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Items associated with name 'Daughters of the American Revolution'
Carl Bessent Collection
by Bessent, Carl (1983)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains a speech delivered by Carl Bessent regarding the Sons of the American Revolution John Smoot Chapter.
Charles Gilliss Family History Notes and Correspondences Collection
by Gilliss, Charles (1928 – 1934)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
This collection contains a series of letters addressed to a Mrs. Bessie McAllen as well as a composition book full of Charles Gilliss' notes on the McAllen family history. The letters to Mrs. McAllen give an overview of everything Gilliss has found on her family line. The first letter dates 1932, and Gilliss informs her that on his initial perusal of the family line, he has found seven Levin Gilliss' living in the 1700s. Throughout the 1932 letters, he researches more into each Levin and begins to piece together their lives. In a 1934 letter, Gilliss informs Mrs. McAllen that both ancestors of hers, Levin Gilliss, and Captain Thomas Gilliss, were in the same company and battalion of MD troops in the Revolutionary War. It is evident in the 1934 letters that Mrs. McAllen has asked Gilliss to research her family line in order to solidify her standing in the D.A.R. The composition book that accompanies these letters are the personal notes and findings from Gilliss on the family line. The first half of the book includes handwritten copies of deeds and wills that Gilliss has found from the McAllen family members. The second half is mainly notes connecting certain family members, along with their birth and death dates. The very last pages of the notebook include more wills of McAllen ancestors.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Samuel Chase Chapter
by Daughters of the American Revolution (1900 – 2007)
4 boxes, 1 oversize box (5.25 linear feet)
Records of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Samuel Chase Chapter, of Salisbury, Maryland, document the organization’s activities, including community involvement and administrative duties of the officers, from 1933-2007, with the bulk of the material dating from 1972-1977. Social functions, educational programs, and community engagement efforts of the chapter’s members are documented through meeting minutes, financial records, membership data, as well as scrapbooks, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Published materials from the state and national chapters are included throughout the collection.
Eastern Shore Commerce Ephemera
by Unknown (1724 – 1957)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Eastern Shore Commerce Ephemera collection is divided into five series and documents the correspondences and accounting records of the Howard, Goslee, and Morris families. In addition, there are other accounting records from the Eastern shore, including Salisbury and Delaware. This collection also contains court documents, a temperance speech from 1833, a diary documenting an unnamed persons daily activities, and a meeting book from the Betsy Ross Council of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Harold S. Morton, Jr. papers
by Morton, Harold (1870 – 1996)
2 boxes (0.75 linear feet)
The Harold S. Morton, Jr., papers document the extensive family history research that Morton conducted with the help of his wife, Margaret James Morton from 1958-1978 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, primarily in Northampton County. Families documented via research include James, Roberts and Stott. The materials date from 1870-1978, 1996 and include primary resources documenting the James family’s activities in and around Franktown, Virginia. Resources include land deeds, military discharge papers and estate assessment for Robert Dunton James.
Marianne Scarborough Collection
by Scarborough, Marianne (1714 – 1939)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Marianne Scarborough Collection focuses on the genealogical history of the Scarborough family. Heritage is very important to the Scarborough family as Clarence Park Scarborough Jr. applied to be apart of the Sons of The American Revolution, while his mother, Lulu Ringgold Prout Scarborough, applied to be apart of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Melvin Family Collection
by Unknown (1688 – 1980)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
The Melvin Family Collection is comprised of genealogical notes for the Melvin family. The family is able to date their heritage back to the 17th Century. The Melvin Family has an ancestor, William Melvin, who was apart of the American Revolution, which is why descendant Ruth Young was apart of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The family lived in almost every county of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia including: Worcester County, Somerset County, Accomack County, and Cecil County. Within the collection, there are also legal land deeds, wills, and censuses listing persons in a household including slaves.
Special Collections Pamphlet Collection
by Various (1762 – 1985)
9 cartons, 2 boxes (10 linear feet)
The Special Collections Pamphlet Collection consists of over 800 published manuscripts discussing a wide variety of national and international topics. The materials date between 1762 and 1985. Similar topics have been grouped together, but may be found throughout the collection. Some of the major topics included in the collection are: race relations, Australia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, African American history, Native American history, military history (American Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War), education, industry, labor history, agriculture, railways, government and politics, international relations, socialism, communism, economics, prisons, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, prohibition, temperance, women's history and groups, and biographies and obituaries.
W. Richard and Marianna Holloway papers
by Holloway, Marianna; Holloway, W. Richard (1906 – 1978)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The W. Richard and Marianna Holloway papers document their social involvement in the Salisbury, Maryland community, 1906-1978 with the bulk of the material focusing on their active engagement with the Community Concert Association, 1971-1978. Materials also include a journal and photographs from Marianna Holloway’s courtships, correspondence from J. Asbury Holloway as well as photographs and ephemera from the Rounds and Adkins families.