The Chesapeake Log, Fall 2014

Mission Statement

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving and exploring the history, environment and people of the Chesapeake Bay.

Museum Values

Relevance. We provide meaningful and accessible experiences to everyone who cares about our Mission—all of our communities and constituencies.

Authenticity. We seek genuinely to represent the people and cultures whose stories we preserve and tell.

Stewardship. We value the priceless assets entrusted to us and accept their preserva tion and enhancement as our paramount responsibility—our collections, our campus and facilities, our financial resources and the volunteers and staff who perform our Mission and make our Museum the rich enterprise it is.

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Museum Staff

President

Kristen L. Greenaway 4951

Brooke Alexander, Assistant to the President, 4955

Preservation & Interpretation

Pete Lesher Chief Curator, 4971

Richard Scofield Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966

Rob Forloney Director of CCS, 4959

Kate Livie Director of Education, 4947

Allison Speight Education Assistant, 4941

Eric Applegarth Exhibits Specialist, 4945

Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972

Boatyard

Michael Gorman Boat Shop Manager, 4968

Jennifer Kuhn, Boatyard Program Manager, 4980

Joe Connor Vessel Maintenance Assistant

Chris Baden, Shipwright Apprentice

James Delaguila, Shipwright Apprentice

Communications & Special Events

Tracey Munson Vice President of Communications, 4960

Marie Thomas, Communications & Art Director, 4953

Melissa Spielman, Director of Events & Volunteer Program, 4956

Ida Heelan Events Coordinator, 4944

Development & Constituent Services

René Stevenson Vice President of Constituent Services, 4950

Debbie Collison Membership Manager, 4991

Julie Barnett, Development Administrator, 4995

Megan Fisher, Visitor Services Manager, 4945

Leslie Price, Ashley Dunton, Ben VanNest, Museum Hosts

Helen Van Fleet, Special Events Assistant, 4961

Finance

Jean Brooks Vice President of Finance, 4958

Craig Atwood Director of Finance, 4958

Digie McGuirk Staff Accountant, 4957

Patti Miller Store Business Development Manager, 4954

Operations

Bill Gilmore Vice President of Operations, 4949

John Ford Facilities Manager, 4970

Lad Mills Boat Donations Program Director, 4942

Sam Fairbank Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969

Joseph Redman Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969

Andrew Walter, Boat Donations Program Assistant Manager, 4942

To contact any staff listed above, dial 410-745, and the number listed.

To email, use first initial, full last name@cbmm.org.

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On the cover:

Sinkbox Shooting on the Susquehanna, c.1890, James T. Holly. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 22 in x 39 in (56cm x 99cm). Collection of C. John Sullivan. Featured on page 14.

Editors: Marie Thomas & Tracey Munson

Creative Director: Marie Thomas

Copy Editor: Mariana Lesher

Contributing Writers: Kristen L. Greenaway, Pete Lesher, Brittany Lyons, Kate Livie, Tracey Munson, Richard Tilghman, Marie Thomas.

The Chesapeake Log is a publication of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

2014-2015 Board of Governors

Richard C. Tilghman, Jr., Chair

Henry Stansbury, Vice Chair James P. Harris, Treasurer

Richard J. Bodorff, Secretary

Diane Staley, Officer at Large

Schuyler Benson

Paul Berry

Harry W. Burton

William B. Carter

William S. Dudley

David E. Dunn

Dagmar D. P. Gipe

Leeds Hackett

E. Brooke Harwood, Jr.

Christopher A. Havener, Jr.

Francis Hopkinson, Jr. Fred Israel

Richard J. Johnson

Peter M. Kreindler

Deborah Lawrence

Elizabeth S. Loker

Frank C. Marshall, Jr.

Patrice Miller

Geoffrey F. Oxnam

Bruce A. Ragsdale

Mitchell B. Reiss

Charles A. Robertson

D. Bruce Rogers

S. Stevens Sands

Lelde Schmitz

Richard Snowdon

Diane J. Staley

Henry H. Stansbury

Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.

Alfred Tyler, 2nd Carolyn H. Williams

Emeriti CG Appleby

Richard T. Allen

Howard S. Freedlander

Alan R. Griffith

Margaret D. Keller

Breene M. Kerr

Richard Kimberly

Charles L. Lea, Jr.

D. Ted Lewers, MD

Fred C. Meendsen

John C. North II

Sumner Parker

Robert A. Perkins

Joseph E. Peters

James K. Peterson

Norman H. Plummer

John J. Roberts

Henry H. Spire

James E. Thomas

Joan Darby West

Donald G. Whitcomb

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Honor Roll of Donors

by Kristen L. Greenaway

Having started my tenure as Museum President this past July, I am honored to lead the Museum forward. Taking the helm at CBMM feels as though I have plotted my own world circumnavigation. From my time growing up as a preschooler on my family’s sloop-rigged keeler, later cruising coastal and blue water, to establishing a career in leadership and development in the university and museum fields, I feel well-prepared for the voyage ahead.

I am equally thrilled to be working with my staff and volunteers. In the past few months, I have enjoyed getting to know them and understanding their personal and Museum-related aspirations.

I am especially keen to honor this institution’s 50th Anniversary in 2015, for which we have already started planning. Our year of celebration begins next May, and includes new, interactive exhibitions and an exciting series of programs and events. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary also gives us an excellent opportunity to partner with our local community in meaningful ways.

This milestone will coincide with the launch of a capital campaign, designed to strengthen our mission of exploring and preserving the history, environment and people of the Chesapeake Bay. During these first months it has become very apparent to me that the Museum needs increased financial resources to help realize and expand the importance of our mission and to secure the Museum’s future, even as it works to preserve the region’s past.

For example, to properly preserve and maintain our historic fleet while teaching the next generation of skilled craftspeople, our boat shop needs to be self-sufficient and expand its capacity, which means the need for a portable sawmill, sail loft, and metal casting facilities. The work done in our boat shop is so important in capturing the interest of visitors from every age, including those enrolled in our K-12 and adult educational programs.

I like to surround myself with interesting people, and in return, help them to do interesting things. Our staff and Board are no exception, and we must find the resources needed to realize our aspirations in making this the best Museum possible. I look forward to the challenge as we work together in guiding the Museum into its next 50 years.

Historic log canoe Flying Cloud donated

On June 26, the historic log canoe Flying Cloud arrived at the Museum, where it has joined the largest fleet of Chesapeake Bay watercraft in the world. The boat was donated to CBMM by brothers Allan Noble and John Noble of Oxford, MD. The Nobles’ father had purchased Flying Cloud in 1955.

“This is a great acquisition for us,” said CBMM’s Chief Curator Pete Lesher. “Now, the Museum has two log canoes in our fleet—the smaller Edmee S. and the Flying Cloud, which is the second largest racing log canoe in existence today.”

The Museum’s log canoes, including Flying Cloud and Edmee S. are generously sponsored this year by Hawthorn, PNC Family Wealth®.

“We are thrilled to sponsor a truly local treasure of Chesapeake Bay racing,” said Nancy McColgan, Hawthorn, PNC Family Wealth managing director in greater Maryland.

“PNC and Hawthorn have a longstanding tradition of serving the financial needs of the local community and supporting efforts to preserve and enrich the unique attributes of our region.”

Flying Cloud has been actively racing in the log canoe fleet for the last three seasons, following extensive repairs on her hull. She was skippered by Sean Callahan and, before the work on her hull, by Allan Noble. The Museum has recruited crew for Flying Cloud, and raced her this year. “She put in a respectable performance in the fleet,” says CBMM Chief Curator Pete Lesher.

Flying Cloud was built in 1932 by John B. Harrison for marine engineer and businessman A. Johnson Grymes, Sr., who had a summer home in Talbot County. Grymes lured Buck Richardson away from another canoe to skipper Flying Cloud, and Richardson sailed her success fully to win the Governor’s Cup. His crew was uniformed in yachting whites, and the presence of Flying Cloud and other big, new canoes aroused acrimony among the sailors of the day. In 1952, the boat was acquired by Fred Kaiser of Virginia, who sailed the boat for pleasure but did not race her, and then, in 1955, by marine artist John Noble, Sr., of Staten Island. Visitors to CBMM can see Flying Cloud dockside, or along its 18-acre waterfront campus, when she’s not sailing.

PROUD SPONSOR OF ENDURING TRADITIONS

Flying Cloud under full sail on the Miles River, c. September, 1998. Photo by Bill Kepner.

PHOTO BY GRAHAM SCOTT-TAYLOR

CBMM welcomes

The Museum is pleased to announce several new employees have joined the staff. Brooke Alexander of St. Michaels, MD, joins the Museum as executive assistant. Alexander will assist President Kristen Greenaway in dayto-day tasks as well as provide support for staff. A graduate of Meredith College in Raleigh, NC, Alexander brings 25 years of executive assistant experience, having worked in different sectors of the U.S. government.

Julie Barnett of Easton, MD, joins CBMM as development administrator. Barnett, who brings more than 25 years of development experience with non profits, will help manage the Museum’s 50th anniversary celebration and assist the development office. Since moving to Easton eight years ago, she has volunteered for CBMM, Habitat for Humanity Choptank, the Waterfowl Festival, the Mental Health Association in Talbot County, the Friends of the Library and Tred Avon Players.

Allison Speight of St. Michaels, MD, joins as CBMM’s education assistant. Speight’s responsibilities include managing CBMM’s educational programs as well as scheduling class calendars, taking program reservations, fielding inquiries, administering evaluations and compiling statistics about program participation. A recent Washington College graduate, Speight studied environmental science and double-minored in biology and anthropology.

Chris Baden of St. Paul, MN, and James Delaguila of Bethlehem Township, NJ, join the Boatyard as shipwright apprentices. Baden and Delaguila begin their apprenticeships working on the 1889 sailing log-bottom bugeye, Edna E. Lockwood. Baden recently attended The Landing School’s wooden boatbuilding program in Arundel, ME. Prior to The Landing School, Baden spent four and a half years working in information technology for the United States Coast Guard.

Delaguila joins CBMM after recently completing the International Yacht Restoration School’s two-year boatbuilding and restoration program. Prior to attending IYRS, Delaguila received a bachelor’s degree in psychol ogy from Rutgers University and a master’s degree in economics from The New School. His work experience includes six years as the health care market research study director at Ipsos Healthcare.

Hunting a Number One Priority

by Pete Lesher

Gus Plutschak’s rugged hunting jacket sports 26 consecutive county hunting licenses down the back. Neatly sewn in rows of three, except for the last two, which are pinned to the bottom, each of the back tags bears the number “1.”

Beginning in 1934, Plutschak bought his hunting license at the Talbot County courthouse and managed to obtain the first license year after year. Although he made his living as a barber in Easton, MD, Plutschak (1904 – 1997) was a well-known sportsman who also fished extensively and sailed competitively in the Scrappy Cat and Comet classes.

Concerning his hunting jacket, Plutschak recalled in a 1988 interview, “It was Tom Faulkner, was the one that was looking out for me. He knew I wanted number one, and they’d come in the first of July, and nobody ever thinks about hunting licenses in July, and he’d lay number one away for me, fill it out and lay it away with the rest of them. Boy, he did that for years.”

Each county in Maryland issued resident hunting licenses until 1971, when the system was found to be discriminatory and unconstitutional, after which Maryland issued only statewide resident licenses. Plutschak hunted ducks with a Remington automatic shotgun (“it never did hang up,” he recalled) from a blind near Kirby’s Wharf, an old steamboat landing along the Talbot County side of the Choptank River. Although he was properly licensed, he flaunted the law against baiting—placing corn in front of the blind to lure the ducks.

He confessed, “I’ll admit, we baited, like everybody else. We had the ducks—yes, sir—canvasbacks and redheads, plenty of them. We never shot until 10 in the morning, and at 4, we were done. We would get out there, and put our corn out. By that time they were ready to come and get it. They were landing outside, waiting for us to get out of there, so as they could get that corn.” Plutschak also hunted upland species including doves and was especially fond of quail.

A good hunting dog always accompanied Plutschak when shooting. He fondly recalled a setter: “I had a man who said, ‘come on down. I have a covey of birds right in my garden. Bring your dog down, and we’ll see if we can kill some of them. I want to thin them out a little bit.’

I said, ‘yeah, I’ll be down there.’ I went down there, and we killed about 15, something like that. I gave them to him, and I came back to town, and went to work. Then he came in the barber shop with five 100 dollar bills, and said, ‘I want that dog.’ I said, ‘Man, I can’t sell you my dog. No way in the world. I wouldn’t think about selling him.’ He said, ‘I can’t blame you.’ Curt Lama had the front chair. I had the second one. When the man got out the door he turned to me, ‘you the dumbest [s.o.b.] I’ve ever seen in my life; turned down $500 for a damn dog.’ I said, ‘Man, you don’t know what a dog means to me.’”

Plutschak’s jacket was made by Utica-Duxbak, a manufacturer of premium outdoor and sportsmen’s clothing in the early to mid-twentieth century. Made to be warm, waterproof, and with ample pockets, the buff-colored jacket served Plutschak from the age of 30. The earliest hunting licenses, printed on cloth, are illegible and partially worn away, silent testimony to many hours spent in a duck blind, gunning for canvasbacks and redheads.

Gus Plutschak’s jacket is exhibited in the Museum’s Waterfowling Exhibit, and his recorded oral history is held in the Museum archives.

Volunteer Profile: Patti Case

by Brittany Lyons

Growing up on Seattle’s Lake Washington, Patti Case was drawn to lighthouses from a young age. “At that time, lighthouses on inland waterways and the Pacific Ocean were manned and open for visitors,” Case recalls. “I was fascinated by the life of lighthouse keepers and how they lived. My favorite trips were to lighthouses.”

Recently, Case visited the East Quoddy Head Light house on Campobello Island. “It’s only accessible for two hours before and two hours after low tide, and involves climbing three old ladders, up and down cliffs, a trail over very slimy and slippery rocks and through a narrow crevice!”

Before retiring, Case worked as a learning disability resource teacher in Fairfax County, VA. Upon moving to Maryland’s Eastern Shore eight years ago, Case was attracted to the Hooper Strait Lighthouse here at the Museum, which she names as her favorite, followed by Mizen Head in County Cork, Ireland, the last sight of many Irish bound for the United States and Canada.

Eager to get involved in her new community, Case began volunteering at the Museum soon after relocating. Over the last eight years, Case has volunteered her time in many ways, including greeting guests as they enter the Museum, interpreting the Lighthouse and other exhibits, and assisting at Museum events and festivals.

“I knew I wanted to volunteer in a meaningful way, both for myself and the community,” said Case. “Many people are surprised by the size of the [Museum] campus, and the number of buildings that highlight so many diverse elements of the interconnection of the people and the environment of the Bay.”

“One of the advantages of being a volunteer is the variety of jobs available, from making holiday decorations to stuffing mugs for the OysterFest,” said Case. “I really enjoy meeting the people who visit CBMM,” said Case.

“It’s particularly rewarding to listen to their positive comments after they’ve spent time exploring the grounds and exhibits.”

Upcoming Volunteer Programs

Help us tell the story of the Chesapeake’s people, animals and environment. For docents who have completed the annual General Tour Training, other trainings for guided school tours and educational hands-on programs are available.

The two-part trainings offer background and content infor mation, as well as the practical applied instruction in CBMM’s exhibits and campus needed to lead an engaging and educational program. Both sessions are mandatory, with sign-up required at volunteer.cbmm.org

Bay Bounty Tour Training | September 30 & October 1 10am-12:30pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium

Bay Discovery Tour Training | September 30 & October 1 1:30-3pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium

Interested in becoming a volunteer?

Contact Director of Events & Volunteer Programs Melissa Spielman at 410-745-4956 for more information, or email volunteer@cbmm.org.

Volunteer Field Trip | October 31

All current volunteers and docents are invited to come to historic Chestertown, MD, on the first day of the town’s annual Downrigging Weekend. Participants will arrive for an 11am tour of the Kent County Historical Society, followed by lunch at Lemon Leaf restaurant. In the afternoon, Washington College’s audio walking tour of Chestertown wraps up the day as tall ships arrive in the harbor for Downrigging weekend.

Visit volunteer.cbmm.org for more information and to sign up. Contact Director of Education Kate Livie at 410-745-4947 or klivie@cbmm.org with questions.

Carvers at the Crossroads:

Sharing Ideas, Techniques, and Styles across the Chesapeake’s Susquehanna Flats

by Kate Livie

In the photo, it’s summertime. The grass is thick, the sun beats down, and against a picket fence, flowers bloom. A man and a girl sit together, surrounded by a puddle of ducks. They gleam, oiled and glossy in the midday sunshine, and both the man, bald-pated, and the girl, fair, hold one. The man is Leonard Pryor, a renowned decoy carver and shipwright. Though his brightly illuminated head and tiny glasses would convey a scholarly air, his hands tell the story. They are large, long-fingered, and engulf the canvasback decoy on his lap. He is an artist, they tell us. Even if Pryor wouldn’t have described himself that way, it is how we remember him, and the generation of carvers that were his peers, his friends, and, in one case, probably his mentor.

Pryor grew up in a smattering of Maryland communities clustered at the Chesapeake Bay and the Susquehanna River’s confluence. There, at the top of the Bay’s main stem, is a place of wide water and small towns straddling the Susquehanna River, long necks of land and rivers that barely turn with the tide. One hundred years ago, it was a place where people followed the water and the seasons, heading out from the small town to harvest fish and fowl from the thick underwater meadows that flourished in the shallows. Known as the Susquehanna Flats or just “the Flats,” the region became famous in the late 1800s for the huge flocks of migratory waterfowl that wintered there in enormous numbers and for the market and sport hunters that followed, attracted by the promise of a cracking good shoot.

This flood of hunters brought a brisk trade to the communities along the Flats as their citizens provided hunting guides, boats and decoys for the visiting waterfowlers. Craftsmen of all skill levels and walks of life—ship carpenters, boat captains, undertakers, even ducking police—worked to meet the demand for boats, sinkboxes and expansive decoy rigs. But a few truly gifted carvers from each community rose above the rest. These artisans from Havre de Grace, Chesapeake City, Northeast and Perryville set the standard for carving within their small towns—developing distinctive regional styles divided by the Susquehanna River— the “Havre de Grace” techniques on one side, and the “Cecil County” style on the other.

The communities of the Flats were at a crossroads, geographically, environmentally and culturally. Although most carvers ultimately developed their own take on Havre de Grace or Cecil County-specific styles, as the years went on, decoy designs had a way of traveling between counties, towns, and even states because of connections among different craftsmen. Thanks to family ties, friendship, and sometimes just admiration, the decoys of the Susquehanna Flats showed a remarkable stew of stylistic details, after just a generation or two.

The Susquehanna Flats weren’t always the waterfowling Mecca they became in the late 19th century. In the 18th century and even the early 19th century, just a few rural communities dotted the shorelines and riverbanks. Waterfowl, like crabs and oysters, were a seasonal catch and while preservation techniques ran towards the ‘eat it while it’s fresh’ variety, there wasn’t much of a financial incentive to harvest more than you could eat or sell on a daily basis. Migratory waterfowl, like other wild harvests, were also considerably more work than their domesticated cousins, requiring an expensive, artisan-crafted imported fowling piece, an accurate shot and time to set it up, and a morning to literally kill.

The rise in the popularity of hunting paralleled a few mid-19th century societal changes that made it possible as a pastime, rather than subsistence: the industrial production of firearms, the rise of the middle classes and regulated work weeks, the growth of the rail system and the popular romantic affinity for the outdoors in contrast to the booming industrial cities of the East Coast.

(bottom) The Susquehanna Flats lie near the center of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Map courtesy of the Chesapeake Bay Program.

Leonard Pryor and granddaughter. Photo undated, from the collection of Will Freng.

Havre de Grace decoys:

No “neck shelf” (the absence of a lightly raised base on the body for neck placement)

Upswept tail near top of body

Cecil County decoys:

A “neck shelf” (slightly raised base on the body for neck placement)

Tail has a distinctive chunky “paddle” shape

Straight tail in the middle of the body

James T. Holly, born in 1855, was one of the master craftsmen of the Flats, and the son of John “Daddy” Holly, one of the earliest carvers in Havre de Grace to develop the region’s distinctive style: an elegantly upswept tail and a head joined smoothly to the body in a two-part construction. Daddy Holly, born in Havre de Grace in 1818, was what we’d call a waterman today. He owned a boat and a sloop, worked as a fisherman when the fish were running and a carpenter when they weren’t. His four children, including James, were raised in a house where life revolved around the water and the seasons. Each of his sons probably helped out in the family decoy business, but it was James who excelled. A talented craftsman like his father, James was well-employed in every Chesapeake pursuit that required an artist’s touch.

It was these mid-19th century changes that led sportsmen and market hunters to the communities of the Flats, armed with big guns and shotguns, as well as ready cash to spend. They needed places to stay, guides who knew the area and how to hunt it, boats, clothing and decoys. And the decoys were commissioned in staggering numbers. The ledger of a Havre de Grace carver, James T. Holly, lists an order in October of 1916 for “one sinkbox complete” that required: “100 Decoy Ducks, 240 lbs. iron decoys 7 cts, 60 lbs iron decoys 6 cts” (Note: ‘cts’ is Holly’s abbreviation for ‘cents’- the higher cost reflects a heavier model). These vast commissions were usually for duck decoys, redheads and bluebills, and above all, canvasbacks. The canvasback, or “cans” as they were familiarly called, were the icons of the Flats, massively numerous and delicately flavored of native celery grasses. Decoy rigs of immense size, mimicking the enormous feather flotillas on the Flats’ open water, were needed to hunt the prized quarry and each decoy was individually carved and painted by hand. You would think all the carvers of these decoys would have been tiny assembly-line powerhouses in their own right, but somehow, in the frenzied seasonal repetition, a few carvers managed to distinguish themselves, developing styles that evolved beyond necessity to art.

He built beautiful boats and sinkboxes for hunting, painted waterfowling and sailing scenes, and even turned to sign painting when things got slow. But it is for his sleek, gracefully modeled decoys, carved in true Havre de Grace fashion, that he is best remembered. Holly decoys, with their racy lines and pleasing proportions, soon became the definition of Havre de Grace techniques at their best—influencing other carvers who soon cottoned to the distinctive silhouette and shape. His neighbor and schoolmate, Samuel Barnes, was no exception. Barnes was just two years younger than the talented Holly and was also a carver in the booming Havre de Grace waterfowling trade. His decoys, functional and sturdy, lacked the elegant nuances of those found in Holly’s work. Nevertheless, there was something quite Holly-esque about them, especially in the elongated body and the fine features of the head.

In the majority of Barnes’ work, Holly’s influence is clear but it remains obvious Barnes actually crafted the decoy. Not so in a series of swan decoys that have confounded some of the most practiced Upper Bay collectors. These huge, rare “confidence birds” would have been carved to mix into a decoy rig, giving it the appearance of a real raft of birds overseen by the majestic and territorial Tundras. With their beautiful shape and upswept tail, the swans seem typical of James T. Holly’s work. But the slight thickening of the hindquarters of the body, the raised platform for the head to rest on, and the finely modeled head all point to Barnes.

Though no paperwork exists to attribute the swans (and the matter was further confused by the discovery of a final swan, used as a Havre de Grace lawn ornament, in a backyard equidistant between Holly and Barnes’ houses), most experts now agree that the swans were probably made by Samuel Barnes. Perhaps knowing these swans were special, Barnes approached them with the greatest degree of craftsmanship and artistry he could summon up. With Holly’s work as Barnes’ standard for Havre de Grace excellence, it’s no surprise that Barnes’ swans would cause today’s experts to do a double take.

Havre de Grace wasn’t the only town on the Susquehanna Flats that saw local carvers sharing ideas. On the other side of the Susquehanna, in Northeast, Elkton, and Perryville, craftsmen were turning out thousands of decoys to meet the demand from hunters and gunning clubs. Although the types were the same as the Havre de Grace side canvasbacks, bluebills, redheads, teals and some geese and swans—there were a few marked differences. One was the tail shape—instead of the upswept examples found in Havre de Grace, the Cecil County variety had a

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Swan decoy attributed to Samuel Barnes. Collection of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Wrapped in newspaper at some point in the 1930s, the newsprint transferred to the body of the swan, adding another layer of history.

(left) Mallard preener decoy by Leonard Pryor. Collection of Will Freng. (right) Hen canvasback preener decoy by Henry Lockard. Collection of C. John Sullivan.

tail like a flat paddle extending from the middle of the decoy’s body. The head was also different. Instead of the head and body joined smoothly together, a small platform, known as a neck shelf, protruded from the body for head attachment.

Within these stylistic boundaries, carvers improvised an incredible amount of personal variation, from bill thickness to favorite poses. One remarkable carver hailed from Elk Neck in his formative years, a loosely-populated collection of houses and wharfs along the north side of Cecil County’s Elk River. Home to real elk in prehistoric times, the region now focused on ducks in the water rather than mammals on the land. In his curvaceous, sensitive birds, Leonard Pryor’s decoys displayed a deep inherent knowledge, formed in his Elk Neck boyhood, of the waterfowl that teemed along the neck’s coves in the winter.

Leonard Pryor was born in 1876, and was a contem porary of Holly and Barnes on the Havre de Grace side of the Flats. Pryor’s birds boasted finely-carved heads with incised nostrils (a detail clearly more for the hunter’s enjoyment than for any passing waterfowl’s appreciation),

(clockwise from upper left)

Canvasback decoy by Samuel Barnes and (right) canvasback decoy by James T. Holly. Collection of C. John Sullivan.

graceful necks and beautiful stylized feather patterns. A ship carpenter by trade, Pryor also disliked wasting “good wood.”

His tidy craftsmanship is obvious in his decoys, which often joined two pieces of wood together in the body so as not to discard any serviceable scraps. But it is his “sleeper” or “preener” decoys that truly distinguish his work as that of a master of his craft, and it is these same birds that show the fluidity of ideas between carvers in Cecil County. While Pryor didn’t invent the preener decoy, he certainly improved upon it. These carved birds are impossibly lifelike yet simultaneously stylized, hovering at the moment when they pause before ruffling their wing feathers with a bill tip. It’s a level of detail and accuracy seemingly unnecessary for a humble tool meant to fool some ducks from the sky. Yet many show signs of wear and tear on their paint and bodies that indicate they were indeed used, and roughly. Preeners, like swans, would have been added to a stretch of decoys for realism, and carvers along Elk Neck were known for producing them.

Henry Lockard and his brother George lived just a few miles away from Leonard Pryor on Elk Neck, and carved preeners as well as the more standard birds. Only eight years older than Pryor, Henry Lockard would certainly have been familiar to the younger boy, and the similarity in their decoys indicates that perhaps Lockard showed a carving protégé a few of his tricks. Certainly both carvers demonstrated a remarkable fondness for details, especially of the duck’s bill (Lockard’s decoys have tiny incised nostrils too), but also for the balletic attitude of the preener.

However, Lockard’s preeners, though gracefully carved, somehow lack the restraint and energy of his younger neighbor’s. One is a perfectly functional example of specialized craft, and the other explodes beyond craft into art. It’s a perfect example of how two techniques, favored locally, can be completely transformed by different hands. The preeners also show that solid skills, regardless of ori gin, had a way of finding their way from carving knife to

carving knife. At two different work benches on Elk Neck, Pryor and Lockard each made a tiny incision to open their decoy’s bills, as if by doing so they might take a breath and come to life. Over in Havre de Grace, Samuel Barnes took a bead on his decoy’s head and readjusted his cut, so it looks a little like something he saw over at James Holly’s shop.

Sitting at the crossroads of the Chesapeake environ ment and the people who lived in it, and of the era of unassuageable bounty and industrial harvest, the decoys from both sides of the Flats were produced in a golden period. The Susquehanna Flats were still a place of flowing water, spawning fish, and ideas that migrated between carvers as easily as the enormous blizzards of birds they so faithfully replicated. That time is gone, but it lives on in the well-worn decoys with paddle tails or preening bills that grace a mantel or a museum. They’re all that’s left of the endless rigs stretching across the Chesapeake’s Susquehanna Flats.

See these decoys and the stories of their carvers in our Waterfowling Building.

Marine railway receives new carriages

The Museum’s boatyard received new carriages for its marine railway this past August, thanks the generosity of Chesapeake Shipbuilding. The carriages haul boats from the water onto the marine railway.

One of CBMM’s most popular exhibits, the working boatyard offers engaging experiences and interactive interpretation. CBMM’s master shipwrights and their apprentices work year-round restoring and preserving the largest fleet of historic Chesapeake Bay vessels in existence.

Chesapeake Shipbuilding donated the fabrication and installation of the new marine railway, with the steel I-beams designed to be assembled and bolted together on site. Once aligned, the beams were welded to assure true alignment on the rails. The carriage wheels were sandblasted; axles were machined to accept 3 1/2 inch “U” bolts, and then pressed into the wheels before being bolted to the carriages. CBMM’s boatyard staff fabricated new carriage poppets that were installed with Delrin runners to facilitate sliding on the carriage I-beams. CBMM volunteer Mike Sweeney provided the drawings, with Holly Lake Enterprises and Severn Marine providing crane service. This project was funded in part by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority grant program.

Maintenance for Martha

CBMM Boatyard Manager Michael Gorman reports the dovetail Martha is getting work done this fall on her topsides and engine. Martha will be receiving new 42-foot one-piece topside planks, frames, and bronze fastenings. Once hauled out, her Olds 455 will be removed and sent out for overhaul, sandblasting and fresh paint. After she is reassembled, Martha will receive new paint cabin top to keel, zincs and any cotton caulking needing replacement. The Hoopers Island dovetail was built in 1934 in Wingate, MD by Bronza Parks, and donated to the Museum’s collections in 1983 by Mr. and Mrs. David W. Glass. Now, she is part of CBMM’s floating fleet of Chesapeake workboats, and can be seen dockside or out on the Miles River.

Sinkbox shooting on the Susquehanna, c.1890, James T. Holly. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 22 in x 39 in (56cm x 99cm). Collection of C. John Sullivan. The highly articulated detail of the flying, fallen, and floating canvasbacks is in sharp contrast to the flat and cartoonish gunners, a clear indication of James T. Holly’s interests.

(top) The newly-installed metal carriages on the marine railway.

(bottom) Visit bit.ly/CBMM_RailwayTimelapse and watch a time lapse video of the installation.

Skipjack Rosie Parks takes first public sail since relaunch

On Saturday, June 14, the 1955 skipjack Rosie Parks headed out on the Miles River for her first public sail in nearly 20 years. The Rosie Parks, built by legendary boatbuilder Bronza Parks for his brother, Captain Orville Parks, was named for their mother and recently underwent a major three-year restoration. When CBMM purchased the Rosie in 1975 from Captain Orville, the 20-year old Rosie had a reputation as both the best maintained skipjack in the oyster dredging fleet, and as a champion sailor at the annual skipjack races at Deal Island and Chesapeake Appreciation Days at Sandy Point.

Assistant Curator for Watercraft Richard Scofield reports the Rosie is sailing in both the Deal Island and the Choptank Heritage Skipjack races in September, with Tom Parks at the helm, the grandson of Captain Orville Parks.

(top) The skipjack Rosie Parks under sail on the Miles River.

(bottom, clockwise from left) Tom Parks, grandson of Captain Orville Parks at the helm during the first public sail of the Rosie Parks in nearly 20 years. (from left) Descendants of Bronza Parks, granddaughter Brenda Harding Goodwin and grandson W. Pres Harding, Jr., with former first mate Theodore Cephas, and Mary Parks Harding, daughter of Bronza Parks. (from left) Rosie Parks Project Manager Mark Donohue, Rob Weber and David Goodwin.

Apprentice for a Day Boatbuilding Program (gift certificates available!)

Learn traditional wooden boatbuilding skills with CBMM Boatyard Program Manager Jenn Kuhn by assisting in the maintenance and building of CBMM’s fleet of small boats. No experience necessary. For ages 16 and up, unless accompanied by an adult.

Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm

Pre-registration required to confirm project and dates. $45 per class for CBMM members, $55 non-members, or choose any 4 classes for $150 CBMM Members and $200 non-members Call 410-745-4980 or email afad@cbmm.org

32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, October 4 & 5

The 32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival comes to the Museum on Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, bringing a collection of small craft to the museum’s Miles River waterfront, along with live music, scenic river cruises, food, beverages and more.

Sailing skiffs, rowing shells, kayaks, canoes, paddle boats, prams and other one-of-a-kind boats will be in the water and on land throughout the weekend. Many will be accompanied by owners sharing their boating knowledge and experiences with festival-goers.

“This is a great opportunity to see and learn about some of the finest traditional and contemporary small craft around,” said CBMM’s Assistant Curator for Watercraft Richard Scofield. “The festival has a lot to offer, especially for families. Everyone can enjoy it.”

Beginning at noon on Saturday, the Royal Oak Musicians perform live from CBMM’s Tolchester Beach Bandstand. On Saturday, festival-goers can also watch a small craft

race on the Miles River beginning at 1pm. Voting will be held to determine which boat receives the People’s Choice award, amongst others.

Scenic Miles River cruises aboard the Museum’s 1920 buyboat Winnie Estelle will be offered throughout the two-day festival. Boat-building workshops and maritime demonstrations by CBMM’s boatyard staff and instructors from the Chesapeake Wooden Boat Builders School will also be offered.

The Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival is free for Museum members and children under six, otherwise admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and students with ID, and $6 for children ages 6 to 17, with all Museum exhibits included in admission. For safety reasons, dogs need to be kept home during Museum festivals and special events. Leashed dogs are only permitted on campus during regular operating hours. Visit cbmm.org/mascf or call 410-745-2916 for more information.

programs/member

september/october/november/winter

nights/special events MEMBER NIGHTS

CarversattheCrossroads Exhibit Tour

Wednesday, October 22

5pm in CBMM’s Waterfowling Exhibit Building Space is limited. RSVP to 410-745-4991 or dcollison@cbmm.org

Join CBMM’s Director of Education and Carvers at the Crossroads curator Kate Livie for a behind-the-scenes tour exploring the artifacts, photographs, tools, decoys and stories of Upper Bay decoy carvers in the early 20th century. Livie will discuss the carvers from all walks of life, from shipwrights to undertakers, who created expansive decoy rigs in the Susquehanna Flats during the golden era of gunning.

Member Night at the Museum Store

Featuring an exclusive tasting of Olivins’ aged Rosie Parks Balsamic Vinegar!

Thursday, December 4

4pm in the Museum Store. Tasting at 5:30pm

Find unique holiday gifts and receive a 25% member discount and free gift wrapping. Join Bill Acosta, owner of Olivins Fine Oils and Vinegars for an exclusive tasting of the Rosie Parks Balsamic Vinegar, which has been aging for five months in the hull of the 1955 Skipjack Rosie Parks. Six-ounce bottles will be available for purchase.

BOATYARD PROGRAMS

Wednesday Open Boat Shop

October 8, November 12 & December 17

5:30-8pm. $25 CBMM members & $35 non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 410-745-4980 or emailing afad@cbmm.org

Members of the public are invited to the boat shop to work on small projects of their own, or to bring ideas for a future project, and receive the advice and guidance of an experienced shipwright and woodworker.

Build a Chesapeake Light Craft Kayak

Monday, September 29 through Friday, October 3 9am-5pm. $800 single tuition fee, $400 helper fee. $899-999 boat kit fee. Pre-registration is required by calling Chesapeake Light Craft at 410-367-0137

Ever wanted to build a kayak of your own? Come work in the boatyard with Chesapeake Light Craft to build your own 16-foot or 18-foot stitch and glue Chesapeake Kayak. For more information visit clcboats.com.

Intermediate Women’s Woodworking

Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19 9am-4pm. $225 CBMM members & $250 non-members Pre-registration is required by calling 410-745-4980 or emailing afad@cbmm.org

Join CBMM women shipwrights for an intermediate ladies-only wood working opportunity. Participants will build a stool, focusing on the importance of layout and good joinery, while deepening their understanding of woodworking. Basic tools and materials are provided. Prior woodworking experience required.

Four-Day Intermediate Carving Workshop with John Garlick

Tuesday, October 28 & Thursday, October 30 Tuesday, November 4 & Thursday, November 6 5-9pm. $170 CBMM members & $185 non-members Pre-registration is required by calling 410-745-4980 or emailing afad@cbmm.org

Carver John Garlick demonstrates the techniques and artistry necessary in producing a carved eagle with its wings spread. Carving experience required, as well as tools. Materials are included.

Boating Essentials

Saturday, November 15, 10am-noon Sunday, November 16, 2-4pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium $15 CBMM members & $25 non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 410-745-4980 or emailing afad@cbmm.org

Join 100-ton Captain Jerry Friedman as he covers the essentials of boating including reading charts, understanding navigational aids, proper anchoring, knots, and other helpful information when aboard a boat.

Electronic Navigation for Non-Technical People

Saturday, December 6

10am-noon in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium $10 CBMM members & $20 non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 410-745-4980 or emailing afad@cbmm.org

Join 100-ton Captain Jerry Friedman as he provides short non-technical descriptions of how GPS, GPS chart plotters, radar, depth sounders, and automated identification systems work.

ON-THE-WATER PROGRAMS

Waterfowl Watching Cruise

Friday, October 24

8-9:30am aboard the Museum’s buyboat WinnieEstelle $20 CBMM members & $25 non-members. Pre-registration is required by calling 410-745-4941 or emailing aspeight@cbmm.org.

Join Chester River Field Research Station ornithologists Dan Small and Maren Gimpel for an early bird waterfowl watching cruise on the Miles River. Small and Gimpel will discuss the biology of different migratory waterfowl and answer questions about different species. Participants can observe the different duck species, geese and swans that winter along the Miles River’s island and coves. Dress warmly and bring your binoculars and cameras.

SPECIAL EVENTS & PROGRAMS

Community Conversations: State of the Crab

Listen. Learn. Discuss: Come share your ideas and opinions. Free for all. Sponsored in part by Chesapeake Landing and the Talbot County Watermen’s Association. How did we get here? State of the Crab Sunday, September 21 2-4pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium

This session addresses the various factors contributing to the decline of the Chesapeake crab population and features conver sations by both researchers and watermen. Hear what it’s like to make a living under today’s difficult circumstances, the changes watermen have seen in their lifetime, and their ideas about the future of harvesting crabs from the Chesapeake Bay.

From Steamed Crabs to Crab Cakes: The Industry Today and Tomorrow Sunday, September 28 2-4pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium

This session explores the modern politics and pitfalls of crab meat consumption. From eating local to globalized crab meat, sources of labor, advertising and crabbing culture, a panel of crab professionals from every corner of the industry will discuss the present and future for the “water business.”

St. Michaels Oyster Crawl Thursday, September 25 4-7pm. $55 CBMM members & $65 non-members. Pre-registration required by Sept. 22 to 410-745-4941 or aspeight@cbmm.org

Fordham Brewing Company and CBMM present the first St. Michaels Oyster Crawl for a limited number of participants. The event features a “History on the Half Shell” presentation with CBMM Director of Education Kate Livie beginning with local, farm-raised Choptank Sweets and a commemorative tasting glass with a 12-ounce bottle of Fordham’s Rosie Parks Oyster Stout, followed by a walking tour of St. Michaels’ historic district for oyster pairings at Crab Claw Restaurant, St. Michaels Crab & Steak House, Town Dock Food & Spirits, and Foxy’s Harbor Grille. Oyster tastings include oysters Rockefeller, oysters casino and raw on the half shell with stout samplings and five plated oysters at each location. This event is sponsored by the participating restaurants as well as Kelly Distributors of Easton, MD.

Model Lapstrake Skiff Workshop

Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28 Fri., 6-9pm, Sat. & Sun., 8am-5pm in CBMM’s Bay History Building $80 CBMM members, $95 non-members. All tools and materials provided. Pre-registration required by September 23 to Model Guild Director Bob Mason at 410-745-3266 or bobmason@atlanticbb.net

Led step-by-step by skilled modelers, participants create a 10-inch wooden rowing skiff with lapped side planking and a flat bottom. CBMM’s Model Guild welcomes anyone 12 years of age and older, and encourages new members of all skill levels to participate.

REMINDER: CBMM Dog Policy

Effective September 1,2014

During CBMM festivals and special events, dogs ARE NOT permitted on Museum grounds, with the exception of certified service dogs.

Leashed dogs ARE permitted on Museum grounds during regular business hours.

Clean-up bags are located throughout campus for your convenience. Thank you!

CBMM Signature Event:

32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival

Saturday, October 4 & Sunday, October 5

10am-5pm. Free for CBMM members and children under 6, $15 adults, $12 seniors & students with ID & $6 for children ages 6-17.

Sailing skiffs, rowing shells, kayaks, canoes, paddle boats, prams, and other one-of-a-kind boats will be out on the water and on land throughout the weekend. Live music on Saturday beginning at noon, and at 1pm, a small craft race. Scenic Miles River cruises aboard the Winnie Estelle are available, as well as boatbuilding workshops and maritime demonstrations by CBMM’s boatyard staff and instructors from the Chesapeake Wooden Boat Builders School. Read more on page 17.

Covering the Chesapeake’s Oyster Beat with Rona Kobell

Friday, October 17

5pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium

$6 CBMM members and $8 non-members. Pre-registration required to 410-745-4941 or aspeight@cbmm.org.

Join journalist and NPR guest commentator Rona Kobell as she talks about her experiences covering the ongoing oyster harvest and oystering culture for the Baltimore Sun and Bay Journal. Kobell has followed the controversial changes in the oystering business for years, interviewing watermen, oyster farmers, legislators and environmentalists. Kobell will explore the different perspectives on the oyster harvest and her predictions for the future of Maryland’s traditional industry.

Archaeology on the Eastern Shore

Saturday, October 18

2pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium. $6 CBMM members and $8 non-members. Pre-registration required to 410-745-4941 or aspeight@cbmm.org

The Eastern Shore of Maryland holds more than its fair share of important historical sites, from early Native American settlements to significant War of 1812 battlefields. Learn about recent excavations at Wye House, where Frederick Douglass served as a slave, from the University of Maryland archaeologists overseeing the project. This is part of the Archaeological Institute of America’s celebration of International Archaeology Day, 2014.

OysterFest in St. Michaels is October 25

On Saturday, October 25, the Museum will host OysterFest, a celebration of the Chesapeake’s oyster. The event features live music on two stages, boat rides, retriever demonstrations, oysters and other local fare, an oyster stew competition and cooking demonstrations, along with children’s activities, oyster demonstrations, harvesting displays and Chesapeake-related documentary screenings.

This year, the Roadhouse Clams perform live from the Tolchester Beach Bandstand, with a music style described as the “crossroads where Nashville meets Key West.” Along Fogg’s Cove, the Annapolis-based band Swamp Donkey performs “newgrass (not bluegrass) with a twist of rock.”

In addition to the Museum’s floating fleet of historic vessels, several boats from the Talbot County Watermen’s Association will be dockside to share the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster dredging, hand tonging, patent tonging and oyster diving traditions. Chesapeake watermen will also offer oyster tonging demonstrations along the Museum’s waterfront. TCWA volunteers will serve freshly caught and shucked Chesapeake Bay oysters steamed or raw on the half shell. Aquaculture raw oysters, oyster fritters and fried oyster sandwiches will also be available. For those who prefer to celebrate oysters rather than eat them, pit beef, hot dogs and hamburgers, along with cold beer, warm apple cider and more will be offered.

Back by popular demand is Fordham Brewing Company’s Rosie Parks Oyster Stout, made in honor of the 1955 skipjack Rosie Parks, which was relaunched after a three-year restoration at last year’s OysterFest. Local restaurants will perform cooking demonstrations of signature oyster dishes throughout the day, and an oyster slurping contest will be offered each hour from 1-3pm with a prize for the winner.

Beginning at 11am along Fogg’s Cove, folks can vote for their favorite oyster stew in a competition among local

restaurants and chefs. Participation is limited to the first 500 visitors on a first-come, first-served basis. A commemorative OysterFest mug and all the tastings are offered for $6. The blind taste test awards bragging rights to the chef with the most votes, with the People’s Choice winner announced at 1pm.

Throughout the event, families can take a river cruise aboard Winnie Estelle, play an oversized oyster puzzle game, explore an oyster nursery, watch net-making and knot-tying demonstrations, or participate in a scavenger hunt or face painting. Children can also build their own take-home boat for $3. The Chesapeake Bay Retriever Relief and Rescue club will also present retriever demonstrations on CBMM’s Navy Point.

Tilghman Islanders Grow Oysters, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Oyster Recovery Partnership and The Nature Conservancy will be on hand to discuss efforts to clean and preserve the Chesapeake Bay. Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Fishmobile will offer the opportunity to see live sturgeon, diamondback terrapins, horseshoe crabs and other native creatures. The event is generously sponsored by Maryland Public Television, and two MPT documentaries will be screened during the event.

Admission to OysterFest is free for CBMM members and children ages five and under; otherwise $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $6 for children between the ages of six and 17. Food and boat rides are an additional cost. For safety reasons, dogs need to be kept home during Museum festivals and special events. Leashed dogs are only permitted on campus during regular operating hours. For more information about OysterFest, visit cbmm.org/oysterfest or call 410-745-2916.

SPECIAL EVENTS & PROGRAMS CONTINUED

CBMM Signature Event: OysterFest

Saturday, October 25

10am-4pm. Free for CBMM members and children under 6, $15 adults, $12 seniors & students with ID & $6 for children ages 6-17.

Join us for a celebration of the Chesapeake’s oyster. The event features live music on two stages, boat rides, retriever demonstrations, oysters and other local fare, an oyster stew competition and cooking demonstrations, along with children’s activities, oyster demonstrations, harvesting displays and Chesapeakerelated documentary screenings. Read more on page 20.

GreatStormsoftheChesapeake with David Healy Thursday, October 30 5pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium $6 CBMM members and $8 non-members. Pre-registration required to 410-745-4941 or aspeight@cbmm.org.

In the last four centuries, the Chesapeake Bay region has experienced legendary hurricanes, gales, blizzards, fogs and freezes. Join Great Storms of the Chesapeake author David Healy as he explores the stories behind this stormy weather and how it forever changed the lives of Marylanders and in some cases, changed the course of history. Signed copies of Healy’s book will be available for purchase.

Half-Hull Model Workshop

Saturday, November 8 & Sunday, November 9 9am-5pm in CBMM’s Bay History Building $80 CBMM members and $95 non-members. All tools and materials provided. Pre-registration required by November 1 to Model Guild Director Bob Mason at 410-745-3266 or bobmason@atlanticbb.net

Participants will create a half-hull model of the Pride of Baltimore II. Band sawed from a block and carved to the rounded shape of the Pride’s hull, the half-hull model is then mounted on a baseboard to form a fine wall display piece.

Growing Up Walsh

Stories from the Chesapeake’s original “Duck Dynasty” Friday, November 21

5:30pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium $6 CBMM members and $8 non-members. Pre-registration required to 410-745-4941 or aspeight@cbmm.org.

Join Joe Walsh—the son of Harry Walsh, avid hunter, waterfowling collector, the author of The Outlaw Gunner, and one of the founders of Easton’s Waterfowl Festival—as he shares stories about growing up in the Walsh family. Walsh will share decoys, battery guns, and images from his father’s collection, as well as some of his best family gunning stories about sneak skiffs, and sink box shooting.

REMINDER: CBMM Dog Policy

Effective September 1,2014

During CBMM festivals and special events, dogs ARE NOT permitted on Museum grounds, with the exception of certified service dogs.

Leashed dogs ARE permitted on Museum grounds during regular business hours.

Clean-up bags are located throughout campus for your convenience. Thank you!

Wednesday, January 14

2pm in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium

$6 CBMM members and $8 non-members. Pre-registration required to 410-745-4941 or aspeight@cbmm.org.

Join author David Guth as he tells the story of the Preston Memorial Bridge, or the “Bay Bridge” to most of us. Bridging the Chesapeake is the story of two Marylands, one on each side of the Chesapeake. Guth will explore the history of the project, and the political, cultural, environmental and engineer ing challenges tackled to build today’s iconic double span from Sandy Point to Kent Island. Signed copies of Guth’s book will be available for purchase.

ONGOING PROGRAMS

ChesAdventures

Select Saturdays in January & February (call for details)

AM Sessions for ages 4-6 are 10am-noon

PM Sessions for ages 7-9 are 1-3pm

$12 CBMM members & $15 non-members

Pre-registration required to 410-745-4941 or aspeight@cbmm.org.

Children ages 4-9 can fill their winter Saturdays with two hours of fun-filled and challenging hands-on games, arts and crafts, and story telling. All sessions are Chesapeake-themed and have limited space.

Apprentice for a Day Public Boatbuilding Program

Saturdays & Sundays

10am-4pm. $45 CBMM members & $55 non-members or purchase four classes at a reduced rate of $150 CBMM members & $200 non-members. Drop-ins welcome. For more information, contact 410-745-4980 or email afad@cbmm.org

Learn traditional boatbuilding techniques with a CBMM shipwright.

Exploring the History of the Bay Bridge with David Guth

Author of BridgingtheChesapeake:A‘Fool’IdeaThatUnifiedMaryland

Annual Report

A Message from the Board

byRichardC.Tilghman,Jr., 2014-2015Chair

In looking back on the Museum’s most recent fiscal year, it’s easy to understand why members of our Board and other donors join me with enthusiasm over this institution’s accomplishments and the bright future that lies ahead. Of note are the Museum’s strengthened finances, which position the Museum for some of its most important and meaningful work yet to be done.

The Museum’s strengthened finances, as you’ll see in this report, are due to a balanced budget, accomplished in most part through an increase in earned revenues, reduction of debt, and growth in our endowment. Record attendance at last year’s OysterFest and Watermen’s Appreciation Day, for example, and increases in our boat donations program helped to boost revenues over previous years. In addition, our endowment has grown from increases in planned giving and life memberships, as well as market gains.

For many of our visitors and members, the year will be remembered for the relaunch of the 1955 skipjack Rosie Parks, which took place on November 2, 2013 as more than 4,500 spectators watched in awe as she returned home to the Chesapeake’s waters. Others may be more excited about the acquisition of the 1920 buyboat Winnie Estelle, which arrived at the Museum on April 1, 2014—thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor—and has been taking passengers out ever since. Our floating fleet wasn’t the only star attraction, as new exhibits also marked the year with Navigating Freedom: The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake opening May 11, 2013, and Carvers at the Crossroads: Sharing Ideas, Techniques and Styles across the Chesapeake’s Susquehanna Flats opening April 12, 2014. Both exhibits continue into this year, and thanks to a very generous anonymous donor, four of our main exhibit buildings have new or upgraded HVAC systems.

None of this could be accomplished without the support of people like you, along with the staff, volunteers and leaders of this important institution. Many thanks are due to our Past President, Langley Shook, who retired this past June, and Immediate Past Chairman Tom Seip, who provided great leadership and vision as we moved through this transitional year. We also owe much to a terrific search committee, who ensured a well-qualified and passionate leader for the institution in Kristen Greenaway, who began her work here in July.

Now, with Kristen at the helm and plans for the Museum’s 50th birthday celebration in 2015 underway, our aspirations for CBMM are set high. Because of our strengthened financial position, along with the continued support of members, friends, and donors like you, the Museum has a bright future ahead.

Board of Governors 2013-2014

Tom D. Seip, Chair

Richard C. Tilghman, Jr., Vice Chair

James P. Harris, Treasurer

Richard J. Bodorff, Secretary

Schuyler Benson

Paul Berry

Harry W. Burton

William B. Carter

William S. Dudley

David E. Dunn

Dagmar D. P. Gipe

E. Brooke Harwood, Jr.

Christopher A. Havener, Jr.

Francis Hopkinson, Jr. Fred Israel

Richard J. Johnson

Peter M. Kreindler

Frank C. Marshall, Jr.

Patrice Miller

Geoffrey F. Oxnam

Bruce A. Ragsdale

Mitchell B. Reiss

S. Stevens Sands

Lelde Schmitz

Diane J. Staley

Henry H. Stansbury

Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.

Alfred Tyler, 2nd President

Langley R. Shook

Emeriti Richard T. Allen

Howard S. Freedlander

Alan R. Griffith

Margaret D. Keller

Breene M. Kerr

Charles L. Lea, Jr.

D. Ted Lewers, MD

Fred C. Meendsen

John C. North II

Sumner Parker

Robert A. Perkins

Joseph E. Peters

James K. Peterson

Norman H. Plummer

John J. Roberts

Henry H. Spire

James E. Thomas

Joan Darby West

Donald G. Whitcomb

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

We extend our deepest gratitude to our donors for gifts received between May 1, 2013 and April 30, 2014. It is only through the generosity of our friends and supporters that the Museum can

Admiral

Robert M. Hewes

Carol & Bill May

Charlotte & George Meyer

Libby Moose

Ethel & Judge John North

Spire

Diane & Jeff Staley

René & Tom Stevenson

Elizabeth & Jim Underhill

Joan & Clif West

Admiral

($5,000 to $9,999)

Beth & Harry Burton

Jocelyn & George Eysymontt

Trish & Brooke Harwood

Susan & Andy Hess

Darby & Donald Hewes

Fran & Sumner Parker

Kay & Bob Perkins

Bruce Ragsdale & Rick Scobey

Lelde & Heinrich Schmitz

Nancy & Bill Stafford

Cleo Braver & Allie Tyler

Gayle & Mike Yoh

Vice Admiral

($2,500 to $4,999)

Malcolm Bahrenburg

Jenny & Schuyler Benson

Meta & Bill Boyd

The skipjack Rosie Parks was relaunched at the annual OysterFest celebration on November 2, 2013. Photo courtesy of William Wilhelm.

Gayle & John Bremer

Sandy & Omer Brown

Shirley Bucci & Stephen Humenick

Janet & Dick Charlton

Leigh Ann & Jon Deeter

Catherine Jamieson

& Frederick Edwards

Liz & Howard Freedlander

Christina & Earl Furman

Bill Ginder

Alice Glen

Dale & Gary Guyette

Vicky McAndrews & Leeds Hackett

Marsie & John Hawkinson

Nancy & John Henderson

Cathy & Tom Hill

Susan Fuller & Wayland Linscott

Kenneth Lubin

Sherry & Charles Manning

Tammy McNally

Nancy & Fred Meendsen

Ceci & Rob Nobel

Norma Redele’

Beth Loker & Donald Rice

Vicki & Jay Ricketts

Joe Robillard

Douglas Rollow

Krista & David Ross

Rosa & Steve Sands

Irene & Daniel Simpkins

Sally & Roger Stobbart

Susan & Jack Stoltz

Debra Vess

Catherine & Joe Whalen

Commodore

($1,000 to $2,499)

Virginia Albert

Linda Passantino & Drew Alloway

Cecil Backus

Pattie & Mike Batza

Jean Marie & Duane Beckhorn

Amy & Paul Berry

Pattie & George Betz

Mary Helen & Richard Bogan

Maura & Martin Bollinger

Elizabeth & John Breyer

Victoria & Thomas Broadie

William Brody

Audrey Brown

Katie & David Burkitt

Nancy & Jim Burri

Rebecca Rimel & Patrick Caldwell

Jane & Pete Chambliss

Jeff Chandler

Lynne & Richard Cheney

Larry Clark

Pat Cornish

Robert Crowder

Patrisha & Al Del Negro

Donna & Bill Dudley

Teresa & Dixon Duffett

Amy Bondurant & David Dunn

Rosemary & Joseph Fasolo

Mary Kay & Tom Finan

Kevin Flynn

Robin & Sted Garber

Nancy & Randle Goetze

Shirley Gooch

Michele & Robert Goodson

Susan & Richard Granville

Fred Haab

Thomas Hamilton

Susan & Paul Hanson

Brooke Harris

Mark Hasslinger

Ada & Martin Heilman

Jacqueline Smith & Jerry Hook

Elizabeth & Gordon Hughes

Norma & Charles Irish

Florence & Cliff Jackson

Rad Jennings

Holiday & Chris Johnson

Karen & Clark Johnson

Sylvia Jones

Margaret Keller

The Kiene Family

Deborah Kudner

Kathleen & Charlie Lea

Mariana & Pete Lesher

Patricia & Harry Lowe

Christine & Donald Martin

Beverley & Stanley Martin

Billie Jane & Warren Marton

Harriett & Mac McConnell

Stephanie & John McGowan

Connie Sadler & Paul Moates

Mirna & Conrad Nelson

Elizabeth & Thomas Nelson

Doris & Bill Nielsen

Elaine & Glenn Orme

Christine & Hamish Osborne

Margaret & David Owens

Talli & Geoff Oxnam

Nan & Jim Peterson

Betsy & Chuck Petty

Melissa & John Pflieger

Donna Cantor & John Pinney

Lynne & Torrance Pitcairn

Bev & Laurie Pratt

Elisabeth & Mitchell Reiss

Daniel Ridout

Roselee & Art Roberts

Joyce & Donald Rumsfeld

Susan duPont & Howard Snyder

Jill Kent & Mark Solomons

Renée & Barry Sterling

Gail Sterling-Joubert

Peggy & Guy Steuart

Sharon & Ric Struthers

Phyllis & Tony Syme

Muriel & Enos Throop

Julie & Scott Tompkins

Rosemary & Sam Trippe

Kimberley Fritts & Francis Turner

Sandra & Michael Twigg

Ellen & John Villa

Theresa & Michael Walden

Susan & Andrew Weisburger

Marie & John Wells

Carolyn Williams & Colin Walsh

Terry & Bill Witowsky

Lisa & Tim Wyman

Captain

($500

Hannah & Tom Alnutt

Molly & Peirce Anderson

Annette & Ted Bautz

Holly & Walter Beckwith

Ginger & Marion Bevard

David Bleil

Bonnie & John Booth

Ella & Michael Bracy

Donna & Chip Britt

Norman Brown

Katharine & Stanley Brown

Carol & Jim Bruce

Franz Burda

Ashley & Sam Chamberlain

Durrie & Manson Chisholm

Linda & Steve Clineburg

Pat & Dick Cooper

Ann & Robert Corrie

Joan Cox

Ann & John Davis

Judi & Bob Deakins

Bettie & Thomas Deen

Linda & John Derrick

Joni & Wallace Doolin

Barbara & Irénée du Pont

Jennifer & David Durkin

Sarah & Jay Eastman

Charlene & Orin Edson

Sharon & Duane Ekedahl

Ed Farley

Eleuthera & Frederick Fiechter

Linda & Allan Field

Ann & Gordon Fink

Elizabeth Fisk

Karen & Tom Frana

Martha Coven & Paul Frick

Marcia & Peter Friedman

Buffy Linehan & Ed Gabriel

Sandra & Walter Ganzi

Dara Sicherman & Philip Graham

Alice Marie Gravely

Kelly & Eric Greensmith

Gigi & Mike Halloran

Judy & Jack Harrald

Joanne & Bob Herman

Susan & Robert Hillenbrand

Ed Hiller

Laura & Tom Hollingshead

Eddie Hornick

Diane Humphrey

Deanne & Tom Hutchison

Jan & Rick Hynson

Stephanie Stockman & Frank Ireton

Mary & Joseph Irr

Pam & Jerry Jana

Lauren Scott & Erik Jensen

Honor & John Johnson

Paula Johnson & Carl Fleischhauer

Emilie & Maulik Joshi

Paige & John Kevill

Annabel & Ron Lesher

Mary & Gene Lopez

Mary Ellen & Bill Love

Virginia Martus

Julie McCahill

Julie & Brian McCandless

Cathy & Tom Mendenhall

Diane Minahan-Griffith

Abigail & Mark Nestlehutt

Kristen & Nels Olson

Gwen & Carl Oppenheim

Ruth Parks

Leigh & Jerry Peek

Alice & Robert Petizon

Laurel & Charles Powers

Deborah & Don Pusey

Laura & John Quandt

Diane & Tom Reinke

Gina & Lee Reno

Mary Restifo

Kellee & William Romberger

Barbara & Charles Rossotti

Bernadette Benik & Dennis Seymour

Theodora Shelor

Lisa & John Sherwood

Jo Sue & Rem Simpson

Carol & Scott Smallwood

Lucy Spiegel

Gerould Stange

Audrey & Christopher Stine

Mary Ann & Bill Stockman

Kathy & Phillip Stovall

Jefferson Strider

Frankie Thorington

Mary Lynn Selzer & James Todd

Sandi & Clint Vince

Irmy & Phil Webster

Charlotte & George West

Hugh Whitaker

Margaret & Robert Williams

Ann & Barry Wood

Linda & Artur Zimmer

Commander

($250 to $499)

Judy & Jay Anglada

Lisa & Steven Asplundh

Chrissy & Ned Aull

Donna & Charles Bagley

Joan & Bill Bailey

Nancy & Bill Baker

Jeff Bean

Elaine Ashenfelter & Ed Bednarz

Jim Bell

Alison & Art Birney

Aurelia & Perry Bolton

Phillip & Fran Bradley

Jane & Harrison Bristoll

Jennifer & Paul Brooks

Andrea Santa & Brian Butz

Nancie & Don Cameron

Leslie Hill & Dennis Carroll

David Clanton

Joanne & George Clark

Elise Butler & Brett Clifford

Katherine & David Cockey

Debbie & Doug Collison

Janet & Jim Crowle

Mary Ellen & Clyde Culp

James Curran

Sara & Phil Davis

Judith & Robert Davis

Elizabeth Anderson & Ed Delaney

Maryann & John Donohue

Jane & Joe Duffy

Marsha & David Dulaney

Leslie Steen & Robert Ebel

Charlotte & Gary Ehlig

Peggy & Frank Emmet

Elinor Farquhar

Ann Marie & Jim Flood

Barbara & Frank Focht

Tom Fountain

Jaime & Greg Frankos

Diana & Mark Fraser

Mary Bee & Myrt Gaines

Fred Geiger

Henry Goldberg

Maureen & Neil Golden

Gary Gordon

Rosemary & John Gray

Michael Rankin & Mark Green

Carol Anne & Steven Griffith

Pennie & Bob Haase

Bob Price & Nancy Hammond

Lana Harding

Catherine & Carl Helwig

Howard Hill

Michele & Michael Hills

Elizabeth & Tom Hipp

Winifred & Robert Hobron

Tracy & John Hockmeyer

Jacqueline & Clifford Holland

Kim & T.J. Holland

Judge Bill Horne

Kathleen & Howard Hughes

Julia & Lehr Jackson

Agata Ptaszynska & Laura Jacobus

Sherry & David Jeffery

Cyrus Jones

Jeanne & Larry Kelly

Katrina & Tony Kern

Marcia & Fred Kieser

Joan & Frank Kittredge

Melissa & Jeff Knapp

Brud LaMotte

Barbara & Bill Lane

Sara Imershein & Mark Levine

Lois & Larry Lindsley

Daren Magness

Alice & Bob Mantell

Robin & John Marrah

Linda & Ray Maule

Julia & Brian McCalmon

Carol & Larry McCanna

Laura & James McGrath

Dorie & Jeff McGuiness

Karen & Charles McKelly

Carol & Russell Merritt

Carol Meyer

Karen Meyer

Jill & Jack Meyerhoff

Rich Miller

Elizabeth & Rick Morgan

Jill Clark & Stephen Morris

Susan & William Napier

Mary & Bob Natwick

Susan & Mike Newnam

Doris & Bill Nielsen

Carol & John Nyland

Diane & Kevin O’Connor

Karen & Stephen O’Neill

Barbara & Ernest Oskin

Chance Negri & Jeffrey Parker

Camille & Tony Passarella

Sara & Randolph Perry

Jan & Phil Pinkerton

Pam & Dennis Pitt

Laura & John Porter

Carole Ratcliffe

Carol & Earl Ravenal

Paula Ray

Mary & Fritz Riedlin

Margaret & John Riehl

Tom Rodgers

Ruth & Peter Romero

Carolyn Rugg & Larry Rovin

Adrienne Rudge

Rosemarie Pauli & Bill Sadlack

Julia Schen

Katharine & Charles Schutt

Kathryn Shook

Peter Silvia

Rita & David Sirignano

Elaine & Peter Soltani

Ann & Marc Sonnenfeld

Melissa & Philip Spevak

Glenna Stewart

Carol & Cliff Stretmater

Jody & John Stumpf

Mary Beth & Kevin Sullivan

Ann & Mike Sweeney

Rosemary Thomson

Elizabeth & Ferdinand Thun

Ben Tilghman

Brian Topping

Irene & Robert Valliant

Bettie & Klaas van Esselstyn

Jeanette Scherr & Robert Waldron

Sara & Myron Walker

Susan Walker

Laura & Richard Ward

Mary & William Warden

Nancy O’Connell & Ray Wiacek

Mike Wick

Deborah Wiggins

Gail & Robert Wilensky

Victoria & William Winterer

Kay & Michael Young

Julia Young

Sailing Master

($100 to $249)

Kathy & Bruce Abbott

Carolyn & Samuel Abernethy

Patricia & Brian Adelhardt

Barbara & John Alden

Joyce & Mark Allen

Edward Allen

Donna & Jim Alpi

Ed Alvarado

The Alvarado-Levy Family

Judith & Bob Amdur

Della & Herbert Andrew

Lisa & Jim Andrew

Nancy & Bernard Anthony

Elizabeth & Rasmus Apenes

Arthur Aronstein

Neva & Ned Asplundh

Mary & Raymond Augustin

Virginia & Richard Autry

Martha & Mark Bailey

David Bailey

Carol & Monty Baker

Donna Barker

Carolina & Andrew Barksdale

Julie & Sam Barnett

Marilyn & Kaye Barrett

Lindsay & Dave Batcheller

Mary & Joseph Battin

Carolyn & Jack Batty

Janis & Jay Beach

Barbara & Alan Bellack

Ann & Colin Bentley

Norma & Donald Berlin

Ruth & Doug Berry

Margery Bessent

Paige Bethke

Ellen & Ed Bilinski

Virginia & Ronald Blackwell

Tricia & Tom Bliss

Patricia & James Bonan

Mary Jane & Bob Booker

Anne Marie & John Borneman

Delores Bowens

Arlene & Stephen Bowes

Chesapeake’s Best Crab Cakes is a hands-on program for grades 3-5 in which students learn about Chesapeake geography, social studies and economics following the blue crab on its journey from the Chesapeake Bay to the dinner table. Students have a chance to walk in the shoes of people who earn their livelihood from the crabbing industry by working a trotline activity, picking stuffed crabs at a packing house, ordering from a restaurant on a migrant worker’s wages and culling their dredge catch.

Barbara & Bruce Boyd

Lydia & David Boyer

Steven Bradshaw

Joyce & Don Breeze

Karl Briers

Jean & David Brooks

Pat & Howard Brooks

Jack Brown

James Brown

Michelle & Marty Brown

Anne & Dave Brunson

Wendy & Frank Bunch

JoAnne & Kitridge Buritsch

George & Virginia Burke

Kristi & Rand Bussell

Patti & John Butner

Cheryl & Louis Cadwell

Margaret & Nick Cannistraro

Danuta & Reno Carbonetta

Roberta & John Carey

Carolyn & Bill Carleton

Leila & Bruce Carlson

Susan & Paul Carroll

Patti & Ralph Case

Linda & John Cassell

Carol & Creston Cathcart

Gail & Frank Cavanaugh

Ann Marie & Duane Cespedes

William Chambers

Carol & Eric Chandler

Neil Chapman

Jane Dionne & Erick Chiang

Rebecca & Jeff Chittenden

Lee & Russell Chubb

Elizabeth & Galen Clagett

Katherine Clovis

Viola & Robert Clum

Sandy & Tommy Cobb

Wendi & Russ Cochran

Holly Tompkins & Brad Cole

Esty & Pierre Collet

Mary Ruth Collison

Newbold Cooper Kenneth Court

On April 1, the historic 1920 Chesapeake Bay buyboat Winnie Estelle arrived at CBMM as the new workhorse of the Museum’s floating fleet for scenic Miles River cruises and a wide variety of on-the-water educational programs. Winnie was used around Smith Island as a workboat for more than 40 years, carrying seafood and produce to market across the Chesapeake Bay.

Kate & Paul Cox

Betty & Jim Crothers

Brenda & Courtney Crouch

Joan & Rich Crowley

William Cruce

John Csady

Diane & James Daffin

Damon/Sherry Family Fund

Merry Danaceau

JoNell & Mike Dann

Jim Darby

Ellen & Mike Datena

Bruno de Schaetzen

Jean DeBell-O’Neal

Ruth & Edwin Decker

Carolyn Decker

Ralph Decker

John Delean

Mary & Charlie Denney

Miguel Dennis

Maureen & Edward Diluchio

Mary & Jack Doetzer

Judy & Charles Doll

John Dombach

Pat & John Donaldson

Mary Dooher

Judi & T.P. Dunn

Linda & John Dunnigan

Sue & Russell Dwyer

Dick & Addie Eckardt

Catherine Eckbreth

Bonnie Johnson & Bart Eckhardt

Rona & Stuart Eisen

Anne Pilert & Tod Engelskirchen

Linda & Maris Eshleman

Jean & George Evans

Geraldine & William Falk

P.F.N. Fanning

Nancy & Robert Farrell

Brenda & Gil Fauber

Robert Feldhuhn

Nancy & Rusty Field Shelley Nelson & Friedrich Finckenstein

Gwen & Jay Fink

Cheri Fisher

Charlotte & Ralph Fleischman

Lin & Richard Foa

Kathy O’Connell & Jelles Fonda

Peggy & John Ford

Robert Middleton & Susan Forlifer

Monty Fowler

Margaret & Fred Franco

Allison & Jon Franke

Trish Freeman

Jeanne & Christopher Friberg

Herbert Friedman

Barbara & Jerry Friedman

Myra & Steve Fuguet

Betsey & Joseph Galli

Sonia & Pedro Garcia

Joni & Ray Gauthier

Linda & Ed Gerner

Donna & Morton Gibbons-Neff

Kathy & Donald Gray

Shayna & Michael Green

Carol & Don Green

Kathryn & Ernie Ernie

Robert Greene

Carol & Paul Griggs

Kathy & Don Gross

Hugh Grunden

Bev & Hudson Haile

Susan & Edward Hand

Jennifer & Richard Hanna

Linda & Kirke Harper

Ingrid & Robert Harvey

Maybelle & James Hash

John Hatheway

Anne & John Hayes

Mary Ann & David Hazen

Tom Heckman

Ida & Jim Heelan

Sylvia & Ralph Heidelbach

Benjamin Heilman

Archer & Jim Heinzen

Joan & Hunt Hendrickson

Katherine & Thomas Herbert

Eric Hervol

Nancy Hickey

Karen & Bob Hicks

William Hoffmeyer

Gary Holdredge

Teri & Tom Hollenshade

Martie & Nelson Holtje

Pati & Porter Hopkins

Martha Horner

Dennis Horner

Barbara & Donald Hoskins

Nina Houghton

Carla & Peter Howell

Mary Ann Schindler & Martin Hughes

Doris Hughes

Mary Fisher & Gerald Hunter

Joan Lunney & William Idler

Gugy Irving

Kate Blackwell & Felix Jakob

Maggie & Merton Jarboe

Stewart Jeffries

Curtis Johns

Timothy Johnson

Bruce Jones

Beverly & Richard Jones

Cindy & Doug Jurrius

Paula & James Karr

Diane & Gene Katz

Barbara & Sheldon Katz

Marilynn Katatsky & Rick Kaufmann

Fern & Daniel Kecman

Lauretta & Brendan Keegan

Adine Kelly

Stan Kelton

Carol & Richard Kennedy

Mary & Wayne Key

Laura & Steven Key

Carol Kilbourn

Mary & Charles Kilbourne

Sarah Miller & Michael King

Karl Krieger

Pamela & Richard Lafferty

Shirley & Ray Landon

Jean Larson

Rebecca & Edward Lawson

Elaine & Rob LeBuhn

Margot & Robert LeCompte

Jean & Dale Legal

Barbara & David Leith

Pat & Ted Lewers

Susan & David Lewis

Charles Lindwall

Sherry & Bob Linkous

Valerie & Ronald Lippincott

Diane & Robert Little

Bob Lonergan

Katherine Lordi

Dot and Charles Low

Helena & Horace Lowman

Susan & Raymond Luby

Barbara & Ben Lucas

James Lyons

Joann & Angus MacBeth

Velma & Earl MacBride

Cynthia & Duncan MacDonald

Anita Mack

Luann & Read Madary

Joan Sisk & Boyd Madary

Debi & Joel Maness

Linda & Fred Mangelsdorf

Marie & Pete Martinez

Ruth & Max Matteson

Carolyn & Robert Mattingly

James Maugham

Digie & Paul McGuirk

Bud McIntire

Jonathan McLane

Lawrence McMichael

John Menard

Helen & John Mencke

Josephine & George Merrill

Linda & Lawrence Meyer

Mary & Thomas Milan

Barbara & William Millar

Diane & Albert Miller

Sydney & Charles Mills

Frederick Moench

Debbie & Gary Molchan

Maurice Montaldi

Maggi & Robert Mooney

Donna & Terry Moran

Carol & Jim Morrison

Ellen Moscoe

Dorothy Mowry

Jon Mullarky

Tracey Munson

Leah & Ed Murn

Ann & Thomas Nale

Maureen & Glen Nemecek

Nancy & Fred Nichols

Lesley & Dick Nolker

Joan & David North

Rose & John Northrop

Laura & John Northrop

Wendy & John Pagenstecher

Dorothy & Fred Parker

Lisa & Chris Parlin

Nancy & Bill Parnell

Terry & William Passano

Carole & John Passarotti

Marjorie & Elzie Patterson

Ann & Terry Peel

Page & Richard Pelliconi

Kate & Phil Pennington

Carmen Perry

Edna & Jerry Pettit

Elizabeth & Steven Phillips

Ginger & Buddy Pickle

Chloe & Dave Pitard

John Pitchford Jay Plager

Nancy & Timothy Pohmer

Diane & Bill Poole

Blair & Robert Potter

Arnie & Don Powell

Cathy Prouse

Marcia Hall & Jerry Quance

Patricia & Gary Quinn

Ellen Rajacich

Malcolm Randolph Carol Raulston

Mary Ann & Paul Ray

Burton Reiner

Trish & Tom Reynolds

Joan & Robert Rich Bonnie & Dick Richards Claire Richardson Brooke Ricketts

Kari & Trey Rider

Linda & John Ritter

James Roahen

Carey & James Robertson

Lynne & Larry Robinson

Connie & David Robinson

Linda & Harlan Robinson

Joyce & Art Roerink

Meg Roggensack

Sheilah Kast & James Rosapepe

Aaron Rouhi

Bridget & Paul Rowe

Pamela Getson & Lawrence Rudner

Kristen & Michael Rudolph

Karen & Bill Rutherford

Teresa & Keith Rutter

Mary Ann & Tim Rzepski

Diana Sable

Helena & Robert Savage

Judi & Steve Schmidt

Bud Schubert

Linda & Robert Schuerholz

Debbie & Chris Schultz

Betsy & Dale Schulz

Robin & Richard Scofield

John Seidel

Linda Settle & Frank Elward

Carolyn & Donald Shanks

Nancy & Harry Shaw

Doreen & Paul Sheehy

Lois & Ned Smith

Irina & Angus Smith

Marie & Barry Smith

Fran & Hank Spector

Edward St. John

Sharon & Don Steinwachs

Evelyn Stewart

Barbara Stewart

Margaretta & Joseph Stewart Bill Stewart

Janet & Naor Stoehr

Mimi & Ken Strassner

Stacey & David Strayer

Susan Pollack & Mark Sullivan

Amy & David Sutter

Christopher Svehla

Connie Lu & Charles Tacconelli

Marcia & Barry Talley

Nancy & Carl Tankersley

Edward Taws

Charlotte & Pat Templeton

Shirley & Peter Thatcher

Rosemary & Peter Therkelsen

Marie & Stephen Thomas

Susan & Bill Thomas

James B. Thomas

James Thomas

Jin Young Park & Thane Thurmond

Carolyn McKenzie & Marilyn Title

Byron Tobin

Reade Tompson

Carolyn & Bill Townsend

Lester Trott

Cordy & Luther Tucker

Benson & George Tulloch

Patricia Hanlon & Bill Tylor

Mary & John Unkovic

Kristin & Matthew Valenti

Helen Van Fleet

Sarah & John Ver Brycke

Sally & Moorhead Vermilye

Rhonda & Michael Wade

Daryl Wagner

Edward Walker

Buck Waller

Peggy & Salvadore Waller

Maggie & John Warfield

Michael Wash

Penelope & Thomas Watkins

Brenda Stone & Daniel Watson

Ruth & David Way

Reed West

Kate Whalen

Pam & Jan White

Doris & Tad White

Suzanne & William Whitney

Christopher Wick

Helen & Winslow Womack

Veronica Haggart & Charles Work

Frances & Don Wright

William Wright

Barbara & Lane Wroth

Mary Jane & Edward Wyant

Katie & Wilson Wyatt

Bequests & Trusts

Estate of Thomas Clagett, Jr.

Estate of Robert C. Keith

Albert C. Lynn, Jr. Living Trust

Estate of Douglas James McKelvey

Estate of Robert N. Riley

Joseph W. Sener, Jr. Charitable Trust

Corporate, Institutional & Non-profit Support

Academy for Lifelong Learning

Active Network Inc.

Air Products Foundation

American Cruise Lines

Annapolis Paint Eastern Shore

Antique & Classic Boat Society Benson & Mangold, LLC

Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation

Burr Yacht Sales, Inc.

Carrion Electric

Castle Harbor Yacht Club

CBMM Model Guild

CBMM Model Sailing Club

Chesapeake Landing Restaurant

Choptank Electric Trust

Chubb & Son

Classic Yacht Restoration Guild

Coastal Brewing Co.

The Country School

C.R. Bard Foundation

Crab Claw, Inc.

Dorchester Auto

Eastern Shore Tents & Events

Edenton Chowan Partnership

Exelon/Constellation Energy

ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc.

Five Gables Inn & Spa

Foxwell’s Antiques & Collectibles Garden & Garnish

Gourmet By The Bay Gross Mechanical Labs, Inc. Guyette & Deeter

Johnson & Johnson Holly Hill Farms

Holly Lake Enterprises

IBM Inn at Perry Cabin

J&M Systems

J.E.B. Stuart High School Johnson & Johnson Kalix Communications

Kelly Distributors

M & T Bank

Marcoritaville

Maryland Humanities Council

Maryland Public Television

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

The Oaks

Oxford Kids Program

Patriot Cruises

Pepsi Bottling Company

The Potomac River dory boat was relaunched in April after a winter of restoration. The 38 foot dory boat was built in 1931 by Francis Raymond “Peg Leg” Hayden along the Potomac River at Banks O’Dee, MD Potomac River dories were built in Southern Maryland on the Potomac River and used primarily for oyster tonging. These boats are the descendants of the “Black Nancy,” a type of small (18 to 27 feet) and narrow workboat dating to before the Civil War. The boat was donated to CBMM in 1988 by the Calvert Marine Museum.

Jody Katz & Jeffrey Gibbs

Wendy & Ken Gibson

Sheila & David Gierisch

Terri & Bill Gilmore

Beverly & George Glatfelter

Donald Goodliffe

Kathryn & John Gorski

Judy & Tom Gould

Margit & Maurice Klein

Jacqueline & Edward Knight

John Knott

Nancy & Robert Knowles

John Knud-Hansen

Christine & Chuck Kohls

Linda Sue & Peter Koole

Gabrielle & Bill Korab

Milton Nottingham

Marie Martin & Gary Nylander

Maureen & Jim O’Connell

Judith Grass & Michael O’Dell

Nell & Bill Ogden

Linn & Beale Ong

Nancy & John Orzechowski

MaryAlice & Mark Pacious

Terrence Sheehy

Barbara & Michael Sheridan

John Shields

Sherrye & Mike Shupp

Abby Siegel & Gerald Silverstein

Bob Simmons Howell Simons

Eleanor Dallam & Albert Smith

Marianne Yost

Margaret & Sanford Young

Joyce & Don Young

Ellie Zentgraf

Esther & Bob Ziegler

Howard Zwemer

Pierson Comfort Group

Pixel Print & Post

Quality Health Strategies, Inc.

Regional Hematology & Oncology

Ride Entertainment Systems

Southern Galvanizing Company

St. Michaels Running Festival

Sultana Projects, Inc.

Talbot County Arts Council, Inc.

Union United Methodist Church

Washington College

Wiley Rein LLP

Wilmington Trust

Foundations

Amica Bailey Jewelers

Bank of America Foundation

Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation

Norman & Florence Brody

Family Foundation

Lynne Cheney Charitable Fund

Chesapeake Bay Trust Christmas in St. Michaels

Community Fdn Nat. Capital Region

Eastern Shore Heritage, Inc.

Farvue Foundation

GE Foundation

Thomas H. Hamilton Foundation, Inc.

The Intermec Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Peter R. & Cynthia K.

Kellogg Foundation

Llandaff Family Foundation

The Lyric Foundation, Inc.

Macy’s Foundation

Merrill Family Foundation

Mid Shore Community Foundation

Miles River Yacht Club Foundation

National Philanthropic Trust

Neall Family Charitable Foundation

NM Morris Family Foundation

John B. & Marguerite M.

Owens Foundation

Pew Charitable Trust

Prudential Foundation

The Frederick W. Richmond Foundation

Joyce and Donald Rumsfeld Foundation

Schluderberg Foundation

St. Michaels Rotary Club Foundation

Sun Trust Mid-Atlantic Foundation

T. Rowe Price Foundation

Texas Instruments Foundation

Theo B. Bean Foundation, Inc.

Torrance Pitcairn Family Fund

Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation

The Robb & Elizabeth Tyler Foundation

Van Strum Foundation

Women & Girls Fund

Government Agencies

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development

MD State Dept of Education-SAI National Park Service

Gifts in Honor of

We congratulate the honorees listed in bold and thank our donors for their thoughtful tribute gifts:

Chrys & Ed Alvarado

Arnie & Don Powell

Robert South Barrett

Jeff Bean

The Theo B. Bean Foundation

Duane W. Beckhorn

Marc Castelli

Mark & Alesha Donahue

The Kiene Family

Howard Freedlander

Kate & Paul Cox

Elizabeth & Ryan Kirkpatrick

Linda & Lawrence Meyer

Charles Lea

Elaine & Rob LeBuhn

Bill Linaberry

Lisa & Don Detwiler

George Meyer

Carol Meyer

Karen Meyer

Robert A. Perkins

Judith Cross & John Hatheway

Bruce Ragsdale & Rick Scobey

Ellen & Richard Bodorff

Langley Shook

Virginia Albert

Ed Alvarado

Nancy & CG Appleby

Vicki & Craig Atwood

Elizabeth & John Breyer

Pat & Howard Brooks

JoAnne & Kitridge Buritsch

Beth & Harry Burton

Debbie & Doug Collison

Leslie & Brad Dalton

Sharon & Duane Ekedahl

Ed Farley

Maryann & Dominic Fiaschetti

Peggy & John Ford

Pam & Tom Green

Sherry & David Jeffery

Mariana & Pete Lesher

Alice & Bob Mantell

Sherry & Charles Manning

Bud McIntire

Nancy & Fred Meendsen

Connie Sadler & Paul Moates

Libby Moose

Tracey Munson

Joan Murray

Meryl & Gaillard Nolan

Donna Cantor & John Pinney

Alice & Bruce Rogers

Pat & Kirby Scott

Alexa & Tom Seip

Faye & Jack Shannahan

Kathryn Shook

Fran & Henry Spector

René & Tom Stevenson

Sally & Roger Stobbart

Julie & Scott Tompkins

John & Jody Stumph

Amy Fields

Beverly & Richard Tilghman

Eleanor & John Magee

Gifts in Memory of

We express our sincere appreciation and deepest sympathy to the following family and friends who made memorial gifts to the honorees indicated in bold:

Betty Chrystella “Chrys” Alvarado

Alvarado-Levy Family

Virginia & Richard Autry

Patti & Ralph Case

Nancy Bowman

Brian Damico

The Dingwall Family

Jeanne & Chris Friberg

Alyce & William Gannaway

Lee Gauthier

Joni & Ray Gauthier

JEB Stuart High School

Laura & Steven Key

Mary Kay & Wayne Key

Donna & Richard Midcap

Sandy & Bob Miller

Teresa Molloy & Karon Molloy

Kendal Paulson

Arnie & Don Powell

Mary & Charles Probst

Karen & Langley Shook

Janice & Donald Shreve

Howell Simons

René & Tom Stevenson

Carol & Cliff Stretmater

Rosemary Thompson

Ann & Mike Sweeney

Jill & Ron Wade

Betty & Penn Whitescarver

Connie & Donald Yates

Ellie Zentgraf

Norma Creel

Burr Yacht Sales, Inc.

Edith Engelskirchen

Mary Sprandel

Mary Lou Fisher

John Heiberger

Wallace Harrison

Kay & Donald Howeth

John R. Kimberly

Karen & Richard Kimberly

John B. Mencke

Susan & Paul Hanson

Helen & John Mencke

Gray Messick

Henry Goldberg

Deborah Wiggins

Lucille Parks Sterling

Gail Sterling-Joubert

James M. Patterson

Nancy & Doug Dalrymple

Janet Mordarski

Phyllis & William Perkins

Nancy & Timothy Pohmer

Quality Health Strategies

Lou & Al Swart

Howard Gibbons Schirmer

Beatrice Schirmer

Kelly Wagner

Burr Yacht Sales, Inc.

Lighthouse Legacy Founders

Our deepest gratitude to the following friends who have pledged a legacy gift of $25,000 or more through their estate plans:

Nancy & CG Appleby

Ellen & Richard Bodorff

Gloria & James Gibson

Greg Guthman

Christopher Havener, Jr.

Jane & Frank Hopkinson

Frank Marshall

Nancy & Fred Meendsen

Pamela & Dennis Pitt

Ellen & Norman Plummer

Bruce Ragsdale & Rick Scobey

Rosa & Steve Sands

Alexa & Tom Seip

Karen & Langley Shook

Jill Kent & Mark Solomons

Linda & Henry Spire

Judy & Henry Stansbury

René & Tom Stevenson

Beverly & Richard Tilghman

Life Members

Thank you to our new Life Members!

Meta & Bill Boyd

Gayle & John Bremer

Christina & Earl Furman

William Ginder

Alice Glen

Jane & Frank Hopkinson

Shirley Bucci & Stephen Humenick

Tammy McNally

Joan Murray

Douglas Rollow

Irene & Daniel Simpkins

Beverly & Richard Tilghman

Catherine & Joe Whalen

Catherine Jamieson & Frederick Edwards

Nancy & John Henderson

Debra D. Vess

Gayle & Michael Yoh

Janet & Richard Charlton

Sustaining Members

Maura & Martin Bollinger

Larry Clark

Teresa & Dixon Duffett

Penny & Alan Griffith

Victoria McAndrews & Leeds Hackett

Elizabeth Moose

Elaine & Glenn Orme

René & Tom Stevenson Jeff Chandler

Benefactor Members

Malcolm Bahrenburg

Ginger & Marion Bevard

Bonnie & John Booth

Ella & Michael Bracy

Victoria & Thomas Broadie

Ashley & Sam Chamberlain

Janet & Richard Charlton

Bettie & Thomas Deen

Eleuthera & Frederick Fiechter

Ann & Gordon Fink

Karen & Benjamin Frana

Martha Coven & Paul Frick

Marcia & Peter Friedman

Sandra Cuyler Ganzi & Walter Ganzi

Dara Sicherman & Philip Graham

Jacqueline Smith & Jerry Hook

Virginia Road & Bridge Supply, Inc.

Elizabeth & Gordon Hughes

Mary & Joseph Irr

Raymond Jennings

Honor & John Johnson

Paige & John Kevill

Julie & Brian McCandless

Kristen & Nels Olson

Leigh & Jerry Peek

Deborah & Don Pusey

Gina & Lee Reno

Roselee & Art Roberts

Alice & Bruce Rogers

Theodora Shelor

Jill Kent & Mark Solomons

Diane & Jeff Staley

Audrey & Christopher Stine

Mary Ann & William Stockman

Phyllis & Tony Syme

Murie & Enos Throop

Margaret & Robert Williams

Linda & Artur Zimmer

Ed Hiller / Ride

Entertainment Systems

Robin & Charles Garber

Susan & Robert Hillenbrand

Eddie Hornick / Virginia Road & Bridge Suppy

Stephanie Stockman & Frank Ireton

Diane Minahan-Griffith

Diane & Tom Reinke

Charlotte & George West

Deed of Gifts

The Museum is grateful to the following friends who donated a variety of items between May 1, 2013 and April 30, 2014:

Justine & Raymond Adams

Glory & John Aiken

Leah & Ted Alfriend

Joyce & Mark Allen

Leslie Aniail

Rolf Anselm

Martha & Jack Austin

Melissa & Mike Bailey-Descoteaux

Kathleen Baldwin

John Bannan

Evelyn & Lester Barton

Marilyn & Fred Batie

Nancy Bearss

Mike Becraft

William Behrens

Dona & Jay Benford

Dianna & Philip Betsch

Dona & Matthew Blaine

Christina Bliss

Janet & Curtis Bohlen

Patricia & James Bonan

Roy Bowman

Richard Brengal

Debbie & Eddie Bridges

Julie Broadbent

Katharine & Stanley Brown

Lisa Johnson & Ward Bucher

Katrina & David Bufter

JoAnne & Kitridge Buritsch

Robert Burke

Donna & Philip Caraci

Leila & Bruce Carlson

David Carr & Randall Carr

Rick Carrion

Ryan Carrion

Leslie Hill & Dennis Carroll

Phyllis & Marc Castelli

Jane & Pete Chambliss

Liuciji Chesonis

John Clark

Tom Clark

Robert Crafton

Janet & Jim Crowle

Donna Cunningham

Dorothy & Paul Dale

Trudy & Bill Day

Sonja & Larry DeBaugh

Peter Defreece

Michael Denworth

Sidney Dickson

Joanne Ditch

Mary & Richard Dolson

Todd A. Dorfman

Bill Doyle

Peter Dunbar

George Dunigan

Tad duPont

Shirley Edelen

Marie A. Edison

Michael Efford

John Emond

Harry Fahl

Ed Farley

The Farrow Family

Alfred Fay

Dorothy & Colin Ferenbach

Mary Kay & Tom Finan

Joseph Flanagan

Stephen Flonkewicz

Monty Fowler

Jeffrey Frank

Jeremy Freeman

David Ghysels

David Ginsburg

Stephen Alan Goldberg

Robin Gordon

Martha & Jack Graham

Janet & Russ Granger

Douglas Gray

Steven & Marc Gross

Sue & Ron Grudziecki

Valerie Lamont & Forest Hansen Ingrid Hansen

Jane & Walter Hansen

Pres Harding Ed Hatch

Scott Heckard

John Herbert

William Hodgson

Richard Holzer

Nellie Hull

Beverly & Robert Hutton

Linda Ivey

Jane & Wallace Jansen

Lynne & John Jarrell

Elizabeth Jones

Richar Jones, Jr. Mark Kalber

Susan & Neil Kaye

Timothy Keefe

Frederick Keen

Cynthia & Peter Kellogg

Mark Kellogg

Adine Kelly

Susan & Robert Kimberly Claire Boyer Kinderman

John Kocher

Mark Kramer

Janice & Ralph La Barge

Robert Larsen

Rita Leffers

Sandy Lerner

Ronald Lesher, Sr.

Lynn & John Mahoney

Mary Malkus

Mary Ann Marchetti

Donald Matczak

Caron & Ross McCausland

David McGinty

Susan & Douglas McKelvey

Frederick Megahan

Brooke & Mike Mesko

Deborah Moll

& Christina Moll Dengate

Jeanne & Kenneth Montgomery

Ann & Rush Moody

Mary & George Morris

Jerry Mullins

Tracey Munson

Family of J. Marshall Stewart

Mollie Sayers & Jack Nelson

Helen & Kenneth Noble

Linda & Thomas Norris

Ethel & Judge John North

Milton Nottingham

Cynthia & Paul O’Connor

Leslie Owen

Barbara & Arthur Patterson

The Museum’s working boatyard offers a wide variety of public programming, including Apprentice For a Day, mosaic art, oar making, carving workshops, Public Sailing Days and more.

Gretchen & Ray Peters

Lee Phillips

Vanessa & Eric Piche

Ellen & Norman Plummer

Steven Polcari

Sheila David & David Policansky

James Pratt

Richard Prettyman

Clayton & June Railey

William Rankin

Regional Hematology & Oncology, PA

Rex Reiley

Diane & Tom Reinke

Theresa Reuter

Lindsley & Jonathan Rice

Joanne Riley

Tom Rodgers

Peter Rohman

Roy Rosenthal

Kenneth Sadler

Carole & Ron Sasiela

Sarah & Philip Sayre

David Schermerhorn

Beatrice Schirmer

John Schlecht

Becky Schoolman

Doreen & Tim Schuman

Rosie Schwier

Kathleen & Robert Seiwert

John Sergovic

James Sharf

Nancy & Harry Shaw

Dawn Sill

Jo Sue & Rem Simpson

Melody & Edmund Stabler

Jennifer Stanley

Judy & Henry Stansbury

Gail & Steve Steckler

Jayne Bourke & Richard Steeg

Renée & Barry Sterling

René & Tom Stevenson

Sultana Projects, Inc., Drew McMullen

Connie Lu & Charles Tacconelli

Jackie & Ted Tepper

Penelope Thomas

Jonathan Titus

Mary Sue & Bob Traynelis

Karen Trubisz

Rick Urban

Jim Valliant

Linda & Frank Vetter

Sandi & Clint Vince

Carol & Robert Voyles

Jennifer Wagner

George Walish

Christian Walker

Sandy & Paul Warner

Christina Warren

William Washburn

Judith & George Weckel

Pam & Jan White

Patricia & Michael Whitehill

Allen Whiteley

Deborah Wiggins

Wilde Yacht Sales LLC

Emily & John Willard

Linda & William Wolf

Thomas Wood

Joyce Yochelson

Margaret & Jeffrey Young

Maria & Willem Zijp

CBMM VOLUNTEERS

John Aiken

Bob Alexander

Brooke Alexander

Ed Alvarado

Molly Anderson

Martha Austin

Julie Barnett

Sam Barnett

Charles Barranco

Carolyn Behr

Casper Behr

Chris Billinger

Edna Blakely

James Blakely

Barbara Boyd

Dave Brooks

Audrey Brown

Omer Brown

Sandy Brown

Irene Cancio

Paul Carroll Susan Carroll

Patti Case

Ralph Case Creston Cathcart

Joan Chlan

Graeme Clapp Gary Clarke

Lucy Clarke Ann Clayton Richard Clayton Russ Cochran

Esty Collet Doug Collison

Mike Corliss

Jan Crisitello

Jack Davis

Bill Day

William Dennehy

Lloyd Devigne Elaine Dickinson

David Draut

Jennifer Durkin

Ann Dwyer Kevin Dwyer

Gary Edsall

Michael Feehley

Jay Fink

Andy Flanagan

Richard Foa

Ben Ford Peggy Ford Ron Fortucci

Sue Fortucci

Gloria Freihage

Jerry Friedman

Roger Galvin

Kathy Gambrill

Kurt Gant

Lorraine Glass

Nancy Gooding

Don Goodliffe

Robin Gordon Wenrich Green

Denis Greene Bernie Grove Jim Harvey Nancy Harvey

John Hawkinson

Frederick Hebdon

Nancy Hebdon

James Heelan

Robert Hinkel

Laura Hollingshead

Tom Hollingshead

Jane Holman

Geoffrey Holmes

Pepper Holmes

Frank Hopkinson

Robert Hoskins

William Hough

Tom Huddleston

Anne Hughes Gerry Hughes Joe Irr

Clifton Jackson Florence Jackson Joan Katz

Carol Kilborn

Marcia Kirby

Howard Kirchner

Rick Kuba

Al Kubeluis

Annabel Lesher

Mariana Lesher

Ronald Lesher

John Lindinger

Lois Lindsley

Bob Lonergan

Charles Low Dot Low

Duane Lundahl

Barbara Lundkvist

Leslie Lyons

Mike Mabe

Boyd Madary

Joan Madary

Bud Marseilles

Bob Mason Marilyn Mason

Raymond Maule

Julie McCahill

Larry McCanna Mac McConnell

Jeff Messing

Carol Michelson

Julia Miller

Peter Misiazek

Lin Moeller

Bridget Moss

Daniel Moss

Eleanor Murphy

Steve Murphy

Marilyn Nace Casey Nelson

Gary Nylander

Dorothy Parker

Don Parks

Robert Petizon

Jane Phelan

Ellen Plummer

Norman Plummer

Bill Price

Mary Ann Ray

Paul Ray

Frank Rehill

Barbara Reisert

Connie Robinson David Robinson

Paul Rybon

Ed Santelmann

Robin Scofield Kirby Scott

Graham Scott-Taylor

Patricia Scott Karen Shook

Alan Silbert

Judy Silbert

Elizabeth Simoncini

Salvatore Simoncini

Jack Simpers

Bob Stelmaszek

Cliff Stretmater

Jody Stumpf

John Stumpf Ann Sweeney

Michael Sweeney Peter Thatcher

Shirley Thatcher

Edward Thieler

Ben Tilghman

Bob Traynelis

Mary Sue Traynelis

Nary Beth Webb

Lucille Weber

Ron Weber

Bob Whidden

Hugh Whitaker

January White Pam White Helen Womack

Winslow Womack

Jim Wortman

2013-2014 Vounteer Board of Governors

Tom D. Seip

Richard C. Tilghman

James P. Harris

Richard J. Bodorff

Schuyler Benson

Paul Berry

Harry W. Burton William B. Carter

William S. Dudley

David E. Dunn

Dagmar D. P. Gipe

E. Brooke Harwood, Jr.

Christopher A. Havener, Jr.

Francis Hopkinson, Jr.

Fred Israel

Richard J. Johnson

Peter M. Kreindler

Frank C. Marshall, Jr.

Patrice Miller

Geoffrey F. Oxnam

Bruce A. Ragsdale

Mitchell B. Reiss

S. Stevens Sands

Lelde Schmitz

Diane J. Staley

Henry H. Stansbury

Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.

Alfred Tyler, 2nd

Richard T. Allen

Howard S. Freedlander

Alan R. Griffith

Margaret D. Keller

Breene M. Kerr

Charles L. Lea, Jr. D. Ted Lewers, MD

Fred C. Meendsen

John C. North II

Sumner Parker

Robert A. Perkins

Joseph E. Peters

James K. Peterson

Norman H. Plummer

John J. Roberts

Henry H. Spire

James E. Thomas

Joan Darby West Donald G. Whitcomb

(top) Many of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s volunteers gathered at a reception honoring their service. In fiscal year 2013-2014, more than 200 volunteers collectively contributed more than 29,000 hours of service to the Museum, helping with all aspects of CBMM’s operations. Volunteers reaching milestones in hours of service were also recognized.

(right) CBMM Volunteer Bob Mason, who leads the museum’s Maritime Model Guild among other initiatives, was recognized for giving 7,000 hours of volunteer service toward the Museum. Mason has been a CBMM volunteer for more than 25 years.

Volunteer opportunities are available at CBMM for our education programs, docent-guided tours, volunteer-run river cruises, administrative duties, the maintenance of 18 acres and dockage at the Museum, as well as a fleet of historic boats to maintain. For more information, contact Melissa Spielman at 410-745-4956 or email mspielman@cbmm.org.

At a reception held in the Van Lennep Auditorium, the Museum recognized more than 200 volunteers for their combined 29,021 hours of service toward the Museum over the last year. Several volunteers were recognized by CBMM staff for their work with the education, buildings and grounds, curatorial, museum store, boatyard, boat donations, administrative, communications and events departments.

Special recognition was given to volunteers with the highest hours of service, including Bob Mason with 7,000 hours; Lorraine Glass and John Hawkinson with 6,000 hours; Don Parks and Mary Sue Traynelis with 4,000 hours; Lloyd Devigne, Jerry Friedman, Roger Galvin, Al Kubeluis, Bob Petizon, and Helen Womack with 3,000 hours; Sam Barnett, Mike Corliss, Steve Murphy, Mary Ann Ray, and Cliff Stretmater with 2,000 hours; Ed

Alvarado, Audrey Brown, Russ Cochran, Rick Kuba, and Bob Traynelis with 1,500 hours; and Sandy Cannon-Brown, Dick Clayton, Bill Day, Bob Hoskins, Bill Hough, Pat and Kirby Scott, Karen Shook, and Jody Stumpf with 1,000 hours.

“Each year, we gather together for a few hours to say a collective thank you to our dedicated corps of volunteers,” commented CBMM’s Director of Events and Volunteer Program Melissa Spielman.

“Despite our intent or how heartfelt these words are, they are still woefully inadequate for the mountains of gratitude our staff individually feel for our volunteers—for the time they give, for the efforts they put forth, for being here to support our mission, and to help each of us succeed in our work. We are extremely grateful for their service.”

Marshall Patterson

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 2014

ASSETS

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Accounts and Grants Receivable

Split-Interest Receivable

Contributions Receivable

Inventories at Lower of Cost or Fair Value

Pre-Paid Expenses

Planned Gifts Investments at Fair Value

Long Term Investments at Fair Value

Land, Buildings and Equipment (Net of Depreciation)

TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Deferred Income and Deposits

Long-Term Debt

TOTAL LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED

2014

$1,662,640 64,281 532,354 127,386 81,647 38,199 10,623 9,910,556 10,000,904 $22,428,590

2013 $1,097,764 83,983 575,810 209,926 72,933 17,063 10,623 8,847,246 10,612,461 $21,527,809

$638,555 275,425 900,000 $1,813,980

$188,497 117,546 960,000 $1,266,043

Unrestricted

Temporarily Restricted

Permanently Restricted

TOTAL NET ASSETS

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

REVENUESUNRESTRICTED

Contributions Membership

Special Events Admissions

Ground Rentals

Education Programs

Change in Value of Split-Interest Agreements Investment Income

Realized Gain on Investments

Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments Museum Store Gross Profit

Rental Income

Miscellaneous Sales Other Income

Assets Released from Restriction

TOTAL REVENUE

EXPENSES

$1,021,501 440,639

245,592 556,429 89,930 105,010 31,611 5,256 (1,566) 28,150 128,665 16,910 439,949 19,165 822,369 $3,949,610

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED $53,529

PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED $649,661

71,669 268,242 (26,815) 484,602 (822,369) $28,858 $649,661

2014 $1,724,691 440,639

TOTAL Grants

71,669 245,592 556,429 89,930 105,010 31,611 273,498 (28,381) 512,752 128,665 16,910 439,949 19,165 $4,628,129

2013 $1,129,371 425,362

162,472 257,464 520,499 124,535 78,324 38,362 350,342 604,438 50,791 124,578 16,500 360,542 19,421 $4,263,001

Program Expenses Administration Expenses Fundraising Expenses

TOTAL EXPENSES

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

$3,234,666 586,725 453,894 $4,275,285 0 0

$3,234,666 586,725 453,894 $4,275,285

$3,291,372 568,709 454,874 $4,314,955

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR

Contributions & Grants

3%3%

4%

EducationRentalsFacilities 20%

OPERATING INCOME Admissions & Special Events

Other Income Annual Fund

12%

10% 13% 15% 20%

Endowment Distribution

Fundraising/ Membership

Communications & Marketing

8%

$8,504,839 2,300,047 9,809,724 $20,614,610 $22,428,590 Museum Store Gross Profit

OPERATING EXPENSES: Your donations at work Administrative Expenses (insurance, technology, taxes & staff healthcare)

Fundraising

11%

8%

4% 20% 4% 18%

Campus Maintenance & Operations Exhibits 9% Education/ Volunteer Programs 8% Curatorial 10% Boatyard

Administration

($325,675) $8,830,514 $8,504,839

$28,858 $2,271,189 $2,300,047

$352,844 $20,261,766 $20,614,610 10% 14% Programs

($51,954) $20,313,720 $20,261,766 76%

$649,661 $9,160,063 $9,809,724

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