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Items associated with name 'Wicomico Historical Society'
George White Collection
by White, George (1730 – 2007)
2 boxes, 11 oversize folders ( linear feet)
The George White Collection consists of a series of ephemera, files, and documents from Salisbury, Maryland businesses and people collected pertaining to Salisbury, Maryland during White’s former position as president of the Wicomico Historical Society.
Judy Brittingham collection
by Brittingham, Judy (1930 – 1970)
1 oversize box (1.5 linear feet)
The collection of Judy Brittingham contains a series of objects and manuscript records including a granite hitching post from Cherry Hill with the initials ‘L.W.G’ carved at the top, a large wood trunk belonging to the Graham family, Two black and white photos of downtown Salisbury and a small one of a woman. This collection contains a Wicomico Historical Society exhibit folder which contains colored photos, two brochures, four newspaper articles, four thank-you cards/email, and one ‘Wicomico Recollections’ local newsletter addressed to Mr. and Mrs. John Brittingham. This collection goes on to include genealogy material of the Gunby and Graham families such as photocopied photographs of 1800’s family members, family trees, printed-out pages of endless research links with the Graham and Gunby families, newspaper clippings from 1972 celebrating 100 years of the Gunby business being around in Salisbury, printed or copied letters of family members writing to each other such as John Gunby writing to his father and even that of letters written on hotel paper by L.W. Gunby himself in the 1930s. Finally this collection includes a mass of newspaper clippings of events such as shootings, car accidents, and it also has many obituaries and wedding notices.
Walker House records
by Preservation Trust of Wicomico, Inc. (1992, 1995)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
Walker House records document the restoration and preservation of the circa 1820s frame house located in Quantico, Maryland, known as the Walker House or Brady House. Records include floor plans for the restoration, before and after photographs, and correspondence with the Wicomico Historic District Commission from 1992-1995.
Woodrow Wilson Victory Parade Photograph Collection
by Unknown (1912 – 1913)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains panoramic photographs of the 1913 Wilson victory parade at Wicomico Fairgrounds, copies of article and photographs featuring J. Herman Williams regarding the parade, as well as Wicomico Historical Society political collection and copies of photographs and an article commemorating the celebration the election of Woodrow Wilson on the shore in 1912-1913.