Museum-style Websites, with Digitized Records and Photos
Australian Rowing History
A comprehensive repository of Australian rowing history with a “museum” section containing scanned documents and books going back to 1890, photos of trophies. The site also links to individual Australian rowing organizations, most of which display their own detailed history and records.
https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/home#gsc.tab=0
Poughkeepsie Regattas 1891-1949
https://exhibits.archives.marist.edu/s/regatta/page/about
Rowing Archives
Lenville O’Donnell’s repository for Pockock, U. of Washington, and 1936 Olympics to migrate to new U. of Washington site
Rowing Memorabilia
German site of Helmut Mensch with numerous photographs categorized by topic
https://rowing-memorabilia.de/index.php
Rowing Museum of the Netherlands
A beautiful digital display of people, events and more in Netherlands rowing. Call it up in google chrome and click on translate
https://roeimuseum.nl/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Thames Rowing Club Archive
History of Thames Rowing Club with digitized photos
https://thamesrcarchive.co.uk/
US Women’s Rowing History Archives
Creating permanent, comprehensive women’s rowing site
https://womensrowingarchives.org/
Washington Rowing History
U of Washington Rowing History; formerly Huskycrew.com
https://washingtonrowinghistory.org/
Blogs and Searchable Magazines
Bill Miller Website -extensive collection of rowing information
Boathouse Row the Book - blogs by Dotty Brown, author of Boathouse Row, Waves of Change in the Birthplace of American Rowing
https://boathouserowthebook.com/blog/
Coxing Magazine - Articles from its magazine
https://www.coxingmagazine.com/home
Hear the Boat Sing - submitted articles coordinated by Rowing Historian Goran Buckhorn
Row2K - blog on various topics
Row 360 - Articles from its magazine
Rowing News Magazine - Articles from its monthly publication
Historical Archives with Digitized Photographs
Library of Congress - Numerous historic photographs
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=rowing&sg=true
Temple University Library–Temple Digital Collections - Many digitized photographs from the Philadelphia Inquirer and former Philadelphia Bulletin https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/search/searchterm/rowing/order/nosort
Some Physical Rowing Collections in Philadelphia
Many rowing books and records are available for in-person viewing in such Philadelphia institutions as the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the library of the Independence Seaport Museum (J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library), University of Pennsylvania and other area universities.. To locate some of these records, go to:
https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records?search_field=all_fields&q=rowing
Also see:
Free Library of Philadelphia
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Has minute books, photographs and other records of Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club, Malta Boat Club, Undine Barge Club, Vesper Boat Club, among others
https://discover.hsp.org/Search/Results?lookfor=%22Rowing+clubs%22&type=Subject&
Independence Seaport Museum - Has archives of several clubs on Boathouse Row and the Schuylkill Navy. These are now housed in its J. Welles Henderson Research Center. A digital index to its physical holdings is under construction
Temple University Special Collections Research Center
Holds physical copies of historic news articles about rowers and rowing in newspaper clips from the Philadelphia Bulletin and Philadelphia Inquirer
https://library.temple.edu/scrc
University Rowing Archives
Numerous collegiate rowing programs have their own pages.