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Peter Stanford was a founder and first president of South Street Seaport in New York and co-founder of the National Maritime Historical Society. Under his leadership, the Society began publishing the distinguished quarterly magazine Sea History. Other NMHS publications included such works as the International Register of Historic Ships, Peking Battles Cape Horn, and Skipper and the Eagle.
National institutions founded by Peter Stanford under the National Maritime Society's auspices include The Council of American Maritime Museums (1972), the American Society of Marine Artists (1977), the American Ship Trust (1978), the Hudson River Maritime Museum (1979), and the National Maritime Alliance (1987). Stanford continues to play a leading role in these important national institutions today.
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Peter Stanford's critical work is seen in the leadership role he has taken in saving historic ships. Stanford was successful in helping to preserve the lightship Ambrose, the brigantine Black Pearl, the barque Elissa, the schooner Ernestina, the Liberty ship John W. Brown, the fishing schooner Lettie G. Howard, the steam tug Mathilda, the four-masted barque Moshulu, the four-masted barque Peking, the Pacific steam schooner Wapama, and the great sailing ship Wavertree.
Peter Stanford co-founded and supervised both Op Sail 1976 for the nation's Bicentennial and the Statue of Liberty Parade of Sail in 1986. Stanford is currently active in several maritime organizations including the World Ship Trust and The Working Harbor Committee of New York.
Stanford, a Brooklyn native and a naval veteran of World War II, is the author of hundreds of magazine articles and a number of museum books. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard in 1949, and Masters degree from King's College, Cambridge England, in 1951. He is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler.
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