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Friends of Rowing History
Established 1992

Welcome to our attempt to display some information about the History of Rowing with emphasis on North American rowing. This site will be an ongoing project. Hopefully over a period of time it will grow into a substantial resource on rowing history. We hope that all information is as accurate as can be. Sometimes the sources may be newspaper articles and personal recollections and may not be as accurate as expected. If you have any input, corrections, or suggestions - please contact us.

The Friends of Rowing History is an informal group interested in the rich history of rowing. In 1992 the group comprised of Ted English, Llewllyn Howland, Tom Mendenhall, Bill Miller, Hart Perry, Bob Reed, Julien Tavener, and Tom Weil assembled at the Union Boat Club - Boston to share their common interest in celebrating rowing's past. Many ideas were expressed on how to preserve this history before it all fades away and crumbles into dust.

We are working closely with the National Rowing Foundation and also with Mystic Seaport to help establish a rowing history presence. We are happy to have anyone with a similar interest join us as well and any organization or association that could use some support to contact us. Again this is a very informal and loosely organized group.

Please contact Bill Miller, bmiller@RowingHistory.net

Take a look and enjoy!

Click on title or oar blades below to visit items:

6th Rowing History Forum at Mystic Seaport
Go to Past Forums

Time-Line of Rowing - (complete time-line)
        Beginning - 1849
        1850-1899
        1900-1949
        1950-2000

National Rowing Hall of Fame & Rowing History Exhibit
   Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic CT (we're building this page but you can take a peek now)
     see Mystic Seaport Magazine, July 2009
     see NRF photos of the exhibit opening at http://www.natrowing.org/blunt-white.htm
     see US Rowing Let Her Run! video tour at http://www.usrowing.org/MediaCenter.aspx?id=141&topicID=39
     see You Tube Crossroads Magazine TV segment at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKDcbNQpeZc

Essays, etc.
          Boat Clubs, Associations, Races and Regattas
                            held in the United States and Canada through 1860
         The Great International Boat Race of 1869
       Cornell's Influence on Washington and West Coast Rowing
       The Wild & Crazy Professionals
       List of Rowers Who Became Famous
       List of U.S. Patents relating to rowing & training equipment
        U.S. Collegiate Crew Trophies
       A Don's List - Notes on Brittain's Oar, Scull & Rudder
         Bayer Family Photo Essay
         The Harry & John H. Clasper Collection
       Fred Plaisted's Scrapbook
       James Renforth's Sculls
       The Development of Rowing Equipment
       Glendon's 1920 Olympic Scrapbook
         The Dangerously Neglected Legacy of Rowing
      Why Rowing Is Unique Among Team Sports
        Rowing Women as Belles des Bateaux, or (To Say Nothing of the Cat)
       Nordic Rowing Goes Hollywood
         Samuel F. Gordon and the 1912 Olympic Rowing

Vintage Rowing Video Clips - links to many clips from British Pathe

True Stories

U.S. Team Members (also alphabetical list)

        Teams 1900-1960
         Teams 1961-1980
         Teams 1981-2000
         Teams 2001-present

Regatta Records
    Henley Royal Regatta
     U.S. Winners at HRR
      Canadian Winners at HRR
      Results of all Final Races - 1839-1939
      Results of all Final Races - 1946-present
     Henley Women's Regatta - U.S. Winners
     Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA)
     New England Interscholastic Rowing Assoc. (NEIRA)

The Rowing History Forum (Mystic CT)
(Next Rowing History Forum, March, 2014)
Past Rowing History Forums

Rowing Terms & Notes

Collecting Rowing Memorabilia
    Images (graphic emphasis)
      Magazine illustrations
      Phone Cards
      Photographs
      Postcards
      Postage Stamps
      Poster Stamps
      Posters
      Sheet music
    Advertising
      Magazine advertisements
      Trade cards
      Premiums
      Misc. (calendars/ink blotters/etc.)
    Other Printed Materials (text emphasis)
      Race/event programs
      Regatta & rowing event tickets
    Personal Items
      Autographs
     Memorabilia for sale

Assorted Rowing Images

Links to Rowing History Related Sites

Please Visit:
National Rowing Hall of Fame (USA) http://www.natrowing.org/halloffame.htm
Göran Buckhorn's Rowing History Blog - http://hear-the-boat-sing.blogspot.com/2009/12/see-again.html

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Friends of Rowing History Directors
Göran Buckhorn - Mystic CT
Christopher Dodd - London UK
Tim Koch - UK
Peter Mallory - San Diego CA
Bill Miller - Duxbury MA
Thomas Weil - Woodbridge CT

Please contact us with your suggestions - Starboard Oar