff with oar, dip net made from wire and plastic netting stowed under thwart, boat painted; red hull, white sides, turquoise interior, made by Waverly Evans Condition: excellent.		View
	28	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
	29	1997.0046.0001.00	ships logs	Log book of Albemarle	Forbes, William __Writer			Log book of the Navassa Phosphate Company's Chesapeake Bay sailing vessel (bark) Albemarle of Baltimore documenting voyages between Baltimore and Navassa Island for guano. 70 pages, stiff board covers with decorative paper in blue and brown. Smaller loose pages in back. Material: Paper, cotton binding, cardboard, ink. Presumably kept by Capt Wm Forbes, found in grandmothers attic (Glenda Harris)		View
	30	1977.0019.0001.00	ships plans	Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans	Marshall and Godfry, __Designer		Pratt St - Baltimore - MD	Compilation of Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans for various vessels. Marshall and Godfry were from Pratt St. Baltimore MD. Received by donor in 1936. Compilation is comprised of a canvas cover (stored in a separate folder) and 11 sheets. Compilation includes sail plans for the Schooner Oakland, Sloop Albatros, Three Masted Schooner Ella Barnes, Two Masted Schooner King George, Schooner Salisbury, Pungy Exchange, Topsail Schooner Ellie, Schooner Anna Belle, Schooner Queen Anne, Schooner Hester Ann, Schooner Commerce, Two Masted Schooner Pensacola, Two Masted Schooner Sea Bird, Two Masted Schooner Caledonia, Schooner Golden Rule, Schooner American Coaster, Schooner Edward Bennet, Schooner Florence Lee, Pungy William H. Vickery, Schooner Three Brothers, Pungy Mary Anna, Schooner Onward, Schooner Three Sisters, Yacht Mischief, Sloop Treasure, Schooner Anna G. Gale, Schooner Chesterfield. See 1977.0019.0002.00 for four additional sail plans belonging to this compilation. Material is canvas cover and paper.	No image URL.	View
	31	1977.0019.0002.00	ships plans	Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans	Marshall and Godfry, __Designer		Pratt St - Baltimore - MD	Compilation of Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans for various vessels. Marshall and Godfry were from Pratt St. Baltimore MD. Received by donor in 1936. Compilation has four sheets and includes sail plans for the Sloop Barbarana, Sloop Eva, Schooner Harry Moore, Sloop Kent Island, Two Masted Schooner North Carolina, Sloop Alexander McCullough, Schooner Thomas B Taylor, Schooner Bohemia, Schooner Alice, and Schooner Willie J. Gibson. See 1977.0019.0001.00 for canvas cover and remaining sail plans. Material is paper.	No image URL.	View