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Eastern Shore Brochure and Pamphlet Collection
by Unknown (1609 – 2010)
9 boxes (9 linear feet)
This Collection consists of Brochures and Booklets primarily pertaining to the Eastern Shore. Overall its central focus is Maryland/Delmarva. The Date Range of the Collection is 1609-2010.
Eastern Shore Images Collection
by Unknown (1900s)
3 folders (0.03 linear feet)
This collection contains three folders of film and film slides depicting various images of life on the Eastern Shore, Maryland. A majority of these images are focused on architecture.
Folklife Collection - Folk Architecture
by Salisbury University Students (1972 – 1972s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1972, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk life material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of architecture from around the Eastern Shore; including descriptions and multiple pictures. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - House Types of the Salisbury Area
by Salisbury University Students (1975 – 1975s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1974, former Salisbury University student Alicia Vice collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories and descriptions of house types from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, and their stories.
Folklife Collection - Maryland Material Culture, Cultural Landscape, Architecture
by Salisbury University Students (1968 – 1975)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection is comprised of five sets of slides sent from the State Folklorist at the Maryland Arts Council in 1976. It consists of one hundred of slides picturing different forms of architecture and cultural landscape encountered in Maryland in the 1970s, including gravestones, factories, decoys, barns, houses, and many more.
Freedom Ainsworth papers
by Ainsworth, Freedom (1766 – 1999)
10 boxes, 4 oversize folders (21.75 linear feet)
The Freedom Ainsworth papers document the restoration and preservation efforts of three of the Manokin Historic District’s oldest structures Beckford Manor, Almodington and More And Case It (also known as Holly Hurst), located in Princess Anne, Md. The materials date from 1766-1767, 1803-1999 with the bulk of the material dating from the purchase and restoration of the three structures, 1967-1994. Restoration activities, as well as property histories, are documented via correspondence, detailed measurements and notes, architectural drawings, and photographs. Also documented through a series of ledgers are the accounting transactions of Henry Smith Lankford and H. Fillmore Lankford as well as various merchants from Somerset Count including Teackle Dennis and Teackle.
Genesar Architectural Drawings
by Historic American Buildings Survey (1980)
1 oversize folder (2.5 linear feet)
This collection contains thirteen architectural drawings of the Berlin, Maryland structure called Genesar in 1980. The drawings were prepared by student architects of Florida A & M University for Historic American Buildings Survey. The series of 13 drawings include a site plan, first-floor plan, second-floor plan, third-floor plan, east elevation, west elevation, north elevation, longitudinal section, transverse section, and several individual details throughout the structure.
Henry's Grove photographs
by Graham, Jack (1951, 2005)
3 oversize folders (3 linear feet)
Black and white photographic prints of Henry's Grove, a Georgian-style historic home located in Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland. The images depict the home before and after the facade renovation and restoration, and were taken in the mid-1970s by Jack Graham who performed the restoration.
Historic Delmarva Home sketches
by Unknown (1976)
1 oversize folder (2.5 linear feet)
Historic Delmarva Home sketches document the architecture of the Delmarva Peninsula in 1976. Documenting materials comprise of graphite pencil sketches of various homes such as Beverly of Worcester, Pemberton Hall, Beverly of Somerset, Genesar, and Poplar Hill Mansion.
James Norton Eastern Shore Collection
by Harman, Gretchen L. (1976 – 2007)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains photocopies and photographs of structures and family histories on the Eastern Shore. Items include documentation and pictures of J.D. Long residence and Hearn-Stevenson residence in Pocomoke City, MD, photocopy of Robert L. Krieger's "Wallops and the War of Independence" and genealogical information about the West family of Worcester County, MD by Gretchen L. Harman.
John Chamberlin papers
by Chamberlin, John (1910 – 2010)
1 carton (1 linear feet)
The John Chamberlin papers document his archeological excavations in Maryland. Records include his archeological surveys, artifact lists, proposal documents, maps and artifacts collected during his digs. These materials date from 1910-2010, with the bulk of the material dating from 1991-2003. Many of the documents relate to William Claiborne, who established a trading settlement on southern Kent Island in 1631. Chamberlin also excavated at Rich Neck Manor, later named Sherwood Manor, in St. Michaels, Maryland which is assumed to have been originally occupied in 1649-1652 by Captain William Mitchell. The Kent Fort materials include information on The Claiborne Project which was an archaeological survey that attempted to locate Kent Fort using Chamberlin’s research. The archeological artifacts contain Native American and colonial finds dating to the 17th and 18th century. These artifacts include bones, stones, tools, beads, and pottery, pipe stems fragments, and wooden and metal artifacts including coins.
Life Saving Station Building Plan Collection
by Tolman, George R. (circa 1893)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains building plans dated 1893 of a life saving station. The life saving station depicted is currently unknown. The architect is George R. Tolman.