Howard I. Chapelle

Howard I. Chapelle

Howard Irwing Chapelle (1901-1975) was curator of maritime history at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.. In addition, he authored many books and articles books on maritime history and marine architecture.

From 1919, Chapelle worked as a marine apprentice and designer for a number of shipbuilders. After 1936, he went into business for himself, and later served as head of the New England section of the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey, a New Deal project designed to research American naval history and staffed by unemployed marine architects.

During World War II, Chapelle served in the United States Army Transportation Corps ship and boatbuilding program. In 1950, he ventured to England where he researched colonial ship design on a Guggenheim fellowship. In 1956/57, he served the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization as a consultant on fishing boat construction to the government of Turkey. Upon returning to America, he was appointed Division of Transportation curator of the National Museum of History and Technology. Ten years later, in 1967, he stepped down as curator to assume to assume the role of Senior Historian. He retired in 1971, accepting the title of Historian Emeritus.

Chapelle was a small-boat enthusiast and sailor. He felt that inexpensive yachts based on traditional workboats were the most practical way to go sailing and designed a number of small boats. His article on a 14-foot [http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/04/s/articles/chapelle/index.cfm%20 Chesapeake Sharpie Skiff] is typical of many of his articles.

His book "American Small Sailing Craft" (1951) is considered the classic among small-boat builders and historians. In it he documented many fast-vanishing working boats.

His other books include:

"Yacht Designing and Planning" (1936) W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0-393-03756-8

"Boatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction" (1941) W.W. Norton & Company Inc.

"The History of American Sailing Ships"

"The History of the American Sailing Navy"

"The Search for Speed Under Sail: 1700-1855" (1967) W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

"The Baltimore Clipper"

"The American Fishing Schooners 1825-1935" ( [1973] ) W.W. Norton & Company Inc., ISBN 0-393-03123-3

References

* Canoe
* Richard V. Szary. [http://siarchives.si.edu/findingaids/FARU7228.htm Record Unit 7228 – Howard I. Chapelle Papers, 1969-1975] . 16 June 2003. Last accessed on 12 January 2006.


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