Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Tug
Year: 1901
Builder: Joseph W Brooks
Location: Madison
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Chesapeake Bay by the United States Coastal Survey, 1881
1881
Chart, Chesapeake Bay by the United States Coastal Survey, published 1881. Has some markings from use. <br />Chart reads "United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Sketch Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section No. III
"Jenny Norman's signature round bugeye stern. Work in progress." Shows frames, battens and some planking; framing up shot in Jim Richardson's boatyard shed.
"Back row: Irene & Lucille Parks; Doris Etters Martha Parks, Evelyn Jones (?); Mary Parks Joyce Parks Panel - Art Progress - Print Media Drug Stores Phila. New Year's Day 1939"; they are standing before a front door of a house; no place.
Background: Richards Thorn Miller was born January 31, 1918. He attended the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, graduating in 1940 with a BS degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. He received his Professional degree of Naval Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1951. He served in the US Navy from 1941 until 1968 when he retired with the rank of Captain. He worked in both the design and engineering departments. After retiring from the Navy he went on to work with the Oceanic division of Westinghouse Electrical Corporation as an engineering manager and an advisory engineer. He also served as a consultant to other firms. Captain Miller co-authored Sailing Yacht Design in 1965 with R. G. Henry, Jr. In 1968 he entered the Legion of Merit of the US Navy for ship design work. In 1974 he co-founded the Chesapeake Bay Sailing Yacht Symposia.<br /><br />Scope and Content: This manuscript collection houses a gathering of work related to Captain Miller's career. It holds notes and workbooks for various ships or jobs and also plans and lines for those ships and others. It also has assorted drafts of papers and lectures he wrote and delivered throughout his career. There are articles he published along with the comments he received for them. The collection also provides the correspondences he kept with clients, buyers, employers, and friends; there are both personal and business exchanges.
Howard I. Chapelle Research complied by Dr. Joann King<CR><CR>This collection is composed of Joann King's personal research notes as she prepared her doctoral dissertation about the life and work of Howard I. Chapelle. Correspondence between Chapelle and various individuals regarding ship building, his publications, his work at the Smithsonian Institution, as well as personal matters are included. Also included are letters between King and Chapelle's wife, Zayma and stepdaughter, Anne, as well as correspondence with many other individuals seeking specific biographical information about him. Chapelle's publications, book reviews written about his works, various newspaper and magazine articles discussing his work, thorough information regarding the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey (HAMMS), and other miscellaneous research materials used for King's dissertation are also found in this collection.Background InformationHoward I. Chapelle (1901-1975) was born in Massachusetts and briefly attended the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, but received no more professional training or education. In the 1930s he started his own business of designing small craft including fishing boats and yachts. As the Great Depression continued, Chapelle became the New England regional director of the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey (HAMMS), a Works Progress Administration program designed to record vital information and plans of historic ships throughout the United States. During World War II, Chapelle was a Captain in the U.S. Army and worked in the Office of the Chief of Transportation. In 1950 Chapelle received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study American Naval Architecture at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. In the mid 1950s, Chapelle lived briefly in Turkey and worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as a consultant on fishing boat design. In 1957, Chapelle began working at the Smithsonian Institution as the Curator of Transportation. He retired from the Smithsonian in 1971, but continued to write, design ships, and receive mail from boat builders seeking his professional opinion until his death. Throughout his career, Chapelle published a dozen books and numerous articles regarding boat building, and histories and in-depth information regarding certain craft. Wife, Alice Zayma Chapelle (now deceased), and stepdaughter Anne Appleton survived him. In 1983, Joann King, a PhD candidate at the George Washington University contacted Zayma Chapelle, informing her that she would be writing her dissertation about the life and work of her late husband, Howard I. Chapelle. The above biographical information about Chapelle is directly taken from King's research materials that she donated to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in May 2002.For material collected directly from Howard I. Chapelle, see the Howard I. Chapelle manuscript collection (MS 1). SubjectsAnne AppletonAlice Zayma ChapelleHoward I. ChapelleFood and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsHistoric American Merchant Marine Survey (HAMMS)Joann KingDr. Philip LundebergJames B. Richardson (boatbuilder)Charles F. SayleEric J. SteinleinJames HoltFrank TaylorSmithsonian Institution (Department of Transportation)The American NeptuneThe Mariner's MirrorWebb Institute of Naval ArchitectureWorks Progress AdministrationHoward I. Chapelle's publications found in the collection:"A Minimum Cost Boat" (1952?)"Iron and Wooden Boats" (date unknown)"Report to the Government of Turkey on Fishing Boats" (1957)Howard I. Chapelle's publications not included in the collection: (although referenced)The Baltimore Clipper (1930)The History of American Sailing Ships (1935)(Old) American Sailing Craft (1936)The History of the American Sailing Navy (1949)American Small Sailing Craft, their design, development, and construction (1951)Boatbuilding Yacht Designing and PlanningThe National Watercraft Collection (1960)"The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A study for a scale model" (1961)"The Migrations of an American boat type" (1961)The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (1964)The Search for Speed Under Sail (1968)The Constellation Question (1970)The American Fishing Schooner Subject: Webb Institute Subject: Ann Appleton Subject: Alice Z Chapelle Subject: Howard I Chapelle Subject: Eric J Steinlein
Collection of letters, documents, and legal papers
Range, Cir 01/01/1798 - 12/31/1900
Part of this collection is on CSC 16B1.Collection of letters, documents, and legal papers relating to the schooners Hunter and Fly:The majority of this collection is composed of correspondence between various parties. Included are letters written to Henry Stouffer, a co-owner of the schooners Hunter and Fly from supercargo and co-owner Andrew Wallace; letters between John Stouffer, the son of Henry Stouffer, and James H. Causten, an insurance broker; as well as several miscellaneous letters. Also included are bills of lading, current account and insurance information, yearly financial transactions, and goods purchased all relating to the aforementioned schooners. Three original manuscripts were typescript by an unknown source and are undated, yet they too appear in the collection together with their originals. There are also two typescripts that do not have manuscripts included in the collection. This collection spans the years 1798 to 1900. Background InformationThe Quasi-War (1798-1801) pitted France and the United States against one another in a power struggle for trade in the West Indies. The French confiscated hundreds of American merchant ships during the war. After the war ended, ship owners began to file claims to Congress in order to seek compensation for their lost vessels and cargo. These claims are known as the French spoliation claims.The Fly was one such vessel that was captured by the French in 1799 presumably near the island of St. Martins. The schooner was owned by Henry Stouffer, his business partner Closs, and Andrew Wallace. Henry Stouffer had begun the inquiry about the Fly in 1823; however, he died before any compensation was received. His son, John Stouffer, Esq., continued the inquiry in 1846 corresponding regularly with James H. Causten, presumably an insurance agent who was advising Stouffer in this matter. Although an included typescript document dated from 1886 indicates that the claims were given to attorneys John and David Stewart, the collection contains no evidence that Stouffer was able to receive compensation for his claim.Stouffer, Closs, and Wallace also owned the Hunter. In 1799 both the Hunter and the Fly began their journey to St. Thomas. Wallace was the supercargo or merchant representative aboard the Hunter and frequently wrote letters to Henry Stouffer remarking on progress, etc. It is presumed that the Hunter was not captured by the French as no spoliation claim was made on its behalf. SubjectsQuasi-War with France; French spoliation claimsIndividuals Represented in the CollectionCaptain Andrews (not known if Seth Andrews is the same person)Seth AndrewsNic(h)olas BowkerJames H. CaustenE.A. ClacknerCloss (business partner to Henry Stouffer, first name is unknown)Captain Comes (first name is unknown)Cook (of Hasham & Cook, first name is unknown)B. FowlerAndrew FinkinCaptain John G. GatchellSamuel H. GatchellSamuel H. Gatchell (Jr.)Sarah R. GatchellWilliam H. GatchellHonorable Giles (first name is unknown)J.(?) Morgan Gom (?)Eleanor M. Gresh (?)Hasham (of Hasham & Cook, first name is unknown)William JacobsHonorable Johnson (first name is unknown)George P. Keeport (private insurance office)Archibald KerrJohn C. LuttigWilliam B. MagruderDuncan McCullanMeyer (presumably business partner to John Luttig, first name is unknown)John M. MeyersCaptain Philips (first name is unknown)Patterson (of the house of Patterson)William PriceHenry StoufferJohn Stouffer, Esq.Thomas Tennant Andrew C. TrippeJames McC, TrippeWilliam VanWyck (of William VanWyck and Co.)Andrew WallaceThomas WearyVessels Represented in the CollectionSchooner AmeliaBrigantine BetseySchooner Bauford, Capt. ComesBrigantine CameliaSloop CharlesShip ColumbiaSchooner Fly, Capt. AndrewsShip HenryHiriam, Capt. BannermanSchooner Hunter, Capt. BowkerSchooner PatrickSchooner PollySchooner RepublicanBrigantine Rover Subject: Henry Stouffer Subject: Andrew Wallace
The papers of Howard I. Chapelle consist of notes, printed materials, articles by others, some plans and correspondence. Much of the material is not original, but is source material collected by Chapelle.<br /><br />The papers are divided into three basic sections: 1. Correspondence, 2. thematic folders, and 3. whole notebooks by Chapelle. Papers are arranged into the most specific topic heading as possible. However, a researcher would be advised to peruse the subject headings before beginning specific research.
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.
Storehouse requsition book from the "John M. Denni
Range, Exa 01/01/1947 - 12/31/1948
Storehouse requsition book from the "John M. Dennis". Condition: fair, worn, several pages removed rom front and back; back cover missing. Bound with staples and tape.
FIVE LOG CANOE, TILGHMAN STYLE. BUILT FOR SAILING,
Lambdin, Robert D __Creator
Range,Exac 01/01/1893 - 12/31/1893
FIVE LOG CANOE, TILGHMAN STYLE. BUILT FOR SAILING, HAD CENTERBOARD. MODIFIED FOR ENGINE USE, CENTERBOARD SLOT FILLED IN, C.1910. WHILE THIS BOAT HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT LAMBDIN, THE JOINERY WORK IS UNUSUAL; MORE LIKE CABINETRY; NOT SEEN IN OTHER LOG CANOES. <br /><br />Photo by Greg Hager, Photographer. <br /><br />Materials: WOOD (PINE) Colors: WHITE,RED,UNPAINTED WOOD <br />Place Made: ST. MICHAELS, MD Negative #: N1086 R1 Associated documents in CSC FF58.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Lighthouse Skiff Model
Thieler, Edward R
2005
A model display showing the progress of building a lighthouse skiff, in particular the one built for CBMM's lighthouse. The display includes to scale lofting plans, frame, planking and the final compeleted model. <br /><br />A model of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum lighthouse skiff. Wood is unpainted. Model is displayed with oars and other tools.
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.
Handcolored, US coastal survey, "Showing the Progress of the Survey in Section No. III" includes parts of NC, VA, MD, & DE. Condition: Fair, foxing along fold lines from previous folding, was also folded for shipping. Tears along top and left side.
Jim Richardson, left, and William A. Baker with hull of pinnace Dove in background at Richardson Boatyard . See article in Sail, Oct. 1978, in vertical file under Richardson, Jim. See 975.0341.01 for source, place, date, etc. Subject: James B Richardson Subject: Mr William A Baker<br />These photographs were taken by Robert De Gast during the construction of the Maryland Dove, in the 1970s, at Jim Richardson's Boatyard in Cambridge, Md.
Framed oil painting by Stewart White, “Building the Dove,†30x40â€, portraying construction of Maryland Dove at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum shipyard, with the Hooper Strait lighthouse in the background, painted during Plein Air Festival, July 2020
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.
Biography<CR>"Before coming to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1972, he lived overseas for three years in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In 1977 he published an article in The Nation on political corruption in state legislatures. In 1980 he received an Outstanding Maryland Writer Award from the Maryland Arts Council for his work in local history. His scholarly and free-lance articles have appeared in the Baltimore Sunday Sun Magazine, Maryland Historical Magazine, The New York Historical Society Quarterly, and The National Fisherman." <CR>Scope and Content<CR>The collection of documents from Mr. Jack Wennersten: Photographs and prints of oystering acts; photographs and prints of the oystering industry; newspaper clippings with articles corresponding to oystering related event; correspondence between Mr. Wennersten and others; and Chesapeake Railroad maps. <CR>Collection consists of 24 separate folders. <CR>Folder 1 Chesapeake Railroad Map<CR>Folder 2 Print of oyster shuckers in Oxford, 1891<CR>Folder 3 Five prints of various skipjacks, either at anchor or dredging<CR>Folder 4 Two prints of a hand wound winch<CR>Folder 5 Diagram showing relations between oyster harvesting and oyster legislation, 1810-1910<CR>Folder 6 One print, African-American watermen, 1930s<CR>Folder 7 One print, Sail maintenance at Salisbury, 1950<CR>Folder 8 Eight prints of various "fisherfolk,' map depicting Ocean City fishing camps, correspondence between Mr. Wennersten and Orlando Wooten, and envelope that reads "Fisher folk of Ocean City 1900"<CR>Folder 9 Line art depicting the dredging fleet in the 1870s or 1880s.<CR>Folder 10 Oyster advertisement, line art depicting oystering in progress, and a print of several sailing dredgers in connection with exhibition Oysters: Bay Boats and Big Business<CR>Folder 11 Ten prints depicting oyster police ships and the oyster police themselves. <CR>Folder 12 Two advertisements for oysters, one print of unidentified man, and an ink line drawing of an oysterman. <CR>Folder 13 Single print, Steamboat "Oyster," 1915<CR>Folder 14 Single print, Steamboat Corsica <CR>Folder 15 Single print, cartoon depicting the Oyster Wars, c. 1950s<CR>Folder 16 Two prints of photographs from Peter Tilghman of Crisfield c. 1890-1900, and newspaper articles elaborating upon them from 1981<CR>Folder 17 Three prints showing African-American oystermen, c. 1875-1890<CR>Folder 18 Two postcards of Pocomoke and Baltimore oystering <CR>Folder 19 One postcard of steamboat "Virginia" in Salisbury, two prints of oystering, and one print of gentlemen seated in a car. <CR>Folder 20 Two prints oyster boats in Baltimore. One print of Deal Island Watermen<CR>Folder 21 Eight prints of oyster shucking and canning. <CR>Folder 22 One print, Oyster buyboat "T.H. Anderson II"<CR>Folder 23 One print, oystering in winter<CR>Folder 24 One print, oysters shaped into a figure, Currier and Ives c. 1875<CR>Folder 25 Newspaper article, "Sailmaker at the end of the line, from April 29, 1966
Solomons Island. Tug being built at M.M. Davis yard
Hollerith, Herman Jr. __Photographer
1914
Solomons Island, Md
A view of the deck framing with two men looking at the progress. Another partially completed boat is moored behind the tug. Islands and other vessels are in the background.
African Americans fishing on a head boat; man in f
Voisin, Sarah L. __Photographer
Exact 01/01/2002 - 12/31/2002
African Americans fishing on a head boat; man in foreground is taking a fish off his hook. Caption in Washington Post reads, "Eldridge Merideth checks the progress of the fishermen on the Island Queen, who have come from Philadelphia. From left are Donald Allen, Jim Lewis, George Ford and his son Amos." See clipping in vertical file. We have the image in both color and black and white. Subject: Donald Allen Subject: Jim Lewis Subject: George Ford Subject: Amos Ford Subject: Eldridge Merideth
Similar view to 1101.0227 with the unloading of the container is in progress. Men are standing in the boats while men on the wharf are working the crane to unload the catch. The two women are observing.
Interior construction on the lower deck of the Patriot during the original build.
Jul-90
Interior construction on the lower deck of the Patriot. View looks towards the bar/serving area and stairs leading to the upper deck. Painting and electrical work in progress.
2 images, one on top is black and white real photo of train running on tracks. Bottom left corner is image of drawing of machine with text printed in black in *Courtesy of the B. & O. R. R.- Text below image is printed with type-writer *#11--7-4-1828.-- Date when, with parent & parade, the "first Stone" of America's pioneer "Rail Road" (The Baltimore & Ohio) was placed. Charles Carroll of Carollton assisting the Grand Lodge of Masons....from this same B.& O. Exhibit, in which these historic treasures seem a veritable bit of transplated Maryland* .VERSO: Large triangular stamp in blue ink on left side. At the center are ships in the water. Around the triangle is text *Charter Granted 6-20-1632. Colonists Sailed 11-22-1633. "Ark" and "Dove" landed 3-25-1634.* Below the triangle is text *1932 - Maryland Tercentenary - 1934 Three Hundred Years of History*. On the right side *Miss Gretchen Roese 1250 Sunset View Drive Akron Ohio* is printed in black ink by a typewriter. There is a post office stamp in black ink at the top center *U.S.RY POSTAL CAR EXHIBIT CHICAGO, ILL. JUL 4 1933 10 PM .* sTAMP OF *CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION* There is a one cent postage stamp of Chicago century of progress on the top right corner.
Color; wide view of Fort Ritchie, Maryland, parade grounds. "A command review in progress" printed on card back; five groups marching; grounds appear to be mown grass. Wooded Catoctin Mountains in background
2 Round sculptures made of newspaper created by Mama Girl. They have stems at on end and were meant to look like fruit. They are unpainted with the newsprint still showing. These sculptures were never completed by the artist
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)
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.
