Nellie

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Type: Sloop

Year: 1886

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Location: Cambridge

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Fetch?	Row ID	Catalog #	Object Name	Title	Artist/Maker	Date Made	Place Made	Description	Full Image	CBMM Cat. Page
	1	8888.0076.0000.00	documents	Elmer Burrows Statements:The statements are co		Exact 03/16/1965 -		Elmer Burrows Statements:The statements are comprised of five pages of handwritten text clarified and expanded from three pages of interview notes from a conversation on March 16, 1965 between Terrence Burrows (age 68) and his uncle Elmer Burrows (age 89). Pages are stapled together and include a piece of notepaper from the Sheraton-Belvedere in Baltimore. Material was found in the vertical file and was originally given to the museum by Terrance Burrows, who transcribed them. Subjects include steamboats that ran to St. Michaels, boatbuilding and boatbuilders in St. Michaels, vessels owned at St. Michaels and some of their stories, harvesting oysters in the pre-motor days, working in the shipyards, and a list of some of the last vessels built by Thomas Kirby. Biographical BackgroundMr. Elmer Burrows, born 1875/1876, lived on Bodkin Island (3.5 nautical miles north of Claiborne) until he was 6 years old (1882). At this time the family moved to St. Michaels so he could enter school along with his brother Denny. In later years he worked a variety of jobs, including as a waterman dredging and tonging for oysters, as a caulker in Thomas Kirby's boatyard where he learned the trade in addition to sawing timber and other shipyard jobs, and as captain of the bugeye Anna Ellis hauling oysters and grain for owner Crit Harper. Vessels mentioned: Adelaide (log canoe) later Valiant LadyAnna Ellis (bugeye)Belle M. Crane (log canoe)Bohemia (schooner)C. C. Wheeler (schooner)Damascus (schooner)Dorchester (steamboat)Ella Cripps (schooner)Emma Giles (steamboat)Emma K. Reed (steam barge)Ernelia Price (pungy)George S. Cripps (schooner)George W. Lambdin (log canoe)Girty (log canoe)Gypsy (schooner)Harry P. Ford (pungy)John C. White (pungy)"Loon" [?] (ram schooner) Maggie Philips (schooner)Magic (log canoe)Martha Jones (schooner)Nellie White (steamboat)Olive (steamboat)R. A. Dodson (schooner)Sparkling Sea (pungy)St. Michaels (steamboat)Thomas Blades (bugeye)Valiant Lady (log canoe) ex-AdelaideWarden Evans (schooner)Weldon (pungy)Individuals mentioned:Burrows, Edwin (captain and owner of Thomas Blades)Burrows, Elmer (waterman, ship carpenter, captain)Burrows, Girty (wife of Elmer)Burrows, Terrence (deepwater sailor, log canoe owner, nephew of Elmer)Burrows, William (waterman, father of Elmer)Caldwell, Thomas (African-American preacher)Calk, George (oyster packer)Cox, Daniel (boatbuilder)Galloway, ? (captain of Warden Evans)Harper, Crit (owner of Anna Ellis)Johns, Lev (boatbuilder)Jones, Jack (captain)Jones, Ned (owner, captain of Sparkling Sea)Kirby, Thomas (boatbuilder)Lambdin, George W. (boatbuilder, son of Robert)Lambdin, Robert Sr. (boatbuilder)Shanahan, Samuel (owner of Valiant Lady)Shockley, ? (captain and owner of Weldon)Shores, Elmer (captain of Maggie Philips)Spurry, Frank (farmer?)Tarr, Charles (boatbuilder)Tyler, George (captain of Harry P. Ford)Wilson, Robert (owner of Magic in 1965)Coffin, Greenbury (boatbuilder)Blades, Samuel (boatbuilder) Subject: Elmer Burrows	No image URL.	View
	2	8888.0023.0000.00	documents	Roy W. Rafter (1925- ) Marine Police Collection		Range, Cir 01/01/1917 - 12/31/1968		Roy W. Rafter (1925- ) Marine Police Collection<CR>(1917-1968)The collection is comprised of copies of documents and correspondence, with miscellaneous news clippings and publications. The folders of loose copy photos are included.Biographical BackgroundRoy W. Rafter was born August 2, 1925 in Hagerstown, Maryland. After service in the U. S. Navy (1943-46), he attended the Maryland University Law Enforcement Institute and joined the Maryland Marine Police. Rafter worked his way up to Commander of the Maryland Marine Police and eventually returned to Chester, Maryland where he lives today.Scope and ContentAlthough most of the material in this collection is copied from the originals, it represents a considerable amount of information on the Maryland Oyster Navy and its later successor, the Maryland Marine Police. The photographs of the powerboats used by the state probably comprise the largest collection in existence. The collection of newspaper articles relating to the activities of the marine police mostly in the 1960s is quite extensive.SubjectsMaryland Oyster Navy and its successors.	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	0000.1295.1574.00	photographic prints	Schooner Nellie Jackson at Montford Yard, Baltimor		Exact 09/03/1933 -	Montford Yard - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Nellie Jackson tied up at Montford Yard, Baltimore, with schooner Thomas A. Jones in background. Nelllie Jackson is seen from starboard side. Sails furled. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	5	0000.1290.0733.00	photographic prints	Schooner Nellie Jackson, foreground, & schooner Th		Exact 09/03/1933 -		Schooner Nellie Jackson in foreground, "schooner Thomas A. Jones and power boat Normandie at left. " Jackson seen from starboard side, other vessels partially obscured by Jackson.	No image URL.	View
	6	0000.0901.1350.00	photographs	SCHOONER "NELLIE T WALTERS" ENTERING (OR LEAVING)	McClean, Parker __Photographer			SCHOONER "NELLIE T WALTERS" ENTERING (OR LEAVING) SLIP.; From old Remarks field: SCHOONER SECTION. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS	No image URL.	View
	7	0000.0901.1487.00	photographs	SCHOONER "NELLIE T. WALTERS" AT ANCHOR.; From old				SCHOONER "NELLIE T. WALTERS" AT ANCHOR.; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS	No image URL.	View
	8	2006.0033.0002.00	railings	Timber from wreck of Nellie Bly				Small timber from wreck of schooner Nellie Bly found near mouth of Blackwalnut Creek. Engraved silver nameplate reads: "From the wreck of the schooner "NELLIE BLY" Black Walnut Cove, Tilghman, Maryland."		View
	9	1964.0002.0020.01	ships plans	Three Masted Centerboard Schooner Nellie S Pickering	Gibson, R H __Creator	Exact 01/01/1964 -		Plans for the Three Masted Centerboard Schooner Nellie S Pickering, designed for the lumber trade, similar to those built at Sharptown and Baltimore MD. Drawn by donor in 1964 for Talbot County Historical Society. Lines taken from Chapelle in Smithsonian Catalogue. One set of Plans A-B. Plan A is the outboard profile and sail plan. Plan B is the half-breadth with deck plan and body plan. Material is pencil on paper.	No image available	View