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Items with subject 'Personal Correspondence'
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Mary Anne Pieper Collection
by Dixon, Maggie; Pieper, Mary Anne; White, Anne; White, Evelyn (1855 – 1987)
14 cartons, 1 oversize folder (17 linear feet)
This collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and journals of the Dixon, White and Pieper Families of Pocomoke City, Maryland. Beginning in the mid-19th century, extensive personal correspondence between family members chronicles a broad family history over 100 years. Family bibles and photographs capture births, marriages and deaths of the Dixon and White families of Pocomoke City as well as life on the Eastern Shore in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Mary Tull Religious Song
by Tull, Mary (1820)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains a hand written copy of a religious song penned by Mary Tull in 1820.
McAllister Family Collection
by Taylor, Annie M. (1900s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains an obituary for Julia Eleanor Dryden Stine, family correspondence and 24 photocopies and reprinted images of the McAllister and Dryden families. All individuals appearing in the photographs have been identified.
Mildred Jeter Lewis papers
by Lewis, Mildred Jeter (1911 – 1943)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The papers of Mildred Jeter Lewis (b. 1913) is a series of correspondence between family members including Mildred and her mother mother Mignow (1890-1990) and from Milgnow's mother Emma Gregory (1854-?). Correspondence also includes a note from a teacher Bessie Justice to Mildred, after a move to Roanoke, Virgnia from Blackstone, Virgnia.
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.
Milner Family papers
by Milner Family (1914 – 1954)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Milner Family papers document the family’s activities through a series of letters and photographs between family members in Indiana, Indiana, Kentucky, Florida, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland from 1914-1954 with the bulk of the material dating from 1917-1920. Daily activities of Ralph Milner during his enlistment in World War I and his time with the United Fruit Company are of note, as are those of Russell Milner during his experience in the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) at Perdue University. A photograph album documents Russell’s childhood and his experience as an adult in Panco, Oklahoma as an oil refinery engineer. Sympathy cards and condolence letters document the death of Evolyn Milner Carpenter (1889-1918). Series of correspondence between Verna Milner between her friends and family are also included.
Minnie Coffin Papers
by Coffin, Minnie (1882 – 1932)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Minnie Coffin Papers include an autograph book that was filled out between 1882 and 1885, as well as telegrams and a typed letter from 1932 regarding the death of William Ore Boon of Portland, Oregon. The autograph book begins with pages of handwritten poems.
Miss Maryland Pageant Collection
by Miss Maryland Pageant (1961 – 1962)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
This collection contains news clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence preliminary the Miss Maryland Pageant in 1961-1962.
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.
Otis Twilley papers
by Wootten, Orlando (1972 – 2015)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Otis S. Twilley papers documents the economic activities of Otis Twilley as a seed business man in Salisbury, Maryland. Documenting materials include a photocopied newspaper clipping on Twilley as well as a hand-written letter by his daughter regarding additional artifacts related to her father.
Outten-Willey Affair Article
by Redden, R. J. (1900s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains an article by R.J. Redden entitled "Delaware Tidbit: The Outten-Willey Affair." The article goes into great detail over the murder of Somerset County sheriff William Outten by Delaware resident John Willey. The evidence portrayed in this narrative was obtained through court depositions and the Maryland Archives.