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Keystone View Company Lantern Slides
by Keystone View Company Studios (circa 1915)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
These 28 glass lantern slides were created as educational tools by the Keystone View Company. Each photographic transparency depicts areas throughout the Caribbean and South America sometime around 1915, given that the completed Panama Canal is featured in several slides. Other countries shown in the slides include Martinique, Venezuela, and Jamaica.
Laurel-Thomas Young Collection
by Young, Thomas (1937 – 2000)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Laurel-Thomas Young Collection mostly documents the life of "Tommy" Young from 1937 to 1948 while he was a teenager and student at State Teachers College in Salisbury. The collection includes a photograph of the 1937 Salisbury Indians, Eastern Shore League baseball team, a scrapbook of S.T.C. baseball clippings and dance cards, and two issues of The Holly Leaf. Also included is a postcard from Salisbury State University and a metal button which reads "Salisbury State Go Gulls."
Lavinia Murray's Retrospect of 1833
by Murray, Lavinia (1833 – 1834)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This journal was written by Lavinia Murray of New York City for her parents and was a retrospect of the year 1833. Murray, who was a student at Van Doren's Institute, mentioned seeing President Andrew Jackson, Black Hawk and his sons, visiting the House of Refuge, and a student's death from small pox. The journal concludes with resolutions for 1834 that include "Not to cry," "to be neat," and "govern my temper." It has been transcribed and digitized.
Leland Starnes papers
by Cloyd, Robert; Starnes, Leland (1921 – 2010)
18 boxes (25 linear feet)
Leland Starnes was born in Sandersville, Georgia on February 5, 1923. He served in World War II and attended both Harvard and Yale. Throughout his life, Starnes taught at the Graham Eckes School, the Women's College of the University of North Carolina, the University of Pittsburgh, and Salisbury State College. He worked at Salisbury State College from 1972 until his death on May 14, 1980. The Leland Starnes Papers include production files from Starnes' tenure at Salisbury State along with personal items and some correspondence. Some files in the collection were created by Robert Cloyd. Playbills from unaffiliated theatres (inventory attached) are also included and range from 1921 to 2010. There is also a video created by Starnes' son, Tim, and Gary Weber in 1989 entitled "SSC Theatre: The Starnes Years, 1972-1980."
Lillian A. Jones diploma
by Maryland State Normal School (June 13, 1907)
1 oversize folder (2 linear feet)
Paper diploma issued to Lillian Augusta Jones, June 13, 1907, from the Maryland State Normal School.
Lina Lecates Scrapbook
by Lecates, Lina (1925 – 1927)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Lina Lecates was a student at Maryland State Normal School from 1925 to 1927. This scrapbook contains programs and keepsakes from Lina Lecates’ time at the Maryland State Normal School. This includes letters, dried flowers, engagement announcements, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, and a doily.
Linda Duyer African-American History Collection
by Duyer, Linda (1879 – 1999)
3 boxes, 1 oversize box (4.25 linear feet)
This collection contains photos, documents, newspaper articles, and publications related to African American history on Delmarva, particularly in Salisbury and Wicomico County. It includes genealogical research, research related to Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railroad, and documents related to Charles H. Chipman.
Lindley Lentz Scrapbook
by Lentz, Lindley (1946 – 1947)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Lindley Lentz was a student at State Teachers College from 1946 to 1947. Captain Lentz later became a naval officer. This loose scrapbook contains student items from 1946 and 1947 such as grade cards, an admission letter, tuition receipt, student handbook, alma mater and fight songs, and other programs.
Loma Dryden papers
by Murray, Loma Catherine Dryden (1938 – 1939)
2 folders (0.1 linear feet)
Loma Catherine Dryden Murray attended Salisbury State Teachers College from 1935 to 1939. The Loma Dryden Papers include her notebook that she kept for all of her classes in her senior year, as well as her diploma and class stone.
Louis F. Collins papers
by Collins, Louis F. (1942 – 1960)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
Louis F. Collins papers document his life while serving in the United States Army with the material dating from 1942-1960 with the bulk of the material dating from 1942-1946. Also, included in this collection, are certificates and diplomas from Louis and his wife Irene relating to education, will, and financial records from their life in Powellville, Wicomico County, Maryland.
Lula I. Stover School Composition Book
by Stover, Lula (1915 – 1918)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Lula I. Stover School Composition Book contains a school composition book owned by Lula I. Stover of New Midway, Frederick County, Maryland. The book focuses heavily on practice spelling lessons, but contains other lessons that she would have included for school.
Lyle Leland Gordy papers
by Gordy, Lyle (1915 – 1927)
2 oversize folders (5 linear feet)
The papers of Lyle Leland Gordy comprehensively document his education for medical practice at the University Hospital, Baltimore and membership in the Randolph Winslow Surgical Society through a series of certificates and photographs. Additionally, a diploma for his son, Lee Acworth Gordy from the Baltimore City College, demonstrates an emphasis on post-secondary education, 1915-1927.