Winter - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

President’s Message
by Langley R. Shook, President
“Dad, a bugeye has two masts, not
one,” explained the seven-year old to
his father, as they stood on the dock
next to the 1889 Edna E. Lockwood.
The boy pointed to Edna’s two masts and then he pointed
to the skipjack, Lady Katie, in the next slip over. “See the
difference?” the little boy said.
“Yes, I do,” the dad replied and then nodded at me as
the two ambled off in the direction of our Hooper Strait
Lighthouse.
I smiled to myself as I continued my walk around
campus. It’s these interactions, overheard or observed
almost every day that inspire each and every one of us to
do our best work on behalf of the Museum.
After all, where else can you immerse yourself in such a
sense of place, so full of learning and wonder?
Imagine a world without the stories of the Chesapeake
Bay and its skipjacks, and bugeyes, and watermen, and
oysters, and crabs––imagine this and you begin to realize
the value and the vibrancy this institution provides.
One year into my tenure as just the fourth president in
the Museum’s 45-year history, I know that your support
now is more important than ever. Whether in the form of
donations, membership, or volunteering, you are the critical
force that keeps us moving forward and on course for
historical relevance into the future.
It’s because of support from people like you that we
can announce the restoration of the legendary skipjack
Rosie Parks; enroll all of Talbot County’s public elementary
school students in our “Crab Cakes” program, unveil
a newly designed and easier to navigate website, and install
new exhibits in our Steamboat building for you and your
guests to come back to enjoy time and again.
So at a time when holiday expenses and everyday bills
may beg of you to cut things out of your budget, we
thank you for understanding that your support of the
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a gift that helps to
inspire and educate everyone we serve.
On behalf of the Museum’s Board of Governors, staff
and volunteers, we hope this edition of To the Point finds
you surrounded by the warmth of the holiday season.
And we thank you for the warmth of your support as we
eye new horizons, while keeping this Jewel of the Chesapeake
such a treasured place for that little boy on campus, and for
each of us to enjoy.
Board of
Governors
2010-2011
Joseph E. Peters, Chair
C G Appleby, Vice Chair
Alan R. Griffith, Vice Chair
Tom D. Seip, Treasurer
Mark S. Nestlehutt, Secretary
Bruce P. Bedford
Paul Berry
Harry W. Burton
Stuart A. Clarke
Frederic N. Cross
David E. Dunn
Jocelyn W. Eysymontt
Anna W. Fichtner
Howard S. Freedlander
E. Brooke Harwood, Jr.
Pamela Jana
R. Douglas Jurrius
Richard H. Kimberly
Peter M. Kreindler
William C. Millar
Geoffrey E. Oxnam
Joanne W. Prager
Bruce A. Ragsdale
Henry H. Stansbury
Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.
Richard C. Tilghman, Jr.
Barbara Viniar
Bruce B. Wiltsie
Langley R. Shook, President
Emeriti
Richard T. Allen
Margaret D. Keller
Breene M. Kerr
Charles L. Lea, Jr.
Fred C. Meendsen
Hon. John C. North II
Sumner Parker
James K. Peterson
Norman H. Plummer
John J. Roberts
Henry H. Spire
James E. Thomas
Joan Darby West
Donald G. Whitcomb
To contact staff dial 410-745
and the number listed next
to their name. For email,
use the person’s first initial,
followed by their full last
name @cbmm.org.
For example, to reach our
President, email him at
lshook@cbmm.org
Museum
Staff
Administration
Langley Shook, President, 4951
René Stevenson, Assistant to the President &
Director of Development, 4950
Jody Andrews, Dockmaster, 4946
Nicole Dull, Membership/Development
Assistant, 4955
Brenda Faulkner, Director of Human
Resources & Acting Store Manager, 4948
George A. Hatcher, Jr., Director of
Advancement & Visitor Services, 4978
Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944
Taylor Kegan, Membership Director, 4943
Tracey Munson, Director of Marketing &
Media Relations, 4960
Marie Thomas, Marketing Technician, 4953
Breene M. Kerr Center for
Chesapeake Studies
Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971
Melissa Spielman, Director of Education &
Acting Volunteer Coordinator 4956
Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945
Kate Livie, Assistant Director
of Education, 4947
Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972
Helen Van Fleet, Education Assistant &
Reservations Assistant, 4941
Boat Yard
Richard Scofield, Boat Yard Manager, 4966
Marc Barto, Vessel Maintenance
Manager, 4967
Dan Sutherland, Boat Yard Program
Manager, 4968
Don MacLeod, Vessel Maintenance
Assistant, 4967
Finance
Heather Moore, Vice President
of Finance, 4958
Digie McGuirk, Accounting/Human
Resources Assistant , 4957
Operations
Bill Gilmore, Vice President of
Operations, 4949
John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970
Lad Mills, Boat Donations Program
Manager, 4942
Donna Fairbank, Facilities Custodian, 4969
Sam Fairbank, Facilities Maintenance
Assistant, 4969
Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance
Assistant, 4969
For general inquiries, email havefun@cbmm.org
In This Issue
President’s Message 2
Chairman’s Message 3
Curator’s Corner 16
Mitchell House Exhibit Opens
Calendar 17
2011 Save the Date Calendar
Event Highlights 8-9
Education 10-11
Frederick Douglass Day Essay Contest Winner
Lifelines 12-13
Highlighting the Museum’s dedicated volunteers
Rosie Parks to Sail Again 1 &14-15
by Dick Cooper
Charting the Course 16
Featuring Richard Tilghman
On the Rail 17
Goings-on at the Boat Yard
Currents 18
What’s new at the Museum?
Happy Holidays 20
Mission Statement
The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum is to inspire an understanding of and
appreciation for the rich maritime heritage of the
Chesapeake Bay and its tidal reaches, together
with the artifacts, cultures and connections
between this place and its people.
Vision Statement
The vision of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum is to be the premier maritime museum for
studying, exhibiting, preserving and celebrating
the important history and culture of the largest
estuary in the United States, the Chesapeake Bay.
SAVE THE DATE
Come to a Members Reception on Saturday,
January 29, 2011, from 4 to 6pm in the Van
Lennep Auditorium. Bring your questions
and ideas. Mingle with friends and staff.
Hear Langley Shook and Pete Lesher talk
about the “state of the Museum.”
Chairman’s Message
by Joe Peters, Chairman of the Board
One of the most exciting events
of the last several years took place
this past November at the annual
OysterFest, when we announced
our plan to restore the famous
skipjack, Rosie Parks.
This project, which will serve as
a living exhibit while restoration is
completed over the next several
years, epitomizes what this
Museum is all about. It speaks
to the history, the work, the culture and the people of the
Chesapeake Bay. This, of course, is a major commitment
on the part of your Museum. We have in hand about half
of the funds necessary to complete this restoration. We will
be designing a variety of ways in which our members and
friends can participate in this exciting endeavor.
Several other special events were held at the Museum
for the first time this year with great success including
Watermen’s Appreciation Day, Frederick Douglass Day,
and the Concours d’Elegance. We are hopeful that these
will become annual events.
As you know, all of the Museum’s wonderful events and
programs depend to a large extent on the support of our
members and benefactors. We are extremely grateful for
your dedication to the Museum in the past and welcome
you to join in continuing to build on the tremendous
momentum now underway. As always, thank you for your
friendship and support.
find us on
With 1,860 friends and counting, CBMM’s
facebook page has more than 560 monthly
active users. We update daily, informing
our followers of progress at the Boat Yard,
information about special events, and share
our endless supply of beautiful photography.
You don’t have to be a member of Facebook
to view our page! To add us, visit
facebook.com/mymaritimemuseum
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