Howard I. Chapelle (1901-1975), marine architect and historian, began his career as a marine apprentice and designer in 1919. He worked for a number of shipbuilders until he went into business for himself in 1936. During this period, Chapelle also served as head of the New England section of the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey, a Depression-era project to gather information on American maritime history and provide work for destitute marine architects.

Chapelle's business was interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the United States Army Transportation Corps ship and boatbuilding program. Following the war, he pursued his interest in the history of marine architecture, traveling to England in 1950 to study colonial ship design on a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1956-1957, Chapelle went to Turkey under the auspices of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization to serve as a consultant to the Turkish government on fishing vessel construction and fitting.

Chapelle was appointed Curator in the Division of Transportation, National Museum of History and Technology, in 1957. He served in that position until 1967 when he became Senior Historian. While at the Museum, he directed the planning and construction of hundreds of ship models for the Hall of Merchant Shipping. Chapelle retired in 1971, becoming Historian Emeritus in the Museum. A prolific writer, Chapelle authored a number of books on maritime history and marine architecture.

Box 1 of 6

Folder	1		Aalund - Aukstuolis
Folder	2		Babb - Baum
Folder	3		Beach - Bezigian
Folder	4		Bianchi - Bissell
Folder	5		Black - Box
Folder	6		Buckle - Butt
Folder	7		Bradbury - Bryant
Folder	8		Cafiero- Catlow
Folder	9		Century America Corporation - Clois
Folder	10		Coast Guard - Costello
Folder	11		Cox - Coxhead
Folder	12		Cram - Cuyler

Box 2 of 6

Folder	1		Dahl - Davis
Folder	2		Dean - deVries
Folder	3		Dickson - Dixon
Folder	4		Dodge - Downer
Folder	5		Dresser - Dwoskin
Folder	6		Eagleson - Elsaessen
Folder	7		Emmerson - Ewing
Folder	8		Fairchild - Farrington
Folder	9		Fenn - Fitzsimmons
Folder	10		Fleetwood - Fox
Folder	11		Francis Edwards, Ltd. - Fuller
Folder	12		Gagnon - Getchell
Folder	13		Gibson - Gotthardt
Folder	14		de Graff - Gronachon
Folder	15		Guild - Gwynne

Box 3 of 6

Folder	1		Haase - Hamshan
Folder	2		Hancock - Hannon
Folder	3		Haramgall - Hayes
Folder	4		Heal - Hexton
Folder	5		Hickok - Hitchcock
Folder	6		Hodgson - Holland
Folder	7		Holm - Howland
Folder	8		Hubbard - Hyer
Folder	9		Ingersoll - Isensee
Folder	10		Jablin - Jesberger
Folder	11		Johnson - Judge
Folder	12		Kahn - Kaylor
Folder	13		Keene - Keysell
Folder	14		Kidwell - Klettke
Folder	15		Knowles - Kostalik
Folder	16		Kransberger - Kyle

Box 4 of 6

Folder	1		Labadie - Lawson
Folder	2		Lea - Lewisohn
Folder	3		Lienert - Lloyd
Folder	4		Locke - Lowry
Folder	5		Luke - Lyons
Folder	6		McBurne - MacRae
Folder	7		Mead - Meyer
Folder	8		Madigan - Maynard
Folder	9		Miazgowski - Mitchell
Folder	10		Moloney - Mossige
Folder	11		Mulcahy - Mystery Ship Seaport
Folder	12		Naish - Newick
Folder	13		Niblock - Nutting

Box 5 of 6

Folder	1		O'Connell - Ozerdem
Folder	2		Paananen - Patricelli
Folder	3		Peake - Peterson
Folder	4		Phillips - Piziks
Folder	5		Pocius - Purdy
Folder	6		Publisher's Correspondence and Contracts
Folder	7		Quast - Quinn
Folder	8		Rabe - Rau
Folder	9		Redfearn - Rhodes
Folder	10		Rice - Ritterbush
Folder	11		Roach - Ronnberg
Folder	12		Roosevelt - Ryder
Folder	13		Saarinen - Sayre
Folders	14-16		Sayle, Chalres F., 1969-1974

Box 6 of 6

Folder	1		Scadding - Scott
Folder	2		Seaton - Shoesmith
Folder	3		Siferd - Slocum
Folder	4		Smeltzer - Smith
Folder	5		Snell - Sowden
Folder	6		Sparre - Stewart
Folder	7		Stock - Swenson
Folder	8		Taggart - Tazelaar
Folder	9		Tegethoff - Thurston
Folder	10		Tiebout - Townsend
Folder	11		Tragle - Turnbull
Folder	12		Uitgeversmij "DeEsch" - Urguhert
Folder	13		Vair - Voltz
Folder	14		Wade - Wayne
Folder	15		Webber - Werthmann
Folder	16		Whalen - Whitelaw
Folder	17		Wibberley - Wittholtz
Folder	18		Wolff - Wylie
Folder	19		Yarnall - Zoetmulder