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You Can Do Just About Anything With Stuffed Ham

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Traditions

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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My Friend Kate Was No Cook

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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“It Bringeth Forth Much Fruit” 

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Knights of the Round Table

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Blacks Only

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Sustainable Oystering: Almost an Oxymoron

Over 25 years later, the Bay and its tributaries are still struggling to live up to the vision set by the Roundtable. Despite the group’s best efforts, the oyster population in the Bay would see its worst figures in mean prevalence of both dermo and MSX in 1999, 2001, and 2002.

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We Were Told To Just Forget About It, To Just Get On With Life

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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One World Into Another

When I was only eleven years old, I told my mother that I didn’t want her to be my mom anymore. But this decision didn’t come with the telling; it came earlier, the very moment I asked my Aunt Emmeline if I could join her Crinoline Club.

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The Monarch’s Sojourn

 There are no extravagant crowns or opulent jewels in the procession, but the parade of this monarch has endured longer than any other royal retinue in history.

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A Good Neighbor

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Winter Chatter

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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The Death of Berkely Muse

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Eastern Europe’s Emigres

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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A View from the Top

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Taking A Shot

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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St. George’s Island - The Great Flood of 1933

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Below the Surface

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Old Country – New Country

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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Entombed in Calvert Cliffs: Fossilized Behaviors from the Miocene Era

Dr. Stephen Godfrey, a native of Alberta, Canada, has lived in Southern Maryland and worked at the Calvert Marine Museum since 1998. The current Curator of Paleontology for the museum, he discusses what Southern Maryland looked like during the Miocene Epoch and the significance of his working relationships with the local paleontological community in the following oral history excerpts.

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