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Remembering Ellery Thompson: Fisherman, Writer, Artist, Free Spirit

An exhibition of the life and times of Ellery Franklin Thompson (1899-1986), whose writings, published and unpublished, provide first-hand glimpses into the maritime history of southeastern Connecticut.

Brian Rogers, Online Exhibitions Librarian, April, 2020

Chapters about publication of Draggerman's Haul updated in 2023 to reflect correspondence donated by the Calhoun family.

Arethusa, Bernard Gordon, Block Island, Book & Tackle Shop, Come Aboard the Draggers, Custom House Maritime Museum, Daniel Merriman, Draggerman's Haul, Draggerman's Loot, Ellery Thompson, Ellery Thompson New Yorker magazine, fisherman, Fishers Island, Fort Rachel, Groton Connecticut, John Cleary, Joseph Mitchell, L. A. Dunton schooner, Larchmont steamboat, Long Island Sound, Morgan McGinley, Mystic Connecticut, Mystic Seaport, New London Connecticut, paintings, Prohibition, Stephen Jones, Stonington Connecticut, Thames River New London, The Day New London, Trawling, William McCoy, Yale fishery biologists