Hello again readers, and welcome back to the library blog! I have some exciting news for you today – there’s a brand new exhibit in The Mariners’ Museum Library, and it’s FREE to come look at! The new exhibit is called “Illustrating the News: Shipwrecks in the Popular Press.” It follows the history of shipwreck [...]
For the past few months I have been lucky enough to view the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation (HRPE) Collection at The Mariners’ Museum Library. This collection includes over fifteen thousand photographs donated in 1946 by Brigadier General John R. Kilpatrick, former commanding officer of the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. Previous to World War II, [...]
Join us tomorrow, Wednesday September 7, at noon for this this month’s Secrets in the Stacks. Tom Moore, Senior Curator of Photography and Photo Archivist, will share the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation Collection. This extraordinary collection of photographs visually illustrates the role of Newport News as one of the major military Ports of Embarkation [...]
The Mariners’ Museum Library invites you for a walk into the museum’s past. Please join Jennifer Anielski for a Secrets in the Stacks that will have you saying, “ I remember when …” as we look at photographs of the museum and park from yesteryear. As an added bonus, a few faces of the past [...]
The newspaper clipping from the Boston Post accompanying this undated (pre-1956) photograph from the Museum’s Chris-Craft Archives reads: Hard Flight From North Santason dashed up to the pier on the river in a smart motor boat on which his name was painted in large letters. Hardly had he landed before he presented Carolyn G. [...]
Join us at the Library for these upcoming Secrets in the Stacks! January 5, 2011 – Notes on Knots: the Bushby Manuscript – Bill Edwards-Bodmer, Assistant Archivist February 2, 2011 – The Mariners’ Museum Library’s Unique Clippings Collection – Jennifer Anielski, Librarian, Technical Services March 2, 2011 – A. Aubrey Bodine’s Photographs – Tom Moore, [...]
