News Release
Annapolis Maritime Museum / 723 Second St / Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: Jeff Holland / 410-295-0104
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Nov. 18, 2010
2011 Maritime Seminar Series opens with author William S. Dudley
speaking on his new book, Maritime Maryland, a History
The Annapolis Maritime Museum’s 2011 Maritime Seminar Series opens with author William S. Dudley speaking on his new book, Maritime Maryland, a History, on Thursday, January 13, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This is the first of ten weekly seminars covering a range of fascinating topics to commemorate our unique maritime heritage.
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: William S. Dudley, author of Maritime Maryland, a History
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, January 13
Time: 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
Harvested for food, harnessed for power, and home to more than 3,600 species of plants, fish, and animals, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been essential to the sustainability and survival of the region’s populations. Historian William S. Dudley explores that history in an engaging and comprehensive account of Maryland’s storied maritime heritage as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series that begins on Thursday, January 13 at 7 p.m.
Dudley paints a vivid picture of Maryland’s maritime past in its broadest scope, exploring the complex and nuanced interactions of humans, land and water through descriptions of shipbuilding, steam technology, agricultural pollution, commercial and passenger transportation, naval campaigns, watermen, crabbing, and oystering. He also discusses the evolution of recreational boating—yachting, cruising, and racing—and the role of underwater archaeology in uncovering the bay’s shipwrecks. These interactions become chapters in the larger story of Maryland’s waterways, a story that Dudley tells through insightful prose and stunning illustrations.
William S. Dudley has long been associated with the naval and maritime history of Maryland and currently serves in positions with the Maryland Historical Society, the Naval Historical Foundation, and Sea History magazine. He is the historian general of the Naval Order of the United States and is author and editor of numerous works, including Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, James Fenimore Cooper’s Ned Myers, or A Life before the Mast, and The Early Republic and the Sea: Essays on the Naval and Maritime History of the Early United States. Dr. Dudley was director of the Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C., from 1995 to 2004. He currently serves on the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Advisory Board.
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: J. Wandres, author of The Ablest Navigator
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, January 20
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
Lieutenant Paul N. Shulman graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy just in time to serve in the South Pacific during World War II. As a Jew, born and raised in Connecticut, Shulman was horrified by the German holocaust, and following the war he helped smuggle Jewish refugees from Europe into Palestine. In 1948 he emigrated to Israel where he helped establish the Israeli navy. Shulman’s biographer, J. Wandres, will discuss Israel’s “Volunteer Admiral” as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series on Thursday, January 20 at 7 p.m.
Wandres will walk his audience through Shulman’s action-packed life and career, from his time at the Naval Academy through his post-War efforts to help the Jewish Agency acquire vessels for its clandestine immigration sealift of Holocaust survivors to Palestine. It was at the request of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion that the 25-year-old Shulman volunteered to set up a naval academy for Israel’s new navy, and three months later further distinguished himself during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War when he blockaded the Gaza strip and captured the Ein Gedi, an oasis near the Dead Sea. He continued to advise Ben-Gurion on naval matters as Israel struggled to establish itself as an independent country.
J. Wandres is a veteran U.S. Navy reserve public affairs specialist, and has edited two award-winning magazines. He has written extensively about the U.S. Navy’s secret propaganda broadcasts to the German U-boats and the Mulberry Harbors of D-Day. Currently an associate with the Center for World War II History and Conflict Resolution, he lives in Aberdeen, NJ.
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: John Laurence Busch, author of Steam Coffin
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, January 27
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
When Captain Moses Rogers drove the steamship Savannah across the Atlantic Ocean in the spring of 1819 he established the profound notion that a vessel powered by something other than wind had economic viability in the burgeoning trans-Atlantic trade. His feat marked an epochal shift in history: the Savannah’s ability to overcome Nature to practical effect meant that steam-powered vessels were not just a provincial revolution, but a global one. John Laurence Busch, author of the book Steam Coffin about Captain Rogers and the Savannah, will discuss Rogers’s daring voyage as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series on Thursday, January 27 at 7 p.m.
John Laurence Busch is an independent historian whose book, Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier, includes original archival research in the United States and Europe, much of it never-before-published material. His story chronicles the first strides of the first generation of “steamboats” in history, including those operating out of Baltimore (two of which were under the command of Captain Rogers).
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: Ginger Doyel, author of Over the Bridge, A History of Eastport at Annapolis
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, February 3
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
That Annapolis has always been an active commercial port of call is fairly obvious, but the devil is in the details, and that’s just what local author and historian Ginger Doyel digs into when she starts researching a particular topic. Her recent book, Over the Bridge, A History of Eastport at Annapolis, is a case in point. Though the original edition has been on sale for a season now, she’s still uncovering more tidbits about the local boating industry. Join Doyel for a sampling of those new nuggets and an overview of the old as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series on Thursday, February 3 at 7 p.m.
Doyel interviewed more than 400 community elders and gathered more than 1,700 photographs—mostly from private family collections—for her insider’s view of the community of Eastport. Her discoveries include a set of journals kept by Annie Christensen, an Eastport midwife from 1898-1908, and a bound ledger containing 291 previously unpublished photographs of Eastport and Annapolis taken by Howard Hayman in the mid-1930s. Add to that recently uncovered ledgers listing the patronage of the old John H. Thomas hardware store (the predecessor of Stevens Hardware).
Ginger Doyel is a fourth-generation Annapolitan. She has written more than 120 articles about local history for local newspapers and magazines, and authored Annapolis Vignettes; Gone to Market: The Annapolis Market House, 1698-2005; and The Annapolitan Club: A Tradition of Hospitality since 1897. Doyel serves on the City of Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission and on the Hammond-Harwood House Board of Trustees.
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: Stephan Abel, Executive Director of the Oyster Recovery Partnership
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, February 10
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
Stephan Abel, Oyster Recovery Partnership’s Executive Director, will offer an update on the status of oyster restoration in Maryland as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series on Thursday, February 10 at 7 p.m.
The Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) is a non-profit organization based in Annapolis, whose mission is to restore the oyster, clean our Bay and preserve our future. ORP actively promotes, supports and restores oysters for ecologic and economic purposes. Engaging in numerous Chesapeake Bay-related projects by conducting science-based “in-the-water” and “on-the-land” recovery efforts, this organization conducts public outreach and education in their quest to protect our environment, our heritage, and our knowledge of the Chesapeake Bay, its marshes and rivers, and the life that it sustains.
Stephan Abel has been the Executive Director of the Oyster Recovery Partnership since 2007. Prior to joining the Partnership, he was the Executive Director in the Office of Communications and Marketing at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. He enjoyed a distinguished career in the U.S. Navy, has held management positions at Sallie Mae and Careerbuilder, and earned a B.S. from Villanova University and a M.B.A. from George Washington University. A lifelong sailor on the Chesapeake Bay, he is married, has two children and resides in Annapolis.
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: Susan B. Langley, Maryland State Underwater Archaeologist
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, February 17
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
While there’s plenty of history to see and explore on land, the Chesapeake Bay is teeming with a flurry of underwater artifacts, many dating from the American Revolution, the Civil War and the War of 1812. State Underwater Archaeologist Susan B. Langley takes us on a figurative trip under the waves to investigate a number of finds that help bring Maryland history to life. Her talk, entitled “Star-Spangled Archaeology, Commemorating the War of 1812 through Maritime Archaeology,” is part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series on Thursday, February 17 at 7 p.m. in the Bay Room of the museum campus on Second Street.
The Maryland Maritime Archaeology Program of the Maryland Historical Trust is investigating a number of submerged cultural resources throughout the State’s Chesapeake waters including some adjacent in Virginia. These include privateers, both federal and state Navy vessels, and merchant ships. Some research involves search and survey using electronic remote sensing technologies in order to search for specific vessels or to investigate the sites of maritime battles. Other studies involve multi-year planning for excavation, conservation and exhibition of significant events like the scuttling of the Chesapeake flotilla commanded by Joshua Barney on his flagship Scorpion.
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: Don Parks, author of Chesapeake Splendor
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, February 24
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
Author Don Parks comes from a long line of Eastern Shore men, and he will talking about that legacy as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series on Thursday, February 24 at 7 p.m.
Don Parks’s father grew up on isolated Hollands Island, experiencing a completely different way of life than that on the mainland. With that as one resource among many, Parks investigates Eastern Shore heritage and culture through the eyes of his own family, including the history and influence these lower Eastern Shore people had on the seafood industry as it evolved over a century ago.
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: Jennifer Bodine, daughter of photographer A. Aubrey Bodine
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, March 3
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
Considered one of the finest photographers of his time, A. Aubrey Bodine’s award-winning images have been exhibited in museums and featured in numerous books and magazines. The world-renowned photojournalist worked at the Baltimore Sun from 1923 until his death in 1970.
Jennifer Bodine will discuss her father’s distinguished work and present a sampling his photographs as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series on Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m.
He travelled the region documenting every aspect of life in the Chesapeake Bay area with artistic and compelling photographs. Constantly manipulating and experimenting with the medium, he “made” photographs rather than “took” them.
Jennifer Bodine edited Bodine’s Chesapeake Bay Country, published by Tidewater Press in 1975. “Photographing the United States was a big thrill,” she quoted her father in the book, “but I always get a bigger thrill when I make a picture of a fleet of dredge boats moving over an oyster bed on a beautiful autumn day.”
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Who: Richard Schwartz, author of Hurricanes of the Middle Atlantic States
What: Annapolis Maritime Museum Winter Seminar Series
When: Thursday, March 10
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Annapolis Maritime Museum
723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403
Contact: 410-295-0104 / www.amaritime.org
Learn about local hurricane risks and hear about the great Chesapeake Bay hurricanes of the past from Rick Schwartz, author of Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States, as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Winter Seminar series on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m.
Rick Schwartz has plenty of stories to tell about these mighty storms that have ripped up our coast over the years. Find out about the big ones, including the Chesapeake and Potomac Hurricane of 1933 (before hurricanes carried an identifying name), Hurricane Hazel of 1954 and Hurricane Isabel of 2003, among others. Gain perspective about recent hurricane seasons and gather insight into what upcoming years may offer.
There will be one hour of presentation, followed by a discussion period. Enrollment fees for Museum members are $60 per person for the full series or $10 per seminar. For non-members, fees are $95 for the series or $15 per seminar. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104 or log on to www.amaritime.org.
Overview:
January 13: Dr. William S. Dudley on his new book, Maritime Maryland, A History
January 20: J. Wandres on his new book The Ablest Navigator, about USNA grad Lieutenant Paul N. Shulman, “Israel’s Volunteer Admiral.”
January 27: John Busch on his new book, Steam Coffin, about Captain Moses Rogers and the steamship Savannah, the first steamer to cross the Atlantic.
February 3: Ginger Doyel, Over the Bridge.
February 10: Stephan Abel, of the Oyster Recovery Partnership, discusses the Governor’s new plan to restore the oyster population on the Chesapeake Bay.
February 17: Susan B. Langley, PhD, the Maryland State Underwater Archaeologist on the Patuxent River excavations of the Scorpion, the flagship of Joshua Barney, hero of the War of 1812.
February 24: Don Parks, Chesapeake Splendor
March 3: Jennifer Bodine on the Chesapeake Bay photography of her father, A. Aubrey Bodine, world-renowned photojournalist who worked at the Baltimore Sun for 50 years – from 1920 until his death in 1970.
March 10: Rick Schwartz on his book, Hurricanes of the Middle Atlantic States, a surprising history from Jamestown to the present.
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