Michael Lewis papers
5 cartons (4 linear feet)
(2000 – 2017)
Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland
| Identifier | 2009.048 |
|---|---|
| Creator(s) | Lewis, Michael |
| Acquisition | Michael Lewis donated his papers to the Nabb Research Center in July 2009. |
| Language(s) | English |
| Use | Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use." |
| Preferred Citation | "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland." |
| Attribution | Finding aid written by Joel Henry, November 2016. Inventory updated by Emily Outland, November 2024. |
| Related Materials |
Worcester Environmental Trust records (1959 – 2004) John Groutt Papers (1980 – 2020) Joseph and Ilia Fehrer papers (1950 – 2020) |
| Separated Materials | See Nabb Center Staff |
The papers of Michael Lewis reflect research he and several students collected regarding Maryland environmental history after his arrival at Salisbury University in 2000. A significant portion of the papers pertain to the Delmarva Peninsula including the health of the Chesapeake Bay, Ocean City, and Maryland ecology. There is also research conducted on the transition of 20th century Delmarva agriculture and the poultry industry. The papers include several oral histories from Dr. Lewis’ colleagues, ornithologists from the Ward Museum, and Delmarva environmentalists. Many of the documents are facsimiles of their original whose origin dates from 1887-2009.
Michael Lewis is a Salisbury University Professor of Environmental Studies and History, as well as, Chair of the Department of Environmental Studies He was born on March 26, 1971, in Okeechobee, Florida. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology with minor in American Studies from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1993, Lewis received his Master of Arts in American Studies from the University of Alabama. After he received his Master’s degree, he went on to the University of Iowa where he worked as a student assistant and received his Ph.D. in American Studies in 2000, with concentration in Environmental and 20th Century United States History. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at Salisbury University and since has received numerous awards including the Wilson H. Elkins Professorship of the University System of Maryland, 2012-2013.
The papers of Michael Lewis have been arranged into five series, FORESTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, CHESAPEAKE BAY, EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, and DELMARVA ORAL HISTORIES. The first four series are a collection of research articles including newspaper clippings, magazine articles, scholarly articles, and pamphlets. The fifth series consists of oral interviews and dissertations recorded on audiocassette tapes and compact discs regarding Maryland Eastern Shore industry, ornithology, and ecology.
Archive.org links for Oral History Interviews:
- Interview with Dave Blazer, April 2006
- Interview with Dr. Harry Womack, May 2006
- Interview with Judith Stribling, April 2006
- Interview with Betty Pitney, October 2008
- Interview with Samuel Dyke, October 2008
- Interview with Dr. Rob Gutberlet, 2008
- Interview with Tom Hooke, 2008
- Interview with Paul Spitzer, 2008
- Interview with Sallie Welte, 2008
- Interview with Vasco Calcara, June 2007
- Interview with Carolyn Cummings, June 2007
- Interview with Roland Powell, June 2007
- Interview with Jim Rapp, October 2008
- Interview with Jack Kumer, November 2008
The Michael Lewis Papers are arranged in five series: FORESTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, CHESAPEAKE BAY, EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, and DELMARVA ORAL HISTORIES.
Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection.
Subject Terms
- Topical Terms
- Agriculture
- Environment
- Forestry
- Jackson Family
- Oysters
- Corporate Names
- E.E. Jackson & Company
- Personal Names
- Lewis, Michael (1971- )
- Tawes, J. Millard (1894-1979)
- Location Terms
- Chesapeake Bay (Md.)
Inventory List
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Box 1
Series: I: Forestry and the Environment
1. Articles, Chesapeake Forests, 1954-2005
2. Articles, Maryland Forests, 1927-2006
3. Pamphlets, Maryland Forests, 1928-1960
4. Bulletin, Forest Statistics for Maryland: 1986 and 1999, 2001
5. Pamphlets, Maryland Forestry Resource Bulletin and Conservation Plan, 1980-1992
6. Pamphlets, Maryland Strategic Forest Lands Assessment, 2003 October
7. Reports, State Board of Forestry, 1906-1940
8. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Conservation Plans, 1948-2007
9. Pamphlet, Riparian Forest Buffer Design and Maintenance, 2004-2005
10. Project, Sustainable Forest Management Plan for the Chesapeake Forests, 2000 December
11. Articles and Pamphlets, Maryland Tree, 1926-2006
12. Pamphlets, Maryland Trees, 1930-1962
13. Newspaper Clippings, Maryland Trees, 1943-1980
14. Newspaper Clippings, Maryland Trees, 1959-1983
15. Articles, Geographic Variation in Eastern White and Virginia Pine, 1966-1968
16-17. Newspaper Clipping, Forest Fire History of Wicomico County, 1940-1955
18. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Deforestation, 1945-2006
19. Articles, Decomposition, 1968-2001
20. Articles, Forestry Planning; Herbicides and Biodiversity, 1922-2006
21. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Forest Industry in Maryland, 1938-2007
22. Bulletin, The Forest Land Owners of Maryland, 1980
23. Articles, The Old Line Acorn, Department of Forest and Park, 1943-1959
24. Pamphlets, The Old Line Acorns, Department of Forest and Park, 1943-1960
25. Newspaper Clippings, Maryland Soil, 1962-1980
26. Newspaper Clippings, Pamphlets, and Articles, Soil Conservation, 1937-1984
27. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Soil Conservation, 1964-1984
28. Map, Baltimore County Soil Type, 1974 March
29. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Delmarva Fox Squirrel, 1983-2006
30. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Ornithology, 1911-2008
31. Pamphlets, Wildfowl Art and Maryland Ornithological Society, 2008-2009
32. Research, Ornithology Sources, 2008
Box 2
Series II: Chesapeake Bay
1. Newspaper Clipping and Articles, Striped Bass, 1967-1985
2. Newspaper Clippings, Rockfish, 1962-1990
3. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Rockfish, 1967-1988
4. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Sea Nettles, 1966-1980
5. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Shellfish, 1956-1983
6. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Tilghman Island, 1962-1980
7. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Tilghman Island, 1968-1979
8. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Soloman’s Island, 1949-1972
9. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Chesapeake Retriever, 1937-1973
10. Newspaper Clippings, Maryland Water Pollution and the Solution, 1966-1978
11. Newspaper Clippings, Water Pollution and the Solution, 1965-1974
12. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Maryland Water Pollution and the Solution, 1954-1984
13. State Department of Water Resources, Water Regulations, 1971
14. Pamphlets, Maryland Water Legislation, 1958-1989
15. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Legislation of Flood Insurance, 1951-1999
16. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Hazard Areas, 1941-1998
17. Maps, Ocean City Flood Insurance Rate Maps, 1986-2007
18. Building Regulations, Ocean City, 1972
19. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Shoreline Erosion, 1991-2001
20. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Hurricane Legislation, 1985-1999
21. Article, Post Hurricane Sea Shore Observations, American Midland Naturalist, 1937
22. Article, County Tax Rate, 2006-2007
23. Article, The Last Lonely Shore: Nature, Man, and the Making of Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland Historical Magazine, 2004
24. Article, Catastrophe Insurance, Capital Markets, and Uninsurable Risks, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 1997
25. Newspaper Clippings, Post-Hurricane Hugo, 1989-1992
26. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Coastal Floods and Insurance, 1970-2004
27. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Federal Flood Insurance Program, 1974-1998
28. Article, Hurricane Insurance for Metropolitan Toronto, Canadian Geographical Journal, 1971
29. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Flood Insurance, 1927-2006
30. Bulletin, Ocean City, Maryland, Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2001 December 3
31. Bulletin, Ocean City, Maryland, Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2004 July 27
32. Bulletin, Comprehensive Plan: Ocean City, Maryland, 1968
33. Bulletin, Comprehensive Plan: Ocean City, Maryland, 2006 August
Box 3
1. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Ocean City Legislation, 1968-1989
2. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Ocean City Zoning, 1968-2007
3-4. Newspaper Clippings, Delmarva Disaster, Recovery, and Preservation, 1962-1992
5. Newspaper Clippings, Oysters and Chesapeake Bay, 1945-1991
6. Articles, Oysters, 1884-1980
7. Newspaper Clippings, Oysters, 1932-1985
8. Newspaper Clippings, Articles, and Pamphlets, Oyster Wars, 1957-1985
9. Newspaper Clippings and Court Case, Chesapeake Homicide, 1885-1893
10. Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles, Maritime Vocation, 1909-1988
11. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Chesapeake Pollution, 1970-1998
12. Newspaper Clipping and Article, Scientist Activists, 1965-1997
13. Articles, The Ecology Movement, 1951-1994
14. Newspaper Clippings, Articles, and Pamphlets, Governing the Chesapeake 1959-2002
15. Newspaper Clippings, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, 1972-1999
16. Articles, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 2006
17. Newspaper clippings and pamphlets, The Potomac River, 1982-1990
18. Pamphlet, Strategies for the Chester River, undated
Series III: Early American History Research Articles
19. Article, Historical Foundation of American Environmental Attitudes, Environment Ethics, 1979
20. Article, The Ethnohistory of Early America: A Review Essay, The William and Mary Quarterly, 1978
21. Articles, Indians, 1953-1978
22. Articles, Disease in Colonial Chesapeake, 1963-1979
23. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, The Colonial Chesapeake, 1871-1969
24. Articles, Colonial America Society, 1962-1980
25. Article, The Liberal Conception of Property: Cross Currents in the Jurisprudence of Takings, Columbia Law Review, 1988
26. Articles, 19th Century American Agriculture, 1950-1975
27. Articles, Colonial Chesapeake Maritime Economy, 1941-1973
28. Articles, Colonial America Agriculture, 1967-1998
29. Excerpt, Soil Exhaustion as a Factor in the Agricultural History of Virginia and Maryland, 1965
30. Article, Perspectives on the History of Soil Erosion Control in the Eastern United States, Agricultural History, 1985
31. Excerpt, Colonial Trade of Maryland, John Hopkins Press, 1914
32. Excerpt, Early American Winters: 1604-1820, American Meteorological Society, 1966
33. Article, Bison Ecology and Bison Diplomacy: The Southern Plains from 1800 to 1850, The Journal of American History, 1991
Series IV: Industry and Agriculture
34. Article, The Agriculture of the Eastern Shore Country, Economic Geography, 1926
35. Article, Agricultural Regions of North America, Economic Geography, 1929
36. Article, Agriculture in Transition from War to Peace, The American Economic Review, 1945
37. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Tomatoes, 1926-2004
38. Newspaper Clippings, Soybeans, 1984-1985
39. Articles, Immigration Influence on Industry, 1999-2001
40. Bulletin, The “Graying” of Delmarva: How we are Aging and What it will mean for our Services, Economy, and Workforce, 2004 June 4
41. Article, The Negro Leaves the South, Demography, 1964
42. Article, The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890, 2004
43. Article, The War and American Agriculture, The Review of Economic Statistics, 1944
44. Article, The World Metropolis and the History of American Agriculture, The Journal of Economic History, 1960
45. Newspaper Clippings, Poultry Industry Pollution and Regulations, 1993-2004
46. Newspaper Clippings, Migrants and Labor Regulations, 1923-1993
47. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Transformation in the Agriculture Industry, 1876-1999
Box 4
1. Newspaper Clippings, Jackson Family: Politian’s and Business Owners, 1887-1913
2. Article, Wholesale Marketing of Fresh Vegetables, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1974
3-4. Research, Eating Delmarva: Agricultural Transformations in Wicomico County, 2004
5. Article, The Deadliest United States Hurricanes of this Century, MSNBC, 1997
6. Article, Population Projections for Maryland Subdivisions, Md. Office of Planning, 1990
7. Newspaper Clippings, Recycling, 1991-1994
8. Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Salisbury Urban Renewal, 1961-1979
9. Maps, Sanborn Insurance Maps of Salisbury, 1885-1931
Series IV: Delmarva Oral Histories
10. Oral Interview, Bill Williams, Rise of the Delmarva Chicken Industry in the 20th Century, undated
11. Oral Interview, Dave Blazer, Delmarva Environmental Conservation, 2006 April
12. Oral Interview, Dr. Harry Womack, History of Wicomico Environmental Trust and Delmarva Forestry, 2006 May
13. Oral Interview, Judith Stribling, Delmarva Organizing for Environmental Conservation, 2006 April
14. Oral Interview, Betty Pitney, Bird Watching, 2008 October
15. Oral Interview, Samuel Dyke, Birding: Traveling to see Birds, 2008 October
16. Oral Interview, Dr. Rob Gutberlet, Ornithology: Effects of Bird Hunting, 2008
17. Oral Interviews, Spitzer, Hook, and Welte, Osprey, 2008
18. Oral Interview, Vasco Calcara, Flood Insurance: Lombardi’s in Ocean City, 2007 June
19. Oral Interview, Carolyn Cummings, Flood Insurance in Ocean City, 2007 June
20. Oral Interview, Roland “Fish” Powell, Flood Insurance: Ocean City Politian, 2007 June
21. Oral Interview, Jim Rapp, DLITE (Delmarva Low-Impact Tourism Experience)President, 2008 October
22. Oral Interview, Jack Kumer, Assateague Wildlife Specialist, 2008 November
23. Oral Interview, John Chlada, Agriculture on Delmarva, 2004 February
24. Oral History, John Burtman, 2009 March
25. Oral History, Tony Pham, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 January
26. Oral History, Dennis F. Bradford Sr, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
27. Oral History, Lisa Garfield, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
28. Oral History, Sandra Hornung, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
29. Oral History, Charles T. Fooks, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
30. Oral History, Theodore Wolf Wycall, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
31. Oral History, Hyung Choi, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
32. Oral History, Dennis Tran, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
33. Oral History, Susan B. Arnold, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
34. Oral History, Patrick and Connie, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 November
35. Oral History, Jay Martin, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 December
36. Oral History, Lee Richardson, Agriculture in Wicomico County, 2012 December
37. Oral History, Robert Bradley, Riverton, Maryland History, 2017 March-April
38. Oral History, Michael Brown, Life in Riverton, Maryland, 2017 March
39. Oral History, Mike Naylor, Life, Environment, and Fishing in Riverton, MD, 2017 April
40. Oral History, Alma R. Galván and Alyssa Finley, Migrant Clinicians Network, 2017 November
41. Oral History, Leila B. Krouse, CATA- Farmworkers Support Committee, 2017 December
42. Oral History, Gabby Cammarata, Concerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs, 2017 December
43. Oral History, Margaret Barnes. Environmental Justice and Concerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs, 2017 December
44. Oral History, Monica Brooks, Concerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs, 2017 December
45. Oral History, Mandel Copeland, Activism and Environmental Justice, 2017 December
46. Oral History, Martin Hutchinson, Environmental Justice and Community Gardening, 2017 December
Box 5
1. Oral History, Jermichael Mitchell, Community Involvement and Education in Wicomico County, 2017 December
2. Oral History, April Ferrell, Concerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs, 2017 December
3. Oral History, William Calloway, Agriculture in Wicomico County, undated
4. Oral History, Bobby Hastings, Agriculture in Wicomico County, undated
5. Oral Interview, Mike Heller, Agriculture, undated
6. Oral History, Fred Wells, Agriculture in Wicomico County, undated
7. Oral History, Philip Williams, Agriculture in Wicomico County, undated
8. Interview Notes, John Groutt, 2006 April
9. Interview Notes, Dr. Maloof, Chesapeake Environment, circa 2007
10. Assorted Oral History Interviewee Agreements, 2010-2011
11. Assorted Oral History Interviewer Agreements, 2011-2012
12. Assorted Oral History Notes and Planning Papers undated-2017
13. Pictures, Ocean City: Inlet to 145th Street, 1971
14. Dissertations, Flood Insurance, 2007 February, 1 of 2
15. Dissertations, Flood Insurance, 2007 February, 2 of 2
16. Dissertations, Flood Insurance, 1967-1985
17. Outline, Environment and Research Paper, circa 2005
18. Research, Abstracts, 1988-1999
19. Interview Agreement, Barnett Rattner, 2008
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