Messenger

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results

Type: Skipjack

Year: 1975

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These records are found in the collection of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. Uncurated search results are presented to give researchers and interested readers an idea of whether CBMM’s archives contain information about this vessel and whether it may be worthwhile to contact CBMM for further investigation. Uncurated results may be inaccurate or incomplete.

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Fetch?	Row ID	Catalog #	Object Name	Title	Artist/Maker	Date Made	Place Made	Description	Full Image	CBMM Cat. Page
	1	8888.0077.0000.00	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
	2	2002.0050.0020.00	letterhead	Letter to Phillip Weaver by messenger (unreadable)		Exact 12/20/1900 -	No Address - Madison - Dorchester - Madison Bay, Little Chopt - Eastern Shore - MD	Letter to Phillip Weaver by messenger (unreadable) to 'send a tug at once will be ready for you' from Joseph W. Brooks & Son. Letter written on Jos W. Brooks & Son letterhead; 'Shipbuilders and Proprietors of Marine Railway, Madison, MD'. Letterhead has black and white grahic of sailing ship UL.		View
	3	1964.0002.0004.01	ships plans	Bateau Messenger	Gibson, R H __Creator	Exact 01/01/1964 -		Plans for the Bateau Messenger, built circa 1900. Drawn by donor in 1964 for Talbot County Historical Society. Lines taken from Howard I. Chapelle. The boat is an open cockpit type deadrise. One set of Plans A-B. Plan A is the sheer, Outboard profile and sail plan. Plan B is the galf-breadth and body plan.	No image available	View
	4	1974.0046.0002.00	watercolor paintings	WATERCOLOR OF CLIPPER SHIP MESSENGER C1852 SIGNED	Tuffnell, E __Creator ||Tuffnell, E __Designer			WATERCOLOR OF CLIPPER SHIP MESSENGER C1852 SIGNED BY ARTIST, CDR. E. TUFFNELL, RN, BORN 1888. SHOWS HER REACHING WITH ALL PLAIN SAIL SET. Title: MESSENGER Materials: WATERCOLOR,BOARD Colors: POLYCHROME Negative #: N2011 R01		View