Browse Exhibits (2 total)

Bringing the Ships to New London: A Tale of Two Piers

An exhibition about the origins and history of the Connecticut State Pier and the Central Vermont Railway Pier in New London, Connecticut. Best viewed in Full Screen mode.

Please use the chapter headings in the sidebar to navigate the chronology.

---Brian Rogers, Online Exhibits Librarian

Admiral Harold Shear, Central Vermont Railway Pier, East New London, Gregory Stone, Historic American Engineering Record, John Winthrop Jr, New London, New London Connecticut, New London Northern Railroad, Offshore wind industry, State Pier, Thames River New London, The Day paper New London, Waldo E. Clark

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An exhibition of the life and times of Ellery Franklin Thompson (1899-1986), whose writings, published and unpublished, provide first-hand glimpses into the maritime history of southeastern Connecticut.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