FALL 2017 Annual2016–17 Report page 30 Red, Ripe and Rich! page 15 CBMM STAFF MISSION STATEMENT The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is PRESIDENT’S OFFICE BOARD OF dedicated to preserving and exploring the Kristen L. Greenaway, President, 4951 history, environment, and people of the Kathi Ferguson, Executive Assistant, 4955 GOVERNORS Chesapeake Bay. COMMUNICATIONS 2017–2018 CBMM VALUES Tracey Johns, Vice President of Communications, 4960 RELEVANCE. We provide meaningful and Izzy Mercado, Communications & Art Director, 4943 James P. Harris Lelde Schmitz Chair accessible experiences to everyone who Bethany Ziegler, Content Creator & Strategist, 4995 John L. Seidel cares about our Mission—all of our Diane J. Staley Enos T. Throop, V DEVELOPMENT & MEMBERSHIP Vice Chair communities and constituencies. Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. Liz LaCorte, Director of Development, 4956 Richard J. Johnson AUTHENTICITY. We seek genuinely to Susan E. Wheeler Carly Faison, Development Coordinator, 4950 Treasurer represent the people and cultures whose Nancy Wells, Membership Coordinator, 4991 Richard W. Snowdon Carolyn H. Williams stories we preserve and tell. Secretary FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Kristen L. Greenaway STEWARDSHIP. We value the priceless President Bill Gilmore, Vice President of Facilities Management, 4949 Schuyler Benson assets entrusted to us and accept their preservation and enhancement as our John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970 David C. Blitzer EMERITI Sam Fairbank, Facilities Management, 4969 paramount responsibility—our collections, William C. Boicourt Richard T. Allen Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance, 4969 our campus and facilities, our financial Simon F. Cooper Chloe Tong, Facilities Maintenance, 4969 CG Appleby resources, and the volunteers and staff who William S. Dudley Alan R. Griffith perform our Mission and make CBMM the FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Len N. Foxwell Margaret D. Keller rich enterprise it is. M. Branden Meredith, Vice President of Finance, 4958 Howard S. Freedlander Richard H. Kimberly Howard Parks, Controller, 4957 Leeds Hackett Charles L. Lea, Jr. Trish See, Staff Accountant & Human Resources Robert N. Hockaday, Jr. Sign up to receive Navy Point News, Manager, 4985 D. Ted Lewers, MD Francis Hopkinson, Jr. featuring announcements and news about our Joe-Ann Hanna, Staff Accountant & GSS Manager, 4954 Fred C. Meendsen Alice Kreindler programs, festivals, exhibitions, and more. John C. North II OPERATIONS Deborah Lawrence Email [email protected] to be added to Shawn O’Donnell, Vice President of Operations, 4959 Sumner Parker Kathleen Linehan our mailing list, or sign up online at Robert A. Perkins GUEST SERVICES Frank C. Marshall cbmm.org. Joseph E. Peters Carl Pergler, Dockmaster, 4946 | VHF Channel 16 Donald L. Martin Norman H. Plummer MUSEUM STORE Patrice Miller Sara McCafferty, Museum Store & Elizabeth C. Moose John J. Roberts Admissions Manager, 4963 Talli Oxnam Tom D. Seip Editors: Izzy Mercado, Bethany Ziegler BOAT DONATIONS & SALES Bruce A. Ragsdale Henry H. Spire Todd Taylor, Boat Donation & Sales Program Director, 4990 David W. Reager Henry H. Stansbury Creative Director: Izzy Mercado Joshua Mills, Boat Donation Program Associate, 4997 Charles A. Robertson Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr. Copy Editors: Tracey Johns, Jodie Littleton Karen Walpole, Boat Donation Program D. Bruce Rogers Joan Darby West Contributing Writers: Kristen Greenaway, Administrative Assistant, 4997 Pete Lesher, Kate Livie, Bethany Ziegler BOATYARD Production: Pixel, Print & Post Michael Gorman, Boatyard Manager, 4968 FRIENDS BOARD Joe Connor, Shipwright, 4968 The Chesapeake Log is a publication of Jennifer Kuhn, Boatyard Program Manager, 4980 2017–2018 the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Matt Engel, Shipwright Educator, 4974 ©2017 CBMM. All rights reserved. James DelAguila, Shipwright, 4967 Martha Austin Bill Lane Michael Allen, RPM Foundation Shipwright Apprentice, 4967 Kathy Bosin Mary Lou McAllister Lauren Gaunt, Seip Family Foundation Marc Castelli Trish Payne Rising Tide Apprentice, 4974 Mike Cottingham Matthew Peters Spencer Sherwood, Seip Family Foundation Jamie Fontanazza Estela Vianey Ramirez Shipwright Apprentice, 4967 Frank Garahan Sparrow Rogers Robbie Gill Spence Stovall SPECIAL EVENTS Lauren Greer Jay Tawes Shannon Mitchell, Director of Events, 4953 Jay Hudson Cassandra Vanhooser Liz Cowee, Wedding & Events Coordinator, 4944 Sherri Marsh Johns Jaime Windon 213 North Talbot Street PRESERVATION & INTERPRETATION Pat Jones Brenda Wooden St. Michaels, MD 21663 Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971 410-745-2916 | cbmm.org Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966 Kate Livie, Director of Education & Assistant Curator, 4947 HOURS: Jill Ferris, School & Family Programs Manager, 4986 May to October, 9am–5pm Jenifer Dolde, Collections Manager, 4996 To reach staff members directly, dial 410-745-xxxx. November to April, 10am–4pm Allison Speight, Volunteer & Education Coordinator, 4941 Use each staff member’s four-digit extension to complete the call. Lee Olson, Exhibitions Specialist, 4972 To email, use staff member’s first initial and full last name @cbmm.org CONNECT WITH US: 2 FALL 2017 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG contents fall 2017 PRESIDENT’S LETTER 4 by Kristen L. Greenaway CURRENTS 5 CBMM Board of Governors welcomes new members; CBMM and Historic St. Mary’s City celebrate partnership; 5 Upcoming events LIFELINES 9 Volunteer Profile: Ellen & Norman Plummer by Bethany Ziegler CURATOR'S CORNER 12 Red Light, Green Light by Pete Lesher 12 FEATURE 15 Red, Ripe and Rich! The Canned Tomato Industry of Maryland, 1880–1950 by Kate Livie ON THE RAIL 22 Edna E. Lockwood progress continues; CBMM’s floating fleet gets summer spruce-up CALENDAR 15 25 Programs, attractions, and events ON THE COVER: Rosie Parks, a 1955 skipjack and member of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's floating fleet, on the Miles River in 2016. THE CHESAPEAKE LOG FALL 2017 3 President’sKRISTEN L. GREENAWAY Letter T'S BEEN ANOTHER TERRIFIC YEAR at your Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum! I very much hope you’ve had a chance to visit and experience what’s happening on campus sometime in the last 12 months. Again, at your Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. The restoration of Edna Lockwood, the 1889-built, nine-log, last sailing bugeye—in the world— continues to capture our imagination. You will never see the likes of this large-scale project again. Come experience this in person or via our constantly updated social media channels. Speaking of social media, do you know that CBMM experiences more than 1,000,000 hits on our social media channels, per week?! We employ our social media to keep you informed and to help drive visitation. The beauty of CBMM is, once you’re here, you can put your smart device aside and enjoy a truly authentic and transformational experience (unless it’s also your camera!). Our second free Community Day—when we throw open the gates for all—was another huge success, attracting well over 1,000 guests, who enjoyed free boat rides on Winnie Estelle, Old Point, Volunteer, and others. Giving back to our community is central to our vision. Our Rising Tide After-School Boatbuilding Program has successfully completed its second year, and we are now well into the program’s summer camp activities—free for all youth participants. Our new exhibition, Robert de Gast’s Chesapeake, opened in May. This show truly demonstrates CBMM’s growing reputation as a world-class maritime museum. On view for nearly a year, both the exhibition and the accompanying catalogue demonstrate the haunting beauty of this place, the Eastern Shore, as seen through de Gast’s eyes. To cap it all off, as you’ll see from the enclosed Annual Report, we once again ended the fiscal year strongly. This enables us to reinvest in the museum to further increase the quality and range of programming on offer. For you, your family, and our community. Once again, to each and every one of you who is compelled to invest in our mission and vision, thank you! PS: I had the wonderful experience of discovering that a good many folks do read my letter. Of course Kenneth Grahame wrote The Wind in the Willows, and not A.A. Milne! Many thanks to those who contacted me to point out my error! 4 FALL 2017 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG currents circulation of continental shelves and estuaries, with particular interests in how these motions are driven by CBMM Board of winds and by fresh water flowing off the land. Boicourt is a principal investigator and member of the Board Governors welcomes of the Middle Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System and a founding member of the new members Chesapeake Bay Observing System. Len Foxwell currently serves as chief of staff for THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot. Prior to joining Museum has welcomed seven new members to the the Comptroller’s Office in 2007, he served as assistant museum’s governing body and welcomed back two to Salisbury University’s president for government and returning members. community relations, and as director of government Joining as new governors are David C. Blitzer, William relations for the Greater Washington Board of Trade. C. Boicourt, Len N. Foxwell, Elizabeth C. Moose, David W. Foxwell also served as director of Washington-area Reager, John L. Seidel, and Enos T. Throop, V. Returning transit programs for the Maryland Department of for their second six-year term as governors are Bruce A. Transportation from 1998–2002, and as press secretary Ragsdale and Richard C. Tilghman. for Governor Glendening’s successful 1998 re-election Board officers for the 2017–2018 year are Chair James P. Harris, Vice Chair Diane J. Staley, Treasurer campaign. Richard J. Johnson, and Secretary Richard W. Snowdon. In 2015, Foxwell received the Service to Society New board member David Blitzer joined Hoon & Award from Salisbury University in recognition of his Associates, LLC, in Chestertown, Md., in 2015. He contributions to the State of Maryland over the course of has strong ties to the region resulting from time spent his public service career. In cooperation with the YMCA on his family farm in Kent County.