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Items associated with name 'Whitehaven (Md.)'
Ambrose and Charlotte Larmore family history
by Larmore, Anna (circa 1980)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Photostatic copy of handwritten recollections of Ambrose and Charlotte Robertson Larmore, Tyaskin, Maryland. Anna Larmore, wife of Omar Larmore wrote the document for James "Jimmy" Larmore, the son of Marion and Bertha Larmore before her death in 1995. Larmore recollects the family's history in Tyaskin, Wicomico County, Maryland with musing on the Whitehaven Ferry, rural route post office, and farming.
Eastern Shore Photographs
by Burt, Jane (1972 – 1985)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Compact disc of digital photographic images documenting differing locations and activities of Maryland's Eastern Shore from 1972-1985. Images include the Whitehaven Ferry, Green Hill Church, the Wye Oak, Nanticoke Harbor, Oystering, Clamming, Jones Creek and the Nassawango Iron Furnace.
History of the Regional Chesapeake Oral History Collection
by Salisbury University Archives (2017)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This Oral History collection documents the actions and efforts of individuals to preserve sections of regional Chesapeake Bay history. Currently, one interview with Jefferson Boyer and his actions to preserve Whitehaven, MD, the Whitehaven Hotel, and other such activities. Compiled transcriptions are attached.
Ledger of Larner T. McLain
by McLain, Larner (1912 – 1926)
3 folders (0.03 linear feet)
The ledger of Larner T. McLain's shipping business in Whitehaven, Maryland, documents work performed with sailboats in addition to the seasonal oyster business on the Chesapeake Bay from September 1912 - October 1926. Beginning in September 1919, accounts are listed from Standard Oil Company, documenting the transition from wind/sail power to gasoline power.
Louis Griffin Collection
by Griffin, Louis (1900s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains a hand written copy and typed transcription of two manuscripts entitled "Whitehaven: The way it was told to me and the way I experienced it" and "Memories of Previous Eras" by Louis Griffin.
Marcellus Jones Store Ledger (Whitehaven, Md.)
by Jones, Marcellus (1835 – 1836)
1 oversize box (1.25 linear feet)
Merchant ledger that once belonged to Marcellus Jones, owner of a general store in Whitehaven, Maryland. The ledger, dating from 1835-1836, documents the types of goods purchased by residents and include tobacco, coffee, boots, postage, and sugar. Also noted throughout the ledger is the race of an individual if they are of African American descent.
Maritime and Railroad photograph collection
by Lewis, Robert J. (1920 – 1970)
6 folders (0.06 linear feet)
Series of black and white photographic prints documenting transportation pathways of maritime steamships, tugboats and ferries as well as railroad transportation in Baltimore as well as varying locations throughout the Eastern Shore including Vienna, Pocomoke, Salisbury and Whitehaven, Maryland and Chincoteague, Virginia.
Mrs. Leonard Simmons Family History Collection
by Unknown (1900 – 1930)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
This collection contains personal papers of Mrs. Leonard Simmons of Madison, MD. The materials range from invitations to weddings, funerals, plays, school functions, retirement parties, and discussions, to miscellaneous tourist pamphlets, postcards, and correspondence from around the Eastern Shore area. Of particular note is a series of greeting cards given by the Bill Nields family, who appeared to have been good friends with the Simmons family.
Pat Russell papers
by Russell, Pat (1972 – 2004)
5 cartons, 2 boxes (6 linear feet)
The papers of Pat Russell document her community preservation activities from 1972-2004 in Whitehaven, Maryland and surrounding regional areas. These accomplishments include her involvement with the Wicomico County Historical Properties, Inc., which are documented via the restoration efforts of the Whitehaven Hotel and the development of the Whitehaven Historic District. Documenting resources include correspondence, architectural drawings, newspaper clippings, fiduciary responsibilities, and photographs. Regional oral histories document the shanty boats and hunting lodges which were once prominently featured along the seaside of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Cassette tape recordings and transcripts of these interviews with local people document their experiences which include Bob-O-Dell, Pope’s Island, the High Winds Club, and waterfowl hunting on Assateague and Chincoteague Islands. The oral histories also document varying storms that reshaped the coastline, as well as the development and expansion of cities and towns on the Delmarva Peninsula. Also documented through oral history are the personal experiences of Whitehaven residents which include African American segregation and their lives in various Eastern Shore communities including Taylorsville, the Germantown Rosenwald School, Ocean City and Church Creek.
Pirates Wharf records
by Unknown (2015)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Series of maps and images relating to Pirate's Wharf, located along the Wicomico River near Quantico and Whitehaven, Maryland. The materials document the development of the property into a natural resource park and its history, 2015.
Richard W. Cooper papers
by Cooper, Richard Waller (1605 – 2001)
18 boxes, 2 oversize folders (12.5 linear feet)
The Richard Cooper papers document his professional and personal activities through his collection of materials dating from 1605 to 2001. The documents focus on the religious and political histories of Wicomico and Worcester County as well as the history of the Mason-Dixon Boundary Line depicted through Cooper’s column in the Daily Times. The papers also document the topographic history of Delmarva through Cooper’s career as an engineering surveyor. Documents from his surveying career and interests include topographic maps, survey certificates, land deeds, and plats. A photograph album documents the construction of his family home at 611 Tony Tank Lane in Salisbury, Maryland. Materials within the collection include newspaper clippings, photographs, family histories, and correspondence. Drafts and manuscripts of Cooper’s published works on the history of Salisbury, Profile of a Colonial Community, Salisbury in Times Gone By, and Portrait of Salisbury are contained within the collection.
Sharon Roeble Whitehaven Research Collection
by Whitehaven Heritage Association (2020, 2021)
2 cartons (2 linear feet)
Sharon Roeble compiled this research collection, on Whitehaven, MD, with documents that contain information from the 1500s-present, however, the physical documents range from 2020-2021. She has included Whitehaven Heritage Association records document deeds from the historical sites around Whitehaven, MD, in this collection. Included in this collection is a USB that contains legal documents and various societal records. Whitehaven Heritage Association Inc. assisted in the information Sharon Roeble collected.
United Methodist Church ephemera collection
by Bivalve United Methodist Church; Nanticoke Methodist Church (1975 – 1987)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Pamphlets on services and centennial celebrations at varying United Methodist churches on the Eastern Shore, including those in the Nanticoke-Bivalve Charge and the West Side Ministry in Whitehaven, 1975, 1986-1987.
W.W. Larmore Papers
by Larmore, W.W. (1896 – 1911)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
This collection consists of ledgers and a cash book, receipts, brochures, and daily shipping reports related to W.W. Larmore of Whitehaven, Maryland from 1896 to 1911.
Whitehaven Connection Manuscript
by Cooper, Richard Waller (1996)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Whitehaven Connection Manuscript contains a 1996 manuscript titled “Whitehaven Connection”, written by Richard Waller Cooper. The manuscript contains a history of Whitehaven through primary sources, interviews, newspapers, and photocopied maps.
Whitehaven Heritage Association collection
by Methodist Protestant Board of Publication; Norman Remington Company; Salisbury National Bank; Savings Bank of Nanticoke; The Board of Education; The Wicomico News (1855 – 2000)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
Assorted materials from Whitehaven Heritage Association storage includes 1901 set of "The Courier" newspaper; misc. Collection includes materials donated by the Whitehaven Heritage Association, such as The Saving Bank of Nanticoke, Maryland's Bank Almanac 1920, 1923-1924, 1926, 1928 as well as several other news and church ephemera from Salisbury and Baltimore, MD from the 1920s. There are two correspondences from March 1904 to a unknown recipient from D.W. Dolbey, Jr. of the White Haven Council No. 24. Also included is correspondence from Robert L. Jeffers to Conor Ralph Bennig in 1976 related to Christian faith and one from John W. Davis to his wife in 1855. An audio cassette tape from Emily Griffon's funeral service in 2000. There is an epic poem written in 1992. Additionally, there is a series of land plats for S. W. Dolby's land created by P.S. Shockley from 1903 and 1918 and a patenet for "Hayward's Delight", 1910. Finally there is a map of Delaware with an arrow to Bethel Church.
Whitehaven Heritage Association oral history collection
by Whitehaven Heritage Association (1986 – 1997)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Series of oral histories created by the Whitehaven Heritage Association documenting memories of everyday life in Whitehaven, Maryland and the surrounding Eastern Shore region. Oral histories were created in the late 20th century and feature recordings of Hilda Gordy, Jana McLean, Blaine Roberts of Crisfield, Margaret Yerger on the Roberts Family, Minnie Kenney and R. Cooper.
Whitehaven Hotel papers
by Wicomico County Historical Properties, Inc. (1993 – 1994)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Whitehaven Hotel papers document the Wicomico County Historical Properties, Inc. promotion of the historic restoration of the Whitehaven Hotel in Whitehaven, Maryland. Documenting materials include a history of the hotel, project costs for its restoration, as well as historic site registration from the National Register.
Whitehaven Villager newsletter
by Boyer, Jefferson (1991-1992, 2002)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Whitehaven, Wicomico County, Maryland is an unincorporated community along the Wicomico River. Whitehaven is home to the Whitehaven Ferry, one of the few remaining public ferries in Maryland. The Whitehaven Villager newsletter, 1991-1992, 2002, documents town events and meetings as well as and information about residents.
William H. Dolbey Advertisements
by Unknown (1938 – 1939)
2 oversize folders (1.5 linear feet)
A collection of advertisements for William H. Dolbey, Whitehaven, Maryland, including a calendar for his manufacturing business of high-grade flour and table meal, and Bayly's Soda Parlor, 1938-1939.