Archive for November, 2008

LvH attends the 50th Anniversary Service of the Carl D. Bradley Sinking

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Valerie van Heest attended the 50th anniversary memorial service in remembrance of those lost when the Carl D. Bradley sank in a ferocious storm on November 18, 1958. Valerie had the opportunity to interview and have dinner with not only Frank Mays, the sole living survivor of the loss of the Bradley, but also David Erickson, survivor of the Cedarville sinking in 1965, organizer of the memorial service, and Dennis Hale, sole survivor of the foundering of the Daniel J. Morrell in 1966. Van Heest’s impressions of the memorial will be the featured in the cover story of the January/February issue of Michigan History Magazine, a publication to which she regularly contributes.

Profile of Valerie van Heest in the Grand Rapids Press

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

A profile of Valerie van Heest is featured in the Grand Rapids Press, providing details of her life in the maritime world. Click here to view the profile.

LvH Provides Historical Research Services to an Archeological Survey of Wisconsin’s Fox River

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Dolan Research, Inc., a maritime archeology and remote sensing firm headquartered at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, used the historical research services of Lafferty van Heest & Associates as part of Dolan’s underwater archeological survey of the Fox River. Dolan contacted LvH for assistance in identifying the submerged hulks of several tugs and barges discovered in the river at Green Bay, Wisconsin.