Geo rge Pullman, the Chicago businessman who created the PullMaritime H istory Summer Schools man railroad sleeping car, is said to have had the skiff built fo r President Grant by builder Aime Guerin of Ogdensburg, New York. The skiff is 13'6" long with a beam of 3', m ade of cedar planks over steam-bent oak ribs. Its hull is a unique combination of a skiffs bow with a rounded fantail stern, an elaborate shape more often seen on steam launches and larger vessels. The Grant skiff is one of more An intensive two-week maritime history summer school in the un ique environment of histori c Greenwich, than 100 historic a World heritage site. watercraft on disMonday 5 July - Friday 16 July 2004 play at the Antique 01ganised h)': Boat Museum. Gree nwic h Marit ime Institut e, Kin gs College London Ulysses S. Grant's rowing skiffon and Th e Op en Mu seum, Nat io nal Marit ime Muse um (750 Mary Street, display at the Antique Boat Museum Keynote speakers: Clayton NY 13624; Prof esso r A nd rew Lamb ert, Prof esso r Sarah Palme r 3 15 686-4104; web site: www.abm.org) ... The New Bedford For further dt!tails, please contact: Whaling Museum has acquired the extensive and exciting colT he Open Museum, Nationa l Maritime Museum, Greenwich , London SE10 9NF, UK T : +44 (0) 20 8312 6747/6648 F: + 44 (0) 20 8312 6521 E: openmuseum@nmm.ac.uk lection of professional photography created by New Bedfordwww.nmm.ac.uk/openmuseum born Norman Fortier during the period from 1947-2003. The INGS collection includes more than 100,000 negatives surrounding his HATIOHAL ROYAL GREENWICH College MARITIME BSERVATORY ARITIME LONDON INSTITUTE interests of yachting, aerial views, coastlines, hurricanes, landMUSEUM GREENWICH • Unlversityoflolldon scapes, boat building, the fishing fleet, and local scenes. He concentrated on photographing vessels in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. (18 Johnny Cake Hill, New * J.P.URANKER WOODCARVER* Bedford MA 02740; 508 997-0046; web . site: www.whalingm useum.org) . . . The Fulton Project, Inc., a non-profit organization committed to planning, developing, Subscribe to SEA HISTORY implementing, and supporting an alternamagazine. tive maritime-based educational program Become a member of the for the emerging adolescent (grades 5-8) at National Maritime Historical the Marine Museum at Fall River, MassaSociety. chusetts, will be at the WoodenBoat Show A Liberty Ship Share your thoughts with other in Newport, RI this summer, July 23 - 25. Odyssey people interested in maritime Several examples of Starting Points: Vessels-, history on our bulletin board. People, Places, Innovations, and Maritime Artifacts™ will be available for viewing to Browse through our Marine Art Prints. demonstrate how maritime history will be used as the foundation of the curri culum . Shop for NMHS merchandise. Starting PointsTM is an encyclopedia being Learn about educational and created by The Ful ton Project, which will maritime events on our be digitally archived, providing students calendar. with a resource to stimulate research and Visit our advertisers on the develop individual courses of study based web. on the maritime content fo und in the Marine Museum's artifacts plus those in area Advertise in SEA HISTORY magazine and museums and historical societies. (The FulMail orders to: your company's website will be linked on ton Project, Marine Museum, 70 Water Don Shoemaker S EAHISTORY.ORG 1924 E. South Mountain Ave. Street, Fall River, MA 02721; 781 784Phoenix, AZ 85042 Advertising information: 8710; email: rogerbourassa@fultonproject. 1-800-22 1-6647 Ext. 235 org; web site: www.fultonproject.org). .t
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