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Items with subject 'Local History'
Jessie Morris Jones Wicomico High School Collection
by Jones, Jessie M. (1929 – 1978)
4 boxes (2 linear feet)
The Jessie Morris Jones collection has a variety of paper materials. There are yearbooks, retirement notes/cards, class reunion pamphlets, grade/student roster books, pamphlets on graduation procedures, a folder with information on a charter government, and newspaper articles. The Yearbooks and the newspapers associated with the yearbooks range from 1941-1971. The retirement notes/cards include letters and cards to Mr. Jones from students and faculty discussing his retirement, as well as, invitations to retirement banquets and other events. The class reunion pamphlets are mostly invitations and programs, with a few booklets notating what happened to the graduating class after high school. In that group were also two paper weights with a picture of the school and the dates of the graduating classes. There is a large assortment of grade/student roster books from the years 1929-1969. Within those books are lists of names of the students as well as their progress in the class. The graduate collection is a series of programs, procedure lists, and a few booklets on where students see themselves in the future. A large binder is dedicated to articles and policy books on the charter government, or “home rule”, instituted in 1963. Finally the last groups of materials are newspaper articles on a variety of topics. Some are the WiHi student run newspaper clippings, other articles deal with the hiring of new teachers, retirement of old teachers, and school board elections. There is a folder in this group dedicated to all the teacher and school board officials’ retirements from the years 1948-1978.
Northumberland County Historical Society Bulletin Collection
by Northumberland County Historical Society (1994)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The collection contains the publication "The Bulletin of the Northumberland County Historical Society; vol. 30, 1993."
Pirates Wharf records
by Unknown (2015)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Series of maps and images relating to Pirate's Wharf, located along the Wicomico River near Quantico and Whitehaven, Maryland. The materials document the development of the property into a natural resource park and its history, 2015.
Robert Perdue Oral History CD
by Unknown (2010 – 2011)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains research material pertaining to the family history of Robert Perdue, who died in July 2011. The material is stored electronically on a CD-Rom, which consist of digital images of resources used (maps, photographs, scanned print material) and commentary written about the resource as it pertains to the history of the family.
Salisbury Business Ephemera Collection
by Unknown (1890 – 1987)
3 folders (0.3 linear feet)
The Salisbury Business Ephemera collection contains a collection of ephemera from 1890-1987. The ephemera includes receipts, savings checkbooks, photographs, and pieces of memorabilia from 1926-1971. A majority of the collection are receipts from Local businesses in Salisbury.
Skipjack Races Booklet Collection
by Unknown (1991 – 2018)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
This collection contains a collection of Skipjack Races booklets from 1991 to present. Contained in the booklet are a list of past winners of the races, Miss Skipjack, Little Miss Skipjack and Little Mister Skipjack, advertisements and memorials.