The list of selected staff publications may be searched by keyword or author and can be sorted by year.
Publications
“The Origins of Marine Art,”
Schatkamer: Veertien opstellen over maritiem-historische onderwerpen aangeboden aan Leo M. Akveld bij zijn afscheid van het Maritiem Museum Rotterdam (Franeker: Uitgeverij Wijnen, 2002) 114—127.
The Maritime Administration Collection of Ship Plans (1939–1970).
with Paula J. Johnson (eds.) Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1995.
A catalog of Smithsonian ship plans available to the public.
"Downbound: Exploring the Wreck of the Indiana,"
Michigan History Magazine 77.5 (September/October 1993) 24–30.
General-interest account of one of the earliest propeller-driven steamboats in the Great Lakes.
“Underwater Heritage Milestone Legislation,”
MARITimes 15.1 (2002) 11–12.
An examination of Bermuda’s recent legislation preserving submerged cultural resources.
“The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.,”
in Peter Neill (ed.), Great Maritime Museums of the World. New York: Harry Abrams and Balsam Press, 1991. pp. 278–89
An overview of the 19th century origins of the Smithsonian’s maritime collections and a discussion of its highlights.
"Escape by Water: The Smithsonian Institution’s Ship Plans Catalogs,"
Seaways IV.3 (May/June 1993) 32–35. Reprinted in Messing About in Boats 11.18 (1 Feb. 1994) 6–8.
Description of the Smithsonian’s three ship plans catalogs.
“Preliminary Report on the 1998 Excavations of the 1824 Wreck of the Royal Hawaiian Yacht Ha‘aheo o Hawaii (ex-Cleopatra’s Barge),"
in A.A. Askins and M.W. Russell (eds.), Underwater Archaeology 1999. Tucson: Society for Historical Archaeology, 1999. 107–114.
Highlights of the 1998 shipwreck excavation season.
"The End of the Age of Sail: Merchant Shipping in the Nineteenth Century,"
in George F. Bass (ed.), Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988. Chapter 12: pp. 231–50.
"Treasure Salvage, Archaeological Ethics and Maritime Museums,"
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 22.1 (1993) 53–60. Reprinted in Prott et al., Background Materials on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (Paris: UNESCO, 2000) 393–401.
A discussion of the ethics of collecting artifacts from shipwrecks.
“SMITHSONIAN World Ocean Report: Underwater Archaeology,”
Dive Training 9.6 (June 1999) 92–93.
Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference on Underwater Archaeology,
(ed.). Pleasant Hill, Calif: Society for
Historical Archaeology, 1986. SHA Special Publications Series No. 4.
An edited volume of underwater archaeological research (mostly fieldwork).
"Maritime Museum Policy and the Acquisition of Archaeological Materials,"
Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology 16.1 (1992) 15–18.
A discussion of the ethics of collecting artifacts from ship wrecks.
"Do They Really Pay You To Do That?"
Increase & Diffusion: A Smithsonian Web Magazine 1 (September 1996).
A general-interest article on shipwreck archaeology and what is required behind the scenes.
“Gibbs, William Francis,”
in Garraty, John A. et al.(eds.), American National Biography. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Vol. 8, pp. 923–925.
Ship and Boat Models in Ancient Greece.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1985.
A study of some of the world’s earliest ship models.
"Is it Treasure or a Worthless Piece of Ship?"
Historical Archaeology 26.4 (1992) 119–123.
A discussion of the ethics of collecting artifacts from ship wrecks.
"Hanalei Redux"
Increase & Diffusion: A Smithsonian Web Magazine 3 (March 1997).
A general-interest article on shipwreck archaeology and what is required behind the scenes.
The New England Fisheries: A Treasure Greater than Gold.
Salem: Peabody Museum, 1984. Received Award of Merit, American Association of Museums 1985 Museum Publications Competition.
An exhibition catalog and historical treatment of early and modern regional fisheries.
"The Duty to Save Sunken Booty,"
Business and Society Review 73 (1990) 18–21.
The business of treasure hunting.
“A Million Pounds of Sandalwood: The History of Cleopatra’s Barge in Hawaii”
The American Neptune 63.1 (Winter 2002) 5-45.
The history of America’s first ocean-going yacht from 1820–1824, after it was purchased by Hawaiian King Kamehameha II and used as his royal yacht.
Steam and the Sea.
Salem: Peabody Museum, 1983.
An exhibition catalog and historical treatment of the origins and development of steamships from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
"The Philadelphia Steamboat of 1796,"
(ed.), Melvin H. Jackson. The American Neptune L.3 (1990) 201–210.
Article about Philadelphian Griffin Greene and a failed steamboat venture; the original materials are in the Smithsonian’s transportation collections.
“The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.,”
in Peter Neill (ed.), Great Maritime Museums of the World. New York: Harry Abrams and Balsam Press, 1991. pp. 278–289
An overview of the 19th century origins of the Smithsonian’s maritime collections and a discussion of its highlights.
“1997 Excavations of the Royal Hawaiian Yacht Ha‘aheo o Hawaii in Hanalei Bay, Kauai: Preliminary Report,”
in Lawrence E. Babits et al. (eds.), Underwater Archaeology 1998. Tucson: Society for Historical Archaeology, 1998. 96–103.
Highlights of the 1997 shipwreck excavation season.
"Knowledge: The Real Treasure,"
Sea History 51 (Autumn 1989) 6–7.
An article on the subject of treasure hunting vs. archaeology.