Message from Martha Stackpole

Hi everyone,
I came away energized by our meeting Tuesday and look forward to our next gathering in June! In the meantime, for those of you who were engaged with Charlotte Church's journal and might want to explore further, this is a link to it online. Can you see this being useful with your students? What might be the pros and cons? Not easy for kids to read in cursive I know.
Have any of you used online resources from the museum? What has been most useful? What have been the challenges?
Wishing you all a happy, sunny spring! Look forward to our next gathering in early June.
Best,
Martha

http://library.mysticseaport.org/initiative/PageImage.cfm?PageNum=2&BibID=30761

Fun Things Related to Workshop 1

Before your next visit, be sure to check out our Collections & Research Website:
http://library.mysticseaport.org/home.cfm
You might find the "Image Archive" particuarly useful:
http://library.mysticseaport.org/ere/oindex.cfm
I mentioned the book "Whale Port" to some of you.  This book is full of great illustrations and has detailed inofrmation on whaling, whalers, trades, the economy, etc.
Those of you interested in shares and wages will find page 44 of particular interest.

http://fosterartandbooks.com/whaleport/book

Since there was a lot of discussion of the past and present restorations of the Morgan, you might be interested in these photos:

1941.725:  CHARLES W. MORGAN in dry dock at Fairhaven, MA, 1906
For full record, go to:  http://library.mysticseaport.org/ere/odetail.cfm?id_number=1941.725

1945.452.17:  CHARLES W. MORGAN hauled out
For full record, go to:  http://library.mysticseaport.org/ere/odetail.cfm?id_number=1945.452.17

AND, don't forget to check out our Youtube Channel:

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/MysticSeaportVideos?blend=5&ob=5#p/c/22AA710488CD330E/0/nHTxDuPLHG8