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The Edward R. Thieler Collection at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
The Edward R. Thieler III Collection of workboat models at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) is a valuable resource for historians, builders, and owners of sailing and power workboats and gunning and recreational skiffs of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and the New Jersey coast.
Thieler built most of his models at a scale of 1:12 (one inch = one foot), large enough to display fine detail in both the boat design and the tools and accessories which show the working context of each boat.
Thieler’s models are historically accurate in the smallest detail. His careful research and detailed plans and notes reveal many aspects of the history and traditional use of each boat type. In many cases, he interviewed watermen who used these boats themselves, or whose fathers and grandfathers did. From them he learned about building materials and methods, sail rig, handling and working under sail, and tools and methods for oystering, crabbing, and fishing.
Thieler’s photos of the model building process are a valuable resource for the traditional builder who wishes to build an authentic full-size reproduction of any one of these workboats.
Text and photos are published here with permission from CBMM and Ed Thieler.
More Resources
CBMM Finding Aid for the Thieler Collection
Eastern Shore Sailing Workboats - "Thieler" search in this website
Chesapeake Bay Craft
Two-Sail Crabbing Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0001
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
“Cinnamon Girl” – The Last Two-Sail Crabbing Bateau
18 ft Two-Mast Sharpie – Chapelle’s Own Design
Crab Scrape Bateau Sarah May ex-Teddy
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0002
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
If it looks like a “mini Skipjack”, that’s a Crabbing Bateau
Hooper's Island Draketail Magnolia T.
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0003
Skipjack Helen T.
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0004
Image Coming Soon
Chesapeake Bay Modified Sharpie Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0009
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
The Chesapeake Bay sharpie “Caroline C.”
Sharpie Plans in the CBMM Collection
Modified Sharpies and Deadrise Skiffs – the Clapham Connection
Flattie Stick-up Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0010
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
Chesapeake Bay Flatties in the CBMM Collection
Sinepuxent Seaside Bateau
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0012
Bateau-Cruiser Sweepstakes
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0013
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
Sweepstakes – Chapelle’s own Crabbing Bateau
If it looks like a “mini Skipjack”, that’s a Crabbing Bateau
Little Choptank River Skiff (Two-Mast Stickup Skiff)
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0016
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
Two-Masted Stick-Up Flattie Model by Edward Thieler
Two-Masted Stickup Flattie – Historic Photos at CBMM
Two-Masted Stickup Flattie – Plans at CBMM
Chesapeake Bay Flatties in the CBMM Collection
Smith Island Power Crabbing Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0017
Jenkins Creeker-One Sail Bateau
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0019
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
If it looks like a “mini Skipjack”, that’s a Crabbing Bateau
Miles River Cabin Skiff Anna Virginia
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0020
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
Miles River Cabin Skiff “Anna Virginia” - Edward Thieler Model – Model Constructon and Completion Photos, Plans and Lofting, Research Notes
Everything Written About the Miles River Cabin Skiff
Smith Island Scrape Boat Dorothy May
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0021
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
If it looks like a “mini Skipjack”, that’s a Crabbing Bateau
Four Chesapeake Bay Boat Bottoms
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0022
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Smith Island Double-Ender Kakie B.
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0023
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Additional ESSW Articles:
Smith Island Double-Ender – “Kakie B”
Looking for an Eastern Shore Double-Ender
“Pep” – Smith Island Double-Ender at CMM
Floating Duck Blind
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0024
Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0025
Smith Island Outboard Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0026
Deadrise Sailing Skiff Lark
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0027
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Sailing Rowboat Widgeon
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0028
Online Archive - Thieler's Research, Documentation, Plans, and Photos of this Model
Sneakskiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0029
Delaware Bay & New Jersey Craft
Delaware Ducker
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0005
Biddle Railbird Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0006
Pond Boxes
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0007
Tuckerton Gunning Garvey Box
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0008
Barnegat Bay Sinkbox
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0011
New Jersey Sailing Garvey
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0014
Melon Seed Gunning Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0015
Sea Bright Skiff
CBMM Catalog #: 2022.0004.0018
CBMM Finding Aid MS 175 - Edward R. Thieler III Collection
This finding aid was produced by CBMM staff and volunteers to asssist researchers in finding topics and items of interest in the Thieler Collection, which is kept at the Norman & Ellen Plummer Center for Museum Collections on the CBMM campus. See information at the end of this article on how to schedule a visit to the Plummer Center to access the collection.
Dates: circa 1994 – 2022
Extent: Banker boxes – 4 (6 LF), document boxes – 2 (1 LF), media box with CD-ROMs and USB drives – 1 bag with 13 USB drives (n/a), 3 flat-file drawers of oversize folders (3 drawers)
Repository: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Biographical/ Historical Note
Dr. Edward R. (“Ed”) Thieler III (1937-), of Easton, MD. Ed is a retired orthopedic surgeon, builder of model boats, carver of figureheads and trailboards, 1990s through 2020s.
Thieler awards bronze medal and novice modeler award in Newport News Mariners’ Museum Competition in1995.
Descriptive Summary
Provenance/Acquisitions Information: Donated by longtime CBMM volunteer and master carver and model maker, Dr. Edward R. Thieler III: April 2022, DG2022.010, August 2022, DG2022.027
Scope and Content: Manuscripts, designs, drawings, plans, magazine and other media articles, binders of photographs, negatives, slides, and CD-ROMs, thumb drives, artifacts Language: English
Administrative Information
Processing Level: Complete
Organization of Collection: Boxes, folders, oversize folders, digital media
Access Restrictions: None
Related Collections: Boat models, 2022.0004
Finding Aid Created by: John D. Grabenstein, March-June 2023 Bibliographic References
• “Volunteer Profile: Ed Thieler,” by Bethany Ziegler, Chesapeake Log (CBMM) 2021 Winter p. 9.
Container List
Box 1
Binder 1: Spine labeled “Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Ship Model of the Skipjack Class Craft
Stanley Norman, Research Album Compiled by the Model Builder Dr. Edward Thieler of Oxford, Maryland, Exclusive Property of Dr. Thieler.” Some repetition of same material in Binder 2 and Binder 3, but more specifically labeled in Binder 1.
Skipjack Program: Pre-Trip Packet, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Index of Tabs:
1. Synopsis of the Stanley Norman model, 6 pages
2. Sketch book, 64 pages, index of 61 items
3. Study photos
4. Push boat plans
5. Model building photos 6. Model photos
7. Model delivery photos
8. Model at CBF [Chesapeake Bay Foundation] photos
9. Model reception photos
10. Earle articles + photos
11. History of Stanley Norman
12. Stanley Norman articles and pictures
13. Brochures
14. Trailboards
See Box 5, Folder 1, for loose papers originally in this binder.
Binder 2: Spine labeled “Stanley Norman Trailboards: Encasement + Delivery, Field Notes.”
Front cover labeled “Stanley Norman Trailboard: Ed Thieler, John Rodenhausen, Earl White, Dave Gelenter, Don Baugh”
MODEL:
• Spiral notebook: Stanley Norman, hand drawings. Reverse cover (inverted): Deck Camber: Rolling Hitch Ladder, drawings, notes, formulae.
• Punched paper (wire removed): “Stanley Norman: Drawings + Dimensions, derivation of A2+B2=C2, boardwalk drawing, schooners, ladders, drawings,” hand drawings and notes.
• Spiral notebook: “Stanley Norman: Notebook,” 66 components: hand drawings, notes.
• Color photos in plastic sleeves: complete model, transport to Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Annapolis, installation on site.
TRAILBOARDS:
• Description of Stanley Norman Trailboards, old and new.
• “Trailboard Carver,” by R H. Burgess, Chesapeake Circle (1965) pp 68-69.
• Black-and-white and color photos in plastic sleeves of trailboard carving and installation.
Binder 3: Spine labeled “Stanley Norman: Study Photos, Model Building Photos, Model
Photos, Misc Ches. Bay Photos”
• Hand drawings of artwork for Stanley Norman model, 3 pages
• “Farewell to the Admiral: The Chesapeake Bay loses long-time ally Earl White, by John Page Williams, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, October 2004, p. 24.
• Report, “The History of the Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, Stanley Norman, National Vessel Registration or Official Number 117187; Dredge License Number 60,” by Harry L. Latham, Jr., 31 March 2004, revised September 2004 by E. R. Thieler III, with serial list of owners.
• Color photos in sleeves of keelson rebuilding (2000-01), Stanley Norman events at marina (circa early 2000s), Earl White, push boat Silk (2002).
• Color photos in sleeves of wooden model boat Stanley Norman (starting with keel, 2002)
• Color printouts of metalworking of ship’s wheel and propeller, brass plaques of Stanley Norman (2003) and Earl C. White carving (sitting on hatch cover) by Gary A. Batte (2003).
• Color photos of Stanley Norman model at Thieler home (adjacent to model of Helen T.?), 2004
• Invitation to Chesapeake Bay Foundation reception dedicating scale model of Stanley Norman, December 8, 2004, Philip Merrill Environmental Center.
• Color photos of Ed Thieler and Earl White (and wife Ursula) at White home in Quantico, MD
• “A Rich Harvest of Experience,” by Mike Miron, Annapolis Magazine, October-November 2000, regarding Earl White
• “60 Years on the Bay with Earl White,” by Vincent O. Leggett, Blacks of the Chesapeake, DNR.state.md.us – NRBOC, February 27, 2004
• “The Skipjack Stanley Norman: Captain Ed Farley strives to keep a 100-year-old tradition alive,” by John Page Williams, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, undated, page numbers not visible.
• “Skipjack Stanley Norman starts another season of oystering,” Star-Democrat, November 2, 1982, pages 1A, 7A.
• “Earl White passes away,” Chesapeake Bay Foundation News Briefs, August 10, 2004
• “Storyteller on the Stanley Norman dies at 85,” Star-Democrat, August 12, 2004, pages 1A Chesapeake Bay Foundation News Briefs, August 10, 2004
• Earl White, other obituary clippings: Washington Post, Baltimore Sun • Color photos in plastic sleeves of Kathryn, Martha Lewis, and Hilda Willing.
• Color photos in plastic sleeves of Spritsail exhibits at unspecified museum.
• Color photos in plastic sleeves of unspecified two-masted tall ship
• Color photos in plastic sleeves of Crow Brothers
• Color photos in plastic sleeves of City of Crisfield at CBMM
See Box 5, Folder 2, for papers originally in this binder.
See Box 5, Folder 3, for photographic negatives originally in this binder.
Box 2
Binder 4, spine and front cover labeled Kakie B: Large and small models, Nautical Research
Journal Material; Lady Katie: Eagles + Trailboards; Jenny S + Karen N: Model, Vessel,
Presentation to Ted + Jennifer Stanley - September ‘98
• Brochures about Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Philip Merrill Environmental Center
• Kakie B Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff, descriptions, drawings, photos in sleeves, photographic negatives, circa 2000-2001
• Photos of Pep built by Calvert Mar. Museum, 1983, by Small Craft Guild
• Kakie B – essay and submission form for Nautical Research Journal (NRJ) Modelers’ Showcase
• Photos and photographic negatives: building Jenny S – Fox Island, VA, model, summer 1998.
• Photos of vessel Karen N – Bishops Head, MD
• Lady Katie: Photos of eagles and trailboards
See Box 5, Folder 4, for photographs and photo negatives originally in this binder.
See Box 5, Folder 5, for photographs of Kakie B: Essay, NRJ article, January 23, 2004
(NERO)
See Box 5, Folder 6, for photographs and negatives of Kakie B
See Media Box, for CD-ROM of Kakie B: Essay, NRJ article, January 23, 2004 (NERO)
Binder 5: spine labeled “Nellie L. Byrd Trailboards.” Slip of paper: A near duplicate of this volume was given to Penny Soteria – Ches. Bay Memories – on Nov 6, 2008
• History of Nellie L. Byrd and her trailboards by Thieler, 2 pages
• Photos in sleeves of trace boards at CBMM, September 2000; old original boards in Calvert Marine Museum, September 25-27, 2000. Fitting boards (Spanish cedar) at O.B.Y. (Oxford Boat Yard?)
• Photos labeled “The eagle Bart Murphy sold to CBMM—carved by Pepper Langly [sic, Langley] in exchange for ½ of the original at Calvert Mar. Mus.”
• Photos labeled “Making “Door-skin” plywood pattern, Dogwood Harbor, Tilghman, MD, September 16, 2000
• Photos labeled “Ed Thieler + Bart Murphy,” “Ed + Mike Hayden in skiff April 17, 2001”
• Photos labeled “Mamie Mister eagle, Nellie L. Byrd eagle, Thomas Clyde eagle, Mike Hayden + Ed Thieler”
• CBMM Deed of Gift, June 26, 2001, “Trailboards for the skipjack Nellie L. Byrd.”
Documentation of trailboards for Nellie L. Byrd carved by Ed Thieler Edward R. Thieler III donated to CBMM. These trailboards no longer at CBMM.
• Bill of Sale for 1911 Skipjack Nellie L. Byrd, sold by Penelope Soteria, Chesapeake Bay Memories Charities Inc. to Lawrence Michael Murphy and Kathy Lynn Murphy of Tilghman, MD, for $1.00, dated March 11, 2014. Notarized.
See Media Box, for CD-ROM, “Skipjack Nellie L. Byrd, 20 Nov 2005, Capt Darryl Larrimor) Haul-Out 5 Nov 2008 at Ches. Bay Memories Charities
Binder 6: spine labeled “Magnolia N.”
• Photographs in sleeves of vessel Magnolia T [sic], September 1994, annotated for structure and dimensions.
• Photographs in sleeves of vessel Dora (1929), September 1995, “tender to log canoe #16”
• Photographic slides 2x2” in sleeves, vessels Magnolia N, Lady Katie, Rose Ann
• Article: The Hooper Island Draketail by Ronald E. Lesher, Jr., The Weather Gauge, 1988
• Advertisement, Belkov Yacht Company (Annapolis): Hooper Island Draketail History, undated
• Newspaper clipping, obituary: Magnolia L. Cannon, died February 12, 1997
• Newspaper clipping, obituary: E. W. “Skip” Etchells, died December 23, 1998
• Hand drawings, Magnolia N, marked 1929, Cambridge, MD 1537 ET and MD 6304
AA
• Aerial photo, 30388 Barber Road, Trappe, MD
• Report, Chesapeake Section, Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers:
“Hooper Re-Born: The Modernization of the Traditional Hooper Island Drake Tail,” by Gary W. Van Tassel and Larry Belkov, October 21, 1992, 14 pages plus covers.
• Newspaper article: “Local man makes history in his day,” by Deborah Morris, regarding Jabe Tyler and Magnolia C, 1929
• Article: “The Life of a Hooper Island Boat,” by Bob Bauers, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, May 1982
• Spiral notebook of hand drawings labeled: “Sail Controls, Magnolia N
Measurements, Rob’s Core Photo Tray, Model Car, Helen T Name Plate and Glass Case, Swim Platform Bracket”
• Spiral notebook of hand drawings labeled: “Magnolia N”
See Media Box, for CD-ROMs (Copy A, Copy B): “Magnolia T. Chesapeake Bay Draketail, NRG 2015”
See Box 5, Folder 7, for List of Figure Captions – Magnolia T. NRG [Nautical Research Guild] 2015. Photographic Ship Model Competition & Review Entry Form 2015, model tug Torrent dimensions.
Box 3
Binder 7: spine labeled “Thomas Clyde, The Eagle”
• Photograph in sleeve of Thomas Clyde on Choptank River
• Photographs in sleeves of Thomas Clyde at Oxford Boatyard, September-October 1994. Interior notes “Chunks – on loan to Helen T. Ches. Bay Skipjack Notebook” and “Mast Head Fitting Photo in Helen T. Book.”
• Newspaper article, “Skipjack Thomas Clyde a new boat,” by Rick Archer, November 6, 1994
• Close-up photographs of eagle
• Photographic slides 2x2” in sleeves, photographic negatives, of Thomas Clyde
• Roster of owner Lawrence Murphy, chief builder and supervisor Jimmy Murphy, and others
See Box 5, Folder 8 for photographic negatives
Binder 8: spine labeled “Helen T., Chesapeake Bay Skipjack.” Front cover shows display plaque for “Chesapeake Bay Skipjack.”
• Helen T. Background Notes, regarding model on display at Newport News Mariners
Museum May 1995—October 1995
• Photographs in sleeves of Helen T. model and vessel Stanley Norman and various other vessels
• Display placard: “Helen T. … Category Scratchbuilt Small Craft. Actually based on the plans of the well-known skipjack Willie L. Bennett, this model is named for the modelmaker’s wife.” Markers: “Bronze Medal” and “Novice Award: Best first or second model by its builder.”
• Photographic slides, various vessels
• “The Art of the Ship Modeler,” with photo of Helen T., in Sea History, national
Maritime Historical Society, Autumn 1995
• Thieler letter to Karen on safe return home, November 1995
• Certificate of Novice Award, June 1995, list of awardees, critique by judges
See Box 5, Folder 9, for Mariners’ Pipe, Fall 1995. Letter and ship profile regarding M/V Commander, Nov 1995. Letter and catalog from Mariners Museum regarding appraisers and competitions, October 1994.
Binder 9, spine labeled “Helen T., Newport News Maritime Museum, Dorothy May.” • Photographs in sleeves of Helen T. model, May 1995
• Photographs in sleeves of (radio-controlled?) Dorothy May model, 1995 • Photographic negatives in sleeves
See Box 5, Folder 10, for repackaged photographic negatives in sleeves
Binder 10, spine labeled “Skipjacks”
• Photographs in sleeves of Maggie Lee, Stanley Norman, Hilda Willing, Nellie L. Byrd, Nathan of Dorchester, Lady Katie, Mary Stewart, Kathryn, and other vessels
• Photographic slides 2x2” in sleeves of Maggie Lee, F. C. Lewis, Rosie Parks, City of Crisfield, Fannie L. Daugherty, Helen Virginia, Rebecca Ruark, Ida May, Ruby G. Ford, Martha Lewis, and other vessels
• Newspaper article: “Chesapeake waterman’s carving artistry exhibited,” June 1998
• Advertisement, 2-hour skipjack sail: Rebecca T. Ruark, Capt Wade Murphy
• Advertisement, sail on a skipjack: Nathan of Dorchester, Dorchester Skipjack Committee
• Crisfield Racing Skiff Association, Preserving the memory and beauty of the Smith
Island crab netting skiff, circa 2001
• Remember the Smith Island crabbing speedboats of the 1920s, by Jennings Evans, undated
• Chesapeake Skipjack Hilda M. Willing, National Historic Landmark Study, by Ralph E. Eshelman, 1993
• Miscellaneous papers and clippings
See Box 5, Folder 11, for list of “Boats with Eagles,” prototypic drawing of eagle, miscellaneous papers and clippings
Box 4
Binder 11, unlabeled
• Printouts of photos of various vessels, scenes, trailboards, eagles
• Synopsis: Barnegat Bay Sneakbox – 1880
• Barnegat Sneak-box: Gunning and fishing boat, model description
• Barnegat Bay Sneakbox, by Allan Chadwick, undated
• Synopsis: Chesapeake Bay Skiff – 1906
• Synopsis: Delaware Ducker
• Synopsis: Chesapeake Bay, Eastern Shore, Flattie Skiff with Stick-up Rig
• Synopsis: Floating Portable Duck Blind
• Synopsis: Chesapeake Bay Skiff – 1909 (Kakie B.)
• Synopsis: Little Choptank Flattie Skiff
• Synopsis: Melon Seed (gunning skiff)
• Synopsis: New Jersey Sailing Garvey
• Jarvis Pharo, history of the boatbuilder
• Information on Sailing Garveys, Tuckerton Seaport
• Synopsis: Sarah May (ex. Teddy) – Crab-Scrape Bateau
• Synopsis: Sinepuxent Skiff (Seaside Bateau)
• Synopsis: Seaside Bateau
• Synopsis: Tuckerton Garvey Box
• Synopsis: Two-sail Crabbing Skill
• Synopsis: Biddle Rail Skiff
• Article: Dar he! Shotgunning in the lowlands (10 pages, unknown source)
• Jeff Holloway Pond Box “Jersey” 1996 (Jersey II 1998)
• Jamie Hand Pond Box Model
See Box 5, Folder 12, for table of contents (16+ items), certificate of attendance— Woods Hole Model Boat Show 2013, hand-written notes
Binder 12, spine labeled “Smith Island Power Crabbing Skiff, CBMM, 2009-2010”
• Synopsis: Smith Island Power Crabbing Skiff (6 pages)
• Remembering the Smith Island Crabbing Speedboats of the 1920s, by Jennings
Evans, Prop Talk, December 2013
• Printouts of photographs of vessel, annotated
Binder 13, spine labeled “Smith Island Outboard Skiff”
• Printout of photograph of woman with dip net in skiff
• Synopsis: Smith Island Outboard Skiff (introduction, background, building, use, harvesting, propulsion, today, reference, images, 9 pages)
• Printouts of photos labeled: Missie Evans, heavy-duty pound net skiff, oyster tonging from a skiff, Gene Parks, and others
• Diagram, not scaled, Smith Island Style Skiff for Outboards, Mike Harrison
Binder 14, labeled “Smith Island Crab Scraping Boat,” Dorothy May ex. Darlene
• Dorothy May ex. Darlene - Smith Island Crab Scraping Boat, model Synopsis, materials (2 pages)
• “Scrapeboatin’ on Smith Island,” Chesapeake Log, Summer 2011 • Photographs in sleeves of vessel Darlene
• Photograph of model Ariel K.
Binder 15, labeled “Sea Bright Skiff”
• Synopsis: Sea Bright Skiff – c. 1907: Historical context, The model, White oak baskets, text for placards (3 pages)
• Synopsis: Sea Bright Skiff: materials for model, references (3 pages)
• Printouts of photo “Fishermen unloading a boat,” by Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1887,
Smithsonian Art Collection; Winslow Homer (?) print
• Details of Boat, basket, cart and fish, anchor, line, buoy
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See Box 5, Folder 13 for, photo by Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1887 (“the stained glass guy!”). The Sea Bright Skill: A big little boat, by Robby Robinson, WoodenBoat November-December 1992
Binder 16, spine labeled “Miles River Cabin Skiff”
• Miles River Cabin Skiff, 1885-1920, background, description, and references, 4 pages
• Miles River Cabin Skiff, started model in Nov 2011, list of building materials
• Printed photographs of model Anna Virginia
• Cross section of log canoe construction (drawing)
• “Cabin Skiffs of the Miles River,” by Pete Lesher, The Ash Breeze, Winter 1993
• “Cabin Skiffs of the Miles River,” by Pete Lesher, Weather Gauge, Fall 1991
• The Migrations of an American Boat Type, Howard I. Chapelle, printout of Project
Gutenberg eBook (30 pages)
See Box 5, Folder 14, for photograph black-and-white of Miles River Cabin Skiff, unnamed, undated, Description of model, miscellaneous papers. 2013 NRG Ship Model Competition & Review, Judge’s Scorecard. Maps of Talbot County, especially Miles River and Eastern Bay.
Binder 17, labeled “Skiff Bottoms, Railroad Trip, Lateen Rig, Crab Industry, Oxford Talk”
• Chesapeake Bay Boat Bottoms, 6 pages
• History of the Bermuda rig, Wikipedia, undated
• Down the Eastern Shore, June-November 1871, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, with Thieler annotations
• Oxford talk, notes for presentation
Binder 18, labeled “Sneakskiff”
• Sneakskiff essay (describing role of big gun (pipe gun))
• Printed photographs with hand annotations and dimensions
• Plan for Sneakskiff, CBMM, January 2022
• Plan for Sneakskiff Big Gun, CBMM, January 2022
• Description of Pipe Gun, CBMM, January 2022
• Dimensions of Sneakskiff Punt Gun [sic], CBMM, January 2022
• Description of Redhead Hen decoys
Binder 19, spine labeled “Flat Files”
• Flat file plans – finished boats with pictures (38 items), April 2022
• Philadelphia Maritime Museum, list of small craft plans, undated
• N.C. Museum, plan list, October 1982
• Guide to Plans for Watercraft in the Collection of Mystic Seaport Museum,
September 1990
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Box 5
Folder 1: Loose papers from Box 1, Binder 1
• Letter of receipt for Album of Information, Smithsonian, National Museum of
American History, Maritime History Division, signed RADM (Ret) Thomas W. Evans,
Associate Curator for Ship Plans, 8 December 2004
• Trifold brochure, “The skipjack Stanley Norman: Flagship of the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation” (2002)
• “A Horribly Clear Picture of the Chesapeake,” by Angus Phillips, review of
Chesapeake Bay Blues by Howard R. Ernst, (Wash Post?)
• Hand-written index to binder 1
Folder 2: Loose papers from Box 1, Binder 3
• Loose papers: “Prosperity on the Half Shell” (artwork), Special Exhibit by Oxford
Museum (2005)
• Trifold brochure, “The skipjack Stanley Norman: Flagship of the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation” (2002)
• Report, “Materials Used in the Construction of this Model of the Chesapeake Bay
Oyster Dredge Boat, the Stanley Norman,” by Harry L. Latham, Jr., 23 August 2004
• Invitation to Chesapeake Bay Foundation reception dedicating scale model of Stanly Norman, December 8, 2004, Philip Merrill Environmental Center.
Folder 3: Photographic negatives from Box 1, Binder 3
• Photographic negatives, unlabeled
Folder 4: Photographs and negatives from Box 2, Binder 4
• Photographs, Kakie B, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, February 2002
• Photographic negatives, Kakie B., Chesapeake Bay Foundation, February 2002
Folder 5: Photographs of Kakie B: Essay, NRJ, January 23, 2004 (NERO) from Box 2, Binder 5
• Photographs of Kakie B [CD-ROM listed separately]
Folder 6: Photographs and negatives of Kakie B from Box 2, Binder 5
• Photographs and negatives of Kakie B
Folder 7: Papers from Box 2, Binder 6
• List of Figure Captions – Magnolia T. NRG [Nautical Research Guild] 2015.
Photographic Ship Model Competition & Review Entry Form 2015, model tug Torrent, hand-written dimensions.
Folder 8: Photographic negatives from Box 3, Binder 7
• Five sets of negatives, 1 through 5 with annotations on
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Folder 9: Papers from Box 3, Binder 8
• Mariners’ Pipe, Fall 1995. Letter and ship profile from William Ashton to Thieler regarding M/V Commander, Nov 1995. Letter and catalog from Mariners Museum (Newport News) curator Alan Frazer to Thieler regarding appraisers and competitions, October 1994.
Folder 10: Photographic negatives from Box 3, Binder 9
Folder 11: Papers from Box 3, Binder 10
• List of “Boats with Eagles,” prototypic drawing of eagle, miscellaneous papers and clippings
Folder 12: Papers from Box 4, Binder 11
• Table of contents (16+ items), certificate of attendance—Woods Hole Model Boat
Show 2013, hand-written notes
Folder 13: Papers from Box 4, Binder 15
• Printout of photo by Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1887 (“the stained glass guy!”). The Sea
Bright Skill: A big little boat, by Robby Robinson, WoodenBoat November-December 1992
Folder 14: Papers from Box 4, Binder 16
• Photograph black-and-white of Miles River Cabin Skiff, unnamed, undated,
Description of model, miscellaneous papers. 2013 NRG Ship Model Competition & Review, Judge’s Scorecard. Maps of Talbot County, especially Miles River and Eastern Bay.
Folder 15: Papers and Photographs regarding model Stanley Norman
• Ship model appraisal, Nautical Research Guild insurance explanation, congratulatory notes, e-mail correspondence, insurance papers, photographs of model, receipts for expenses
Folder 16: Papers from Folder marked Stanley Norman Offsets + Section Molds
• Dimension calculations, shape sketches (angles)
Folder 17: Papers from Folder marked Winnie Estelle Pictures + Measurements
• Hand drawings, dimensions, printouts of photographs of vessel Winnie Estelle
Folder 18: Papers from Folder marked Smith Island Outboard Skiff
• Printouts of photographs: “crab dip netting...,” parts of a Smith Island skiff, skiff model building instructions
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Box 6
Folder 19: Papers from Folder marked John Wesley Church Sign
• Hand drawings, John Wesley Church Property – Summary History and Information
File, color brochure
Folder 20: Papers found with materials in Box 4
• Crab Industry of Maryland (by Winthrop Roberts, perhaps 1902), invitation to James
B. Richardson Maritime Museum open house January 14, 2006. Brochure: The
Chesapeake Bay Commercial Sailing Fleet – The Skipjacks. Mariner’s Museum Scale
Ship Model Competition & Exhibition 2000 – announcement. Manuscript “About Bessie Lee” (15 + 6 + 1 pages with embedded photos). Stray brochure: 09-11-2001 NYC.
Folder 21: Papers from Folder marked Base Measurements • Handwritten Calculations for Base Frame, Tangier Case
Folder 22: Papers from Folder marked Baskets
• Board Bottom Bushel Basket (Veneer, Fruit, Peach, Crab), schematic drawings, printouts of photographs, newsletter from Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum (early 2010), wooden cylindrical piece
Folder 23: Papers from Folder marked Beach Cart
• Drawings marked Beach Cart for Sea Bright Skiff, Aug-Sept 2010; printouts of photographs
Folder 24: Papers from Folder marked Buckets – Pumps – Scoops – Anchor
• Hand drawings with dimensions
Folder 25: Papers from Folder marked Deck Camber
• A note on the development of camber. Offsets, diagrams. Ye Olde Mythe of
Boatbuilding by Andy Davis – WoodenBoat #165 – April 2002 – alternately Classic Boat. Boatman’s Notes: Beam camber: getting it straight. Articles from Nautical Research Journal.
Folder 26: Papers and photographs from Folder marked Dredges + Crab Scrapes • Diagrams, dimensions, photographs. Specification from U.S. Patent Office.
Folder 27: Papers from Folder marked Ducks (Decoys) + People + Birds • Printouts of photographs, drawings.
Folder 28: Papers from Folder marked Fish + Crabs
• Drawings, pictures from brochures
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Folder 29: Papers from Folder marked Stanley Norman Flags + Decals
• Decals, images
Folder 30: Papers from Folder marked Yak Hair – Grass
• Samples of various color shades
Folder 31: Papers from Folder marked Gary Batte “Earl” • Correspondence Thieler to Batte (woodcarver)
Folder 32: Papers from Folder marked Guns + Hand Tools
• Papers, diagrams, images
Folder 33: Papers from Folder marked Oars + Misc. Hardware • Diagrams, images. Wooden and metal examples.
Folder 34: Papers from Folder marked Oyster Tongs – Crab Rakes • Diagrams, dimensions, images.
Folder 35: Papers from Folder marked Ed’s Skipjack Wheel
• Diagrams, dimensions, photographs, printouts of photographs.
Box 7: Media
• From Box 1, Binder 2: CD-ROM labeled case and disc, labeled “Earl White Live, July
2003, produced by Chris Colbeck” (naming participants, credits, and 19 songs) with cover photo of Earl White playing a guitar, originally in this binder. Presumably Earl E. White’s signature on the CD-ROM itself.
• From Box 2, Binder 4: CD-ROM of Kakie B: Essay, NRJ article, January 23, 2004
(NERO)
• From Box 2, Binder 6: CD-ROM in case, labeled “Skipjack Nellie L. Byrd, 20 Nov 2005,
Capt Darryl Larrimor, photos also) Haul-Out 5 Nov 2008 at Ches. Bay Memories
Charities
• From Box 2, Binder 6, CD-ROMs (Copy A, Copy B): “Magnolia T. Chesapeake Bay
Draketail, NRG 2015”
• 13 USB drives in plastic bag marked “Thieler 2022 Q3” with note “Thieler - Plans, bibliographies – Stuff about Howard Chappell – research"
o 1: 1-10. 1—Two Sail Skiff, 2—Sarah May, 3—Draketails, 4—Helen T., 5—America
Half-Hulls, 6—Delaware Ducker, 7—Railbird Skiff, 8—Pond Boxes, 9—Pond Boxes, 10—Tuckerton Garvey Box o 2: 11-20. 11-Ches. Bay Skiff 1906, 12—Flattie Skiff, 13—Barnegat Bay Sneak Box,
14—Seaside Bateau, 15—Sweepstakes, 16—NJ Sailing Garvey, 17—Melon Seed,
18—Little Choptank River Skiff, 19—NC Topsail Skiff, 20—NC Game Warden Skiff
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o 3: 21-28. 21—Smith Island Power Skiff, 22—Sea Bright Skiff-Cart-Basket, 23—
Jenkins Creek etc, 24—Anna Virginia, 25—Dorothy May – S. I. Scrape Boat, 26— Four Boat Bottom, 27—Kakie B, 28—Floating Duck Blind o 4: 29-34. 29—Keeper Rt 18, 30—Clucas O Day 39, 31—Lighthouse, 32—Jenny S.
Skiff, 33—Stanley Norman, 34—Smith Island Outboard Skiff o 5: Lark 1/2. 35-Lark 1/2 o 6: Lark 2/2
o 7: 36-40, List. 36—Neith, 37—Sailing Rowboat, 38—Sneakskiff, 39—ASDS, 40—
Model Oyster Dredge, List of models on USB drives 1-40 o 8: Glide – Trailboard, Figurehead o 9: Lady Katie, Nellie Byrd, Rebecca T. Ruark o 10: Model Repairs—13 for CBMM, 20 for Others
o 11: Trailboards—Anna McGarvey, Dee of St. Mary, Flying Cloud, Hilda William
Kathryn, Lady Katie, Nellie Byrd, Rebecca T. Ruark o 12: 8-11-2022 Addendum to CBMM Files on 7-24-2002 USB drive Folders – Files for CBMM
o 13: Trailboards etc: Rosie Parks, Ruby G. Ford, Stanley Norman, Thomas Clyde +
Rebecca T. Ruark, Thomas Clyde, etc
Oversized Materials:
Oversized Folder 1:
Folder 1:
• Collector’s #28, Tuckerton Gunning Garvey Box – 12’5¼” x 3’11¾” [length x beam]
American Small Sailing Craft, p. 65, fig. 20, Model made June-September 2007, HIC Smithsonian Institution Plans
Folder 2:
• Collector’s #19, Pond Box, Jeff Holloway – 7’0”x2’8” – designed and built by Jeff Holloway. Lines taken off and model built during 2011.
Folder 3:
• Collector’s #20, Pond Box, Jamie Hand – 7’6” x 3’¼” – In the collection of Jamie Hand. Lines taken off and model built during 2011.
Folder 4:
• Collector’s #15, Delaware Ducker – 15’11”x4’0”. Model built using plans from
American Small Sailing Craft, p. 216, fig. 81. Model built from December 2007 to
May 2008. Construction and rigging details and hunting accessories are from the Joe W. Liener/Dave W. Dillion plans (1980) of Greenbriar, obtained from Independence
Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Maritime Museum, copyright 1985).
Folder 5:
• Unnumbered: “Building the Martha: A Hooper Island Draketail,” Bill Price, Official Kit of the CBMM Model Guild, spiral bound, published copy plus photocopy
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Folder 6:
• Collector’s #29, Sneakskiff – 16’4”x3’5”, Scale 1” = 1’0” (1:12), CBMM 73-54-1. Lines taken from boat and measurements made of equipment on board. Offsets, lines, and drawings made and 2½ sheets of plans cut and pasted. Model and diorama made during January-February 2022. Plans of boat and guns donated to CBMM 4-2022. Annotation: “3-24-2022, most original drafting + cut + paste originals in CBMM Library Flat Files”
Folder 7:
• Collector’s #5, Draketails.
▪ A—Martha, CBMM plans.
▪ B—Magnolia T., ex Magnolia N., ex Magnolia C – Ed Thieler plans.
Hooper Island Draketail Workboat. Envelope contains multiple drawings and sketches. Also see two spiral-ring notebooks and a three-ring notebook with many pages of photographs. Model built during 2013 to May 2014. Also a half-hull.
▪ C—Wye River Model plans and booklet. *Elizabeth Lee – Built during 2013.
Folder 8:
• Collector’s #2, Two Sail Crabbing Skiff, 16’8”x4’8¼”, Figure 4 in “Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs,” model made in spring 2005.
Folder 9:
• Collector’s #7, Helen T. ex Willie L. Bennett (1899) – original model plans (W. L. B.) and scaled up plans for Helen T. and the W.L.B. blue instruction book. Model built during 1993-1995.
Bronze medal award and Sniffen, Harold S. Antonio Jacobsen’s Painted Ships on Painted Oceans book at NRG competition 1995, Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA.
Folder 10:
• Collector’s #16, Railbird Skiff – Biddle – CBMM. 15’7”x3’3¼”. c. 1900, CBMM #84-21-
1. From Heritage in Wood, p. 102. Built from June 2008 to July 2009.
Folder 11:
• Collector’s #2 (also marked #16, #17, perhaps erroneously), Crab Scrape Bateaux,
Crabbing Skiffs, a—Sarah May ex Teddy – Very Small Crab Scrape Bateaux, 22’6”.
“Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs” (CBCS) #10. Model built June 2008 to July 2009. CBMM plans. Also made a half-hull of Sarah May. B—Jess Willard, Crabbing Skiff, 25’6”x 8’8”. H.I.C. Smithsonian plans.
Oversized Folder 2:
Folder 12:
• Collector’s #43, Sailing Row Boat—built by Quilla Price (“real name Aquilla Price”)— 1889, Easton Point. 15’6½”x4’0¾”. C. Lowndes Johnson—Widgeon (1942). CBMM
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Collection #83-4-1A and #83-4-1-B. Lines drawn and model made October 2020-May 2021. All cypress pickle vat wood.
Folder 13:
• Collector’s #36 (alternately #15), Sweepstakes, Chapelle’s personal Bateau-Cruiser –
22’x7’7”. HIC Smithsonian Institution plans. Drafted lines and built model between 4-2015 and 6-2016. Built by J. B. Richardson.
Folder 14:
• Collector’s #30 (alternately #12), Flattie Stick-up Skiff—1897 (One-Mast Stick-up),
17’4-7/8”x5’5¼”. American Small Sailing Craft, p. 314, fig. 113. Drawn and model made in 2004. With photographs of model.
Folder 15:
• Collector’s #32 (alternately #13), Barnegat Bay Sneakbox, 1880, 12’2¾”x4’0¾”.
American Small Sailing Craft, p. 213, fig. 79. Drawn and model made in May-August 2006. HIC Smithsonian Institution plans.
Folder 16:
• Collector’s #29 (alternately #14), Chesapeake Bay Skiff, 1906, 19’1½”x 5’10”.
“Modified Sharpie” Deadrise Bottom. From Howard I. Chapelle, American Small
Sailing Craft, p. 320, fig. 115. Drawn March 2004. Model made in September 2004.
Folder 17:
• Collector’s #40 (alternately #17), Melon Seed N.J. Gunning Skiff—13’6½“x4’2¾“.
American Small Sailing Craft, p. 207 (alternately 209), fig 78. WoodenBoat #180 (Sep/Oct 2004, p. 50). Model made in January-February 2006. Smithsonian Institution plans.
Folder 18:
• Collector’s #38 (alternately #10), New Jersey Sailing Garvey – 17’2”x4’10”. American
Small Sailing Craft, p. 63, fig. 19. Also used notes from Tuckerton Museum. Drawn and model made in July-October 2005.
Folder 19:
• Collector’s #45 (alternately #4), Kramer/Borden North Carolina Topsail Skiff—
20’5”x5’4¾”. Model made in 2004. From Beaufort, NC, Maritime Museum plans.
Folder 20:
• Collector’s #33 (alternately #14), Sinepuxent Skiff, “Sea-side” Bateau, “Sea-side” Skiff
– 20’3½“x8’2”. American Small Sailing Craft, p. 330, fig. 118. Drawn and model made in 2007. HIC Smithsonian Institution plans.
Folder 21:
• Collector’s #41 (alternately #23), Little Choptank River Skiff (Two-Mast Stick-up
Flattie Skiff)—19’11¾”x5’10½“. CBMM files, #76-42-43. Drawn and model made in winter 2005. Plans never published.
Folder 22:
• Loose papers and plans: List labeled “Box 2 with images, description, and alternate collector’s numbering (numbers 11-19, 26-33). Schematic of Draketail—Workboat,
1952. Schematic of Sneakskiff, CBMM, “Old original—lots of errors”
Note:
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• Entry on Contents sheet, Collector’s #63 NEITH, crossed out.
Oversized Folder 3:
Folder 23: • Glide Trailboard Tracings
Folder 24:
• Collector’s #58, Dorothy May ex Darlene—Smith Island Scrape Boat. Plans from
Paula Johnson, Smith Island Workboats, 1997. LBP 29’0¼” or 29’3”. LOA 29’9”x10’4”. Built during July 2012—January 2013.
Folder 25:
• Collector’s #64, 17’ skiff built at Wingate, Maryland, 1906. CBMM #76-42-47.
Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs fig. 6. Drawn, not built, May 2021.
Folder 26:
• Collector’s #59, Four Chesapeake Bay Boat Bottoms—flat, flattie, modified sharpie, skipjack—1880-1920. 11’0”x4’6”—Models built 2014-2015.
Folder 27:
• Collector’s #50, Smith Island Power Crabbing Skiff (Speed Boat) (+ Engine)—
21’2½“x5’0½” x 1’3”. From: Dodds Richard J.S., Lesher, Pete, editors. A Heritage in Wood, p. 52, CBMM, St. Michaels, MD, 1992, and the CBMM plans set #75-25-1. There are many errors in these plans—e.g., rake of the stem, propeller aperture, and more. Built during August 2009 to March 2010. File includes engine information.
“Photos in Loose-Leaf 3-Ring Notebook”
Folder 28:
• Collector’s #46 (alternately #3), North Carolina Game Warden Skiff—17’x4’8”—
Model made in 1995. From Beaufort, NC, Maritime Museum plans. Model w Rob Thieler—Cape Cod.
Folder 29:
• Collector’s #52, Jenkins Creeker—One-Sail Bateau—24’1”x8’7”. Fig. 9 in Chesapeake
Bay Crabbing Skiffs. Offsets determined and plans redrawn and modified by, and from, CBMM. Dec 2010—May 2011.
Folder 30:
• Collector’s #51, Sea Bright Skiff—23’8½”x6’0” from American Small Sailing Craft, p.
94, fig. 33. Plans redrawn from off-sets and lines in book. Model built between April and September 2010.
Folder 31:
• Collector’s #57, Anna Virginia—Miles River Cabin Skiff—34’8½” x 8’5”. Named for
Anna Virginia Lesher, whose great-grandfather, John G. Earle, made the original drawings (1954) I used to build the model in 2011-2012. Folder marked “1963.” “In CBMM flat files” Folder 31B:
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• Miscellaneous papers
Listed on inventory for Thieler Box 3, but not in Oversize Folder 3:
• Collector’s #60, Kakie B—H. I. Chapelle: American Small Sailing Craft, p. 103, fig. 37.
20’0”x4’8”—Models made 2001. Not sure I ever lofted lines for her, just made it out of the book. Large model (6”=1’0”) hanging in atrium of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Bay Ridge, Annapolis, MD. Small model (1”=1’0”) built with offcuts from the big model.
• Collector’s #61, Floating Duck Blind. Chesapeake Bay Decoys—The Men Who Made and Used Them, edited by R. H. Richardson, 2nd ed, 1973. Skiff—a simplified version of the CBMM Lighthouse Skiff, built over one mold. No lofting or plans done.
• Collector’s #65, Kid’s Deadrise – for CBMM model guild to make.
Oversized Folder 4:
Folder 32:
• Collector’s #62, Lark – CBMM kit model—May 2017. Half-hull derived from kit plans—August 2017. Made three models prototyping new kit. One finished without sails to sell in CBMM store. Another finished without sails for me. One not painted, finished with sails to show construction. [Before chunks and laser cutting.]
Folder 33:
• Collector’s #23, CBMM Lighthouse Skiff—13’6”x4’5”. Had been drawn in 1993 by
Richard Scofield, Winslow Womack, and Tom Howell at 1½”=1’0”. I redrew the skiff at 1”=1’0” using offsets obtained after subtracting the changes they made in the beam at the chine. Drawn from their modified plan, model made, and display case made in August 2005. Delivered with display case, September 2005. Folder annotated “Smith Island (Harrison) Skiff, Rowing Skiff—Sucher/Bittner, CBMM Lighthouse Skiff”
Folder 34:
• Collector’s #64, Dove Schematics
Folder 35:
• Collector’s #44 (alternately #24), Jenny S – CBF 40—Work Boat—Built for
Chesapeake Bay Foundation to give to Ted and Jennifer Stanley, c. 1997. From builders’ plans for Karen N.
Folder 36:
• Collector’s #6 (alternately #9), Stanley Norman and its Push Boat—Push Boat plans redrawn from the originals as drawn and modified by owner and builder Ed Farley. Model built during 2000-2004 and is now (2022) in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation administration building in Annapolis (Bay Ridge), MD.
Folder 37:
• Collector’s #_ (alternately #19), Stanley Norman—adjacent to folder with “Stanley
Norman and its Push Boat” Folder 38:
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• Collector’s #31 (alternately #2), Keeper—RT-18. Original design and plans by E.
Robert Thieler. Drawn and model made during January—March 2007. Model with Rob Thieler.
Folder 39:
• Collector’s #26, Smith Island 16’ outboard skiff. Plans by Mike Harrison, from Eddie
Somers 2016. Plans drafted from sketches and notes—model built December 2016— January 2017. Used to create CBMM model kit.
Folder 40:
• Collector’s #14, Manxman—O’Day 39—Half-hull model made for Ted Clucas in 2008.
Plans of Harmonie from Mystic Seaport Museum collection.
Folder 41:
• Miscellaneous papers
Oversized Folder 5:
Folder 42:
• Collector’s #49, Thomas Clyde—Hailing-Port Board patters, January 15, 2007
Folder 43:
• Collector’s #22, Hilda M. Willing, bow quarter name boards, Made of Azek,
November 2014
• Lady Katie, eagle, trailboards, stars (Azek) April 2015. Tracings and patterns.
• Stanley Norman, Flying Cloud 2020, Nellie L. Byrd, Rebecca Ruark, Thomas Clyde— eagle and hailing port quarter boards.
Folder 44:
• Collector’s #37, Margrette Hall, Log Canoe, HAMMS – Smithsonian Institution plans.
This is the name on the plans sheets. The name given in the Ship Plan List, 2004, p.
57; HAMMS p. 13; 5-3 Md. Is Margaret P. Hall.) The plans are reproduced in
Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes and Bugeyes. M. V. Brewington, 1963, p 138-144, plates XII A-G. The caption under plate XII A notes that the centerboard location is incorrect and should be 4’3” aft of the center of the foremast foot. Folder annotated “Gift from Al Harbage 7-29-07 (he built a model of it) why does it have booms and not sprits?”
Folder 45:
• Collector’s #24, Loni-Carol II and III, 1990-91. Mike Vlahovich designer and builder.
Lonnie Moore, Tangier Island, Virginia, owner.
Folder 46:
• Collector’s #25, New Haven Sharpie—35’7”x7’0½”. Scale ¾”=1’0”. Also photo of
H.I.C. drawing of a 34’10” sharpie. Mystic Seaport plans.
Folder 47:
• Collector’s #4. Maryland Crabbing Skiff, 17’11”x5’9”, Applegarth, 1928, Heritage in
Wood, p 54.
Folder 48:
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• Collector’s #39, New Jersey Sailing Garvey, 17’8”x4’6”. Harry V. Sucher Collection,
Smithsonian Institution plans.
Folder 49:
• Collector’s #27, David’s Ice Boat and Outboard Skiff. Drawn and model made in
2003.
Folder 50:
• Collector’s #1, Arc Bottom Sneakbox, 12’1¼”x4’3½”. American Small Sailing Craft, fig. 80. Smithsonian Institution plan.
Folder 51:
• Collector’s #48, Shallop, John Smith plans by John Swain, Chestertown, MD, 2007
Folder 52:
• Collector’s #9, Rosie Parks, Skipjack, CBMM model plans.
Folder 53:
• Collector’s #21, USS Monitor paper model.
Folder 54:
• Collector’s #17, Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) cast resin/metal kit assembled in December 2008. Made for Dave Gordon.
Folder 55:
• Collector’s #35, Woods Hole Child Center Cupola—Drawn and built in November-
December 2006.
Folder 56:
• Collector’s #54, fish tank plans, built for David and Sarah.
• Collector’s #55, Ideas for model benches.
• Collector’s #53, John Wesley Church Signs, April 2011 and 2016, drawings not filed.
Made of Azek, PVC products.
• Collector’s #56, Mailbox plans. For T’s house and Wesley church.
Folder 57:
• Collector’s #18.1, Pencil post bed and clothing hanger, for Sarah’s American Girl doll.
Built from January to February 2010. From plans in Fine Wood Working magazine
• Collector’s #18.2, Trundle Bed – for American Girl doll. Curve of the back drawn by
Sarah—built December 2011-January 2012.
• Collector’s #18.3, Trundle Bed and Clothing Hanger. For Isla Hoppin, January 2021.
• Collector’s #42, Sarah’s Doll House/Bookcase—Drawn and built December 2005.
Listed on inventory for Thieler Box 5, but not in Oversize Folder 5:
• Collector’s #10, Deck Camber Drawing. Three methods give essentially the same curve.
• Collector’s #34, Skiff, 10’6”x4’4”x6”. Sucher, Harry V. Simplified Boatbuilding, The
Flat-Bottom Boat. New York, New York: W. W. Norton, Inc., 1973. Plate 31, p. 280.
Boat built by Dave Bittner, Royal Oak, MD, April 2012.
• Collector’s #12, USNMCB 9 & 5—Map of Camp Kinser, Okinawa, c. 1960. I was there
1963-64.
• Collector’s #
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On Contents sheet, not yet found:
America – Schooner Yacht – Schaefer Brewing, Sparkman and Stephens, 1966. [marked given to
John Henderson, 6-18-2022]
- Model Shipways, 1968
- WoodenBoat, ¼”=1’0” (1/2” = 1’0” in mailing box).
- Plans for half-hull based on ¼” lifts. (also We’re Here).
- Two half-hulls – 1/8” scale, port for me, stbd for Davi
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