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MHCB Series I

Maritime History of the Chesapeake Bay (MHCB)

Series I. Tapes


Number Title Speaker
1. Geology of the Bay
David McQueen
2. Marine Life (Prehistoric)
Ralph Eshelman
3. Indian Cultures Wayne Clark
4. Jamestown
Parke Rouse, Jr.
5. Charting the Bay
E.M. Sanchez-Saavedra
6. Plantation Cultures Hill Carter
7. Kent Island Controversary John Kukla
8. Eastern Shore James Parry
9. Developing Ports (example: Yorktown) Kevin Kelly
10. Disappearing Ports
(example: Londontown)
Don Shomette
11. Overall View (Colonial) A. Pierce Middleton
12. Annapolis (17th & 18th Century)
Edward Papenfuse
13. Lower Bay Urban Centers
(17th & 18th Century)
Sarah Hughes
14. Slaves in Maritime Life Philip Morgan
15. Piracy Marcus Rediker
16. Lord Dunsmore John Shelby
17. Chesapeake Bay at War (Revolution) John Sands
18. Yorktown Campaign Admiral Ernest Eller
19. Yorktown Ships John Broadwater
20. Post-War Trade Peter Stewart
21. Rural Development
(St. Mary's County)
Bayley Ellen Marks
22. The Baltimore Clipper Thomas Gillmer
23. Baltimore Privateers Jerome Garitee
24. Barney's Flotilla and Burning
of Washington
Don Shomette
25. Fort McHenry Scott Sheads
26. Railroads and the Bay
John Hankey
27. Baltimore as a World Port Barry Dressel
28. Baltimore Maritime Workers Gary Browne
29. Underground Railroad at Sea Tommy Bogger
30. C.S.S. Virginia and Monitor Kip Campbell
31. Oystermen
James Moore
32. Watermen (Academic View)
Victor Ligori
33. Watermen (Working View) Billy Allen
34. Bay Pilots
Brian Hope
35. Curtis Creek Coast Guard Yard Captain Barry Roberts
36. Sail in the Bay Robert Burgess
37. Steam in the Bay Alexander Brown
38. World War I and the Deutchland

Calvin Lotz

39. World War II and Shipbuilding James Morris
40. S.S. United States Commodore Alex Anderson
41. Baltimore Neighborhoods Randy Beirne
42. Bridge Construction Kit Shaver
43. Recreational Sailing and Racing Tom Closs
44. Bay Photography John Whitehead
45. The Bay and the National Market R.P. Martin, Jr.
46. U.S.F. Constellation Hugh Benet
47. U.S. Naval Academy Jack Sweetman
48. Mariner's Museum
John Sands
49. U.S. Navy - Who Served
Aboard Constellation
John Fugman
50. Chesapeake Bay Foundation William Portlock