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912. "Salvaging a Relic," Virginian-Pilot [Norfolk, VA], 28 August 1995. This is a brief introduction to the expedition by divers from the Edenton to recover the propeller and add it to the artifacts at The Mariners' Museum.

913. Sargent, Epes. "Ericsson And His Inventions." Atlantic Monthly 10, no. 57 (July 1862): 68-81. One of the earliest laudatory pieces recounting the life and accomplishments of John Ericsson. The U.S. Congress, the New York Chamber of Commerce, and the Boston Board of Trade heaped praise on the inventor following the success of the Monitor.

914. Say, Harold B. "Let the Monitor Steam Again." True: The Man's Magazine 22 (January 1948): 30-32, 104-08.

915. Schlosser, Jim. "Some of Monitor Crew May be Buried Near Lighthouse," Greensboro News and Record [NC], 28 August 1983. The story surrounding the burial of Monitor crew members by an Indiana Regiment resurfaces. Don Austin, native and historian, thinks they are buried eight miles north of Buxton near the lighthouse on National Park Service land. Austin showed W. N. Still of East Carolina University the pile of rocks that Austin thinks marks the gravesite.

916. "Scientists Seek U.S.S. Monitor Anchor." Pieces of Eight [East Carolina University] 6, no. 1 (15 August 1983): 1.

917. "Sea Venture," Times-Herald [Newport News, VA], 3August 1977. The photograph of one of the Johnson-Sea-Links in action off Cape Hatteras is the main feature; it carries a brief caption.

918. "The Search for the Monitor." Members' Newsletter [National Historical Society] (October-November 1973): 26b. The National Historical Society reports that a "recent wire service story reporting that the vessel has been found was, unfortunately, in error."

919. "Searchers Uncertain if Wreck is Monitor," Times-Herald [Newport News, VA], 24 July 1973. There is speculation about the wreck located by Dr. Charles Peery, director of the Undersea Archaeological Association, and Michael O'Leary of the Monitor Foundation, Inc. The article quotes Grace Rohrer of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Rohrer states that if the wreck is the Monitor and can be raised, it should be restored in the Hampton Roads area, loaned to the USN for four years, and then returned to North Carolina as a national monument.

920. "Seas Hamper Recovery of Ironclad's Anchor," Times-Herald [Newport News, VA], 23 August 1983. The problems encountered in recovering the anchor are discussed. Nancy Foster and Jack LaCovey are quoted, as is diver John Broadwater. There is a UPI photo of the Johnson-Sea-Link I.

921. "2nd Try Set for 'Monitor,'" Daily News [Eden, NC], 24 September 1995. NOAA announces the latest efforts by divers from the Edenton to raise the propeller.

922. Seeman, Bruce Taylor. "Portsmouth panel picks waterfront site for ironclads museum," Ledger-Star [Norfolk, VA], 9 July 1986. The proposed location for the Monitor museum in Portsmouth, VA, is announced by a city commission. Gregory M. Pomije, the museum commission chairman, is quoted, as is commission member Alf J. Mapp, Jr.

923. Selfridge, Thomas Oliver, Jr. "The Merrimac and the Cumberland." Cosmopolitan 15 (June 1893): 176-84. PER AP2.C67

924. Seltz, Johanna. "Firm Says Ship Can Be Raised," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 29 November 1978. Larry Tise comments on the study of D'Angelo, Schoenewaldt Associates that claims the Monitor could be raised for $3.46 million, under certain assumptions and conditions.

925. Seltz, Johanna. "Monitor Group Agrees: It's Going Nowhere," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 5 April 1978. A gathering of about 80 salvage experts, underwater archaeologists, and historians concludes that the Monitor will not be raised in the immediate future. Those quoted include David Stick, Larry Tise, and William F. Searle, Jr.

926. Seltz, Johanna. "N.C. Gets Go-Ahead To Plan Monitor Preservation," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 13 December 1977. Sara W. Hodgkins, North Carolina Cultural Resources secretary, announces that the state will take a leading role in Monitor research, as per the state's agreement with NOAA.

927. Seltz, Johanna. "Plans for Monitor Get National Backing," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 26 October 1978. The Monitor conference held in April at Raleigh concluded that the wreck should remain at its present location until further study. Larry Tise was to provide a final draft of the conference's report in December. John Newton of the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., thinks the report calls for too much study and not enough action.

928. Seltz, Johanna. "Resurrection of Monitor Reviewed at Conference," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 4 April 1978. This is a short piece on the contrasting views expressed at a three-day conference on the Monitor. Robert Sheridan, John Newton, E. W. Peterkin, and John Milholland are mentioned.

929. "Seven Picked to Oversee Monitor Site," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 14 January 1978. The seven people selected for the Monitor Marine Sanctuary Commission were: Harold Edgerton; E. M. Miller; John D. Costlow of Duke University Marine Lab; Wilburn A. Cockrell of the Florida Division of Archives, History and Records Management; Willard Searle, Jr., retired USN salvage expert; J. Barto Arnold, III, of the Texas Antiquities Committee; and S. R. Riggs, geology professor at East Carolina University.

930. [Seymour, Edward Adolphus]. "The Merrimac and Monitor." Southern Historical Society Papers 16 (January-December 1888): 218-22. The "speech [dated May 15, 1862] of the Duke of Somerset, first Lord of the Admiralty, in the British Parliament on the battle" of Hampton Roads is reprinted.

931. Shadroui, George. "Battle of the Ironclads," Virginian-Pilot [Norfolk, VA], 8 March 1987. Shadroui provides a "re-creation" of the Battle of Hampton Roads.

932. Sheridan, Robert E. "Comment On 'Finding the Ironclad Monitor After 111 Years.'" Marine Technology Society Journal 10, no. 3 (April 1976): 41-42. PER TC1501.J68 Sheridan attempts to correct inaccuracies in Bob Wilson's article, "Finding the Ironclad Monitor after 111 Years," in the same journal.

933. Sheridan, Robert E. "Quite a Curiosity: The Effort to Recover the U.S.S. Monitor." Sea History 10, no. 9 (fall 1977): 10-12. PER VK1.S413 Sheridan, president of the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., outlines the efforts to recover the Monitor. He references John Newton, G. P. Watts, Harold Edgerton, and the research accomplished from the decks of Eastward, Alcoa Seaprobe, and Cape Henlopen. It is Sheridan's hope that the Glomar Explorer will be able to raise the wreck. The Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., "provides a means for private and academic interests to express themselves, a means to stimulate lethargic government agencies, and a means to inform the American public about the possibilities of actually recovering this famous ship."

934. Sheridan, Robert E. "Recovery of the U.S.S. Monitor." University of Delaware News 43 [sic], no. 2 (winter 1976-7): 2-10. This is a well-illustrated discussion of the recovery of artifacts and the long-range plans of the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc. Sheridan also describes the moment in 1973 when the ironclad was discovered. Many of the major contributors such as Harold Edgerton, John Newton, G. P. Watts, and Tom Stout are mentioned.

935. Sheridan, Robert E. "Site Charting and Environmental Studies of the Monitor Wreck." Journal of Field Archaeology 6, no. 3 (fall 1979): 252-64. Sheridan provides an illustrated summary of "geological and geophysical techniques applied to studies of the wreck to chart the fragments of the wreck and to determine the corrosion state of the remaining iron and the state of the geological and oceanographic environment in the immediate area of the wreck."

936. "Ship Raising Studied," Times-Herald [Newport News, VA], 24 November 1978. This flash is about the study completed by D'Angelo, Schoenewaldt Associates concerning the time and costs involved in raising the Monitor. Larry E. Tise is quoted.

937. "Ship Readied for Monitor Filming," Daily Press [Newport News, VA], 6 June 1979. The Calypso is readied to sail from Norfolk to the North Carolina coast. Jacques Cousteau, NOAA, and the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., are mentioned. There is one photo of the Calypso at dock. Norman Solomon, vice president of the Cousteau Society, is quoted.

938. "Ship Recovery Experts to Study Monitor Raising," Ledger-Star [Norfolk, VA], 27 March 1978. This is an announcement of a conference to study the possibility of recovering the Monitor. Among the participants are NOAA, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the USN, state officials from North Carolina and Virginia, and Fletcher Cox of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

939. Shipp, J. E. "The Famous Battle of Hampton Roads." Confederate Veteran 24, no. 7 (July 1916): 305-07. This article originally appeared in a Tennessee newspaper and was written in response to claims of Monitor crew members who wanted prize money for the defeat of the Virginia. As a member of the Co. G, 4th Georgia Infantry Regiment, the author was assigned to guard duty at the yard at Gosport. Shipp comments on the Battle of Hampton Roads and notes that the Virginia, covered in tallow to deflect enemy fire, rammed the Cumberland, and water shot from sinking ship's cannon. Meanwhile, the Congress and Minnesota hid in shallows, and the Monitor refused to fight the Virginia after their first engagement. Shipp concludes that "the Monitor was not the cause, directly or indirectly, of the destruction of the Virginia."

940. Shippen, Edward. "Notes on the Congress-Merrimac Fight." Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine 30 (August 1885): 642. PER AP2.S37

941. S[hippen?], E[dward?]. "A Reminiscence of the First Iron-Clad Fight." Lippincott's Magazine no. 21 (February 1878): 218-26. This is an excellent story of blockade duty and attack on the Congress. The author also saw the Battle of Hampton Roads.

942. Shippen, Edward. "Two Battle Pictures: A Reminiscence of the First Ironclad Fight." United Service 4 (January 1881): 53-78. PER U1.U55 Like Shippen's other works, this article is rich in detail on the Battle of Hampton Roads and life aboard a Union warship. Shippen was the medical officer of the Congress.

943. Siceloff, Bruce. "Chambers Cool Toward Wooing Monitor's Hulk," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 13 January 1978. The Monitor interest groups in Wilmington and Carteret Co., NC, withdraw their offers to attract the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., to their respective locales. The article notes friction between the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., and the state, as well as the fact that the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc. does not control the wreck's fate.

944. Siceloff, Bruce. "Monitor Fever Turns Chilly," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 14 January 1978. The Monitor interest groups in Wilmington and Carteret Co., NC withdraw their offers to attract the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., to their respective locales. The article notes friction between the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., and the state, as well as the fact that the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., does not control the wreck's fate.

945. Sidman, Robert R. "Monitor Located," Daily Press [Newport News, VA], 15 July 1973. A faulty report, it claims that the Monitor is located "apparently" close to the site of the "discovery" by Robert F. Marx. John D. Broadwater of Underwater Archaeology Associates and a member of Klein Associates of Salem, NH, are quoted. There is also speculation that the wreck would be brought to Norfolk.

946. Sieche, Erwin. "Wrack Von USS Monitor Nach III Jahren Wiedergefunden." [USS Monitor wreck found after 111 years] Marine Rundschau [German] 72, no. 10 (1975): 596-99. An overview of the battle and discovery of the wreck, with three photos by G. E. Pergl.

947. Simpson, Christopher. "Explorers Searching for Monitor Artifacts," Daily Press [Newport News, VA], 21 August 1983. This is a nice piece about the upcoming five-day expedition. Nancy Foster of NOAA and E. W. Peterkin are quoted. The article also mentions the contribution of experts from East Carolina University and the Harbor Branch Foundation, Inc. There is a location map of the mid-Atlantic region and a photo of the Johnson- Sea-Link I.

948. Sinclair, Arthur. "How the Monitor Fought the Merrimac." Hearst's Magazine 24 (December 1913): 884-94.

949. "The Situation," New York Herald, 10 March 1862. An important piece for many reasons, this article and those like it gave Northerners peace of mind when it reported that "the Merrimac drew off and was towed towards Norfolk in a sinking condition." The article also remarks on the value of the newly operational telegraph service from Fort Monroe to Washington and notes that G. V. Fox used it to send word about the engagement.

950. "The Situation," New York Herald, 11 March 1862. An article touching on many theaters of the war, including the "victory" over the Virginia and the encouraging words that more Union ironclads would soon be put into service.

951. "The Situation," New York Herald, 12 March 1862. This piece touches on many aspects of the Battle of Hampton Roads, including the story of Paymaster McKean Buchanan (late of the Congress) and his brother, captain of the Virginia.

952. "The Situation," New York Herald, 17 March 1862. The reporter incorrectly assumes the rebels are withdrawing from Sewell's Point because of the threat of the Monitor. The article also notes "the Stars and Stripes are yet flying at the masthead of the lost frigate," i.e., the Cumberland.

953. "The Situation," New York Herald, 28 March 1862. Runaway slaves and rebel deserters report that the Virginia has been rearmed with heavier guns and the escort fleet has increased its firepower.

954. "The Situation," New York Herald, 29 March 1862. The article contains a paragraph on intelligence gathered from fugitive slaves. They report that the Virginia now has "a fifteen inch rifled gun on board," and that she was damaged when she rammed the Cumberland.

955. "The Situation," New York Herald, 3 April 1862. A long paragraph at the end of this article reports that the last salvo of the Monitor did damage to the Virginia and her crew. This report is based on a conversation with an officer from the Monitor and "escaped contrabands' statement."

956. "The Situation," New York Herald, 8 April 1862. The reporter claims to be privy to facts concerning the number of casualties on board the Virginia and the serious damage done to the ship. The article asserts that the prow/ram is broken, two guns are disabled, the pumps need to be manned, and she has holes in her roof. While it is somewhat exaggerated, the report has merit.

957. "The Situation," New York Herald, 9 April 1862. This overview of the war closes with a paragraph on the battle and how reports in Great Britain are confusing the participants, giving the Confederates a victory while still crowing about the power of HMS Warrior.

958. "The Situation," New York Herald, 12 April 1862. This report acknowledges that the Virginia, Patrick Henry (ex-SS Yorktown), and Thomas Jefferson (ex-SS Jamestown) returned to Hampton Roads, but claims the Stevens Battery's brief shelling compelled the Confederates to retreat to Craney Island. There is no mention of the Monitor or the vessels captured by the rebels.

959. "The Situation," New York Herald, 13 April 1862. The appearance of the Virginia and her escorts in Hampton Roads is dismissed despite the capture of Union merchant vessels.

960. "The Situation," New York Herald, 19 April 1862. The debate generated by the American ironclads continues in Great Britain. C. P. Coles is reported to have sent a letter to the London Times claiming credit for the ironclad concept. The Duke of Somerset is also mentioned.

961. "The Situation," New York Herald, 24 April 1862. According to this source, fugitives from Norfolk at Fort Monroe confirmed the suspicion that the Virginia ran aground near Craney Island during her last mission. The Thomas Jefferson (ex-SS Jamestown), Beaufort, Patrick Henry (ex-SS Yorktown), and two schooners in tow headed for Richmond to return with coal or to transport scrap iron to Tredegar Iron Works for plates.

962. "The Situation," New York Herald, 19 May 1862. The opening paragraph of this story describes the Union setback at Drewry's Bluff and how the "Monitor could not elevate her guns sufficiently to reach the high battery, which rendered her useless."

963. "The Situation," New York Herald, 4 January 1863. The article closes with a paragraph about the sinking of the Monitor off Cape Hatteras.

964. "Sketch of the Merrimac," New York Herald, 12 May 1862. An extensive history of the Merrimack and the Virginia, the article includes a report on the Battle of Hampton Roads, new ordnance, and a listing of the officers. It appears much of these data were drawn from the Norfolk Day Book.

965. Sloan, Benjamin. "The Merrimac and the Monitor." Bulletin of the University of South Carolina (15 October 1926): 16 pp.

966. Smirnow, Amber. "The Myth of the Monitor." Hatteras Monitor 10, no. 5 (June 1995). This is a discussion of how the Monitor's reputation has grown to mythic proportions. The article cites six sources.

967. Smith, Alan Cornwall. "The Monitor-Merrimac Legend." United States Naval Institute Proceedings 66, no. 445 (March 1940): 385-89. PER V1.R43 This is another account of the Battle of Hampton Roads and the performance of each vessel.

968. Snow, Elliot. "The Metamorphosis of the Merrimac." United States Naval Institute Proceedings 57, no. 345 (November 1931): 1518-21. PER V1.R43

969. "Some Further Particulars of the Fight Between the Merrimac and the Monitor." Once A Week 6 (17 May 1862): 582-84. A mistitled article, it explores the role of the Congress, Cumberland, and Virginia in the battle, but not that of the Monitor.

970. [Somerset, Henry Charles Fitzroy, 8th Duke]. "The Merrimac and Monitor." Southern Historical Society Papers 16 (April 1888): 218-22.

971. "Something from Attic May Aid Salvage Effort," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 19 June 1977. John Newton of the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., is in search of descendants of the crews of the Monitor and Virginia. Newton has located the relatives of Cornelius Bushnell and Thomas Rowland.

972. "Southeastern Undersea Research Facility." Cheesebox 2, no. 1 (June 1983). PER CC1.C44 This is an explanation of the Southeastern Undersea Research Facility (SURF) program operated by NOAA and UNC-Wilmington. There is also a photo and specifications of the R/V Seahawk.

973. "Special Missions." Harbor Branch Profiles II [Harbor Branch Foundation], (1982): 18-19. This is a brief discussion of the 1979 expedition.

974. "The Staff of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary." Cheesebox 6, no. 1 (July 1993): 8. PER CC1.CC4 These are biographical sketches of Dina B. Hill, the sanctuary's education coordinator, and John D. Broadwater, its manager.

975. Stanchak, John E. "Lincoln and the Ironclads Come to Television." Civil War Times Illustrated 30 (March/April 1991): 42-45.

976. "The Steam Battery 'Monitor.'" Scientific American 6, no. 12 (11 March 1862): 1. PER T1.S35 O

977. "Stereo Camera Systems Photograph U.S.S. Monitor." Benthosaurus, no. 6 (November 1977).

978. Stephenson, Richard A. "Our Nation's First Marine Sanctuary--What We Don't Know About Its Environment." Cheesebox 2, no. 1 (June 1983): 4, 10. This is a brief note discussing the "rationale for conducting environmental resources studies" at the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.

979. "Stevens Receives Monitor Drawings." Marine Engineering and Shipping Review 50, no. 8 (August 1945): 158-59. PER VM595.M36 O Announces the donation of seventy previously "unpublished and little known" drawings to the Stevens Institute, thirty-four of which are "attributed directly to Captain Ericsson." Thirty-three "are the work of Charles W. MacCord, chief draftsman for Ericsson." Five others are the work of other members of Ericsson's staff or anonymous. This announcement originally appeared in the Stevens Indicator (May 1945).

980. Stewart, W. Kenneth. "Computer Modeling and Imaging Underwater." Computers in Science (November/December 1987). Stewart provides a technical article on computer modeling with additional information on the 1987 expedition.

981. Stick, David. "Raising the Monitor: It Can Wait for Other Times," News & Observer [Raleigh, NC], 23 April 1978. North Carolina historian David Stick comments on the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc.'s move to Norfolk and its lack of authority over the Monitor. He also mentions the conference held in early April at Raleigh to discuss the wreck and her ultimate fate.

982. "Still Another Victory," New York Herald, 19 March 1862. A reporter on board U.S. Transport Jersey Blue attached to the Roanoke Island expedition relays the rumors surrounding the Battle of Hampton Roads, the sinking of the Minnesota and Cumberland, and additional damage done by the Virginia and Monitor.

983. Still, William N., Jr. "Confederate Naval Strategy: The Ironclad." Journal of Southern History 27, no. 3 (August 1961): 330-43.

984. Still, William N., Jr. "Monitor Companies: A Study of the Major Firms That Built the USS Monitor." American Neptune 48, no. 2 (spring 1988): 106-30. PER V1.A49 Still surveys the ironworks, foundries, and machinery manufacture firms involved in the building of the Monitor. These include the Holdane & Company (armor plate and iron), the Novelty Iron Works, the Delamater Iron Works, all of New York City; the Niagara Steam Forge Works of Buffalo (turret's port stoppers); H. Abbot & Sons of Baltimore (armor plate for turret); the Continental Iron Works of Greenpoint, Brooklyn; and the Albany Iron Works and the Rensselaer Iron Works, both of Troy, New York. The author also outlines the contributions of entrepreneurs such as John Griswold, John Winslow, Thomas Rowland, Cornelius Delamater, and E. Corning (see #1159). There are 185 footnotes in this article.

985. Still, William N., Jr. "Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation." Cheesebox 1, no. 1 (December 1992): 6. This is a short piece on the group's meeting of May 20, 1982, and its hopes for moving its records to the "Museum at the Norfolk Navy Yard."

986. Still, William N., Jr. "A Spotted Career: 'The Most Cowardly Exhibition.'" Civil War Times Illustrated 20, no. 4 (July 1981): 32-37. The author offers a very good discussion of the fate and activity of the Virginia and the Monitor after the Battle of Hampton Roads, including the controversy generated by the lack of a rematch between the two ironclads.

987. Still, William N., Jr. "To Begin in the Middle...." Civil War Times Illustrated 20, no. 4 (July 1981): 10-11. The troubles getting the Monitor to Hampton Roads are explained.

988. Stimers, Alban C. "About the Monitor in Hampton Roads." Niagara Frontier 3 (summer 1963): 31-36. PER F116.N53

989. Stringer, John. "Sanctuary at 36 Fathoms." NOAA Magazine 14, no. 1 (winter 1984). This is an illustrated summary of the 1983 expedition.

990. Stringer, John. "U.S.S. Monitor: Historic Ironship's Anchor Raised." Skin Diver 33, no. 10 (October 1984): 44, 46-49. PER SH401.S55 This is a discussion of the August 1983 expedition overseen by NOAA, East Carolina University, and Harbor Branch Foundation, Inc., officials on board the Johnson. There is an image of the anchor on the Johnson, and an artist's rendering of the wreck. The article does contain historical inaccuracies.

991. "Success at Last." Port of Mobile 66, no. 12 (December 1993): 16-22. PER HE550.P71 This is an overview of the life of John Ericsson, including the building of the Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads. The images include John M. Brooke, the Virginia, Ericsson as a young officer of Sweden's Royal Field Chasseurs of Jämtland, his "torpedo destroyer boat," and the Monitor.

992. "Sunken Ironclad to be Explored," Times-Herald [Newport News, VA], 18 July 1977. A light discussion of the beginning of the 1977 expedition with quotes from John Newton. The paragraphs on the battle are error-riddled.

993. "Sunken Monitor Not Pretty," Daily Press [Newport News, VA], 23 July 1979. Archaeologist Richard Lawrence comments on the collapsed hull of the Monitor and possible damage done by depth charges during the Second World War.

994. "Sunken Monitor Photographed by Camera in Plane," Times Record [Troy, NY], 6 August 1940. With the aid of a USCG plane, National Geographic photographer J. R. Roberts thought he photographed the ironclad in the sands of Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras.

995. Sutherland, Robert T. "The American Monitors." United States Naval Institute Proceedings 63, no. 413 (June 1937): 1021-23. Sutherland provides additional commentary on Osborn's article and reprints John Ericsson's January 20, 1862, letter on how the Monitor was named.

996. Suttlemyre, Greer. "Investigation of the Monitor." North Carolina Preservationist (September/October 1979): 9. This is a flash on the latest expedition.

997. "Surgery Underway to Save Sunken Civil War Ironclad Monitor," Journal-Bulletin [Providence, RI], 24 September 1995. Same article as "Underwater Propeller Surgery Saving Historic Union Warship" by staff of The New York Times.

998. Swofford, Stan. "Why is Permit for Raising Monitor Delayed?" Greensboro Daily News [NC], 7 August 1976. Tension arises among NOAA, the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History when the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc. is unable to obtain the needed permit from NOAA to conduct research at the wreck site. A member of the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., claims NOAA is dragging its bureaucratic feet to allow the Division of Archives and History to do Monitor research. Larry Tise denies the charge. John Newton of the Monitor Research and Recovery Foundation, Inc., is also quoted.