WINTER 2020 CBMM STAFF PRESIDENT’S OFFICE ▼ OPERATIONS ▼ Kristen L. Greenaway, President, x4955 Steven Byrnes, Vice President of Operations, x4959 Spencer Sherwood, Associate Shipwright, x4967 Kathi Ferguson, Executive Administrative Assistant, x4955 Shannon Mitchell, Guest Experience & Events Manager, x4953 Noah Thomas, Associate Shipwright, x4967 Liz Cowee, Wedding & Events Coordinator, x4944 Clara Zinky, Associate Shipwright, x4967 COMMUNICATIONS ▼ Sara McCafferty, Museum Store Manager, x4963 Moses Dane, Seip Family Foundation Rolando Irizarry, VP of Strategic Communications, x4960 Denise Jones, Assistant Guest Services Manager, x4962 Shipwright Apprentice, x4967 Izzy Mercado, Communications & Art Director, x4943 Josh Atwood, Dockmaster, x4946 William Delano, Shipwright Apprentice, x4967 Bethany Ziegler, Content Marketing Manager, x4995 CHARITY BOAT DONATION PROGRAM Zachary Haroth, Seip Family Foundation Shipwright Apprentice, x4967 ADVANCEMENT ▼ Taylor Williams, Charity Boat Donation Program Director, x4992 Stephen North, Shipwright Apprentice, x4967 Liz LaCorte, Vice President of Advancement, x4956 Tom Shephard, Charity Boat Donation Program Debbie Ruzicka, Advancement Admin. Assistant, x4991 Operations Lead, x4997 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Morgan Whiting, Advancement Admin. Assistant, x4961 Karen Walpole, Charity Boat Donation Program Bryan King, IT Lead, x4999 Administrative Assistant, x4942 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ▼ PRESERVATION & INTERPRETATION ▼ SHIPYARD Bill Baxendale, Grounds & Equipment Manager, x4969 Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, x4971 Christian Cabral, Shipyard Manager, x4967 Sam Fairbank, Facilities Maintenance, x4969 Jenifer Dolde, Associate Curator of Collections, x4996 Jennifer Kuhn, Shipyard Education Programs Manager, x4980 Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance, x4969 Katelyn Kean, Registrar, x4972 Jesse Wiegel, Waterfront Programs Manager, x4967 Jim Koerner, Exhibits Specialist, x4973 FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION ▼ Joshua Richardson, Marine Mechanic, x4967 EDUCATION Branden Meredith, VP of Finance & Administration, x4958 Joe Connor, Lead Shipwright, x4966 Jill Ferris, Director of Education, x4986 Howard Parks, Controller, x4957 Michael Allen, Floating Fleet Shipwright, x4967 Allison Speight, Volunteer & Education Programs Joe-Ann Hanna, Senior Accountant, x4954 Ed Farley, Master Shipwright, x4967 Manager, x4941 Amy Wales Reilly, Human Resources Generalist, x4985 Jeff Reid, Master Shipwright, x4967 Nina Graham, Rising Tide Educator, x4974 Nate Atwood, Maryland Dove Project Administrator Frank Townsend, Master Shipwright, x4967 Laurel Seeman, Program Administrative Assistant, x4947 & Staff Accountant, x4954 Samuel Hilgartner, Lead Rigger/Shipwright, x4967 Cole Meyerhoff, Associate Shipwright, x4967 BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2019–2020 Diane J. Staley, Chair Charles E. (Ned) John L. Seidel Charles L. Lea, Jr. Richard J. Bodorff, Vice Chair Hennighausen Enos T. Throop, V Fred C. Meendsen Editors: Izzy Mercado, Bethany Ziegler Richard J. Johnson, Treasurer Robert N. Hockaday, Jr. Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. John C. North II Creative Director: Izzy Mercado Copy Editor: Jodie Littleton David W. Reager, Secretary Francis Hopkinson, Jr. Gary B. Townsend Sumner Parker Contributing Writers: Jen Dolde, Deborah Lawrence Susan E. Wheeler Joseph E. Peters Nancy Appleby Kristen Greenaway, Pete Lesher, Kathleen Linehan Carolyn H. Williams Norman H. Plummer Pat Bilbrough Kate Livie, Bethany Ziegler Kenneth W. Mann Linda K. Zecher John J. Roberts William C. Boicourt Production: Pixel, Print & Post Donald L. Martin Kristen L. Greenaway, Tom D. Seip Simon F. Cooper The Chesapeake Log is a publication of Anne E. Mickey President Henry H. Spire June Langston DeHart the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Elizabeth C. Moose Henry H. Stansbury Duane H. 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Martha Austin James Jaramillo Heather Pickens Jaime Windon Email [email protected] to be added to our Kathy Bosin Sherri Marsh Johns Estela Vianey Ramirez Derek White mailing list, or sign up online at cbmm.org Mike Cottingham Pat Jones Kari Rider Brenda Wooden Frank Garahan Mary Kellogg Spence Stovall CONNECT WITH US: Lauren Greer Bill Lane Jay Tawes Jay Hudson Trish Payne Cassandra Vanhooser winter 2020 4 president’s letter Kristen Greenaway 5 currents • Collections facility expansion set to begin • CBMM to restore historic log canoe • Upcoming Exhibitions • 2020 Festival & Events Calendar 9 lifelines • Volunteer Profile: Ann & Mike Sweeney 11 curator’s corner • A vintage oystering bushel basket 12 feature • Classic Dove: Building a Ship and a Team at Jim Richardson’s Boatyard 18 feature • The Timeless Art of Constance Stuart Larabee 22 on the rail • Delaware: Learning on the job • Maryland Dove: Taking shape 23 calendar • Member Nights & Programs • Special Events On the cover: Shipwright Apprentice William Delano works on Isabel, a 1923 trunk cabin power cruiser, while the boat sits on the marine railway in CBMM’s working Shipyard. Photo by George Sass. Left: Associate Shipwright Spencer Sherwood uses a bob to make sure the first frame of the new Maryland Dove is plumb. CBMM’s working Shipyard has raised the first frames of the new ship, a representation of the vessel that accompanied the first European settlers to Maryland in 1634. THE CHESAPEAKE LOG WINTER 2020 3 president’s letter URING THE LATTER HALF OF SEPTEMBER, I attended the 19th biennial conference for the International Congress of Maritime Museums, along with 122 attendees from 29 countries— some folks even had an accent like mine. I presented two papers: one was on the work CBMM has achieved in partnership with Mystic Seaport on sustainability and eliminating single-use plastics from our campuses. The response I received from the presentation was quite enlightening. Other museums have been trying to take this first step, and now they know we have created a handbook on how. Others are now encouraged to take the bit between the teeth. Because of this presentation, ICMM has now formed an action group— the Marine Conservation Committee—to work toward an international platform for tackling single-use plastics and more. (And you can guess who was appointed chair of that committee…) My second presentation was on transferring technical skills, focusing on our work in CBMM’s Shipyard. The reaction to this paper really It’s becoming astounded me. In many respects, CBMM is now at the forefront of doing extremely difficult just this. An attendee from Genoa bemoaned the fact that Italy now has no artisans with the abilities to build traditional wooden ships—and it to recruit highly isn’t just Italy. So, why is what CBMM is doing so very important that it has been skilled workers recognized on a national, and now international, scale? The preservation mastering specific and transfer of traditional boatbuilding skills in our Shipyard is a conscious effort we have made at CBMM that is mission related—CBMM traditional is dedicated to preserving and exploring the history, environment, and culture of the entire Chesapeake Bay region and making this resource boatbuilding. available to all. If we don’t, traditional ship- and boatbuilding skills could These skills help us become extinct. As we experienced with our recruitment efforts for the Maryland Dove project, it’s becoming extremely difficult to recruit highly better understand skilled workers mastering specific traditional boatbuilding. These skills help us better understand seafaring and maritime communities from the seafaring past. We can also become more open to theories about the connections and maritime between timber, tools, labor, and the social world within which that building took place. communities from As I explained to my museum colleagues, our Apprentice for A Day program, Rising Tide After-School Boatbuilding program, and Shipwright the past. Apprentice program inherit the engaging hands-on nature of preserving and teaching these skills. These experiences, shared person to person, connect with our guests and generate memorable moments for them CBMM President that are authentic to the Chesapeake region. This is a true example of our Kristen L. Greenaway on the strategic focus to engage the public through our mission. I see this every importance of CBMM’s efforts single day I walk out on to the Shipyard. You need to experience this to teach and transfer traditional for yourself, at your CBMM. ★ boatbuilding skills. currents Expansion project to begin Phase I of CBMM’s Master Plan, which was first announced in May of 2018, also includes the construction of a new one-story building for changing exhibitions and a this spring long-term waterfowling exhibition, along with landscaping upgrades to Navy Point. HIS SPRING, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will The new exhibition building will replace CBMM’s current begin the expansion of its collections storage facilities Bay History and Waterfowling exhibition buildings. These as