SPRING/SUMMER 2015 Mission Statement Museum Staff The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving and exploring the President Guest Services, Development & Museum Store spring/summer 2015 history, environment and people of the Kristen L. Greenaway, 4951 René Stevenson, Vice President of Constituent Services, 4950 contents Jen Matthews, Major Gifts Officer, 4959 Chesapeake Bay. Gambrill Foster, Executive Assistant Debbie Collison, Membership Manager, 4991 & Human Resources Manager, 4955 Museum Values Julie Barnett, Development Administrator, 4995 Relevance. We provide meaningful and Preservation & Interpretation Megan Kennedy, Guest Services & Marina Manager, 4945 Sara McCafferty, Museum Store Manager, 4963 accessible experiences to everyone who Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971 Emily Short, Assistant Museum Store Manager, 4962 cares about our Mission—all of our Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966 5 18 20 communities and constituencies. Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947 Finance Allison Speight, Education Assistant, 4941 Authenticity. We seek genuinely to Jean Brooks, Vice President of Finance, 4958 Eric Applegarth, Exhibition Specialist, 4945 Craig Atwood, Director of Finance, 4985 represent the people and cultures whose Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972 stories we preserve and tell. Patti Miller, Staff Accountant, 4957 Boatyard Stewardship. We value the priceless assets Operations Michael Gorman, Boatyard Manager, 4968 Bill Gilmore, Vice President of Operations, 4949 entrusted to us and accept their preserva- Jennifer Kuhn, Boatyard Program Manager, 4980 John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970 tion and enhancement as our paramount Joe Connor, Vessel Maintenance Assistant Lad Mills, Boat Donation Program Director, 4942 responsibility—our collections, our campus Brooke Ricketts, Shipwright Apprentice Todd Taylor, Boat Donation Program Manager, 4990 and facilities, our financial resources and James Delaguila, Shipwright Apprentice Sam Fairbank, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 the volunteers and staff who perform our Communications & Special Events Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 Mission and make our Museum the rich enterprise it is. Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960 Marie Thomas, Communications & Art Director, 4953 Sign up to receive Navy Point News Melissa Spielman, Director of Events & Volunteer Program, 4956 featuring announcements and infor- Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944 mation about our programs, festivals, To contact any staff listed above, dial 410-745, and the number listed. exhibitions and more. To email, use first initial and full last [email protected]. Email [email protected] to be added to our mailing list or sign up online at cbmm.org. 2015 Board of Governors CONNECT WITH US: Richard C. Tilghman, Jr., Chair Lelde Schmitz Henry Stansbury, Vice Chair Richard Snowdon Alfred Tyler, 2nd James P. Harris, Treasurer Carolyn H. Williams Richard J. Bodorff, Secretary Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Diane Staley, Officer at Large 213 North Talbot St. #636 Emeriti St. Michaels, MD 21663 Schuyler Benson 410-745-2916 | cbmm.org Paul Berry Richard T. Allen Harry W. Burton CG Appleby HOURS: William B. Carter Howard S. Freedlander May to October, 9am-5pm William S. Dudley Alan R. Griffith November to April, 10am-4pm David E. Dunn Margaret D. Keller Dagmar D. P. Gipe Breene M. Kerr On the cover: Leeds Hackett Richard H. Kimberly 4 PRESIDENT’S LETTER 11 LIFELINES 27 ON THE RAIL Charles L. Lea, Jr. E. Brooke Harwood, Jr. by Kristen L. Greenaway Meet Your Executive Committee NPS surveys log bottom bugeye, African-American sailmaker Downes Curtis’ Christopher A. Havener, Jr. D. Ted Lewers, MD by Jen Matthews Edna E. Lockwood; Martha, Winnie, sewing machine, bench and tools are featured Robert N. Hockaday, Jr. Fred C. Meendsen Volunteer Profile: Carol Kilbourn and a new log canoe. in our new exhibition, A Broad Reach: 50 Years Francis Hopkinson, Jr. John C. North II CURRENTS 5 by Tracey Munson of Collecting. Digital image by David W. Harp Fred Israel Sumner Parker Chesapeake Swan Song exhibition Robert A. Perkins © Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Richard J. Johnson opens; Chautauqua Summer Series CALENDAR Peter M. Kreindler Joseph E. Peters returns to St. Michaels this July; FEATURES 29 Editors: Marie Thomas & Tracey Munson Deborah Lawrence James K. Peterson 14 Woodworking workshops, Creative Director: Marie Thomas Museum launches new boat rental Elizabeth S. Loker Norman H. Plummer A Broad Reach: log canoe cruises, kayak trips, Copy Editor: Mariana Lesher program; ALL honors exceptional Frank C. Marshall, Jr. Henry H. Spire 50 Years of Collecting Summer Kids Club, Boater members; CBMM welcomes new staff. Contributing Writers: Patrice Miller James E. Thomas by Pete Lesher Safety Courses, Party on the Ann DeMart, Kristen Greenaway, Geoffrey F. Oxnam Joan Darby West Point, Antique & Classic Boat Jen Matthews, Pete Lesher, Bruce A. Ragsdale Donald G. Whitcomb Jay Fleming: Photographing the Festival, Big Band Night, Charity Kate Livie, Tracey Munson. Charles A. Robertson Once and Future Bay Boat Auction and more! The Chesapeake Log is a publication of D. Bruce Rogers by Kate Livie the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. S. Stevens Sands 2 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG SPRING/SUMMER 2015 3 President’s Letter currents by Kristen L. Greenaway Chesapeake Swan Song exhibition opens April 11, 2015 by Kate Livie Reflecting on the changes the Museum has seen since its humble beginnings The story of the evolving in 1965, I have a great deal of respect for the people who have transformed relationship between the this very special place over the last 50 years. People who love the Chesapeake people and swans of the Bay—its way of life and its history—have supported our work as members, Chesapeake Bay will be told volunteers, and donors. In return, we have grown from a few houses and through a curated collection artifacts shared with a handful of guests, to today’s large waterfront campus, of decoys, photographs, and an extensive collection of objects and historic boats, and nearly 70,000 artifacts in a new exhibition, annual guests inspired by our efforts. We have also grown our programming, Chesapeake Swan Song: From with a new on-the-water program being introduced this summer that I am Commodity to Conservation, particularly excited about. opening to the general public On May 23, 2015, CBMM’s Navy Point will transform into festival on Saturday, April 11, 2015 grounds with Party on the Point: Celebrating 50 Years on the Bay. Complete and continuing through April with the live Motown sounds of the XPDs, great regional food and drink, 3, 2016. family activities, and boat rides on many of our historic craft—you are The exhibition is generously invited to join the party as we kick off a year-long celebration of the sponsored by Guyette & Museum’s 50th anniversary. Please mark your calendar and make plans to Deeter—the world’s leading bring your family, neighbors, and friends to enjoy the festivities with our decoy auction firm—Judy PHOTO BY GRAHAM SCOTT-TAYLOR PHOTO Museum community. (You can read more about this festival on page 32.) and Henry Stansbury, and Party on the Point also marks the public opening of a major new exhibition, Gourmet by the Bay in St. A Broad Reach: 50 Years of Collecting, featuring 50 significant objects in the Michaels, MD. Museum’s collection—some never before seen by the public. The exhibition Over the last 150 years, will be presented on both floors of the Steamboat building, and continues the population and perception of swans has dramatically through March 2016. Accompanied by a commemorative catalogue, A Broad changed within the Chesapeake region. These magnificent Reach is sponsored by many of the Museum’s most generous supporters. waterfowl—today valued for their aesthetic beauty and This summer, more people will get out on the water with us in meaningful rarity—were once part of the Bay’s commercial harvest. ways, with expanded, special cruises aboard Winnie Estelle, and the launch Hunted for sport, food, and feathers, the Chesapeake’s of a new boat rental program, lasting all summer long. Now you will have plummeting swan population became protected by the the opportunity to sail, row, or paddle one of our wonderful wooden small Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Since then, PS. Be sure to visit our newly craft for as little as an hour or a full day, for a fun, Chesapeake experience. the Bay’s swans have become treasured ornaments, redesigned website at cbmm.org, Private sailing lessons are also being introduced; for more details about inspiring artists, bird watchers, and photographers. these programs, see page 31. They have also become a source of controversy, provoking offering easier navigation, CBMM donors should feel confident knowing their philanthropic bitter debate in the early twenty-first century as the State updated calendar of events, lists support makes these new programs and many others possible. CBMM is a of Maryland sought to control the proliferating population of boats for sale, and much more. vibrant, growing institution, thanks to the engagement of our staff, volunteers, of invasive mute swans. For thousands of years, two native swan species— (top) Two boys c. 1910 with swan hunted in the Easton, MD area. While there, sign up for our members, donors, and most importantly, our guests. Thank you for your part From the collection of C. John Sullivan. in making these first 50