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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
390
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0070FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Flying Half-Flat Canada Goose
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact.
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
18"L x 9"H
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carved
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
358
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 7, 0052FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Small Canada Goose
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact.
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
9"L x 2.5"H
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carved
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
484
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0089FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Long-Necked Canada Goose
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
7.5"H x 11.75"L x 3.25"W
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carved
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
387
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0084FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Flying Half-Flat Canada Goose
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
20"L x 6"H
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carved
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
485
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0105FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Turned Head Canada Goose
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
7"L x 3"W
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carved
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
429
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0129FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Tiny Crooked-Neck Canada Goose
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
7.75"L x 2"W
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carved
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
401
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0053FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Standing Goose with base
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
11.75"H x 4.5"W x 5"D
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carved
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
365
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0106FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Medium Crooked Neck Canada Goose
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
11.5"L x 2.75"W
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carved
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
354
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0034FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Loon with fish
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
fish
loon
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
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--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
386
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0031FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Flying Half-Flat Canada Goose
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
20"L x 7.5"H x 5"W
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
402
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0031FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Flying Half-Flat Canada Goose
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
12"L
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
363
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 0107FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Crooked Neck Canada Goose
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
11.5"L x 3.25"W
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 11, 108FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Crooked Neck Canada Goose
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
8"L x 2.5"W
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
goose
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
410
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 12, 0024FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Jar of Parts
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carvings
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifacts
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
Edward Adams
Portsmouth
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
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--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
356
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 12, 0135FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Wooden Ladle
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
13"L
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
ladle
Portsmouth
spoon
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
366
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 12, 0138FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Wooden Pliers
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
5"L
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
pliers
Portsmouth
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
368
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 12, 0137FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Small Wooden Spoon
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
7"L
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
Portsmouth
spoon
wood
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
474
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 12
Dublin Core
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Title
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Painted Wooden Teapot
Description
An account of the resource
Folk art wood carving
Creator
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Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
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Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
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JPEG derived from TIFF
Type
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Three dimensional wood artifact
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
8.75"H x 5.5"W x 3.5"D
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
carving
Edward Adams
Portsmouth
teapot
wood
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Dublin Core
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Title
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The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
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Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
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These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
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--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
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Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
8184
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 15, B2
Dublin Core
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Title
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"Narcissus" Painting
Description
An account of the resource
Painting in glass frame
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Original Painting in wood and glass frame
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
11.25"L x 7.5"W
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
Edward Adams
painting
Portsmouth
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
City Inventory #
This will be the record # found in the Goodman Report (database held at library)
475
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 12, 0005FA
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Braided Grass Rope
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Adams Collection
braided
Captain Adams
Edward Adams
Portsmouth
rope
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Adams Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hand carved folk art wildlife, boats, birds, etc., created by Captain Adams, Captain of the Gundalow.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection. Property of the City of Portsmouth, Trustees of the Trust. Cared for by the Portsmouth Public Library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Collection inventoried and relocated by the City, and the Trustees of the Trust, to the Portsmouth Public Library, 2009
Collection re-inventoried, re-housed, and photographed by Jessica Ross, and Nicole Luongo Cloutier, 2015/2016
Digital Archive created Spring/Summer 2016
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Photographs and database creation, Jessica Ross.
Omeka addition and metadata creation by Jessica Ross and Nicole Cloutier.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction.
Relation
A related resource
The physical Adams' Collection is located in the Portsmouth Public Library, cared for by the Special Collections staff.
Vertical Files contain historic information about Adams, the Gundalow, and the collection of carvings.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
The files for these items are .jpg derived from .tif archival files. Images have been post-edited for cropping and lighting deficiencies only.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Folk art wood artifacts.
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
This collection is relevant to Portsmouth, Maritime history, Portsmouth people, and Gundalow history.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The Adams Collection was previously housed at the Sheafe Warehouse, and is now cared for by the Special Collections staff at Portsmouth Public Library, on behalf of the City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust.
The Captain was born Edward Hamlin Adams to Joseph and Olive Adams on October 22, 1860. Influenced by his artist mother, he began carving as a child, and started modelling his first scale gundalow in 1882. He completed it in 1886 and spent decades hauling freight and navigating the Piscataqua earning himself the title of “Captain.” Adams was a skilled builder and artist who completed his last gundalow, the Driftwood, in 1950 with his son and business partner Edward Cass Adams. Adams passed away on April 9, 1951 at the age of 91.
Between Adams’ earliest carvings and those completed by Cass after his death, more than ninety years of animal and fish carvings, ship models and other folk art are represented in this collections, each of which offer singularly unique interactions with the region’s environmental and maritime past.
As comprehensive as this collection is, it is only a portion of Capt. Adams work. Additional pieces of the Captain’s legacy exist in other local institutions and include artifacts and holdings at the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and the Durham Historic Association Museum. Further holdings also range from the Adams family papers located in the University of New Hampshire archives, to a stunning replica gundalow, inspired by and aptly named for the man himself and sailing today courtesy of the Portsmouth Gundalow Company.
The artifacts themselves range from intricately built ship models, carved waterfowl and other regionally-specific animals to miscellaneous household items and tools. They vary widely in size and condition causing the preservation and longevity concerns of this collection to remain a chief priority and part of the emphasis in digitization.
Preservation care has included painstaking inventories with special attention paid to both long-term housing requirements, (i.e. size/weight/physical condition) and to the organization of the pieces, (i.e. chronological, thematically etc.) for the purposes of consistent tracking and physical access. The artifacts have also been photographed in order to aid in the efficiency of visual access to the physical artifacts once they are individually wrapped, while minimizing the disturbance of surrounding pieces.
The dual roles required to both maintain and preserve a physical collection alongside the creation of a digital one is a purposeful process and specific to the individual collection. In this case, the process for preserving and digitizing the Adams Collection is both driven and compounded by his beloved status in our regional history and the integrity of his contributions as a skilled gundalow captain, navigator and builder. The work of Capt. Adams remains relevant and sought after in any number of fields and venues, rendering diversity of access to his work necessary as well. All preservation and digitization research, quality control, rehousing and organization was completed by PPL Special Collections staff, Nicole Luongo Cloutier and Jessica Ross.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward H. Adams
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Put whatever you want in here.
--title::The Adams Collection
--text::This collection is an assemblage of work by Captain Edward H. Adams. They are photographic representations of The Adams Collection which includes about 175 of his original models and carvings. The...
--images::1397,1529
Adams Collection
Adams Collection #
This is the original number found on each object
Box 15
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Framed photograph of Captain and son, Cass Adams
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white photograph in frame
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The Adams Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
JPEG derived from TIFF
Relation
A related resource
City of Portsmouth Trustees of the Trust
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photograph in wood and glass frame
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
11.25"L x 7.5"H
Adams Collection
Captain Adams
Cass Adams
Edward Adams
photograph
Portsmouth