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Massey Estate Collection
by Massey Family (1627 – 2000)
3 cartons (3 linear feet)
This collection consists of family research about the Massey family and other families on the Lower Eastern Shore. The collection contains copies of original wills, estate inventories, family trees, and related materials. All of the original documents in this collection are photocopies, print-outs, or photostats unless otherwise indicated.
Memoir of William Vaux
by Vaux, William (1894)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Memoir of William Vaux was written in 1894 and recounts the life of the Doylestown, Pennsylvania man who was born in Philadelphia to British immigrants in 1825. The memoir covers his early family life, being sent out to work for Quaker farmers in the country at age seven, his teenage years working for farmers and learning the shoe making trade. He was an entrepreneur and described his businesses, houses and other buildings he bought and sold, his financial hardship in the 1870s. He also joined the home guard during Robert E. Lee's invasion at Gettysburg in 1863, though he did not see combat.
Milford Spencer Correspondence
by Spencer, Milford (1941 – 1944)
2 folders (0.2 linear feet)
This collection consists of letters to and from Sergeant Milford Spencer that date between 1941 and 1943. Also included are receipts and a cigarette card that date from 1942 to 1944, as well as undated greeting cards. Spencer, who was from Walton, New York, wrote frequently with family, although there is some correspondence with friends. Spencer was part of the 106th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division and was killed in action on May 4, 1945.
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.
Myers and Doris Calcott Letters
by Calcott, Doris; Calcott, Myers (1917 – 1951)
9 boxes (4.5 linear feet)
These letters were written between 1917 and 1951 by Myers "Jack" Calcott and Doris Gay and chronicle their relationship as it progressed from friends to spouses. Myers and Doris, who were married on June 18, 1929, began writing each other in 1927 and sent many several page letters until Myers' death on July 10, 1951; letters prior to 1927 are primarily from Myers' mother while he was attending the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as some of Doris' personal letters and school certificates when she lived in Charles Town, West Virginia. Myers' worked for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation after graduating, which meant he moved frequently and was often at sea while Doris and their three daughters remained in Charlottesville, Norfolk, and Newport Beach. Myers served on the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Magoffin as a naval reservist. In 1946 they moved into their first permanent home in Salisbury, Maryland but Myers, who had struggled with drinking problems, became a patient at Perry Point Veterans Hospital.
Patricia Kingsley Letters
by Judy Petsch; Patricia Kingsley (1970 – 1974)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection includes letters from several pre-teen girls to their friend, Patricia Kingsley, from 1970-1974. The girls lived in New Hyde Park and Smithtown, New York. The majority of the letters come from Patricia’s cousin, Judy Pretsch, and talk about dating and daily life. There is a photo of two young girls, unidentified.
Pennsylvania Glass Plate Negatives
by Unknown (circa 1900s)
folders ( linear feet)
This collection of 91 glass plate negatives document life around the turn of the 20th century. Most of the photographs were taken from areas around Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with some possibly from New York or New Jersey. Some of the identified photographs include images of the Strawberry Mansion Fountain in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, the Harrisburg Capitol building, Benjamin West's painting of William Penn's 1701 Treaty with the Delaware Indians, the lion statue outside the Garden Zoological Society or Philadelphia Zoo, the Indian statue on Council Rock at Wissahickon Gorge, the William McKinley Monument in Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York, a Great Northern Railway train engine, the statue of Matthias Baldwin, the Washington Monument in Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, an ironclad warship and the Monument to the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg. The rest of the photographs are of families, homes, towns, railroads, or ships and shipyards.
Photographic Postcard of Willie Harris and Son
by Unknown (circa 1920s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This photographic postcard features an African American man, Willie Harris, with his son.
Photographic Postcards and Photographs of African Americans
by Unknown (circa 1920s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 15 photographic postcards and photographs feature African American men and women, both individually and in small groups.
Photographic Postcards of African American Family and 'The Judge'
by Unknown (circa 1908)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
One photographic postcard depicts an African American family in a studio with a tropical background and the other depicts an African American man, labelled 'The Judge,' standing in a road with a bucket.
Post-Second World War Unidentified Man's Correspondence
by Unknown (1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 24 letters are from "Butch" to "Retta" between September 18 and December 3, 1945. Butch was serving overseas in the Pacific at the end of the Second World War and the last few letters are from occupied Japan.
Reverend B.G. Parker photographs
by Parker, Rev. B.B. (circa 1890, 1900)
1 box (1 linear feet)
The collection of photographic prints created by Rev. B.G. Parker from Western Wicomico County, Maryland depict children, families, buildings, and schools throughout the aforementioned region circa 1890-1900.