Collections by Geographical Location: Eastern Shore, Maryland (Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties)
A Selected List of Holdings in the Archives and Manuscripts Department, University of Maryland Libraries
For more information about how to access materials in this guide, please visit the Maryland Room web page or fill out an information request.
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Spiro T. Agnew papers, 1953-1977. 475.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Spiro T. Agnew, a Maryland native, quickly rose to political prominence in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. In rapid succession, he was elected County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland, Governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon. The portion of the Agnew papers currently open for research is divided into three major series and numerous subseries that focus on his political career. The subseries series consist of correspondence; subject files; campaign materials; speeches; press releases; publications; calendars and schedules; news summaries; newspaper clippings; and briefing books, among other document types. Among other public appearances, Series II, Subseries 3 makes references to visits Agnew made as Governor to Worcester County Shoreline Commission, to People's Court in Dorchester County, and Worcester County Orphans Court Judge, a speech at the Kent County Courthouse Addition Ground Breaking, and a news conference in Ocean City. Series 3 includes Vice President Agnew's correspondence with Maryland senators Beall and MacMathias and Representatives Byron, Gude, Hogan, Mills, and Montor
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Maryland Agricultural
Experiment Station records, 1852-1983. 34.50 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The Agricultural Experiment Station was founded in 1888 in order to use the resources of science to improve practice and profitability of agriculture, to conduct investigations into agricultural problems, and to publish and disseminate widely the results of its research. The collection consists of the operating records of the Agricultural Experiment Station and includes project and academic files, contracts and agreements, documentation of professional association activities of the station's directors, memorabilia, and photographs. It also includes information related to the 1914 acquisition of Ridgley substation on the Eastern Shore. A significant grouping of materials in the collection relates to the directorship of Harry J. Patterson. The collection includes photographs and unprocessed accessions.
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Records of the College of Agriculture, 1916-1973. 20.75 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The teaching of agriculture at the University of Maryland began with the opening of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1859. The establishment of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station at the college almost thirty years later, in 1888, enhanced the focus on agriculture. The College Park campus of the University of Maryland, created by the Maryland General Assembly in 1920, was originally divided into thirteen educational units, including the College of Agriculture. The college underwent many name changes during its history and is now known as the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources. The records of the college primarily document the tenure of Gordon M. Cairns as dean and consist of correspondence, reports, committee information, appointment books, budget files, financial ledger books, and photographs. Series 1 includes correspondence with the Eastern Shore Poultry Grower's Exchange Inc., in 1959.
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Papers of John Henry Alexander, 1824-1857. 0.75 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
John H. Alexander (1812-1867) had a varied career as a lawyer, civil engineer, surveyor, geologist, and teacher at the universities of Pennsylvania and Maryland. As Chief Engineer of Maryland, he surveyed the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad. He also conducted a coast survey for the federal government, and, as Maryland's first geologist, he mapped coal deposits in the state. Important subjects documented in the collection include the C & O Canal, slack water navigation, canal legislation, surveys, contracts, railroads, Indian tribes, real estate, and Alexander's family life. The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, essays, and reports such as the Report of the Progress of the Surveys of the Sounds, 1820.
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Baltimore Environmental Center archives, 1969-1994. 52.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The archives of the Baltimore Environmental Center consist of reports, publications, correspondence, newspaper clippings, drawings, maps, directories, and financial records documenting environmental activities, organizations, and issues in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Box 4 includes records pertaining to the Chesapeake Audobon Society (1976-1980); Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies, Smithsonian Institute (1978-1979); and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (1975-1979). Box 18 includes an entry for Chesapeake Bay, 1981, and box 22 includes the Chesapeake Bay Foundation News, 1981, Chesapeake Citizen Report, 1984, and the Chesapeake Citizen Directory, 1984.
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Papers of Marion Theresa (M. T.) Biddle, 1858, 1861. 6 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Six letters, all datelined "Hispaniola," postmarked at Chesapeake City or Elkton, Maryland, addressed to Miss Maggie R. Thompson, Oxford, Pennsylvania, by "Prof. M. T. (Marion Theresa) Biddle." The correspondence is between two women and they talk of beaux , visiting relatives, education, weddings, and brief mentions of the Civil War
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Papers of Mary Eliza Bradbury, January 8, 1855-November 26, 1855. 1 lin. in..
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection consists of the correspondence of Mary Eliza Bradbury, an Elkton, Maryland, school teacher who established and taught at her own school, and tutored African-American children on Sundays. The letters, written to Lewis H. Jackson, her friend, suitor, and husband after 1856, offer glimpses of everyday life in mid-19th century Maryland and chronicle local events, Bradbury's school, her family, and her religious experiences in the Methodist Church.
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Daniel Brewster papers, 1950-2007. 81 linear feet and 511 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection documents the career of Daniel B. Brewster as a United States Senator from Maryland. Brewster's files primarily consist of correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings. Important subjects covered are commerce, the tariff, social security, Medicare, unemployment, the armed services, Vietnam, and foreign politics. In 1963, he accepted the invitation of Mayor Calvin Mowbry to head a committee promoting racial harmony in Cambridge, MD. Series 1 includes documents related to the Eastern Shore.
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Orin M. Bullock, Jr.
papers, 1920-1986. 66.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Orin M. Bullock, Jr. was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects who had a long career in historic preservation. His papers deal with his education at Harvard University, his work at Colonial Williamsburg and on restoration projects all over the east coast, as well as his retirement career teaching at the University of Maryland. The collection includes drawings, photographs, negatives, journals, and files. Box 26 includes binders labeled "Somerset County," "Talbot County," and "Cecil County," and Box 31 includes a binder labeled "Cecil County. Waverly notes." The collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Archives of the Bureau
of Business and Economic Research, 1946-1970. 22.25 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The Bureau of Business and Economic Research was founded in 1946 to conduct academic research into regional economic concerns. The administrative records of the Bureau include reports, computer printouts, book manuscripts, and publications, concerning such subjects as a Maryland tax study, state and local government, conservation, industrial planning and development, and demographic processes. The collection includes unprocessed accessions.
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College of Business
and Public Administration records, 1954-1973. 5.50 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
This record group consists of the administrative files of the College of Business and Public Administration. Important subjects addressed are the projection of class enrollment; graduate statistics; the history of the College; dedication of new buildings; faculty organizations; ten-year projections for the college; and departmental projections. In addition, activities of the Committee on Style of the Maryland Constitutional Convention Commission (1965-1968), marketing research criteria, and urban and minority studies are documented. The collections include administrative files from the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore in 1967-1971, 1973.
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Papers of Harry Clifton Byrd, 1895-1970. 28.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Harry Clifton Byrd (1889-1970), born in Crisfield, was president of the University of Maryland from 1935 to 1954. After his retirement he became chairman of the Tidewater Fisheries Commission and was involved with the revitalization of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. His papers relate mainly to the University of Maryland, its buildings, lands, governing bodies, and programs. Other subjects documented include the Defense Orientation Conference Association, Far East Command, and state elections. Byrd's papers are comprised of statistics, reports, minutes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
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Office of the Chancellor
records, 1967-1978. 97.00 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The Office of the Chancellor was created in 1970 in the course of the reorganization of the University of Maryland system. The Chancellor was the highest-ranking administrator for the College Park campus until the expansion of the University of Maryland in 1988, at which time the office was renamed Office of the President. The records consist of the administrative files of the Chancellor and include reports, financial and budget records, committee and task force files, publications, and working papers. Series 3 includes the records of the 1978 Feasibility Committee looking into establishing programs in the Eastern Shore. The collection includes unprocessed accessions mentioning the Eastern Shore that are currently closed to the public
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Verne E. Chatelain papers, 1959-1971. 4.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Verne E. Chatelain was a professor of history at the University of Maryland from 1945 until 1964. The Chatelain collection includes student papers, historical photographs, manuscripts, and slides. Major topics include local history, the origin of the University of Maryland, and historic sites in Somerset County. Ronald G. Rayne's paper ?The History of Salisbury, Maryland from 1608-1900? is included. The collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation archives, 1963-1989. 5.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This non-profit organization was established in 1967 to promote the preservation of the ecological wellbeing of the Chesapeake Bay through conserving its natural resources, combating pollution, and educating the public. Important issues documented in the foundation's records include the environment of the Bay, as well as actions proposed and undertaken to eliminate threats to this environment. Other subjects addressed are the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Piney Point Oil Refinery, development of the Goodwin Islands, and Kent County gravel operations.
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Records of the Office of the Comptroller, 1856-1969. 157.50 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The Office of the Comptroller is the central accounting office of the University of Maryland system. This record group consists of the central financial ledgers maintained by the comptroller, as well as records of general operating funds, special purpose accounts, payroll, audits, research and restricted funds, and construction funds for various campuses of the University of Maryland System, in particular College Park, Baltimore, and Eastern Shore. The collection includes unprocessed accessions.
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Cooperative Extension
Service records, 1914-1972. 4.50 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
Founded in 1914 to administer federal and state funding for programs to improve community life, the Cooperative Extension Service concentrated its activities in eight areas: agricultural profitability; natural resources; diet, nutrition and health; human capital development; family economic stability; agricultural technology for urban audiences; profitability of marine industries; and enhanced community vitality. It cooperates extensively with the University of Maryland's College Park and Eastern Shore campuses. Publications, contracts, reports, photographs, and correspondence document the programs and activities of the Cooperative Extension Service in Maryland, particularly in the areas of agricultural research, education, and outreach. Series 3 includes Worcester County annual reports. The collection includes photographs and unprocessed accessions.
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Cronin, L. Eugene, 1925-2000. 21.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Dr. Lewis Eugene Cronin (1917-1998) was a zoologist and estuarine researcher who specialized in the Chesapeake Bay. Dr. Cronin received his M.S. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of Maryland, writing a dissertation on the biology of the blue crab. Dr. Cronin served as a professor at the University of Delaware from 1950-1955 and as a Research Professor and Director, Natural Resources Institute at the University of Maryland. From 1977 to 1984 Dr. Cronin served as Director of the Chesapeake Research Consortium. In addition to his duties with Chesapeake Bay research organizations Dr. Cronin worked for the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research and served as a consultant for various government agencies in and around both Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Cronin was active with the Sierra Club of Maryland and other local environmental organizations. Dr. Cronin maintained active correspondence with environmental and estuarine research groups throughout the United States, as well as groups in Canada and Europe. This collection includes materials related to Dr. Cronin's M.S. and Ph. D. theses, lecture notes, correspondence, consulting work, academic and popular publications, committee activities, and travel. Materials are primarily in English, with a small number related to a June, 1989 trip to Portugal in Portoguese. Multimedia items include projection slides, dry-mount microscope slides, photographs, maps and charts, one VHS tape (runtime 5.00 minutes) and one Hi-8 video tape (runtime unknown).
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Anneke Davis papers, 1969-2004. 22.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Included in this collection covering 1969-2004 are materials relating to environmental issues in the state of Maryland with an emphasis on areas in and around Baltimore. A large portion of the material comprises committee files for the State Water Quality Advisory Committee (SWQAC). The collection contains clippings, committee files, correspondence, minutes, press releases, and publications. Among the reports and studies are The State of the Chesapeake Bay, 1999 and Land and the Chesapeake Bay in Box 2. A subsequent accession (2004-138) includes in Box 1 the Chesapeake Bay Trust Annual Report, 2000. The collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Papers of Leonidas Dodson, 1842-1889. 1.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection consists of the journals of Leonidas Dodson (1822-1889), banker, teacher, and prominent citizen of Easton, Maryland. The journals are a rich source of information about local and national events, and about Dodson's church, civic, and work responsibilities. They consist of diary entries, extensive quotations and transcriptions, a number of laid-in materials, and information of Dodson's death. Subjects covered include church and religion, disease and death, crime and justice, politics, temperance, the Civil War, and slavery.
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Papers of the Edmondson/Jacobs Family, 1836-1954. 1.75 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Edmondson/Jacobs family lived primarily in Dorchester County, Maryland, residing mostly in New Market and Church Creek. Correspondence addressed to Emma E. Jacobs comprises the largest portion of the material. The collection also includes correspondence between other members of the Edmondson/Jacobs family, manuscripts, poetry, printed ephemera, passports, a scrapbook, financial records, and photographs. The correspondence documents the daily lives of the family and focuses on local events and domestic concerns. Topics frequently discussed in the correspondence include religious services, social events, illness, clothing purchases, teaching, the weather, and vacations. The financial records in this collection include information on the distribution of William V. M. Edmondson's estate upon his death and numerous documents relating to the settlement of debts. These records provide valuable insight into the economic status of the Edmondson/Jacobs family. See also essay ?East New Market? by Emma E. Jacobs in New Revised History of Dorchester County Maryland by Elias Jones (Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1966), available in the Maryland room.
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Papers of William Emory, 1861-1873. 1.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
William H. Emory (1811-1887) was born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1831, Emory devoted most of his life to the U.S. Army. Upon retirement in 1876 he had attained the rank of brigadier general and had served in the Mexican War, the Civil War, and on the Indian frontier. The documents in the collection consist of a letterbook, a biography drawn up shortly before retirement, and some loose correspondence with his wife, Matilda Wilkins Bache Emory. Several of his letters center around a period of transition in the early 1860s when Emory was serving in Indian territory but preparing for removal to the East for service with the Union forces against the Confederacy
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Henry Chandlee Forman
papers, 1919-1989. 5.50 linear feet and 85
items.
Location: National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
Henry Chandlee Forman was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, archaeologist, historian, preservationist, and teacher. His papers consist of architectural drawings, historical notes, field notes, photographs, and negatives. Boxes 1 and 2 include Maryland photographs, field notes, and negatives by county. Box 5 contains Forman's original 1989 manuscript of Early Buildings and Historic Artifacts in Tidewater Maryland. The Eastern Shore, and Box 10 includes his 1985 manuscript of The Rolling Year on Maryland's Upper Eastern Shore with Rachel Betterton Turner's Scrapbook of 1895 as well as miscellaneous items regarding Betterton and North Kent County. The collection also contains drawings of various residences in Talbot, Caroline and Worcester counties and Easton. The collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Papers of Kenneth Grace, 1913-1973. 1.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Kenneth Grace (1894-1974) was a 1916 graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College where he was a member of the track team and manager of the football team. His field books and fishing diaries record environmental conditions and life on the Eastern Shore and the Chesapeake Bay. Grace's papers also include numerous photographs of the university and the Eastern Shore, and memorabilia relating to Grace's years as a college student and as a fisherman on the Chesapeake Bay.
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Papers of Robert Lamar Green, 1959-1976. 4.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Robert Lamar Green was professor of agricultural engineering at the University of Maryland from 1958 until his retirement in 1976, serving as head of the department until 1972. He was appointed coordinator of the Water Resources Center on campus in 1965 and was acting director of the Agricultural Experiment Station from 1973 until 1975. The collection includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, notes and memoranda, and conference programs relating to Dr. Green's professional and academic careers. Subjects include the Committee to Study Shore Erosion; the Maryland State Water Resources Commission; the Governor's Advisory Commission on Resources Development and Conservation; and the Water Resources Study Committee. Series 3 includes records relating to the University Coordinating Committee of the Chesapeake Research Consortium in 1973 and 1974 and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Committee to Develop a Regional Coherent Program for the Chesapeake Bay, 1970.
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Paper of Philip E. Hartman, 1969-1996. 13.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The papers of Philip E. Hartman Papers include correspondence, reports, publications and minutes which document environmental activities relating to Assateague Island. The collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Collection, 1933-1969. 104 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes drawings of the Wye House Orangery in Talbot County, Maryland. A complete set of Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) drawings is available online at the Library of Congress.
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Papers of Celia M. Holland, 1861-1993. 12.50 linear feet, 3012 slides, 338 photographs.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Celia M. Holland (1911-1993), a Baltimore, Maryland, native, was a local history writer who became, through her research, the unofficial historian of Howard County, Maryland. Her most important work was the monograph entitled Old Homes and Families of Howard County, Maryland. She also produced numerous newspaper and magazine articles on Maryland history topics and conducted an extensive correspondence with many individuals sharing similar local history interests. Celia Holland's papers consist of correspondence and biographical information, writings and publicity, property documentation, county subject files, and research materials concerning historic personages and other historical topics. Also includes over 3,000 35 mm color slides of historic buildings and locations throughout the state of Maryland; Wicomoco, Worcester, and Caroline counties are represented.
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Papers of Henry Powell Hopkins, 1886-1959. 3.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Architect Henry Powell Hopkins designed many buildings on the University of Maryland at College Park campus, and he also designed and remodeled a number of significant structures throughout the state of Maryland. Materials such as photographs, drawings, and clippings document Hopkin's architectural works and interests. The collection also includes representations, such as drawings and blueprints, of private residences, educational and medical facilities, and government, business, and religious buildings designed by Hopkins. Eastern Shore projects including residences, educational institutions and medical institutions are represented in Series 3-5. Photographs were transferred to the photograph collection.
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Papers of Jesse Hughes, 1861-1879. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection consists of the business records of Jesse Hughes, a manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes in Easton, Maryland.
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Papers of William Preston Lane, 1925-1966. 27.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
William Preston Lane (1892-1967) was a lawyer, newspaper publisher, Attorney General for Maryland, and governor of Maryland from 1947 to 1951. The bulk of Lane's papers consists of correspondence and speeches, and concentrates on his gubernatorial campaigns of 1946 and 1950. Other topics include the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Washington County's industrial and economic development during the early 1960s. The Eastern Shore is particularly represented in series II, III, and IV of the collection, including constituent mail, speeches, statements, and reports. Series 9 includes photographs of the Eastern Shore transferred to the photography collection.
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League of Women Voters
of Maryland archives, 1910-1985. 32.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The League of Women Voters of Maryland was founded in 1921, shortly after the passage of the twentieth amendment granting women the vote. The League of Women Voters has organized county leagues and developed a program for voicing the concerns and furthering the interests of its members. Series 2 of the collection includes files on the county leagues, including those in the Eastern Shore. The League has also been particularly interested in elections and voting; efficiency in government; social and child welfare; women's rights; world peace; and education. Among the controversial areas in which the League has been active over the years are child labor; collective bargaining; food and drug administration; housing; the merit system in civil service; the United Nations; disarmament; the poll tax; civil rights; and the Equal Rights Amendment. League activities are documented in newsletters, press releases, correspondence, reports, and minutes.
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Office of the Director
of Libraries records, 1905-1989. 48.75 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The Office of the Director of Libraries was established ca. 1905 to oversee the administration of the libraries of the University of Maryland. The Library Director's records are of an administrative nature and include correspondence, reports, studies, publications, and budget requests. Series 1 includes 1971 correspondence with UM Eastern Shore in 1971 and with UM Eastern Shore Library in 1940 and 1965. Series 4 includes a list of UM Eastern Shore Accessions in 1939. The collection includes unprocessed accessions.
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Papers of Hervey Machen, 1937-1968. 41.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Hervey Machen served between 1947 and 1957 as city attorney for Cheverly and Hyattsville, and as Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County. In 1954 he was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates where he served until 1964, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served two terms. Machen's papers include speeches, minutes, reports, and case files on such subjects as the Taft-Hartley Act; the Armed Services Committee; District of Columbia home rule; voting rights; civil rights; crime; pollution; education; and poverty. Series 5 includes information about the Chesapeake Bay in 1957 and 1958, and Series 3 contains information about a congressional bill related to a Chesapeake Bay Model in 1965.
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Papers of Louise Malloy, 1894-1944. 2.00 linear feet.
Location: Literary Manuscripts
Louise Malloy (1858-1947) was the first newspaperwoman in Baltimore, Maryland, and a social and civic crusader. Her efforts led to the establishment of Juvenile Court in Baltimore and also resulted in improvements in the Fire Department. At the Baltimore American, she specialized in women's interests, did editorial and feature work, was dramatic editor for many years, and wrote a daily humor column entitled "Josh Wink." Her literary work included short stories, poems, articles, essays, and several plays, including "A Woman of War," written with General Felix Agnus, and "The Free Willer," for which she received a prize from the Eastern Shore Society of Maryland. Her papers consist of manuscripts of plays, poems, short stories, articles, and miscellaneous personal records documenting her life and literary career.
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Papers of Romeo Mansueti, 1922-1963. 21.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Romeo Mansueti (1923-1963) was a biologist and research professor at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and at the University of Maryland. His papers document his work on various committees and as editor of various scientific journals, as well as his research on fish migration, bionomics of fresh water and estuarine fish populations, and the taxonomy and ecology of fish eggs.
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Archives of the Maryland Conservation Council, 1970-1986. 4.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Maryland Conservation Council was founded in 1968 as a coalition of environmental groups and concerned individuals to coordinate conservation work at the state level. The Council deals with a broad range of environmental issues throughout the state of Maryland. The Council's archives cover such subjects as the Chesapeake Bay, environmental policy, the conservation of natural resources in the state of Maryland, acid rain, hazardous waste, and water quality management.
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Archives of the Maryland State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, 1873-2000. 17.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Colora Grange, founded in 1873 in Cecil County, was the first grange in Maryland. The grange movement developed rapidly as an agricultural fraternity and later as a commercial organization. Over the years, the Maryland Grange has also addressed such issues as war relief and education. Also documented in the files are local granges, juvenile granges, and the relationship of the Maryland and National Granges. The records of the Maryland Grange consist of correspondence, minutes, ledgers, proceedings, directories, pamphlets, clippings, and songs.
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Archives of the Maryland Wilderness Association, 1969-1974. 0.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Maryland Wilderness Association was a statewide independent society of citizens actively supporting conservation of natural and recreational resources. The Association was a prominent participant in public discussions of conservation issues, sponsoring educational programs and publicizing numerous environmental concerns. It ceased operations in 1975. The association's archives include material on the Assateague Parkland; Annemessex Industrial Park; beverage containers in Bowie; Canal and River Rights Council; C & O Canal; Outer Beltway hearings; Patuxent River Basin Plan; and whistling swans.
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Theodore R. McKeldin papers, 1880-1980. 91.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin was born in south Baltimore in 1900 and graduated from the University of Maryland Law School with a bachelor's degree in law in 1925. Appointed as executive secretary to Mayor William F. Broening of Baltimore in 1927, McKeldin was mayor of Baltimore himself from 1943 to 1947. As governor of Maryland from 195l to 1959, McKeldin launched a vigorous program of reform and reconstruction, which included the Sobeloff Commission on State Government and Bureaucratic Administration and a twelve-year plan for state highway construction. During McKeldin's second term as mayor, which lasted from 1963 to 1967, he embarked upon a wide-ranging program of urban renewal, which included the beginnings of the redevelopment of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, construction of a new municipal building, and the planned elimination of the city's slums. McKeldin also continued to support the civil rights movement by hosting a meeting of the Congress of Racial Equality in July 1966. McKeldin retired in 1968 and died on August 10, 1974, at the age of seventy-three. The Papers of Theodore R. McKeldin include speeches (largely delivered during his gubernatorial years); appointment books; office files (mostly gubernatorial); papers from national conferences that he attended; books, programs, pamphlets, brochures; and other miscellaneous materials. There are also scrapbooks of newspaper articles pertaining to his career, audiotapes of various speeches, photographs, and memorabilia. The photographs, transferred to the photograph collection, include the opening of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in 1952
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W. Joseph Moyer papers, 1857-1986. 82.75 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The papers of state climatologist and University of Maryland faculty member W. Joseph Moyer consist primarily of climatological data from various weather stations in Maryland. The collection also includes historic data on weather conditions at selected sites around the state. Box 14 includes an entry for Easton Police Barracks1950-1979, Box 27 mentions Princess Anne, 1950-1979, and Boxes 29-30 include Salisbury 1950-79 (Record of Evaporation and Climatological Observations); Salisbury Police Barracks 50-62; Salisbury Apts 50-61; Salisbury USGS 50-54. Box 48 includes Easton 1893-1949, Box 62 includes Princess Anne, 1894-1945, Box 64 covers Salisbury 1893, 1906-49; Salisbury Police Barracks 1948-49; and Salisbury Apts 48-49. The collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Vivian Newman Collection, 1978-2000. 9.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Vivian Newman Collection contains documents relating to the Clean Water Act, coastal barrier resoures, non-tidal wetlands, the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland Eastern Shore projects, and the Ocean Protection Act. Included is legislation relating to environmental concerns, and advocacy efforts, such as letter writing campaigns and public flyers. The collection is unprocessed.
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Papers of Mary Nock, 1959-1974. 24 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
In 1947 Mary Nock became the first woman from Wicomico County elected to the Maryland Legislature. She served in the House until 1954 and then passed to the Senate until 1974. The collection covers the period 1959-1972 and contains awards, clippings, correspondence and speeches. The collection is unprocessed.
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Records of the Phi Mu Fraternity, 1923-1945. 5.00 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The records of the Phi Mu Fraternity, an engineering honor society later known as the Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, consist of research papers on various engineering topics prepared as part of initiation requirements for Phi Mu. Many of these papers deal with topics relating to the Chesapeake Bay, the history of the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia. There are some access restrictions on membership records 1923-1929 and minute books 1923-1929.
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Department of Physical
Plant records, 1888-1987. 59.00 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The Department of Physical Plant was established in 1924-1925 as the Buildings and Grounds Division of the General Services Department. The department's files include maps, blueprints, photographs, computer tapes, and financial materials relating to University of Maryland campus construction, structures, landscaping, and maintenance. The collection includes 1945 maps and photographs of the Princess Anne campus. The collection also includes unprocessed accessions
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Papers of John E. Rastall, 1861-1864. 2 linear inches (128 items).
Location: Historical Manuscripts
John E. Rastall was a Union Lieutenant with the First Regiment, Eastern Shore, Maryland Volunteers during the Civil War. The collection includes 128 letters written by Rastall to his family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin detailing his service in Virginia and Maryland, especially on the Eastern Shore.
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Joseph Raynes papers, 1831-1849. 10 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Correspondence between British immigrant Joseph Raynes to his family in Bonsall, Derbyshire, England, describing an Atlantic sea voyage; the Chesapeake Bay; Baltimore life in the nineteenth century, including buildings, prices, and Lexington Market; slavery; the failure of the Bank of Maryland; and the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Cincinnati. Also included is news of friends, family and deaths.
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Papers of Albert Cabell Ritchie, 1903-1939. 7.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Albert C. Ritchie (1876-1936) was a professor of law at the University of Maryland and governor of Maryland from 1920 to 1934. His papers relate primarily to his four terms as governor and address such subjects as election campaigns, government involvement in economics, state taxes, and state government and politics, as well as Ritchie's financial affairs. Series 4 includes information about the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
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Mark Shoemaker papers, 1920-1971. 8.75 linear feet and 6 oversize items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Mark M. Shoemaker (1898-1983) was a professor of horticulture at the University of Maryland, a campus planner, and a landscape designer. Shoemaker's papers and photographs document his landscape design work for the University and various agencies of the United States government. Series 2 covering the Extension Service include such projects as the Maryland City Park in Cambridge in 1934, Queen Anne's Park and Needles Park in Chestertown in 1938, Matapeake in 1931, and Rehoboth Cemetery in 1936.
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Papers of James F. Stepter, 1862-1864. 0.25 linear feet (21 items).
Location: Historical Manuscripts
James F. Stepter lived with his family in Elkton before serving as a private in the Union army during the Civil War. On August 14, 1862, he enlisted in Company B of the 6th Maryland Regiment Infantry, a company recruited from Cecil County. In the months before his death in 1864, he wrote numerous letters home to his wife Amanda from Harpers Ferry and various Union encampments. This collection consists of twenty-one of Stepter's letters which outline his personal observations on his fellow soldiers, many of whom were probably former neighbors from Elkton, as well as on the war and military life, politics, and family concerns.
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Papers of Mary W. Stewart, 1902-1941. 0.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Mary W. Stewart was the postmistress of Oxford, Maryland from 1877 to 1940. The collection consists of correspondence to and from Mary Stewart and her family, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia relating to her tenure as postmistress. It also includes a blueprint of Mary Stewart's home and post office in Oxford, Maryland.
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Division of Student
Affairs records, 1947-1970. 12.75 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The Division of Student Affairs is responsible for oversight of university functions affecting student life and for setting and enforcing related policies. The division's records consist of administrative materials, committee and commission files, and budgetary records as well as files pertaining to student organizations, housing, the Counseling Center, health services, and the dining hall. Series 2 includes Dormitory Minutes from Queen Anne, Caroline, Dorchester, Winchester, Somerset, and Wicomico Counties. The collection includes unprocessed accessions.
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Papers of Thomas Baddeley Symons, c.1910-1969. 9.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Thomas Baddeley Symons (1880-1970), born in Easton, was a 1902 graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College and then served the University of Maryland for almost seventy-five years. Symons's many offices included state entomologist, dean of the School of Horticulture, director of the Cooperative Extension Service, and dean of the College of Agriculture. He was active in numerous agricultural organizations, including the Maryland Horticultural Society, Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee, and both the National and Maryland State Grange. He was the Director of the Cooperative Extension Service from 1937-1950. Symons was acting president of the University of Maryland for nine months in 1954, then a member of its Board of Regents from late 1954 until 1970. His papers contain correspondence (including with the Eastern Shore society of Baltimore City), meeting minutes, conference programs, speeches, photographs, clippings, and other publications. Major topics covered in the collection include 4-H activities, the Maryland and National Granges, the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland, the Rotary Club, the Beta Kappa Corporation, and the State Soil Conservation Committee. The bulk of the materials document Dr. Symons's professional career after his tenure as acting president of the University of Maryland.
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Papers of the Thomas Family, 1793-1816. 17 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Thomas Family Papers include eleven letters and six documents from three generations of the Philip Thomas family of Cecil County, Maryland. The additional documents consist of a bond, a bill of sale, a land indenture, two wills, and a military certificate. Major topics include family concerns, the Napoleonic wars, social life in the early nineteenth century, the Society of Friends, and business concerns in Maryland and Holland.
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Papers of William Trippe, c. 1977. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Captain William Trippe lived in the Eastern Shore from 1725 to 1777. The collection focuses on Captain Trippe's (1725-1777) schooner "Hazzard" and trips made for Robert Gilmore and Co. for supplies during the Revolutionary War. The collection includes references to issues of safety in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Reginald Truitt papers, 1919-1977. 0.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Reginald V. Truitt (1890-1991) was a 1914 graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College who received his Ph.D. from American University in 1929. A professor of zoology at the University of Maryland from 1925-1941, Truitt founded and became director of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, retiring in 1954. This collection documents Truitt's involvement in the Chesapeake Biological Lab, his interest in Worcester County history, relations between university faculty and administration, and zoology curriculum development. It includes a draft of Worcester County: Maryland's Arcadia.
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Richard White Collection, 1905-1920. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Richard White Collection, which covers the period 1905 to 1920, includes correspondence between the Director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, H. J. Patterson, and the Superintendent of the Ridgely Sub-station, Charles Opperman. The two men discuss administrative details concerning the setup of the farm in Caroline County as an experiment sub-station, including questions about how expenses will be handled and what repairs should be made to the existing structures. The correspondence also contains descriptions of the experimental work taking place on the farm as well as plans for future work. In addition, the series contains four drawings of Ridgely Farm as well as an annual report from 1917 and two detailed inventories of items on the Ridgely property in 1917 and 1920. Maps show the boundaries of the farm and its field divisions. These materials date from 1914 to 1920.
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Archives of the Work Projects Administration in Maryland, 1933-1943. 20.00 linear feet + 50 reels microfilm.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The collection contains the records of the Maryland Work Projects Administration (WPA) as well as those of the Maryland Emergency Relief Administration (MERA) and the Civil Works Administration (CWA), its immediate predecessors. The WPA represented a shift from direct relief to work relief. The administrative records include bulletins, memoranda, policies, and procedures, as well as financial records and salary schedules. The collection also documents many WPA projects, most importantly the Maryland Federal Writers' Project. Microfilm Reel #17 includes information regarding the counties of the Eastern Shore. The collection also contains a large number of photographs.
Maryland Manuscripts
The Maryland Manuscripts grouping consists of a diverse array of materials, including letters, printed ephemera, and legal records, many of which relate to the Eastern Shore during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Several examples of items in the Maryland Manuscripts Collection relating to the Eastern Shore include:
- MDMS 369 - 1894. Tax register, record of various levies (Centreville) Queen Anne's County
- MDMS 943 - 1915. Dixie Realty Company, Inc. , Cambridge MD: Brochure: ??Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia-- Why is the Eastern Shore a Wonderful Country??? (Dorchester County)
- MDMS 1321 - Worcester County: Pamphlet, description of Worcester County in general, and specifically Ocean City, Berlin, Snow Hill, Public Landing, and Pocomoke City; reprint of Delaware and the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia
- MDMS 1801 - 1760. Tulle, John (Somerset County): Survey of land, document signed, November 12, 1760, called Tull's Trouble, plat and courses
- MDMS 1984 - 1864. Littleton Franklin, Worcester County, Maryland: Autographed document signed establishing Josiah Franklin, a man of African descent, as having enlisted in the 7th Regiment, Colored troops, includes 1984 a-c, (from office of board of claims for slaves) (Worcester County)
- MDMS 2043 - 1872-1873. John Ramsey, inspector, Records of Weights and Measures in Cecil County, 1872-1873; alphabetical name list, by city, tally and recapitulation
- MDMS 2288 - 1892. Seaside Hotel, Ocean City, Maryland, publicity pamphlet for 1892 season
University Publications
The university publications collection consists of a wide variety of printed materials produced by and about the various administrative units, academic departments, and student groups on the College Park campus. The listing below includes those publications that are related to the Eastern Shore and the Chesapeake Bay. Many other documents in this periodically contain material related to the Eastern Shore. The university's many departments and divisions continue to create publications, which are added to this collection.
In the listing below, headings under which items may be located are underlined followed by related individual titles within that category.
Bureau of Government Research . The Bureau of Governmental Research published a series called Maryland Policy Studies , including Chesapeake Bay Policy in 1988.
Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies . The Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies published several books, such as MEES at CEES , about its program in environmental science and estuarine ecology at the University of Maryland. It also publishes and annual report and in 1975 a University of Maryland Chesapeake Roster .
Coastal and Environmental Policy Program . The Coastal and Environmental Policy Program publishes a semiannual periodical called Watershed: Science & Policy in the Chesapeake Region .
Maryland Marine Advisory Program . In 1980 the Maryland Marine Advisory Program issued sixteen reports that have been collected in the single volume Bay/Shore Report.
Maryland Technical Advisory Service . The Maryland Technical Advisory Service published the Report of the Caroline County Governmental Study Commission in 1981. In 1968 the service published the Proposed Classification Plan for Kent County . A bibliography of its research and reports was published in 1980.
Sea Grant . The Maryland Sea Grant College publishes a quarterly periodical called Chesapeake Quarterly . It has published a number of studies and reports including Recreational Boating in Maryland: An Economic Impact Study in 1995 and Working the Chesapeake: Watermen of the Bay circa 1991.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore . The University president published under various titles an annual report that included information about the Eastern Shore campus. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore published annually the Faculty and staff campus directory and Catalog .
Photographs
The holdings of the Archives and Manuscript Department include numerous images of the Eastern Shore. In particular, photographs of WPA projects depict parks, playground and the Johnson Pond Dam in Salisbury, reclaiming swamps in Caroline, sidewalk and road projects in Cecil, Easton waterworks, tax ditches in Wicomico, schools in Ocean City, and clearing the Pocomoke River. An inventory of theses photographs is available in the Maryland Room. Unprocessed photographs in the WPA collection contain images of community house, reservoir, street, and sewer construction as well as an image of a WPA sign at Elton.
As mentioned above in the section on Historical Manuscripts, several collections include photographs of the Eastern Shore that were transferred to the photograph collection. For example, the Papers of Henry Powell Hopkins contain photographs of Eastern Shore projects including residences, educational institutions and medical institutions. The Papers of William Preston Lane include photographs of the Eastern Shore, and the Papers of Theodore R. McKeldin include a photograph of the opening of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in 1952. In addition, the Assateague Island Collection (72-127) includes contact sheets, prints, and negatives of landscape and shoreline. The Caroline County Collection (72-131) includes an image of the Independence Cannery in Greensboro around the turn of the century, and the R.J. Jarrell Collection includes an image of R.J. Jarrell's Cannery around 1940, also in Goldsboro. The Papers of Celia Holland contain slides and photographs of historic buildings and sites in Maryland counties including Worcester and Caroline.
Several record groups in the University Archives also contain Eastern Shore photographs that have been transferred to the photograph collection. Records from the Department of the Physical Plant include photographs of the girls' dormitories at the Princess Anne campus. An unprocessed accession to the Records of the Agricultural Experiment Station (92-18) includes photographs, use of which requires a pre-screening. An unprocessed accession (72-73) to the Records of the Cooperative Extension Service includes miscellaneous items from the Agricultural Experiment Station in the Eastern Shore and photographs depicting statewide activities. The unprocessed Papers of Dr. Leland Scott contains photographs depicting campus life and buildings, the Ridgely sub-station, farming in Maryland, and the Horticultural Department staff, students, and activities. A preliminary inventory is available. The University of Maryland, College Park Slide Collection includes color and black and white slides of life at the University of Maryland at College Park and University College, but it also includes slides taken in the Eastern Shore. Subjects include sports, faculty members, campus buildings, commencement, research activities, and student groups. This collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.