QUARTERLY Winter 2006-2007

Burgess Collection • Annual Report Happy New Year from all of us at the CBMM

At this time of year, most of us find ourselves looking both back and for- QUARTERLY ward in time, so it seems appropriate that this issue of the CBMM Quarterly Winter 2006-2007 combines the final report for the year 2005-2006 with stories about new begin- nings here at the Museum. Volume 4 Number 4 Last year was one of dramatic transition for your Museum. John Val- liant announced his retirement after 19 years at the helm. His watch was marked by growth and achievement in almost every area of the Museum’s Editor operations, and he left an institution that is well respected and much loved. Dick Cooper Change can be traumatic (especially for history museum people, who spend [email protected] their professional lives trying to keep things from changing) but it can also be energizing and refreshing. Graphic Design/Photography Change is in the air, and it is welcomed Rob Brownlee-Tomasso by staff and Board alike. After extensive renovations inside and out, the Steamboat Contributors Building is opening at last as the Muse- Julie Gibbons-Neff Cox um’s new center for changing exhibitions. Rachel Dolhanczyk Museums have long recognized that tem- porary special exhibits and programs are Robert Forloney keys to attracting more members and visi- Pete Lesher tors, broadening the sponsorship base and Melissa McLoud enjoying more media attention. The up- John H. Miller coming new exhibitions (described later Stuart L. Parnes in this issue) are just what CBMM has Kathleen Rattie been planning for. Lindsley E. H. Rice This issue also highlights some impor- Michael Valliant tant new arrivals to CBMM. Several key staff positions have been filled in the past few months, bringing significant new energy and experience to our ranks. Kathleen Rattie is our new Direc- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum tor of Development. She works closely with veteran John Miller to oversee Annual Fund and grant opportunities, and also manages our membership ac- Navy Point, P.O. Box 636 tivities. Robert Forloney has joined us as Director of Education. He will be St. Michaels, MD 21663-0636 reviewing and renewing our entire menu of educational programs for both 410-745-2916  Fax 410-745-6088 adults and schools, and will be working closely with our corps of docents to www.cbmm.org  [email protected] expand their training and activity here at the Museum. Both Kate and Robert will be important factors in CBMM’s future success. I am delighted to have them here as colleagues. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a private As you will also read, the Museum has finalized the purchase of the Robert not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational institution. A Burgess Collection. This most extraordinary private collection of Chesapeake copy of the current financial statement is available Bay artifacts will provide new content for years of research, programs, and ex- on request by writing the Vice President of Finance, P.O. Box 636, St. Michaels, MD 21663 or by calling hibitions. I am grateful to the donors who generously made this significant ac- 410-745-2916 ext. 238. Documents and information quisition possible, and I urge you to come to our Members Opening in March submitted under the Maryland Charitable Solicitations to get a first look at some of the fascinating items included in the collection. Act are also available, for the cost of postage and From my vantage point, 2007 promises to be a very exciting year. I hope copies, from the Maryland Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401, 410-974-5534. you will visit often, take advantage of what we offer, and let us know how we are doing.

On the Cover Trailboards, from the collection of Robert H. Burgess, that have been acquired by CBMM. (See story, page 4.) Stuart L. Parnes, President Photograph by Bill Kepner. [email protected]

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum w Winter 2006-2007 Contents

(Above) Captain Mark Adams takes CBMM visitors for a boat ride on St. Michaels Harbor during the fall OysterFest. The Volunteer was built for the Museum by volunteers. Features The Collection of Robert H. Burgess 4 Departments During his life, Robert H. Burgess, the former curator of the Mariners’ Museum, collected all things Chesapeake. By Pete Lesher

To the Point 17 Waters of Despair, Waters of Hope 10 Annual Report 25 A new exhibit opening explores the history and influence of African Americans on the region. By Lindsley E. H. Rice Events Calendar* C 1-4

Explore & Restore 14 * Events Calendar is a special pull-out section that can be found between The Horn Point Laboratory is the center for extensive research on pages 18 and 19. oysters, blue crabs, and oxygen levels on the Bay. By Michael Valliant

Supertanker Training on the Miles 21

The Calhoon M.E.B.A. Engineering School is a mid-career training facility for Coast Guard-licensed merchant mariners. By Dick Cooper

3 Contents Museum Acquires Collection of Robert H. Burgess

By Pete Lesher, Curator of Collections

In the 1940s, Robert H. Burgess, the late curator of the prehensive accumulation of Bay objects and ephemera in Mariners’ Museum, looked around the Chesapeake Bay private hands. The Burgess collection has now found a new that he loved so much and saw major changes under way. home with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. The age of the steamboat was waning with the coming of Burgess, who died in 2003, is remembered as a prolific the Bay Bridge, and the wooden sailing vessels, that had author and editor, museum curator, photographer, and histo- served so well for generations, were being abandoned to rian as well as collector. He was born in Baltimore, Mary- die slow deaths of decay. land, in 1913, the son of a steamship engineer. “Hulks could be found around the Chesapeake region As he recalled, “Ships were everyday talk in my home even up into the 1950s, if you knew where to look for since my father and brother followed the water in merchant them. Earlier, many of the sailing craft, old and worn out, ships. Steamboats conveyed me up and down and across the were abandoned in shallow areas close to where they were Bay. Perhaps these factors, my association with ships, and owned,” Burgess wrote in 1975.1 an innate feeling that the Chesapeake picture was changing Instead of rot and rubble, Burgess saw historic artifacts when I was a youngster, spurred me on to document it.”2 that would serve as links to the Bay’s proud past. He began After graduation from Baltimore City College, he shipped gleaning the wrecks and amassing probably the largest com- out to Bermuda and Haiti on the four-masted schooner Doris 4 continued, page 8 Collection of Robert H. Burgess

(Left) Burgess sailed on the four-masted schooner Doris Hamlin on a voyage to Bermuda and Haiti in 1936, when he was 23 years old. Photo by Robert H. Burgess, Robert H. Burgess Collection

(Opposite, Left) Robert H. Burgess with vessel carvings from his collection, November 1950. Photo by William T. Radcliffe, Robert H. Burgess Collection

(Right) Burgess climbed the spanker mast of the four-masted schooner Doris Hamlin for a view of her poop deck. Photo by Robert H. Burgess, Robert H. Burgess Collection

(Left) Skipjacks dredging, viewed from the deck of the E. C. Collier, 1948. Photo by Robert H. Burgess, Robert H. Burgess Collection

5 Mast Truck Ornamental ball attached to the masthead of an unidentified Chesapeake vessel.

Quarter Board

From the two-masted schooner A. H. Schulz, built 1872 by William E. Woodall in Baltimore. Obtained by exchange with M. V. Brewington, about 1954.

Staunchion From the starboard rail near the stern of the three-masted schooner William T. Parker, collected from the vessel abandoned at Curtis Creek, near Baltimore, about 1954.

Clew Iron

Used to secure the outboard end of a large sail to the boom. From the William L. Godfrey sail loft in Baltimore; obtained by trading for some photographs.

6 Collection of Robert H. Burgess

Spectacle Iron What is it? Robert H. Burgess found beauty in sailing vessels and the functional things that held them together. Here are several pieces from his collection, showing how they were used and Used to suspend the lazyjacks for the jib on a large bugeye or schooner, where they came from. which made it easier to contain the sail when lowering. From the William L. Godfrey sail loft; obtained by trading for some Deadeye photographs. Used to keep tension on the port foremast rigging of the schooner Stephen Chase, built 1876 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Salvaged from the abandoned vessel in Curtis Creek, near Baltimore, in 1949.

Trailboard

Ornamental name carving from the skipjack Klondike, built 1897 in Pocomoke City, Maryland. Obtained by exchange with M. V. Brewington, about 1954.

Billet Head

Ornamental scroll at the end of the longhead, from the schooner Bohemia, built 1884 by Thomas Kirby in St. Michaels, Maryland. Salvaged from the abandoned vessel at Sarah’s Creek, Virginia, about 1952.

7 (Above) Hulk of the four-masted schooner Purnell T. White lying at Port Covington, Baltimore, September 21, 1951. Photo by Robert H. Burgess, Robert H. Burgess Collection

(Right) Burgess climbing aboard the hulk of the Purnell T. White. Robert H. Burgess Collection

from page 4 Hamlin, taking some 200 photos and keeping a journal of carving by tackling repairs on damaged trailboards in his col- the voyage. In 1941 he joined the staff of The Mariners’ Mu- lection. He then turned to replicating several carvings in the seum, in Newport News, Virginia, and except for a wartime collection of The Mariners’ Museum. In 1952 he replicated the tour of duty on a destroyer escort in the Pacific, he remained paddlebox emblem from the Chesapeake steamboat Avalon, with the museum until his retirement. using a photograph he had taken in 1936. The finished prod- Burgess published numerous books and articles on the uct shows him to have been quite skillful. Bay. Unlike some other authors of historical nonfiction, he His collecting focused on commercial sail and steam, as did not restrict his research to the archives. He wrote about well as on the shoreside industries that supported them, but the sailing log canoe Flying Cloud after helping her new not on naval history or recreational boating. As he expressed owner, Fred Kaiser, deliver the boat from Maryland to Vir- it, “Ships of the Navy, and yachts, have never inspired me ginia, and subsequently crewed in an abortive attempt to even though I served two years with the former during World deliver the boat to her next owner in New York.3 Similarly, War II and sail the Bay for pleasure today.”5 he wrote about oyster dredging after spending a day aboard Abandoned vessels were a prime source for his collecting the skipjack E. C. Collier in February 1948.4 Burgess lec- activities. Burgess’ motivations were nostalgic, and he was tured widely on Chesapeake Bay and maritime topics, and he keenly aware that as he observed them, commercial sail and was consulted by authors and historians. He also served as a steam were anachronistic and on their way to disappearing. member of the Board of Governors of the Chesapeake Bay “On shore I scoured the waterfronts of the major Bay Maritime Museum. ports and the little tidewater towns, photographing scenes Trailboards, the relief carvings under the bowsprit of a that are no more. At the same time I made an attempt to sal- sailing vessel, were a distinctive ornament on commercial sail- vage objects of maritime history of the Bay to help keep alive ing craft on the Chesapeake. Burgess purchased or salvaged the memory of the craft. Through the decades this has devel- these items from Bay vessels at the end of their working years, oped into an extensive collection of Chesapeake memorabilia along with interesting pieces of hull, rigging, and ironwork. In made up of carved decorations from the steam and sailing some cases he traded objects with other collectors or institu- craft, steam whistles that once echoed around the Bay, half- tions, including maritime historian Marion V. Brewington and models, fittings, tools, log-books, and ships’ papers. The ves- the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Maryland. sels from which they originated have long disappeared but Burgess never managed to acquire a carved paddlebox their names will live on through this medium.”6 emblem from a steamboat, but he compensated for this af- Burgess made a clear distinction between his collecting ter taking up wood carving as a hobby. He probably started activities and that of others who he witnessed taking items

8 Collection of Robert H. Burgess

(Right) Burgess carving a relief of the schooner Doris Hamlin. Photo by William Edwin Booth, Robert H. Burgess Collection

(Left) The schooner Anna & Helen lying abandoned at Crisfield in June 1960. Photo by Robert H. Burgess, Robert H. Burgess Collection

off abandoned vessels. The four-masted schooner Purnell T. tography at that time. . . . He claimed that the camera caused White was dismasted at sea in 1934 but towed back to port distortion and false perspective but he learned to rely on my and ultimately abandoned at Baltimore. photographs in later years. . . . The details he wanted were Burgess recorded, “I salvaged her port quarter board, recorded on my film.”8 where her name was carved, and it now hangs above my desk. As in his photography, Burgess was a minimalist in his . . . While vandals picked her bones to salvage scrap metal for approach to editing historical works. When he prepared the monetary gain, I was intent on recovering her figurehead to journals of schooner captain Leonard S. Tawes for publica- help keep her memory alive.” Although he did not succeed in tion, he added punctuation and paragraph breaks to make the recovering the carved eagle head from its “lofty and almost work readable, but he took care that “none of the flavor of inaccessible perch” after several attempts, he ultimately ob- Captain Tawes’ writing [was] tampered with.”9 tained it from the captain of the Vane Brothers harbor chan- His collection will be featured in a new special exhibit, dlery boat.7 Burgess distinguished his efforts at preservation “Their Last Passage: The Collection of Robert H. Burgess,” from “pillagers” or “vandals” that scavenged and sold items opening this March, and future exhibition plans for the col- off wrecked vessels. lection include a display of many of the carved name boards The documentation Burgess left for these items is re- and trailboards in the Steamboat Building auditorium. w markable, with tags identifying the date and vessel of origin and other details. Burgess’ collection of photographic prints, Sources which are also part of this collection, further support the 1. Burgess, Chesapeake Sailing Craft, Part I (Cambridge, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, documentation of these objects. He often photographed the 1975), 18. hulks at the time that he salvaged artifacts from them, and the 2. Robert H. Burgess, Chesapeake Circle (Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, prints are typically identified and dated. His collection also 1965), ix. shows the fruits of his partnership with Baltimore artist Louis 3. Burgess, Chesapeake Circle, 57-63. J. Feuchter, with a large portfolio of the artist’s sketches and 4. Burgess, “Hard Sailing for Maryland’s Oysters,” Chesapeake Skipper (December 1948), 9, 32-3. paintings, as well as hundreds of prints from Baltimore picto- 5. Burgess, Chesapeake Circle, ix. rialist photographer A. Aubrey Bodine. 6. Burgess, This Was Chesapeake Bay (Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, Burgess befriended both men and occasionally traveled 1963), ix. with each of them by steamboat. His own photography con- 7. Burgess, Sea, Sails, and Shipwreck (Cambridge, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, trasts with the work of these colleagues, however, as Burgess 1970), 9. on principle refused to retouch or enhance his photographs in 8. Chesapeake Sailing Craft, xvii. the darkroom, while Bodine took the opposite approach. 9. Burgess (ed.), Coasting Captain (Newport News, Va.: The Mariners’ Museum, Feuchter, on the other hand, “had little regard for pho- 1967), xvi.

9 Waters of Despair Waters of Hope By Lindsley E. H. Rice, Curator of Exhibitions

The African-American experience and influence in the Chesapeake region is explored in the exhibition “Waters of Despair, Waters of Hope” that opens in March at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. It is the first in a series of special exhibits that will be brought to the Museum in coming years. Using artifacts, photos, and recordings, the exhibit follows a time-line narrative that tells stories both unique and universal. It looks at the struggles, achievements, and contributions of individuals and communities through the themes of slavery, freedom, war, and work. The exhibit, which opens in the Steamboat Building on the Museum campus, is on loan from the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia. It chronicles the oppression of slavery, racism and the resilient spirit of a people in a constant battle for freedom and equality. To this, CBMM has added stories told through its collections, some of which are highlighted here. The Bay, with its abundant seafood and rich farmland, has been worked and tilled by African Americans for genera- tions. The back-breaking labors of the men who hauled nets full of menhaden are featured in the part of the exhibit about black watermen. A display on black sailmakers includes tools and equipment from the Oxford, Maryland, loft of the late Downes Curtis, who made sails for a variety of vessels. The exhibit gives insight into the integral role African Americans have played in the history of the Chesapeake Bay.

“Rev. Joshua Thomas Preaching to the British Army on Tangier Island 1814” from Adam Wallace, The Parson of the Islands, 1861 (reprinted 1872 by J.W. Stowell) Colonial Marine at Tangier Island in 1814 A “Colonial Marine”—an escaped slave or free black man fighting for the British—stands guard in the fore- ground while the Reverend Joshua Thomas preaches to British troops on occupied Tangier Island. Much has been made, and rightly so, of African Americans who fought for their country in U.S. wars from the American Revo- lution on—emphasizing, in the struggle for equality, the sacrifices that blacks have made for a country with a his- tory of injustice. An unintended and unfortunate conse- quence of this is that blacks who made other choices—to fight alongside the enemies of their oppressors—have sometimes been overlooked or purposely underplayed. We praise the heroism of blacks who fought for their freedom on the Union side in the Civil War, but in earlier wars that same fight meant siding with the British. Over 30,000 slaves from Virginia alone escaped to the British lines during the American Revolution, some responding to Lord Dunmore’s call for slaves and free blacks to fight their American oppressors in return for their freedom. About 4,000 slaves took a similar gamble in the War of 1812, some fighting in the Colonial Marines. They trained on Tangier Island and took part in battles in Baltimore and elsewhere on the Chesapeake. 10 “Crab Pickers in St. Michaels,” Ruth Starr Rose, c. 1940, gift of Historical Society of Talbot County

Ruth Starr Rose Crab Pickers Slave Fishing This lithograph shows African-American women picking Enslaved African Americans worked in Chesapeake Bay crabs, probably at the Coulbourne & Jewett Seafood Packing fisheries for their owners. They also took advantage of the Company in St. Michaels, Maryland. Coulbourne & Jewett Bay’s natural wealth to augment their diets and, when possi- was founded in 1902 by African-American entrepreneurs ble, their incomes. In spring and fall, George Washington’s William H. T. Coulbourne and Frederick Jewett on Navy slaves worked along side borrowed or rented slaves from Point and closed in 1964. It is remembered by some as “a other plantations, indentured servants, and hired hands to Godsend” for the African-American community in the area, seine for herring and shad in the Potomac River, and to salt and by 1920 was the largest employer in St. Michaels. Fred- the catch for keeping. The slaves at Mount Vernon ate salted erick Jewett is credited with developing the idea of grading fish as a regular part of their diet, but most of the fish were crabmeat by type, originally backfin, claw, and regular. A packed—predominantly by the women in the winter—and million pounds of crab meat were packed there each year for sold to the West Indies to be eaten by slaves there. One-and- five years by about 200 crab pickers. a-half-million herring were caught, salted, and packed in the single year of 1772. Archaeological evidence at Mount Vernon indicates that in addition to fishing herring and shad, Washington’s slaves caught and ate as many as 14 other spe- cies of fish.1 1. Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association website

“A Big Haul,” drawn by W. P. Snyder, engraved by P. Meeder, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. LX, 1880

Mitchell House The left side of this house, which stands on the Mu- seum grounds across from the Steamboat Building, was the home of the slave Eliza Bailey Mitchell and her free black husband, Peter Mitchell, when they worked on Perry Cabin Farm. Eliza’s brother was Frederick Douglass (hav- ing changed his name from Bailey to avoid capture after his escape to freedom). He lived in St. Michaels from 1832 to 1836 when he and Eliza were both slaves to Thomas Auld, and probably visited Eliza in this house when he returned to St. Michaels in 1877. The Mitchells’ home was half of a four-room house built in 1830. It was split off after the Civil War and moved to Lee Street in St. Michaels. The house was moved to the Museum in 1981. 11 State of North Carolina Protection No. 172, 1860, courtesy of Mystic Seaport, Isaiah Larabee Collection, G.W. Blunt Library, Mystic, CT, #Coll 255 Preserving

Seaman’s Protection Certificate Seaman’s Protection Certificates were issued as a sort of passport for American sailors, proving their nationality on the seas or in foreign ports. Issued under the 1796 Act for the Relief and Protection of American Seamen, the certificates were intended to protect sailors from being pressed into the British Royal Navy. They were issued to black and white seamen alike. This had the ironic effect of declaring black sailors U.S. citizens long before their rights as citizens were granted by the Fourteenth Amend- ment in 1868. Black sailors could therefore claim the benefits of American citizenship outside the nation’s bor- ders, even while being denied those benefits at home.2 These certificates were put to use by African Amer- icans on American shores to support the legal case for citizenship. Black sailors used their certificates in place of freeman’s papers to prove their status in southern ports where free blacks were often forced into slavery. Fred- By Bill Lohmann erick Douglass understood this when he borrowed the KILMARNOCK, Va. — His handshake grips like certificate of a free friend to make his escape dressed in a workshop vise, his biceps bulge beneath his shirt. At sailor’s garb. Douglass wrote about using the certificate 75, James U. Carter’s still got it. on the train to Philadelphia. To Douglass’ relief, the con- Forty years of hauling fishing nets will do that to ductor shared the “kind feeling which prevailed in Balti- a man. more and other seaports at the time, towards ‘those who “You know how John Henry was a steel-driving go down to the sea in ships.’” man?” said Carter. “We were net-pulling men.” In days gone by, Carter and his mates, the stout men Seeing that I did not readily produce my free papers, of the menhaden fishing boats, stood shoulder to shoul- as the other colored persons in the car had done, he [the der, pulling in nets heaving with thousands of pounds of conductor] said to me in a friendly contrast with that fish. It was brutal, back-breaking, finger-cracking work observed towards the others: “I suppose you have your that lasted from sunrise to sunset. They survived with free papers?” To which I answered: “No, sir; I never their toughness. carry my free papers to sea with me.” “But you have And their singing. something to show that you are a free man, have you The fishermen sang work songs called chanteys not?” “Yes, sir,” I answered; “I have a paper with the that helped coordinate the pulling and also helped American eagle on it, and that will carry me round the ease the burden. world.” With this I drew from my deep sailor’s pocket “They would sing to raise the heavy loads, and they my seaman’s protection, as before described. The mer- would sing just for the camaraderie of singing,” said Lloyd est glance at the paper satisfied him, and he took my Hill, 66, who comes from a family of singing watermen. fare and went on about his business. “The shared hardship would not seem as hard.” Simply put, said Elton Smith Jr., another fisher- —The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, 1881 man who went on to become a school principal and superintendent, the songs represented “many hands 2. Drake, Kelly S., “The Seaman’s Protection Certificate as Proof of Ameri- can Citizenship for Black Sailors,” The Log of Mystic Seaport, Vol. 50, No. 1, Summer 1998, p. 12. 12 a Hard Life in Song The Northern Neck Chantey Singers, a group of seven former watermen, sing the songs used to help coordinate hauling a net full of fish. The group keeps alive the traditional African-American chanteys. Photo by Alexa Welch Edlund. Copyright, Richmond Times-Dispatch.

sumption, but they have had plenty of practical uses in products such as fertilizer and animal feed, paint, cat food and fingernail polish. Reedville, on the Northern Neck, has long been the center of the menhaden processing industry, although the industry has declined in recent years. Menhaden travel in large schools, meaning it’s most efficient to catch them in nets. Efficient, but not easy, par- ticularly in the days before machines pulled the nets onto boats. That’s where the net-pulling men came in. “Those fish were heavy,” said Christopher Harvey, 71. “I mean heavy.” A large net brimming with fish could take a group of brawny men an hour or more to drag into the boat with the steady rhythm of chantey-singing playing an impor- tant role in the success of the catch. African-American work songs are an ancient tradi- tion in themselves, having a history in mining, logging and the construction of railroads and highways. The songs are largely traditional tunes, highly personalized for the specific task at hand. Many of the chanteys sung on the open water were bawdy in nature; those lyrics have been cleaned up for festival audiences. “They sang about their shared interests,” said Hill. ‘They sang about pay, they sang about the boss, they sang about ladies.” Going home was another shared interest. “See you when the sun goes down” is a common refrain. pulling together.” The songs are “narrative histories in themselves,” said The introduction in the mid-20th century of hydraulic Harold Anderson, a folklorist and ethnomusicologist who power blocks to pull up the nets began sending the large has researched chantey-singing and will introduce the fishing crews and their work songs into the shadows of Northern Neck group at the festival. history. But the African-American tradition of chantey- “They represent an African-American tradition that singing is being kept alive by groups such as the Northern people don’t tend to think about anymore because there Neck Chantey Singers, former watermen who perform aren’t too many situations where you can hear people around the country. singing that music,” Anderson said. “They also represent Seven men deep into retirement gather weekly in Elton something special: guys who worked really, really hard to Smith’s living room in Kilmarnock to recapture the past by send kids to college and provide for their families. They’re singing the chanteys. They gather in a circle, hold hands pretty amazing. They may be rough in some ways, but they and say a prayer. Then they sing in heavenly harmony. represent an ideal of people who valued education and These are the Northern Neck Chantey Singers, now worked hard.” a group of men—mostly in their 70s and 80s—who first Rehearsed in a living room or performed onstage, the gathered in the early 1990s to sing at a Fourth of July pro- a cappella chanteys convey an almost soothing tone, be- gram. They’ve been performing ever since. lying the labor that accompanied them in the boats of “You heard that song ‘We’re Together, Right or yesteryear. Wrong’?” asked Carter, with a smile. “That’s us.” Does the singing make the singers feel nostalgic for The men laugh easily and speak matter-of-factly about that part of their lives? their lives on the water, chasing schools of menhaden up Not exactly, said James Carter. and down the Atlantic coast and even into the Gulf of “I sing them now to forget the hard work,” he said Mexico. From spring to fall, they were gone from home with a laugh. weeks at a time. Menhaden are bony, oily fish not fit for human con- Copyright, Richmond Times-Dispatch, reprinted by permission.

13 Explore & Restore Horn Point Laboratory’s Mission on the Bay

By Michael Valliant, Director of Marketing

To gain access to one of the richest oyster-producing areas along the Bay, it’s easiest to take a car. The oyster hatchery at Horn Point Laboratory outside Cambridge, Maryland, produced 350 million oysters last year, grown in a series of 10,000-gallon tanks of water from the Choptank River. Pointing to one of the tanks, the hatchery’s program direc- tor Don “Mutt” Meritt notes, “There are 482.4 million oysters in that tank. We know how many there are; we’ve got to count them to make sure there aren’t so many that we lose them all.” The Horn Point team grows, feeds, and spawns more oys- ters than any other hatchery on the Chesapeake. They are ac- tively looking for ways to address the declining oyster popula- tion and to research the Bay oyster, Crassostrea virginica, and the Asian oyster, Crassostrea ariakensis. Their work with oysters is one example of their Bay-wide research and its applications. Their science mixes the world of geeky clinicians in white lab coats with that of watermen in salt-stained slickers as they address issues vital to exploring and restoring the Bay. (top) Oysters are grown by the millions at the Horn Point One of three laboratories that comprise the University of Laboratory. (above) Don “Mutt” Meritt oversees the culturing of oysters at the lab. Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), Horn Point’s faculty centers its research on nutrient cycles, ocean- ography, and restoration ecology. There are 28 faculty mem- research, the blue crab, and the low oxygen in the Bay are bers, 154 total staff, and 24 graduate students working on an other projects underway at Horn Point, which have garnered 840-acre campus along the Choptank River. Along with oyster national attention. 14 The new Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology Laboratory at Horn Point is part of the University of Maryland. for it in the right place, at the right time, in the right way, or is it that it just wasn’t there,” says Meritt. “People want a guar- antee, but you’re not going to get it.” Part of the research the hatchery has conducted on Asian There aren’t many scientists named “Mutt.” But there oysters focuses on the behavior of the larvae. This research aren’t many former Chesapeake Bay watermen who hold has helped Elizabeth North create a model for larval disper- PhDs in marine estuarine environmental sciences. A St. Mi- sal patterns. chaels native, Meritt began working at Horn Point in the Creating an accurate model to predict where Asian oyster 1970s. Growing up, he worked on the water—and might still larvae will go is an important factor in whether or not to intro- be there—were it not for St. Michaels High School teacher duce non-native oysters into the Bay. A report North wrote is a Dick Kleen, who inspired Meritt’s curiosity for observing the part of the environmental impact study that is currently being natural world. His background gives him a rapport and cred- conducted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. ibility with local watermen not afforded to many in the scien- North’s model looks at the dispersal patterns of Bay oysters tific community. and Asian oysters side-by-side to show how the larvae could As program director for Horn Point’s 5,500-square-foot be influenced by wind, tides, salinity, and other circulation pat- oyster hatchery, Meritt oversees the growing of both the Bay terns. The kind of mathematical modeling program that she and Asian oysters. The major question being asked by re- uses was developed at Horn Point, where scientists adapted an source managers and stakeholders is whether or not to in- ocean modeling program to the grid of the Chesapeake Bay. troduce the Asian oysters to the Bay. Though he has grown, This model simulated the water of the Bay, on top of which studied, and written about both varieties, it is not a scientist’s North put her model for oyster larvae behavior. job to conjecture whether or not to introduce a foreign spe- A debate as controversial as the introduction of Asian cies of oysters into the Bay. A scientist needs to talk about oysters to the Bay is not standard territory for a mathemati- what he has observed. When asked what his observations cal modeler. have yielded, Meritt says, “I have not seen anything to date “Ultimately, it is gratifying to work on something that so that is a deal breaker.” many people care about,” she says. “It is also challenging. A He points out that when con- lot of the work we completed along templating this kind of ecological the way didn’t even make it to the decision, there are easy answers final report because we hold it to the and hard answers. highest standards.” “The easy answer is if some- With her report on the Asian body finds something that will oyster in the hands of the DNR, bring a pox on the Bay, or you North’s attention is now focused put non-native oysters in and all on the blue crab and how wind and the blue crabs catch a disease. No flow patterns affect its population. one is going to do something like North’s work on the blue crab is that,” he says. garnering attention and funding. The hard questions come The Sea Grant programs for Dela- when the research doesn’t give ware, Maryland, and Virginia are any indication that something bad co-sponsoring the project. North will happen. Elizabeth North conducts cutting-edge research on sees the collaborative nature of “Then the question is, did you oysters and blue crabs. Photo by Cheryl Nemazie the project, along with its ultimate not find it because you didn’t look practical applications to be a part of 15 Horn Point’s charge. with other stakeholders to share data. In “As a state university, we need to 1991, he brought a group together to start communicate scientific research in a way the Chesapeake Bay Observing System that can inform management decisions,” (CBOS). It now gives real-time data on she says. Bay tides, temperature, salinity, and other statistics at the website www.cbos.org. CBOS has become a Bay-wide collab- Horn Point’s work on oysters and blue orative that includes NOAA, the National crabs is finding a number of audiences Horn Point Ocean Service, the National Weather Ser- around the Chesapeake watershed. The vice, and the U.S. Geological Survey. work they are conducting on the overall “Resource managers need answers,” says water quality and health of the Bay is re- Boicourt. “They need to make decisions very ceiving national attention and earning sci- quickly and they will make it with or without entists Bill Boicourt and Horn Point Director Mike Roman the science if it is not there in a timely manner.” research trips to New Orleans. Scientists at Horn Point have spent a number of years studying the low oxygen zone in the Chesapeake Bay. “When Captain John Smith sailed up the Bay there was Horn Point’s success in bridging the gap between the aca- probably a low oxygen zone,” says Roman. “Every estuary, demic and the applicable has not been an accident. They are when you have fresh water going over salt, the bottom gets relevant by design. separated from the top.” Roman points out that when they evaluate their scientists He said nutrients are brought in from the rivers and sink every year, they look at a number of factors. They consider to the bottom “like a giant compost heap and it uses up the what they have done in the way of discovery. They look at oxygen. So our ‘dead zone,’ as they call it, has grown in size how they have worked with state managers. They evaluate and it’s also grown in duration. About 7 to 10 percent of the what faculty members have done for public outreach, and what Bay’s volume doesn’t have enough oxygen to support life. they have done for education—teaching not only graduate stu- The same thing is occurring in the Mississippi River dents, but interns, high school, and grade school students. and the northern Gulf of Mexico. It’s a big enough concern Roman also has high hopes for a new initiative at Horn that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Point: the Ecological Restoration Institute. The thinking be- (NOAA) has awarded $2.25 million in multi-year grants to hind the institute is using what they know about the Bay and study the Gulf’s “dead zone.” how to fix it in small sections. Roman said the zone in the Gulf re- gion is roughly the size of Rhode Island. It Horn Point scientist Bill Boicourt (left) and Horn Point Director Mike Roman is large and relatively new, having formed (center) join a research team on the Gulf of Mexico. Photo courtesy of Horn Point. within the last 50 years. So Horn Point’s scientists will be joining groups from Michigan, Ohio, and Florida, to study how the zone affects the distribution of marine life in the fisheries of the Gulf. “We did a similar study on Chesapeake Bay,” Roman notes. In addition to bringing research and experience to New Orleans, the Horn Point scientists also brought the Scanfish. Resembling an airplane wing, the Scanfish travels up and down underwater with sen- sors that measure the temperature, salin- ity, oxygen, and the amount of plankton in the water. “We were the first in the country to get the Scanfish and right away it revolu- tionized our thinking about the Bay,” says Boicourt. “It’s like HDTV; there are a lot of things that have “We know how to make things better,” Roman said. “You been there the whole time, but we have never been able to stop farm runoff, you upgrade sewage treatment plants, you see them before.” put in buffer strips. Boicourt and Roman loaded the Scanfish and took it to “By taking a more holistic approach, it’s going to make New Orleans at the end of last summer for a research cruise. a difference.” w They will meet with the same national group of scientists to review and discuss their findings later this year. For more information about Horn Point Laboratory, visit At home on the Bay, Boicourt finds ways to collaborate its website at www.hpl.umces.edu. 16 To the Point

CBMM is Hub for Gateways Network System The National Park Service’s Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Welcome Center will be opening at the Museum in late February. The Center will orient visitors to the Gateways Network, a system of 150 parks, refuges, museums, historic communi- ties, and water trails throughout the Chesapeake Bay region, where the public can learn the Bay’s diverse stories, experi- ence its history, and enjoy its natural beauty. As one of the Network’s prominent sites, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is featured in the Center’s exhibits, encouraging visitors to begin their journey at the Museum. The exhibits include two films, “Under the Chesapeake” and “The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network,” as well as a wall-size map and photographs depicting the entire Network of sites, with a computer where the public can access infor- mation about each. Dots highlight some Gateways sites around the Chesapeake Bay. Visitors can travel from one site to another by paddling a water trail, riding on a ferry, biking, or driving a scenic tour route. Managed by many different partners, these sites from American University each tell a part of the Bay story. Together, as the Chesapeake in Washington, D.C., and Bay Gateways Network, they provide a way for experienc- has completed masters level ing and understanding the Bay as a whole. The Network course work in marketing, connects people to these sites through a website, brochures, strategic planning, and fund maps, and educational publications. development at New York The vision of the Gateways Network, as conceived by University and Fordham recently retired Maryland Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, goes University. beyond tourism. He believed, as we at the Museum do, that Robert Forloney has changing how people perceive the Bay by interpreting its been named Director of resources is a meaningful step toward creating a broader Education. He has worked Kate Rattie is the Director of Development. commitment to Bay restoration and conservation. To learn in museum education for more about the Gateways Network on the web, go to www. baygateways.net nine years: as the Manager — Melissa McLoud, Vice President of Program of School and Volunteer Programs at the Museum of the City of New York, as New Faces on Collaborative and Special CBMM’s Campus Needs Educator at South Street Seaport, and in a va- Kathleen Rattie is the new Director of Development. riety of museum education She is responsible for fund-raising and membership pro- positions at The Morgan Li- grams at CBMM, including annual giving, grant writing, brary, The Brooklyn Muse- and government relations. Kate was the Business Develop- Robert Forloney is the Director um of Art, and the American of Education. ment/Marketing Manager for the Peninsula Regional Health Museum of Natural History. System in Salisbury, Maryland, and Seaford, Delaware. She His Master’s degree is in has held executive marketing and communications positions Humanities and Social Thought from New York University. in the health care and non-profit industries, and is a member In addition to his experience in museum education, Robert of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. also brings an extensive network of professional contacts in Kate has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications the museum field as well as a strong record of publications

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and presentations at museum Michigan Journalism Fel- conferences. low. Dick has sailed the Bay Rachel Dolhanczyk for 30 years. joined CBMM as the new Susan Harrison is our Youth Programs Coordina- new Dockmaster/Assistant tor. She came to the Museum Manager in the Visitor Ser- from the Cape May County vices Department. Susan Historical & Genealogical started working in Visitor Society, where she was the Services earlier last year and administrator and curator. has been promoted, recog- She also has experience in Rachel Dolhanczyk is the Youth nizing her exceptional cus- Susan Harrison is the Assistant Programs Coordinator Manager of Visitor Services and the field, serving as a Grant tomer service and knack for Dockmaster. Administrator for the Cape addressing and exceeding May County Division of Culture & Heritage and as a Board the needs of our boaters. Susan has years of experience in the Member of the New Jersey Association of Museums. Ra- restaurant and hospitality industry. She has been manager of chel received a B.A. in History from Wheaton College and a the Tilghman Island Inn and has worked at Harbour Lights and M.A. in Museum Education from the University of the Arts Shore Restaurant. in Pennsylvania. Michael Valliant has Rachel will be coordinating school programs both at the become CBMM’s Direc- Museum as well as in the schools, acting as a liaison be- tor of Marketing & Media tween CBMM and the school system, and overseeing the Relations, leaving his for- sailing program. mer post as Editor and Di- Cristina Calvert is the rector of Communications. new Special Events Coor- Michael has been on staff dinator. She oversees the at the Museum for just un- Museum’s special events, der five years. He has led festivals, cultivation events, and edited the Quarterly the Boating Party, and other Michael Valliant is the Director of for three-and-a-half years, advancement activities. She Marketing & Media Relations. overseeing the redesign of will also assist the marketing www.cbmm.org. He has ed- department with various du- ited Museum books, including From Pot Pie to Hell and Dam- ties. Cristina was the Events nation: An Illustrated Gazetteer of Talbot County, and worked Manager of the Virginia on the “Oystering on the Chesapeake” school curriculum. As Cristina Calvert is the Special Community College System Director of Marketing, Michael will be working to increase Events Coordinator. in Richmond, Virginia. CBMM’s visibility and broaden its audience, while oversee- A 2005 graduate of Ran- ing communications, visitor services, and special events. dolph-Macon College, Cristina holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Prior to working at CBMM, Michael was Public Relations Economics and Business. She is pursuing an Events Manage- and Development Coordinator at the Academy Art Museum in ment Certificate through The George Washington University’s Easton, Maryland. He is a graduate of Chesapeake College in School of Tourism. Wye Mills and Washington College in Chestertown. Dick Cooper has been named editor of the CBMM Quarterly magazine. Dick is a career journalist, spend- Visit our store at cbmm.org ing 28 years as an editor and The Museum Store has gone electronic, offering reporter at The Philadelphia secure, online purchases of a wide variety of Inquirer. Prior to his time merchandise. Just go to www.cbmm.org and click in Philadelphia, Dick won on the “Store” link to view the online catalog. a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for Now you can buy CBMM wear, boat models, his coverage of the Attica jewelry, maritime books, and gifts with the click Prison riots in Upstate New of your mouse. While you are on the Museum’s York. He is a 1969 gradu- Dick Cooper is the editor of the site, check out the calendar to keep up with ate of Michigan State Uni- Quarterly. upcoming events. versity and a University of

18 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum w Winter 2006-2007 Edna is Back in the Water The Edna E. Lockwood is back in her berth after more than two months of repair work by the Boat Yard crew. Boat Yard Manager Richard Scofield said that when

Delaware’s restoration is well under way.

The Boat Yard crew has replaced the cabin top and restored the beaded paneling in the cabin ceiling. The Gray Marine 671 diesel, an antique in its own right, has been pulled and is also scheduled to be rebuilt. The removal of the engine revealed that large rocks were packed into the bilge for ballast. Barto said he expects the hull work to be completed by spring. Edna E. Lockwood, the flagship of the Museum’s floating fleet, returns to the water after receiving some extensive repairs. New Emphasis on Education the Edna was hauled on the marine railway for a routine Robert Forloney and Rachel Dolhanczyk, the new educa- checkup in October, they found a nine-foot-long section of tion team at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, want to rot in her hull. do more than just teach visitors to the Eastern Shore about He said that when Vessel Maintenance Manager Marc skipjacks, wooden boats, and trot lines. Barto started to check her wooden hull with his knife, “chunks They want to emphasize the people and communities of started to come off.” the Bay, viewing the Bay’s unique cultures as a focal point “It was pine from her rebuild in the 1970s, and it had for programming. gone real bad,” Scofield said. Forloney, the Director of Education, and Dolhanczyk, the The Edna was built in 1889 on Tilghman Island by Youth Programs Coordinator, are extending an invitation to famed Chesapeake boat builder John B. Harrison and is the residents of the region to join them in the exploration of a last nine-log bugeye in existence. She was used for oyster distinct and important part of America’s heritage, the living dredging most of her life, was retired in 1967, and donated history of the Bay. to CBMM in 1973. In 1975, the 58-foot, 8-inch vessel was “We want people to realize that we act as caretakers of stripped down to her logs and rebuilt. their artifacts and their culture, and that we are here to tell their stories,” Forloney said. “We would like the community Tug to Get a New Stern to participate in the interpretative process and also have a personal investment in the institution; to realize that CBMM Vessel Maintenance Manager Marc Barto’s current task is is theirs.” the restoration of the 1912 tug boat Delaware. Barto said that He said by including diverse voices in the Museum’s of- the stern of the 40-foot boat will be carefully taken apart so ferings, local history can be presented in the most engaging that each piece can be used as a pattern for its replacement. and meaningful way. The Delaware was built in Bethel, Delaware, by William “I see the Museum as a place to promote dialogue H. Smith and was worked on the upper Eastern Shore until among groups of people with diverse viewpoints and as a the 1980s. It was donated to the Museum in 1991. center for civic engagement, not just a storehouse of objects

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riety of ways. They will work to find different ways of making the Muse- um’s collections and stories accessi- ble to everyone from pre-schoolers to 99-year-olds. Their plans include ex- panding hands-on activities for youth and families, increasing the number of Chesapeake People and docents to facilitate dialogues with visitors in exhibits, and providing on-the-water experiences for visitors. “CBMM has an extraordinary col- lection of artifacts, vessels, and histor- ic buildings, in addition to a rich re- pository of oral histories from which it has created strong programs in the past.” Forloney said, “We would like to build on this by improving and ex- panding current programs as well as introducing new types of offerings.” Dolhanczyk said the Bay’s story is not just a faded memory. “The really great thing here is that history is still current. You still have watermen and crab pickers,” she said. Rachel and Robert demonstrate tonging for oysters on Waterman’s Wharf. “You don’t have to go back in time because it is still all around us. You and images. The collections are valuable in that they act as a do not have to have re-enactors to bring you back.” catalyst for research and provide the opportunity for insight They both hope to get more members of the local com- about a place and its people.” munities to come in and tell the Museum staff and visitors Forloney, who has worked at many cultural institutions what they think is important. Dolhanczyk said they want including the Museum of the City of New York and the South to make the Museum a place where visitors—from teach- Street Seaport Museum, and Dolhanczyk, who directed the ers, school groups, scouts, children to families—return fre- Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society, both quently because they know they will find something engag- said they were drawn to CBMM by the diverse opportunities ing and exciting. it offers to tell the stories of the Bay. She said the Museum is in a unique situation because it Melissa McLoud, the Museum’s Vice President for Pro- can help children maintain contact with the water, a connec- gram, is delighted with Robert’s and Rachel’s arrival. tion that is slipping away because of economic and develop- “They see our communities as major resources; they know ment pressures on the entire Chesapeake Bay waterfront. that working with residents to recognize and explore the Bay’s “We would also like to work more closely with the history and culture—incorporating the communities’ diverse schools,” Dolhanczyk said. “Ideally we would like to further voices into this Museum’s collections, research, exhibitions, develop relationships with teachers so that we are involved and public programs—is the way to make this Museum excel. with their classes throughout the school year. Professional They come from museums that also take seriously the role development training for teachers will help them incorporate their programs play in their communities and they see CBMM the Museum and its resources into their class studies. as a resource for community residents.” Forloney said, “We would like to help the school system Forloney said, “Here you can interpret the history of the teach the history of the region. Local history is extremely Chesapeake Bay in so many ways. You are not tied to one spe- important. Once students begin to understand their own his- cific genre. You are not forced to view the collections through tory and the impact that history has on their family, friends, one particular lens but can take a historical, scientific, cultural or even aesthetic perspective.” and community, then they can start to understand how they Forloney and Dolhanczyk are starting their new jobs by fit into the national and global stories.” expanding the programs CBMM offers. They believe that the Museum has enormous potential for engaging visitors in a va- — Dick Cooper, Editor

20 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum w Winter 2006-2007 Supertanker training on the backwaters of the Eastern Shore

By Dick Cooper, Editor Captain Scott Conway walks the bridge of a supertanker heading through the rock-bound Valdez Narrows en route to pick up 93 million gallons of Alaskan crude. The expansive deck of the 1,050-foot-long vessel pitches and rolls in front of MEBA him as a fast-moving thunder storm crashes around the ship and lightening splits the sky.

The tanker is moving at 10 knots as visibility drops to is a view of almost zero, obscuring the ice shelf to starboard and the cargo the campus ship passing to port. Conway calmly points out the instru- of the Cal- ment array, detailed radar display, and electronic chart-plotter hoon M.E.B.A. Engineering School on the banks of the Miles that help deck officers keep track of their surroundings. River, between Easton and St. Michaels, Maryland. Although the bridge rises more than 10 stories above the “We can simulate 65 to 70 different ships and 25 ports sea, the length of the deck and height of the bow greatly re- around the world,” said Conway, a licensed commercial cap- duces his line of sight. tain and manager of the Deck Officer Training Department at “From here I have a 4,000-foot dead spot,” he says. the school. The computer-generated simulator used to sharp- As he explains the functions of the various instruments, en ship-handling skills that he has just demonstrated is so including a joystick no larger than an index finger simply accurate sailors who have plied the Alaskan waters can often marked “Port” and “Starboard” that can be used to steer the pick out landmarks, he said. ship, the weather clears and a helicopter passes overhead. The Ten simulators, some with actual instruments and others seas flatten to a calm as the tanker eases into the busy harbor. set up at smaller computer workstations, can be linked at one With the ship under control, Conway leads the way out a time to give students a feel for working with other ships, tugs, back door of the bridge and steps into a long hallway lined with and barges under tight harbors conditions. computers and flat-panel screens on the Eastern Shore of the All of the navigational aids of the Chesapeake Bay and Chesapeake Bay, 4,333 miles from Valdez. At the end of the hall the intricacies of the ports of Norfolk, Baltimore, and Phila- 21 Scott Conway teaches advanced ship handling to MEBA deck officers and engineers using life-like simulators.

delphia, complete with the cities’ skylines, are part of the In August, simulators’ repertoire. 1969, he was The Calhoon School, a mid-career training facility for sent as a cadet the merchant marine officers of ocean-going vessels, is an to his first berth anomaly on the Eastern Shore, where workboats and pleasure on a cargo ship craft dominate the Chesapeake’s backwaters. bound for Japan Tucked behind a tall stand of trees and a field of wildflow- that was being ers off the St. Michaels Road, the 680-acre-campus, once the readied at the site of a colonial plantation, is owned by the Marine Engi- docks of New neers Beneficial Association (MEBA), the country’s oldest Orleans. A week maritime union, with a membership of more than 4,000 li- later, with Hur- censed officers who work on U.S.-registered ships. ricane Camille on its way, his ship headed out into the Gulf According to the school’s history, former MEBA presi- of Mexico. For the next two days, the ship fought its way dent Jesse Calhoon, working with the federal govern- through the horrific Category 5 storm, with winds reaching ment and shipping industry, formed Operation Licensed 190 miles an hour. (By contrast, Hurricane Katrina was a Cat- Engineers Apprentice Program to train officers for the egory 3 with winds up to 125 miles an hour.) When the ship merchant marine during the Vietnam War. In 1966, the returned to New Orleans, Marciello came close to becoming program name was changed to the Calhoon MEBA En- a landlubber. “I said to hell with this.” But he completed the gineering School, based in a Baltimore hotel. Its intense trip to Japan and then another to Vietnam before finishing his program graduated cadets who had spent a year at sea as studies at MEBA and going to sea. part of their education. In the 1970s, the school purchased the estate on the Miles Louis A. Marciello, who was named director of the school River that had been the home of Kirkland Hall Junior Col- in December, is a 1971 graduate of the program. He said that lege and included the ruins of the great house of Perry Hall, a at its peak the school was graduating a class of 15 to 20 en- plantation that dates to 1659. The school later acquired a third gineers every month. He said that his first sea duty almost estate, known as the Peach Orchard, to complete the campus changed his career. that now has a mile of riverfront. In the late 1980s, with industry demands changing, the school ended the cadet program, and by 1991 it was transformed into a mid-career learning center specializing in updat- ing the skills of Coast Guard-licensed engineers and deck officers. Academic Affairs Manager Chuck Eser said at any given time, about 70 sailors are attending classes and about 1,400 individual enroll- ments—some union members attend more than one session—are record- ed during the course of a year. The courses range from a week’s lessons in learning how to read electronic charts to a six-week session in ad- vanced diesel mechanics. Most of the classes are hands- on with clear pass/fail results. In the electrical trouble-shooting class, stu- dents must determine what is wrong

The engineering school’s campus covers 680 acres near Easton, with more than a mile of waterfront. Photo courtesy of Calhoon MEBA.

22 (right) MEBA engineers learn the intricacies of diesel mechanics on this three-story slice of a ship’s powertrain. with a junction box attached to a motor and make repairs. When the task is completed, the motor has to run. For a class in onboard emergencies, a steel cargo container has been modified inside to replicate bulkheads in a ship. Stu- dents are sent down a hatch to solve a range of simulated problems, from broken pipes to major leaks. As they work, the container is slowly flooded. A spillway is cut in the con- tainer wall about five feet from the floor. “If the water gets that high, you fail the course,” said Barry VanVechten, assistant director for academics, who trains students to handle a variety of emergencies including onboard fires. A dozen welding booths make up the welding lab and rows of lathes fill the machine shop, where students have to turn blank steel blocks and rods into finely-made tools. The (below) Union members return to the school for mid-career training. highlight of the diesel shop is a real, three-story slice of a diesel engine with a cylinder bore of almost a meter. In the Olympic-sized pool with a view of the campus, students practice emergencies by jumping into the deep end and struggling into survival suits. They climb into life rafts that are then flipped over, so they practice righting and re- boarding tactics. Still other courses teach crowd control, waste management, and small arms training. The campus includes a ball field, tennis courts, an outdoor pool, and dockage for small boats. In 2005, the school dedi- cated the 235-seat Newberry Auditorium which is dominated by a 12-foot, by 35-foot mural of Liberty ships anchored off Normandy Beach following D-Day in 1944. The school is fully funded by the MEBA training trust fund, Eser said. Union members attend classes free of charge and receive a $50-a-day stipend and meals. They stay free in the school’s “dormitory” which looks more like a spacious ho- tel on a secluded cove. One of the sights from the rooms is the life-boat practice station. A gleaming white boat is suspended from ship’s davits 30 feet above the cove, ready for action. Marciello said the shipping business changes so rapidly (below) Life-boat training includes practice on the real thing. that MEBA members frequently have to retrain once or twice (left) MEBA’s newly named director, Louis Marciello. a year to keep pace. He said that with the steady reduc- tion in the size of a ship’s crew—currently it takes a crew of 18 to operate a supertanker or container- ized cargo ship—more and more work is falling to the licensed officers. Eser said that while only 2.5 percent of the cargo that comes into the United States is transported on ships flying the Stars and Stripes, U.S.-licensed officers are required on ships that are involved in military sealift operations. Marciello said the federal Jones Act requires that ships carrying cargo and passengers between U.S. ports be registered in the U.S. Mural of Liberty Ships unloading at Normandy Beach dominates Newberry Auditorium. One of the more recent additions to the campus has been the construction of the 10-acre MEBA Merchant Marine Memorial. A stone pathway outlines a merchant ship, its Chief Engineer Russ Nugent, originally from the Boston pointed black bow and five-ton anchors illuminated at night area, but now living in New Hampshire, has been sailing since just off the St. Michaels Road. At its stern a 23-ton, six- 1979. He has been to MEBA several times over the years. bladed propeller is reflected in a flag-lined pool. The me- “In today’s day and age it is constant training, things morial was dedicated in 2005 to pay tribute to lost seamen move so fast, unless you make an effort to keep up,” he said and ships. Its stated mission is to “provide an opportunity to over lunch between classes in the school cafeteria. “With honor the courageous men and women who form the heri- all the systems, with all the automation, they are demanding tage of the United States Merchant Marine.” more of the engineers. We need to have more information For Chief Nugent, the quiet, pastoral campus offers more to plow through.” than just a place to cram in new learning. He said he is typically at sea for six to seven months at a “When I come down here, for me it’s like a monastery. I get time with five to six months off between jobs. Crewmembers out of the loop, chill out, and focus on what I have to do.” w on modern ships do not have a lot of downtime, often work- ing 12 to 16 hours a shift, week in and week out. “You work For more information about the Calhoon M.E.B.A. Engineer- six months, but I figured it out once, you are working a year, ing School, go to www.mebaschool.org. To arrange a tour of year-and-a-half in those six months.” the school and bridge simulator, call 410-822-9600 ext. 306. Nugent’s classmate Joseph DiBenedetto, a 1981 graduate of the MEBA cadet program, agreed. “They keep changing Contact Dick Cooper at [email protected]. and adding more requirements with safety and security. So you have to come here for different courses to take, just to get certain jobs. Like working on a government vessel, you have to have classes in damage control, hazmat, firefighting, Massive ship’s propeller at the MEBA Merchant Marine which are all good to have. We get pretty good vacations, but Memorial. you spend half your vacations here.” DiBenedetto, a chief engineer from New York who now lives in Florida, said he hopes to retire from the sea in a year. “My Dad was a doctor and I didn’t want to go into medi- cine because I saw him constantly going to school to stay on top of this and learn that,” he said. “I figured I would get into something I would enjoy and see the world. Now it is turning more and more into what I saw my Dad having to do, constantly going to school. They have taken all of the fun out of it.” Nugent nodded, “If you want to get the edge, you have to put the time in. The course we’re taking now, they told us up front, it is a college semester course that they are cramming into two weeks. You’re not going to able to get away from these schools. These schools are going to have to expand.” Eser said that when the shipping industry has new equipment, or if the Coast Guard changes the licensing requirement, the school tailors its curricu- lum to fit the need. He said the faculty of 10 full-time and about 25 adjunct instructors is made up of licensed officers who teach from experience. He said that a lot of the adjunct instructors are still active sailors and will teach classes between berths.

24 Annual Report 2005-2006

25 Annual Report 2005-2006

Report to Our Members

Because of your loyalty, generosity, and dedication, the the exhibits and educational programs that take place Museum had a banner year in fiscal year 2005-2006. here. And that our education work has never been more critically important. • Membership reached 6,900 – the highest number of paid memberships on record The fiscal year was also remarkable in that we achieved so many goals at a time of significant change. After 19 • Paid attendance reached 65,705 – an increase of years of distinguished service, President John R. Valliant 8,425 over the previous fiscal year announced his intention to step down in order to accept a wonderful opportunity as President of the Grayce B. • Annual Fund exceeded its $400,000 goal, achieving Kerr Fund of Easton, Md. The Board of Governors, under an all-time high of $412,000. the able leadership of my predecessor, Jim Peterson, conducted an intense search for John’s successor, a Such numbers show that the Museum is strong and vital. process that resulted in the selection of Stuart L. Parnes We are deeply indebted to you and every member. Thank as our new President. Thanks to our Members, Staff, you! Very few museums today can boast this breadth of and Board of Governors, CBMM moved forward during involvement and level of commitment from its Membership. this transition without missing a beat, a testament to the Museum’s strength and dedication, energized by its Looking back, this past fiscal year marked the start of a compelling vision for the future. significant transition for the Museum from a construction, hard-hat growth mode, into an outreach, enlivenment We are well poised to realize this future, a future defined, mode. We began shifting from big construction jobs in part, by upgrading and improving permanent exhibits, and additions to the physical plant into making this adding a changing exhibits program, providing interactive institution the most interesting maritime museum anyone exhibits for children, and enhancing education programs has ever seen. Our challenge in the new fiscal year will for everyone. be to continue to utilize our refurbished and enhanced campus to develop new programming and educational Thank you for continuing to be our partners in preserving opportunities that will help grow Museum attendance the cultural and maritime heritage of the Chesapeake Bay. and membership. You are absolutely vital to us, and we are most grateful.

More than ever, we are devoted to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting important pieces of the Bay’s rapidly vanishing heritage. Our growing collections of art, artifacts, boats, and buildings are rich and fascinating. They are invaluable pieces of Bay history. Visitors tell Fred C. Meendsen us that they continue to be intellectually stimulated by Chair, Board of Governors

26 Annual Fund Donors

Gifts to the Annual Fund support the Museum’s annual program of member and visitor services and projects. We extend our sincere appreciation to the Museum members listed here who supported CBMM with gifts of $412,000 to 2005-2006 Annual Fund between May 1, 2005 and April 30, 2006. (Gift recognition here does not include Membership gifts.)

Admiral of the Chesapeake Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Mr. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Clifton F. West, Jr. ($25,000 and up) Mr. & Mrs. Douglas V. Croker III Mr. & Mrs. Irenee duPont, Jr. Mrs. Joan D. West Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Griffith Dr. & Mrs. Albert A. Del Negro Mr. & Mrs. J. Orin Edson Mr. Phillip W. Worrall Dorothy A. Metcalf Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Finan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Philip F. N. Fanning Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Granville Fidelity Investment Charitable Sailing Master Admiral of the Fleet Mr. & Mrs. William H. Guier Gift Fund ($250 - $499) ($10,000 - $24,999) Mr. & Mrs. Keith Hoffman Georgetown Yacht Basin, Inc. Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. L. David Horner III Mr. William L. Davenport & Mr. & Mrs. Lucien Girard Mr. & Mrs. John E. Akridge III Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Kimberly Mr. Bruce Wiltsie Mrs. Shirley S. Gooch Mr. Daniel F. Attridge Dr. & Mrs. Donald T. Lewers Mr. & Mrs. David J. Martinelli Mr. & Mrs. Barry P. Gossett Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Barry Mr. & Mrs. Ellice McDonald, Jr. H&R Block Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Marion W. Bevard Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Prager The Hon. Juliette C. McLennan Dr. & Mrs. John A. Hawkinson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Bliss Mr. & Mrs. William D. Smith Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott McSween Capt. Ralph Bloom, Jr., USN (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Jack P. Stoltz Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Moss Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Hewes Blue Crab Bay Company Mr. & Mrs. John Nyland Mr. William H. Holdford Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Boggs, Jr. Admiral Mr. & Mrs. Hamish Osborne Elizabeth S. Hooper Foundation ($5,000 - $9,999) Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Peck Dr. Gordon A. Hughes Capt. & Mrs. J. Hollis Bower, Jr. Harold & Marla Baines Mr. John M. Pinney & Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Irish, Sr. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Broadie Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Batza, Jr. Mrs. Donna F. Cantor Israel Family Foundation Capt. & Mrs. John S. Burrows Mr. & Mrs. James Osborne Burri USNR Chevy Chase Bank Jim & Peggy Calvert Fair Play Foundation David and Katherine Cockey Mrs. Dagmar D.P. Gipe Gary & Kathleen Danler Mrs. Nancy C. Hickey Colin C. Ferenbach Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Lea, Jr. Drs. Jelles & Kathryn Fonda Tom & Karen Frana Gerry & Marguerite Lenfest Mr. & Mrs. Giles S. Gianelloni Mr. & Mrs. Sumner Parker Ms. Janet M. Grissom James & Nanette Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Gruben Mrs. J. Thomas Requard Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Haab Sand Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ford Hall, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Sener, Jr. Jim & Pam Harris Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Spire Mr. Benjamin G. Heilman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Stevens, Jr. Winifred H. Hobron Thomas H. Hamilton Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Thornton John & Jennie Hyatt Van Dyke Family Foundation CBMM’s Boat Yard staff often serve as mentors giving IBM Corporation children hands-on experience. Commodore Mr. Erik T. Jensen ($2,500 - $4,999) Ms. Paula J. Johnson & Mr. Carl Fleischhauer Mr. & Mrs. Duane W. Beckhorn The Hon. S. Jay Plager Mr. George F. Johnson Johnson & Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Fichtner II Mr. & Mrs. Phillip E. Ratcliffe Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Kohls III Ms. Nancy R. Hammond Dr. Daniel L. Ridout III Ed & Linda Langley Mr. Mark J. Levine & Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hewes III Mr. & Mrs. W. Rembert Simpson Capt. & Mrs. Richards T. Miller, Dr. Sara L. Imershein Drs. Wayne & Marietta Hockmeyer Ms. Lucy I. Spiegel USN (Ret.) Mrs. Diana Q. Mautz Mrs. Margaret D. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Guy T. Steuart II Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Morgan, Jr. Ms. Julie Parker McCahill Mr. & Mrs. Breene M. Kerr Dr. Peter B. Stifel Mr. Jon Mullarky Mr. & Mrs. John L. McShane Mr. & Mrs. George V. McGowan Tidewater Yacht Sales, Inc. Tuck & Beth Nason Michael & Tina Meegan Fred & Nancy Meendsen The Robb & Elizabeth Tyler Mr. Robert D. Nobel & Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Meister Reverends Mark & Abigail Nestlehutt Foundation Dr. Cecilia V. Nobel Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Meyerhoff Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Weisburger North Star Asset Management The Hon. & Mrs. James R. Miller, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Plummer Mr. & Mrs. John R. Whitmore Mr. Terry R. Peel Mr. Jeffery E. Miller & J. W. & Vicki Ricketts Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Petty, Jr. Dr. Gabrielle E. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Snowdon Commander Mr. Donald L. Rice & Donald & Grace Mulvihill Mr. & Mrs. Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. ($500 - $1,199) Ms. Elizabeth S. J. Loker Mr. & Mrs. John H. Murray Mr. & Mrs. James Thorington II Anonymous Mr. Robert D. Nobel & The Frederick W. Richmond Don & Dorothy Whitcomb Judge & Mrs. George H. Aldrich Dr. Cecilia V. Nobel Foundation, Inc. The Widgeon Foundation Cecil & Candace Backus Mr. & Mrs. John L.S. Northrop The Ross Foundation Mr. Arthur A. Birney Carl & Gwen Oppenheim Captain Michael & Heather Brennan Schluderberg Foundation, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Patterson, Jr. ($1,200 - $2,499) Dr. Katharine M. Brown Tom & Alexa Seip Bill & Liz Platt Academy for Lifelong Learning Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Byers Mr. & Mrs. William S. Stafford Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Ray at CBMM Peter & Jane Chambliss Mr. Jeff Strider Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Reynolds, Jr. Mrs. Hannah J. Alnutt Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott Tompkins Mr. & Mrs. John H. Riehl III Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bedford Crawley Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Trippe Donald & Karen Santa Mr. Robert W. Bennett Mrs. Alonzo G. Decker, Jr. Vida Van Lennep Mrs. Ralsey B. Scofield, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Terence R. Blackwood W. Scott & Joanne Ditch Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Webster Mr. John Seifarth

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Mr. & Mrs. Norman M. Carol Davis Rich & Suzanne Hood Edgar & Leigh Nash Shannahan III Mr. Edward L. Davis, Jr. Jerry & Jacque Hook Mr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Nees John & Lisa Sherwood Mike & Trish Davis Mr. & Mrs. C.A. Porter Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Maurice E. Newnam III Dr. Eva M. Smorzaniuk Capt. & Mrs. Walter C. Davis, Jr. Ms. Marian B. Hopkins Mr. John Noble Mrs. Richard A. Springs, Jr. Capt. Michael J. Deane The Hon. William Horne Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Nolker Mr. & Mrs. George E. Stewart Ms. Jean DeBell-O’Neal Ms. Martha Filbert Horner Mr. & Mrs. John Northrop, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William C. Storey Edwin & Ruth Decker Dr. Gary D. Hughes & Mr. & Mrs. J. Gregory Norton Bruce L. Summer Mrs. Jeanne C. DeVries Ms. Kathryn Harrington-Hughes Milton G. Nottingham, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Thomasson Jack & Mary Doetzer Dr. & Mrs. Howard C. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. James R. O’Connell Mrs. R. Carmichael Tilghman Mr. John S. Dombach Mr. John J. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. John Orzechowski Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Valliant, Jr. Mr. George Domurot David & Sherry Jeffery Mr. & Mrs. John A. Pagenstecher RAdm. E.K. Walker, Jr. Dr. James J. Donahue Ms. Barbara G. Johantgen Mr. & Mrs. William M. Passano III Mr. & Mrs. John C. Warfield Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Doolittle Laurie & Richard Johnson Mr. & Mrs. A. William Patterson III Mr. & Mrs. Hugh E. Whitaker Mr. & Mrs. David G. Draut Mr. Timothy C. Johnson David & Mary Patterson Mr. & Mrs. John R. Williams Mr. Nicholas H. Dryland & Mrs. Toulson Johnston J. Marshall Patterson Norman & JoAnne Willox Ms. Sandra L. Richardson Mr. V. Brewster B. Jones Drs. James & Jeanne Patterson Mr. William S. Dudley Mrs. Adine C. Kelly The Pfizer Foundation Boatswain Mr. & Mrs. C. Kenneth Dulin Mr. & Mrs. Allan G. Kenzie Mr. & Mrs. James K. Pickard ($100 - $249) Mr. & Mrs. William H. Dunton Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc. David & Chloe Pitard Anonymous (2) Peggy & Frank Emmet Capt. & Mrs. Fred K. Kieser Mr. & Mrs. William T. Poole, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John F. Aigeltinger, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Randal B. Etheridge Mr. & Mrs. G. Rex Kilbourn, Jr. Capt. John C. Porter Ms. Lucy B. Alexander ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Kilbourne Mr. Sydney Porter & Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Andrew H. Mr. Rogers M Firth Watson & Sybil Kime Ms. Barbara Opper Anderson Dr. & Mrs. Peter L. Flaherty Mr. Jules Korner Mary Anne & Richard Rathmann J. Pierce & Molly Anderson Joseph & Mary Elizabeth Flanagan Mr. & Mrs. Nevin E. Kuhl Mr. & Mrs. Brent Raughley Capt. & Mrs. Al Aus Mr. & Mrs. James A. Flood Mr. Marc E. Lackritz & Ms. Norma Redele’ Robert J. Austin John & Peggy Ford Ms. Mary B. Deoreo Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Reed III Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bailey Mr. W. Thomas Fountain Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lambert, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Don Regenhardt Mr. & Mrs. William Baker Mr. & Mrs. Clark French Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Land Ms. Mary A. Reiley Mr. H. Furlong Baldwin Victor & Nancy Frenkil Mr. & Mrs. H. Ray Landon Capt. Robert B. Reinbold Mr. Barry G. Balmer Mr. Robert C. Frey Mr. & Mrs. William L. Lane, Jr. Harlan & Linda Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Jack Bannister Capt. & Mrs. Peter H. Friedman Mr. & Mrs. John J. Langan, Jr. Madeline L. Robinson George & Patricia Barbis Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Fuchs Mr. Harold O. Leinbach Ms. Margaret E. Roggensack Mr. & Mrs. William H. Barker III Mr. & Mrs. Bruce H. Gallup, Jr. Bruce & Julie Leinberger Mr. & Mrs. Haskell C. Royer Mrs. Daniel P. Barnard V Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Gamble Dr. & Mrs. David E. Leith Evan Rudderow Robert & Marilyn Barrett Dr. & Mrs. Pedro Garcia Mr. Ronald E. Lemieux Mr. David Rutherford Mr. Gerald W. Bechtle Mr. & Mrs. William R. Gawne Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Lesher, Sr. Mrs. Harrison S. Sayre Mr. Peter Behringer Mrs. Samuel R. Gay, Jr. Dr. John M. Levinson Julia R. Schen Mr. & Mrs. Jerry K. Bell Mr. Philip Geyelin Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Long Mr. A.G. Schmitz, Jr. Mr. David M. Bennett Ken & Wendy Gibson Mr. Robert H. Mackey Mr. Richard Schubert, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David G. Benson GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Gordon H. Mansfield Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Schuerholz Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Berg Capt. & Mrs. Donald J. Goodliffe Mr. Richard Manzer Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Schutt, Jr. Bettina Billingslea Mr. Jim Gorman David & Kirsten Martin Mr. Frank Elward & Ed & Patti Bird Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Gould Mr. & Mrs. Dwight W. Martin Mrs. Linda L. Settle Dr. & Mrs. James M. Bisanar Mr. & Mrs. John L. Graham Brenda J. Martin Paul & Jane Seymour Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Bissell Mrs. Evelyn M. Graybeal Mr. Stanley Martin Mr. Steve Sharkey Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Blackwell Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Gribben Max & Ruth Matteson Mr. & Mrs. Gary Sikkema Mr. & Mrs. Sylvester P. Bollinger Bernard L. Grove Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Mattingly Mr. Peter A. Silvia Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Bolton Harold & Phebe Guckes Mr. Richard G. McCauley Ms. Joan H. Simmons Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bonsteel Mr. John F. Harper & Mr. & Mrs. Michael McClane Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur E. Simmons, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Bounds Ms. Karen L. Roth Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. McKelly, Jr. Rev. Dr. John W. Simpers, Jr. Mr. James A. Hash Frank & Bette Meyerle Mr. & Mrs. David C. Bramble Edward & Nancy Sipe Mr. Franklin Hawkins Mr. Bill Millar Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Brown Mr. & Mrs. David A. Sirignano Mr. & Mrs. David C. Hazen Mr. & Mrs. William W. Millar Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Bruehl Mr. John Skocz Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Heiss Mr. David F. Miller Mr. Joseph H. Budge Mr. & Mrs. Albert L. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Cortland P. Hill Arthur & Martha Milot Larry & Andrea Buel Mrs. Edgar C. Smith Steve & Mary Hiltabidle Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Burns Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Snyder Mr. Walter D. Hoffman, Jr. Capt. Stephen H. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Callahan III Mr. & Mrs. Reynolds Somers Mr. & Mrs. James B. Holler Mel & Marlies Mraz Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Cannistraro, Jr. Mr. James Stansbury Ms. Patricia A. Holloway Al & Margaret Naeny Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Canzoniero Roger & Sally Stobbart Mr. Charles J. Carpenter & Mr. & Mrs. William Stockman Mrs. Tiffany Porter-Carpenter Nick & Joan Stoer Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Casey Ms. Craigie S Succop Tim & Pat Casgar Mr. & Mrs. Custis B. Swope Mr. Richard Clausen Jack & Joan Swope Dennis & Kerry Clough Mr. Richard Tager Mr. & Mrs. Adam D. Cockey Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Taws, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alan C. Coho Mr. & Mrs. John K. Taylor Mr. Mike Connolly Mr. & Mrs. Evan Thalenberg Capt. & Mrs. Rob Cook Mr. & Mrs. James A. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Copinger, Jr. Mr. James E. Thompson Mrs. D.D. Coyle Bill & Carolyn Townsend Ms. Julie H. Crudele Mr. & Mrs. Barclay H. Trippe, Jr. Mr. Gerald G. Cully CBMM’s sailing program helps children build Robert & Randi Turner Mr. & Mrs. Clyde E. Culp III confidence on the water. Mr. & Mrs. Norman S. Tyler Mr. & Mrs. David H. Cushwa United Way of Tri-State 28 Annual Fund Donors

Mr. & Mrs. John R. Valliant Mrs. Eleanor L. Campbell Mr. W. Ben Fulton Mr. & Mrs. Hall A. Kellogg Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Valliant Mr. John J. Carey Mr. & Mrs. Larry Funk Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Kelly, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. O. Ray Vass Mr. & Mrs. William B. Carleton Mr. & Mrs. Brice R. Gamber Norman & Jeanne Klug Verizon Lynda & George Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Spencer L. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Robert Knowles Mr. & Mrs. W. Moorhead Vermilye Mr. Thomas L. Caswell Ed & Linda Gerner Dr. Shepard Krech, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Carl E. Wagner, Jr. Frank & Gail Cavanaugh Mr. & Mrs. John M. Gerty Richard & Ann Leahy Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Waln Mr. Larry Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Morton Gibbons-Neff III Mr. & Mrs. Charles Leaver Mr. Russell H. Ward Ms. Sharon B. Chilcoat Mr. Jeffrey N. Gibbs & Ms. Jody Katz Ms. Eleanor C. Leh Mr. & Mrs. Seth L. Warfield Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Chlan Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph W. Gleichman Ms. Vara Jean Lehrkinder Mr. & Mrs. John Alan Watson Mr. & Mrs. William S. Clarke Ms. Melissa Y. Godfrey Pete & Mariana Lesher Mr. David V. Way & Ms. Phyllis Clingan Sheldon & Myra Goldgeier Mr. Christopher Levey Dr. Ruth Sanchez-Way Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Clum Mr. Andrew Gray Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Lockett Drs. Charles & Ann Webb Doug & Debbie Collison Mr. Robert L. Gray III Ms. Leslie M. Londeree Mr. Dennis C. Weisberg Paul & Vera Colon Mr. & Mrs. Russell Gray Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Loveland, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Welch Cathy & Patrick Connelly Mr. & Mrs. Milton Gregson Mr. & Mrs. Horace M. Lowman Mr. William Welch Capt. & Mrs. Harvey C. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Steven K. Griffith Mr. & Mrs. H. David Lunger Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. White Mr. Stephen K. Coons Mr. George H. Gronde Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Madary Mr. Harvey T. Whittington Mr. & Mrs. Lindley M. Mr. Louis E. Guerrina Mr. Hugh Mahaffy Mr. Raymond J. Wiacek & Cowperthwait, Jr. Mrs. Mary Frances Haddaway Mr. Marshall Mandell Ms. Nancy E. O’Connell Mr. & Mrs. David M. Cox Mr. Gilbert Hahn & Mr. & Mrs. John W. Mann, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David E. Wilford Mr. Roger T. Craig Ms. Barbara T. Benezet Ms. Virginia D. Martus Mrs. Esther J. Wilson Mrs. Charles H. Crane Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Hait Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Masters Mr. & Mrs. John F. Wing Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Crowley Lana W. Harding Mr. W. Christopher Maxwell Mrs. Beth N. Winkler Mr. John Csady Mr. James A. Hash Mr. & Mrs. William B. May Mr. & Mrs. Clyde S. Wisner Craig Damon Mr. Christian Havemeyer Mr. Newell J. McCalmont Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Worns Mr. & Mrs. Richard Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Nelson M. Head, Jr. Mr. & Robert McGee Ms. Magenta Yglesias Mr. Michael K. Davis & Dr. & Mrs. John J. Healey Mr. & Mrs. F. James McGrath Don & Joyce Young Ms. Elizabeth A. Petersilia Mr. Robert J. Heitzman Harold A. McInnes Bob & Esther Ziegler Mr. Joseph W. Dean Mr. & Mrs. A. Carl Helwig Mr. Ronald L. McKee Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. DeBarr Dr. & Mrs. Fraser C. Henderson Mr. William M. McLin & Crew Mrs. Carolyn R. Decker Mr. Stephen D. & Mr. Sam McKeon (up to - $99) John & Susan Devlin Kathleen C Hendry Mr. & Mrs. Jack Meyerhoff Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. Digan Mr. & Mrs. William G. Heron Mrs. Mary E. Michael Mr. James H. Adams Capt. Paul G. Dix Mr. Joseph L. Holt Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Miller III Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Aepli Mr. Henry L. Dodson, Jr. Ms. Martie K. Holtje Dr. John H. & Emily T. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Larry S. Allen Mr. William L. Dodson Mr. Richard B. Hopkins Mr. Manny H. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Allen Lewis & Ann Doom Mr. & Mrs. Francis Hopkinson Ms. Shirley Miller Mr. & Mrs. Ed Alvarado Mr. John Downin Mrs. David A. Horning Mr. & Mrs. Lynn K. Millikin Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Andrew III Mr. Joseph A. Doyle Mr. Jeffrey H. Horstman Mr. & Mrs. Ladson Mills III Mr. John Andrew Michael & Carol Droge Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Huber Arthur & Martha Milot Mr. & Mrs. Rasmus N. Apenes Bill & Shobha Duncan John & Elizabeth Hughes Betty G. Mitchell Eric & Lori Applegarth Mr. William M. Edgett Ms. Diane Humphrey Lucy Mitchell Capt. Benjamin N. Armiger Mr. & Mrs. John C. Ehmann Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Hurley Mr. & Mrs. R. Shane Moore Mr. & Mrs. James E. Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Engle Mr. John I. Hutchison Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Morgan Mr. & Robert C. Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Englert Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hyde Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Morison Charles & Beverly Austin Mr. & Mrs. Gary Epstein Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hynson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Carl A. Morsey Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence F. Awalt III Capt. & Mrs. David Etzel IBM Corporation Mr. & Mrs. William Munch, Jr. Baltimore Community Foundation Mrs. L. Clark Ewing Mr. Ronald Ieva Mr. Mark D. Murray Mr. Charles W. Barber ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. Wallace & Jane Jansen Jim & Peggy Nallo Mr. Samuel Barnett Mrs. Charles L. Fairbank, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Newberg Ms. Jane A. Barrett Mr. & Mrs. John L. Fairbank Mr. Matthew M. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Theodore L. Newberg Mrs. Brenda L. Faulkner & Dr. & Mrs. Arnold J. Jules Donald & Norma Berlin Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. North Mr. Robert W. Alexander Mr. C. Philip Kable Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglass Berry Mr. & Mrs. Norman L. Northcott Mr. Rick Ferrell Mr. Joseph H. Kaisler Mr. & Mrs. George H. Blood Mr. & Mrs. J. Gregory Norton Mr. Thomas G. Fish William & Mary Kalis The Hon. & Mrs. E.U. Curtis Bohlen Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Ober Capt. Michael T. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. Brian Kane Mr. & Mrs. James E. Bonan Mr. Michael D. Odell Ralph & Charlotte Fleischman Mr. & Mrs. Don C. Katzenberger Mr. & Mrs. John Borneman Mr. John G. O’Donnell III Mr. George B. Flynn Mr. Thomas P. Keating Drs. Arlene & Stephen Bowes Mr. & Mrs. E. Bayly Orem, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Ford, Jr. Brenda E. Keener Mr. & Mrs. John H. Boyden Mrs. Cynthia Paalborg Ms. Joanne Nicole Frank Gerhart & Violet Keller Mr. Michael A. Boylan Mrs. Mary Jane Pagenstecher Mr. Bob Brenner Mr. & Mrs. Albert Parr Mr. Claude F. Brice, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James V. Pasquarelli Ronald & Linda Brock Mr. & Mrs. A.H. Passarella Mr. & Mrs. Spencer J. Brock Mr. John E.C. Patmore Mr. R. Paul Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Roman Pawlowski Ms. Ann J. Broomell Mr. & Mrs. Royce A. Peabody Mrs. John A. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Pelliconi Rob & Dawn Brownlee-Tomasso Pete Pappas & Sons, Inc. Marion Brozowski Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Pfaff Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Brunetti Mr. & Mrs. George J. Pillorge Mr. John A. Bruno Mr. & Mrs. R. Alan Platow Mr. Michael L. Brustein Mr. Sydney Porter & Mrs. Ruth L. Buescher Ms. Barbara Opper Mr. & Mrs. John G. Burfeind Mr. Robert K. Price Mr. & Mrs. George Burke OysterFest visitors get out on the water aboard Mister Jim. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Prouse Mrs. Claire T. Burkelman Mr. James F. Rampe 29 Annual Report 2005-2006

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Mr. & Mrs. William B. Read III Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tardif Ms. Lucy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Lenfest Mr. Walter Reed Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Taws, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kevin G. Zegan Dr. & Mrs. Donald T. Lewers Mr. Robert J. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. W. Stuart Thompson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Paul M. Long Jonathan & Lindsley Rice Mr. Wayne Thompson Mr. John R. Valliant Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Loveland Miss Claire A. Richardson Mr. & Mrs. James S. Toedtman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Alnutt Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Mason Mr. Robert H. Richardson Mr. & Mrs. John P. Tokarz Amazon Hose & Rubber Company Dr. & Mrs. John F. Mautz Richland Homes Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Tompkins Mr. & Mrs. Bruce C. Armistead Ms. Julie Parker McCahill Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Ringler Mr. Dennis H. Truesdale & Cecil & Candace Backus Dr. & Mrs. Ellicott McConnell Ms. Nina M. Roark Ms. Jerilyn M. Levi Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Batza, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George V. McGowan The Hon. Juliette C. McLennan Ann & Donald Roe Mrs. Barbara Trunkhill Mr. & Mrs. Duane W. Beckhorn Capt. & Mrs. Richards T. Miller, Mrs. Martha B. Roe United Way of Tri-State Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Bedford USN (Ret) Captain & Mrs. Thomas S. Rogers, Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Valliant Mr. Robert W. Bennett Helen M. Van Fleet Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Morgan, Jr. USN (Ret.) Dr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Bounds The Hon. & Mrs. John C. North II Mr. Samuel Rothberg Mr. & Mrs. Alan F. Van Winkle VAdm. & Mrs. James F. Calvert Mr. & Mrs. Herbert E. Von Goerres Mr. & Mrs. Sumner Parker Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Rutledge Mr. & Mrs. Gerald K. Cassidy Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Santelmann Ms. Margaret C. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Clarke Mr. & Mrs. D.G. Waugh Mr. & Mrs. James K. Peterson Leigh Ann & Edward Schaefer Mr. & Mrs. William H. Combs Mr. John M. Pinney & Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schneider Mr. & Mrs. C. Paul Cox II Mrs. Donna F. Cantor Mr. & Mrs. Murray W. Weiss Mr. Richard Schubert, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas V. Croker III Mr. & Mrs. David L. Pyles Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Weisshaar Dr. Jean D. Seder Mrs. Jeanne C. DeVries Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Ray Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Whalen Mr. & Mrs. David O. Segermark Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Dudley, Jr. Mrs. J. Thomas Requard Mr. & Mrs. Charles Whitehead Mr. & Mrs. William D. Service Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Duncan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Ms. Sally K. Whittington Mr. Bruce Shaffer Mr. & Mrs. Irenee duPont, Jr. Reynolds, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. C.H. Whittum, Jr. Edward L. Sherrer, USAF (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Finan, Jr. The Frederick W. Richmond Mr. Harry W. Wickard Mr. William E. Shortall Mr. & Mrs. Albert B. Gipe Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Will Mrs. Dewees F. Showell Mrs. Shirley S. Gooch Mr. & Mrs. John J. Roberts Jan Williamson Mrs. Katherine R. Simpson Mr. & Mrs. John L. Graham Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Rust Mr. Peter L. Woicke Mr. & Mrs. W. Rembert Simpson Mr. & Mrs. David A. Sirignano Mr. William H. Woodward Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Griffith Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Skalsky, Jr. Ms. Nancy R. Hammond Mr. & Mrs. William D. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wright, Jr. Ms. Lucy I. Spiegel Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Smith Mr. & Mrs. David C. Hazen Mr. Roy A. Wright, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Spire Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Scott Smith Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hewes III Dr. Sanford T. & Margaret L. Young Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Stevens, Jr. Mr. Turner Smith Mrs. Nancy C. Hickey Kurt & Margaret Zuehlke Dr. Peter B. Stifel Mr. & Mrs. C. MacNair Speed Drs. Wayne & Mr. & Mrs. Jack P. Stoltz Ms. Diana F. Stager Quartermaster Marietta Hockmeyer Mr. & Mrs. James E. Thomas Mr. C. William Stamm Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Valliant Mr. George F. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. James Thorington II Mr. Eugene P. Stastny Ms. Paula J. Johnson & Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Thornton Mr. & Mrs. Philip Stein Gifts in Honor of Mr. Carl Fleischhauer Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Trippe Dr. Robert Stern Mr. Robert South Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Del Joiner Mrs. Katherine T. Trout Mr. & Mrs. G.E. Stewart Theo B. Bean Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Margaret D. Keller Mrs. Jane Tucker Ms. Phyllis Stonebrook Mr. & Mrs. Breene M. Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Peter Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Strauch Miss Avery Bailey Joseph Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Kimberly Mrs. Joan D. West Mr. Bruce L. Summer Dr. & Mrs. John H. Miller Mrs. Nancy B. Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Wheeler Dr. & Mrs. Sigmund R. Suskind Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Kittredge Mr. & Mrs. John R. Whitmore Dr. David F. Sutter Mr. & Mrs. Breene M. Kerr Mr. & Mrs. William L. Lane, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Wierda Mr. & Mrs. Alex A. Sydnor Ms. Kay Adair Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Lea, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Yonkers

Business, Foundation, and Government Support

Business & Corporate and Economic Development Talbot County Arts Council The Concordia Foundation Support including Maryland Department of United Way of Tri-State ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. Matching Gifts Natural Resources Fair Play Foundation Blue Crab Bay Company Maryland Historic Trust Foundations Fidelity Investment Chevy Chase Bank Maryland State Arts Council Amazon Hose & Rubber Company Charitable Gift Fund Constellation Energy Group, Inc. National Park Service Chesapeake Baltimore Community Foundation Exxon-Mobil Foundation, Inc. Thomas H. Hamilton Foundation, Inc. Bay Gateways Program Office Theo B. Bean Foundation, Inc. Fidelity Investment Charitable Fund Elizabeth S. Hooper Foundation Georgetown Yacht Basin, Inc. IBM Corporation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Israel Family Foundation H&R Block Foundation Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc. IBM Corporation Dorothy A. Metcalf Foundation Johnson & Johnson North Star Asset Management The Pfizer Foundation Pete Pappas & Sons, Inc. The Frederick W. Richmond The Pfizer Foundation Foundation, Inc. Richland Homes The Ross Foundation Tidewater Yacht Sales, Inc. Sand Family Fund Verizon Schluderberg Foundation, Inc. Government/Non-Profit The Robb & Elizabeth Tyler Institute of Museum and Foundation Library Services The Museum is a bustling social hub. Van Dyke Family Foundation Maryland Department of Business The Widgeon Foundation 30 Donors to Program, Capital Projects & Endowment

The Museum is grateful for the outpouring of support from the many individuals, foundations and corporations listed here.

Program and • 8mm films of the Berg Boatyard Mr. Pierre Collet Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Koch Capital Support of Georgetown, Maryland, and Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Cornwell Mr. Albert J. Kubeluis Anonymous cruises on the family schooner Mr. & Mrs. David M. Cox Mr. Thomas N. Kyle Benson & Mangold yacht Roscoe S. Miller. Gift of Mr. Mr. Charles Crady Mr. Larry Lauterbach Mr. & Mrs. David M. Cox and Mrs. Dennis Berg Mr. Mark Darcy Mr. & Mrs. Alvin L. Lawing James T. Dunn Memorial Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Davis Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Lea, Jr. Foundation • Shipbuilder’s tool chests and Mr. & Mrs. James B. Deerin Mrs. Annabel E. Lesher Mrs. Nancy C. Hickey tools including a tar ladle used Mr. Pete Lesher in a Salisbury shipyard in the Ms. Maude N. DeFrance Mrs. Margaret D. Keller Mr. & Mrs. J. VanCleve Lott 1930s. Gift of Ann Suthowski in Mr. Kenneth C. Diffenderfer Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Claude B. Maechling memory of Arthur C. Brittingham Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Dominick, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John H. Kimberly Makita U.S.A., Inc. Ms. Sandra F. Kirch Ms. Virginia D. Martus The Lyric Foundation, Inc. MAS Epoxies The Hon. Juliette C. McLennan Mr. & Mrs. L. Edward Mason Monday Night Shipshape Group Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Plummer Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Mason Mrs. J. Thomas Requard Mr. Ronald A. Mason Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Spire Mr. William Peak & Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Stevens, Jr. Dr. Melissa McLoud Theo B. Bean Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Michalak Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Thornton Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William C. Millar Gifts in Kind Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Morgan The Museum thanks the businesses Mr. John Owen Mullen and corporations that supported Mr. Peter J. Narbonne its education, capital and visitor Mr. Gary Nylander programs with gifts-in-kind. Okuma Fishing Tackle Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Gerald K. O’Mara Cadmus Journal Services Mr. & Mrs. Sumner Parker Chesapeake Seafood Caterers Kids learn about working the water on Waterman’s Wharf. Mr. Jerry Patterson Crab Claw Restaurant Mr. & Mrs. William C. Pfingst David Wheeler Volvo Mr. & Mrs. John D. Phillips Dover Rent-All Gifts to the Collection and Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Dominick, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Plummer Fawcetts Boat Supplies, Inc. Deeds of Gifts Mr. Peter A. Doyle Constantine Powers Higgins Crab House The Museum thanks the many Eastport Yacht Club Dr. & Mrs. Sergio V. Proserpi Inn at Perry Cabin individuals and businesses who ECO, Inc. Mr. Michael J. Pynn Kelly Distributing donated a variety of items during Mr. Michael D. Efford Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Reed III The Lumberyard, Inc. 2005-2006 including watercraft, Ensign Press Mrs. J. Thomas Requard Miles & Stockbridge, LLC historic maps, books, paintings, Mr. & Mrs. Lars K. Erickson Mr. & Mrs. William U. Reybold III PeachBlossoms, Inc. photographs and other Chesapeake Mr. & Mrs. John L. Fairbank Mr. & Mrs. George W. Richards III Quinn/Evans Architects Bay related items. Ms. Doris G. Fink Ms. Carol Rowan Tiller Publishing Mr. Edward Fiss Mrs. Eleanor Hempstead Savage Town & Country Liquors Mr. & Mrs. Duke Adams III Freedom Rowers West Marine Mr. Guy Adams Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Gaston Mr. Robert Schaefer II Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Andrew III Mr. Michael J. Scherer Collections Acquisition Mr. Morton Gibbons-Neff, Jr. Antique & Classic Boat Society - Dr. Arnold Schuring Highlights Mr. & Mrs. Wallace F. Glass Chesapeake Bay Mrs. Shirley S. Gooch Mr. & Mrs. Alex Schuster Listed below are a few highlights Mrs. Emily Austin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gray Mr. Richard G. Scofield of items acquired by the Museum Cecil & Candace Backus Mr. Geoffrey Hamlin Mr. William Shipley III and added to its collection of Mrs. Gordon R. Baer, Jr. Mrs. Samuel H. Shriver, Jr. Chesapeake Bay artifacts. The Mrs. Alexandra D. Hanks Mr. Michael Balduzzi Mr. & Mrs. W. Rembert Simpson Museum extends its thanks to all Ms. Margaret M. Harris Mr. John F. Banghart IV Mrs. Robert O. Smith who have contributed to Mr. Richard H. Harryman Mr. Timothy Barnum Dr. Eva M. Smorzaniuk the Collection. Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Hartge Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Bateman Dr. & Mrs. John A. Hawkinson St. John Company Store • Officer’s commission and Dr. Ronald Batistoni Mr. Ken Herlihy Mr. George W. Steggles privateer’s license for Oakley Mr. Richard Bemis Mr. Harold G. Hernly Mr. W. Wallace Stone Haddaway of Talbot County, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Berg Mr. Halsey C. Herreshoff Ms. Ann Suthowski in memory of 1782, near the end of the Ms. Sandra N. Berlin Herreshoff Marine Museum Arthur C. Brittingham American Revolution. Gift of Ms. Catherine C. Blackwell Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Hook Mr. Robert M. Swarm Robert G. Shannahan Mr. Michael Boicourt Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Hook Mr. David L. Tag Dr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Brigham Ms. Elizabeth Ann Hopkins Mr. Robert G. Target • Roulette wheel used on the Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Briskman Mr. Douglas Hotchkiss Mr. & Mrs. Simon Theriot, Jr. Betterton entertainment pier. Mr. Chad Brown Ms. Martha Hudson Dr. James P. Thompson Gift of Margaret M. Harris Ms. Janet Buck Ms. Edythe Humphries Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Tompkins Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Callaghan Mrs. Barbara W. Jablin Mr. Ryuji Ueno • Model of the sailing log canoe Mr. George Callaghan Mr. & Mrs. Edwin A. James Mr. Wilmer J. Waller Edmee S. made by Robert P. Calvert Marine Museum Mr. Keith Walters Mason. Gift of the model maker Mr. R. Samuel Jett, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Warren A. Campbell III Jobson Sailing, Inc. Mrs. George B. Walton • Collection of powerboat racing Mr. Roger L. Cason LTC & Mrs. Maurice R. Keiser, Mrs. Robert Weller trophies won by Louis Van Ms. Donna L. Cassel USA (Ret.) Mr. John H. Whitehead III Rossum of Edgewater, Maryland. Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Chambliss Ms. Karen Kelpy Mr. & Mrs. Winslow Womack Gift of Calvert Marine Museum Dr. & Mrs. Laurence G. Claggett, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. D. Brooke Kinney Mr. Timothy M. Zulick 31 Annual Report 2005-2006

Memorial Gifts

Memorial Gifts Romaine F. ”Mike” & Mr. Philip E. Nuttle, Sr. Ms. Barbara Provost Gifts given in memory of a loved Dorothy Button Mrs. Margaret P. Nuttle Mr. & Mrs. Elmer M. Pusey,Jr. one are placed in the Endowment Mr. & Mrs. George A. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Fred O. Snyder Fund and support the Museum in Mr. Franklin K. Peacock St. Andrews Society of the perpetuity. The Museum expresses Mr. R. Augustus Clark Sailing Club of the Chesapeake Eastern Shore its sincere sympathy to family and Sailing Club of the Chesapeake Ms. Barbara Stevens friends who have made contributions Mr. J. Thomas Requard Mrs. William G. Story to the Museum in memory of loved Classic Yacht Club of America, Inc. Mr. David W. Swetland ones named below. Mr. William D. deCamp The Hon. Juliette C. McLennan Mr. & Mrs. W. Stuart Thompson, Jr. Mrs. Margaret D. Keller Mr. & Mrs. Sumner Parker Mr. Robert Appleby Mrs. Rolf G. Thyrre Mr. & Mrs. David J. Martinelli Mr. & Mrs. John K. Todd, Sr. Master Jack Nichols English Mrs. Mary Ruth Robertson Ms. Sandra F. Kirch Ms. Paulanna C. Gerhardt Mr. & Mrs. David C. Walters Mr. Lawrence T. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Sny Weems Brothers, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Bennett William B. Bergen Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William W. Brooks Mrs. Samuel R. Gay, Jr. Dr. Charles P. Craig & Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Schaefer Mrs. Ann Rybon Mr. Robert Owen Smith Mrs. Pamela M. Devereux-Craig Mr. & Mrs. David M. Cox Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc. Air Products Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Craig Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Gay, Jr. Mr. William M. McLin & Ms. Janice Craig Mrs. Samuel R. Gay, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth J. Currier Mr. Sam McKeon Mr. Charles F. Stein III Mr. & Mrs. John L. Flynt Sailing Club of the Chesapeake Mrs. Ray Gladhill Mr. & Mrs. John Franckhauser Mr. W. Mason Shehan, Jr. William & Mary Kalis Mr. C. Philip Kable Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Anderson Mr. Francis M. Waters, Jr. Mr. Thomas R. Herman Mr. & Mrs. William A. Naugle Anhut & Associates Inc. Mr. & Mrs. George Waters Mr. & Mrs. Steven Shea Mrs. Lois Cichantek Mr. Joseph H. Bachtiger Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Waters Dr. & Mrs. Glenn F. Sykora Mr. & Mrs. Larry Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Blevins Western Connecticut SCORE Mr. & Mrs. Guy Cianci Mr. Tolbert H. Konigsberg Danbury Branch Mr. David B. Baker, Jr. Rosenthal Honda Mr. & Mrs. Curt Cramer Mrs. Eleanor B. Baker-deCamp Mr. & Mrs. James L. Crothers Mr. Richard F. Schubert Mr. George W. Wilson, Jr. Mrs. Margaret D. Keller Ms. Michele L. Duke Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Finch Mr. & Mrs. Sumner Parker Mr. John B. Mencke Mr. Daniel P. Barnard V Dr. & Mrs. Elliot Fox Mrs. Margaret D. Keller Dr. Christine H. Block & The Hon. & Mrs. Harry Hughes Mr. Richard L. Young Mr. Jeffrey J. Schaufer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Mackin Kaufman, Rossin & Co. Ms. Mary W. Battin Lubitz Financial Group Mr. & Mrs. George H. Cleaves Mr. Edward Gould Brownlee III Dr. Ted J. Noffsinger, Jr. Mr. Thomas H Marshall, Jr. Mr. Dennis T. Gallagher Mr. John B. Carson Mrs. Gordon R. Baer, Jr. The Hon. James R. Miller, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Green Ms. Gina Marziani Mr. & Mrs. Martin Noffsinger Murray Feiss Import Corp. Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Taylor

Life Members & Planned Gifts

Life Members Perpetual Mariners Society the Museum through a bequest or Mr. McKenny W. Anderson The Museum is very pleased to Estate & Planned Gifts planned gifts which help ensure Mr. & Mrs. David L. Benfer welcome the following individuals We are pleased to recognize those the future of the Museum in Mrs. Ralph Bloom who joined the Museum as Life individuals who have supported perpetuity. Mr. & Mrs. James O. Burri Members in fiscal year 2005-2006. Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Chambliss Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Denton Mr. Jeff T. Abell Mr. & Mrs. W. Scott Ditch Mrs. Hannah J. Alnutt Mr. Alfred Fittipaldi & Mr. & Mrs. Jerry E. Baker Ms. Patricia M. Coleman Mr. Thomas K. Berger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Gillmer Heidi & Steven Berman Mr. William F. Grovermann Dr. Jeffrey H. Etherton Mrs. Sarah P. Hall Mr. & Mrs. George W. Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Harwood G. Martin Laurie & Richard Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Meendsen Mr. Robert C. Kettler Mr. & Mrs. Norman H. Plummer Mr. & Mrs. David J. Martinelli VAdm. & Mrs. William L. Read Mr. & Mrs. John Monsky Mr. William L. Renfro Ms. Katherine Preben Ostberg Ms. Margaret E. Roggensack Mr. & Mrs. Charles O. Rossotti Among the Museum’s education programs is Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Spire Ann & Paul Rybon “Crab Cakes,” featuring Alice Palmer. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Stevens, Jr. Mrs. Diane Simison Dr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tyler

32 Endowments

Named endowment funds have The Program Endowment for supported the Chesapeake Bay the Kerr Center for Maritime Museum since the first Chesapeake Studies fund was established in 1969. The Kimberly Clark Endowment in Persons considering making Memory of Robert J. Kimberly additions to these funds or The Lenfest Foundation Lecture creating a similar fund by a current or planned gift are Series Endowment encouraged to contact Dr. The Lighthouse Endowment John H. Miller at the Museum The James Michener Intern for additional information. Endowment Master craftmen are often invited to share their skills The Phillip E. Nuttle Waterfowl Operating Endowments with the Boat Yard crew. Endowment The David B. Baker, Jr. Memorial The Sumner and Frances Parker Endowment The Members Operating The Collection Acquisition Endowment The Bedford Family Fund Operating Endowment Endowment The David & Susan Pyles Endowment The John B. Mencke Memorial The Curatorial Endowment Community Sailing Endowment The Bruce Ford Brown Memorial Endowment The Sailing Club of the Chesapeake Operating Endowment The Sumner & Frances Parker The J. Douglas Darby Memorial Sail Training Endowment The Buildings & Grounds Endowment Education Endowment The Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe Endowment The J. Thomas & Eleanor Requard The J. Douglas Darby Library The C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Trophy Endowment Endowment Fund Endowment Operating Endowment The J.W. Sener, Jr., Endowment The Ralph Simmons Operating The Davenport Family Foundation The Edward B. Freeman Memorial The Ralph Simmons Operating Endowment Operating Endowment Endowment Endowment The C.V. Starr Scholarship The James & Marianna Horner The Linda & Hank Spire Operating The Education Endowment Endowment Operating Endowment Endowment The Fichtner Community Sailing The Barbara Stewart Museum Store The Constance Stuart Larabee The John R. Valliant President’s Endowment Endowment Operating Endowment Discretionary Endowment The Ernest and Jane Tucker The Dundas Leavitt Memorial The Vane Brothers Company The Claiborne W. Gooch III Apprentice Endowment Operating Endowment Endowment Memorial Endowment The George Harry Wagner The Peter Max Operating The Maintenance for Floating Endowment Education and Curatorial Memorial Scholarship Exhibits Endowment The Memorial Operating Endowments Endowment The Jean McIntosh & William Endowment The Boatbuilding Apprentice Fund The Webster Endowment The Fred & Nancy Meendsen The Howard I. Chapelle Memorial Carveth Heyn Endowment Fund The Ralph H. Wiley Education Endowment Library Endowment The George F. Johnson Endowment Endowment

Gifts to the Endowment

The Museum extends it sincere Mr. Karl E. Briers Kaufman, Rossin & Co. Fred & Carolyn Snyder appreciation to all who made Mr. & Mrs. William W. Brooks Mrs. Margaret D. Keller St. Andrews Society of the gifts to the Museum’s endowment Mr. John B. Carson Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc. Eastern Shore funds. These gifts support ongoing Mr. & Mrs. Guy Cianci Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Kimberly St. Michaels Marina, Inc. programs and collections of the Mrs. Lois Cichantek Mr. Tolbert H. Konigsberg The Starr Foundation Museum such as the Hooper Strait Classic Yacht Club of America, Inc. Lubitz Financial Group Ms. Barbara Stevens lighthouse, the sailing program, Mr. & Mrs. George H. Cleaves Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Mackin Mrs. William G. Story the apprentice program among Dr. Charles P. Craig & Mr. Thomas H. Marshall, Jr. Mr. David W. Swetland many others. Mrs. Pamela M. Devereux-Craig Mr. & Mrs. David J. Martinelli Dr. & Mrs. Glenn F. Sykora Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Craig Ms. Gina Marziani Ms. Kay Adair Ms. Janice Craig The Hon. Juliette C. McLennan Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Taylor Adele M. Thomas Charitable Mr. & Mrs. Curt Cramer Ms. Mildred H. McQueen Mr. & Mrs. W. Stuart Thompson, Jr. Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James L. Crothers The Hon. & Mrs. James R. Miller, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Charles H. Thornton Air Products Foundation Ms. Elizabeth J. Currier Murray Feiss Import Corp. Mrs. Rolf G Thyrre Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Anderson Ms. Michele L. Duke Mr. & Mrs. William A. Naugle Mr. & Mrs. John K. Todd, Sr. Anhut & Associates Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Finch Mr. & Mrs. Martin Noffsinger Mr. & Mrs. John R. Valliant Mr. Joseph H. Bachtiger Mr. & Mrs. John L. Flynt Mr. & Mrs. John L.S. Northrop Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Wagner Mrs. Eleanor B. Baker-deCamp Dr. & Mrs. Elliot Fox Mrs. Margaret P. Nuttle Mr. & Mrs. David C. Walters, Jr. Ms. Nancy H. Bare Mr. & Mrs. John Franckhauser Mr. & Mrs. John B. Owens Mr. & Mrs. George Waters Ms. Mary W. Battin Larry & Charlotte Freeman Norman G. Owens Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Waters, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Batza, Jr. Mr. Dennis T. Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Sumner Parker Weems Brothers, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Bennett Ms. Rachael E. Gaynor Ms. Gretchen Heyn Porter Western Connecticut SCORE Mr. & Mrs. Marion W. Bevard Ms. Paulanna C. Gerhardt Ms. Barbara Provost Danbury Branch Mr. & Mrs. Gordon K. Billipp Mrs. Shirley S. Gooch Mr. & Mrs. Elmer M. Pusey, Jr. The Whiting-Turner Mr. J. Andrew Billipp & Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Green Rosenthal Honda Dr. Susan H. Billipp Mrs. Jean M. Heyn Sailing Club of the Chesapeake Contracting Company Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Blevins Mr. & Mrs. William M. Heyn Mr. Richard F. Schubert Ms. Eunice M. Whitney Dr. Christine H. Block & Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Hoober Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Sener, Jr. Mr. Roger S. Whitney Mr. Jeffrey J. Schaefer The Hon. & Mrs. Harry Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Steven Shea Mr. Simon Whitney & Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Born George & Theresa Jackson Mr. & Mrs. H.C. Bowen Smith Ms. Judy Levison Michael & Ella Bracy Mr. C. Philip Kable Mr. & Mrs. Fred O. Snyder William B. Bergen Foundation 33 Annual Report 2005-2006

Financial Data and Information

Statement of Financial Position Year Ended April 30, 2006

ASSETS 2006 2005 Cash and Cash Equivalents $840,458 $916,230 Accrued Investment Income 20,220 18,205 Accounts and Grants Receivable 32,964 30,638 Short Term Investments at Fair Value 213,480 238,491 Split-Interest Receivable 671,102 673,835 Contributions Receivable 220,445 449,859 Tax Credit Receivable 0 403,000 Inventories at Lower of Cost or Fair Value 327,287 315,195 Pre-Paid Expenses 24,274 52,745 Planned Gifts Investments at Fair Value 15,334 14,854 Long Term Investments at Fair Value 13,612,487 10,875,532 Land, Buildings and Equipment (Net of Depreciation) 13,853,620 12,891,207 TOTAL ASSETS $29,831,671 $26,879,791

LIABILITIES 2006 2005 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $730,681 $504,541 Deferred Income and Deposits 73,924 45,985 Notes Payable 7,929 7,929 Long-Term Debt 3,660,872 2,337,555 TOTAL LIABILITIES $4,473,406 $2,896,010

NET ASSETS 2006 2005 Unrestricted $17,107,815 $16,109,382 Temporarily Restricted 430,590 580,511 Permanently Restricted 7,819,860 7,293,888 TOTAL NET ASSETS $25,358,265 $23,983,781 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $29,831,671 $26,879,791

A copy of the current financial statements of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is available by writing P.O. Box 636, St. Michaels, MD 21663-0636 or by calling 410-745-2916 ext. 238. Documents and information submitted under the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act are also available from the Maryland Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis, MD 21401, 410-974-5534. Registration with the Maryland Secretary of State is not, and does not imply, endorsement of any solicitation.

Functional Expenses Operating Income (All Funds)

Annual Fund: 13% Endowment Other Income: 3% Distribution: 18% Program: 74% Education/Publication: 3%

Store Gross Profit: 8% Membership: 14% Fundraising: 10%

Contributions and Grants: 25% Admissions and Special Events: 16% Administration: 16%

34 Statement of Activities Year Ended April 30, 2006

Temporarily Permanently Total REVENUES Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2006 2005

Contributions Contributions $502,894 $87,681 $493,235 $1,083,810 $1,614,340 Membership 414,272 - - 414,272 400,930 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS 917,166 87,681 493,235 1,498,082 2,015,270

Grants - 293,633 - 293,633 610,865 Special Event - Boating Party 152,289 - - 152,289 161,939 Admissions 481,440 - - 481,440 466,883 Education Programs 85,233 - - 85,233 103,137 Change in Value of Split Interest Agreements 32,737 32,737 32,862 Investment Income 258,085 - - 258,085 237,794 Realized Gain on Securities 618,088 - - 618,088 278,137 Unrealized Gain on Securities 1,635,475 - - 1,635,475 167,561 Museum Store Gross Profit 242,936 - - 242,936 219,496 Rental Income 30,787 - - 30,787 30,694 Miscellaneous Sales 339,589 - - 339,589 360,021 Other Income 7,261 - - 7,261 1,401 Assets Released from Restriction 531,235 (531,235) - - - TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS & REVENUE 5,299,584 (149,921) 525,972 5,675,635 4,686,060

Expenses Program Expenses 3,168,251 - - 3,168,251 2,696,647 Administrative Expenses 692,522 - - 692,522 506,536 Fundraising Expenses 440,378 - - 440,378 350,003 TOTAL EXPENSES 4,301,151 0 0 4,301,151 3,553,186

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS 998,433 (149,921) 525,972 1,374,484 1,132,874

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR $16,109,382 $580,511 $7,293,888 $23,983,781 $22,850,907 NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $17,107,815 $430,590 $7,819,860 $25,358,265 $23,983,781

Operating Dollars at Work

Fundraising: 10% Administration & Marketing: 23%

Visitor Services: 20% Buildings, Grounds & Exhibits: 19% Publications & Communications: 4%

Curatorial & Boat Yard: 18% Education: 6%

35 Mystery Photo

Can you identify the location where this photograph was taken on the Bay a hundred years ago? The answer and the names of the readers who got it right will appear in the next issue of the CBMM Quarterly. Send your answers to [email protected].

We gratefully recognize Mercantile Eastern Shore Bank for its generous support of this publication.

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