Leslie Dryden papers

2 cartons, 1 box (2.25 linear feet)

(1931 – 1992)

bulk 1932-1945

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier	1992.013
Creator(s)	Dryden, Henry ; Dryden, Leslie
Acquisition	The Leslie Dryden papers were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Leslie Dryden in 1989 with subsequent deposits in 1992 and 2005 by Leona Dryden.
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 Hallie Kroll, May 2015.
Related Materials	None
Separated Materials	Oversize materials have been placed in the Nabb Research Center’s flat file system. Library materials and 445 binders of genealogical research have been cataloged and added to the Nabb Research Center’s non-circulating collection.

Abstract

The papers of Leslie Dryden document his and Henry Francis Dryden’s extensive genealogical research on the Dryden, Adkins, and Fleming families from 1931-1992, with the bulk of the materials from 1932-1945. Materials include correspondence from Henry Francis and Leslie to relatives to glean family history as well as corresponding genealogical research, Eastern Shore newsletters, and Henry Francis’ manuscript of his family genealogy.

Biographical History

Leslie P. Dryden (1914-1992) was born in West Post Office, Somerset County, Maryland to Samuel and Nova Dryden. He married Leona A. Endlich (1918-2005) in Baltimore, Maryland in 1934 and received his education at George Washington and American Universities graduating in 1947 and 1961. Dryden went on to work for the United States Department of Agriculture as a biochemist. In his spare time, Mr. Dryden transcribed summaries of public records, correspondence and newspaper information of families on Maryland’s Eastern Shore into a 1,800 surname-based set of handwritten records.

Scope and Content Note

Series I: Correspondence

Series II: Genealogical Research

Arrangement Statement

The Leslie Dryden papers have been arranged into two series, CORRESPONDENCE and GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH. Correspondence documents the relaying of genealogical history between Henry Francis Dryden and his distant relatives in his effort to write a family history. This was also continued by Leslie Dryden in Maryland. Both Henry Francis and Leslie corresponded with various people from 1932-1985. Genealogical research documents the compiled information by Henry Francis and Leslie Dryden on their family’s history.

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
- Adams Family
- Akers Family
- Dryden Family
- Fleming Family
- Genealogy
- Powell Family
Personal Names
- Dryden, Henry Francis ( )
- Dryden, Leslie P. (1914-1992)
- Wise, Matthew ( )

Inventory List

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Series I: Correspondence

Box 1

1. From Thomas D. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1938

2. From Thomas D. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 March 3

3. From Thomas D. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 February 11

4. From Thomas Elliot Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1932-1945

5. From Thomas James Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 September 24

6. From Thomas Price Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1938

7. From Thomas W. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 November 10

8. From Tommy Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 May 20

9. From Dr. Urbane C. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1940

10. From Vance W. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1940

11. From Victor Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, undated

12. From W. Duff Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 December 28

13. From Virginia Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 June 15

14. From W. H. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 January- February

15. From W. L. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 December 20

16. From Walter F. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 September 8

17. From Walter Scott Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 November 3

18. From Wesley Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 January 7

19. from Will A. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 July-August

20. From William Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 September 26

21. From J. L. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 April-May

22. From J. O. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, undated

23. From J. W. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 March 5

24. from Elizabeth and Jack Spencer Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1947 October-December

25. From W. H. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1939 June 15

26. From Mrs. James Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 January 4

27. From James Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938-1939

28. From James Francis Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 April 6

29. From Henrietta Mitchell Gillespie Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 February 10

30. From James R. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 March 6

31. From Jesse Curtis Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 April 15

32. From Joan A. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 February 12

33. From John Bart Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 February 18

34. From John C. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 June-July

35. From John Douglas Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938-1940

36. From John F. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1936-1939

37. From John L. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1945 January

38. From John Martin Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 February-April

39. From John T. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 January 7 and 27

40. From John Willard Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 July 4

41. From Joseph Burton Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1943

42. From Judson Abraham Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 April 25

43. From Katherine M. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 January 29

44. From Kelsey Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 July 2

45. From Kenneth H. Dryden to Leslie and Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1972

46. From Leander Constantine Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, undated

47. From Lee Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 February 20

48. From Lemuel Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1932 February 3

49. From Lena M. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 June 9

50. From Leslie Norton Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 November 15

51. From Lily E. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938-1939

52. From Lindsay D. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 April-May

53. From Littleton Porter Dryden, Jr. to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 February-November

54. From Lora Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 December 12

55. From Lucretia Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1940

56. From Wella Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 January 27

57. From Lulu M. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1939

58. From Dale M. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1938

59. From Margery Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 April-August

60. From Mary E. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1939

61. From May Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 July 2-29

62. From W. E. Bard to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938-1943

63. From Herbert Douglas Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1939 February 13

64. From Horace H. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1939-1940

65. From Horace W. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1936-1937

66. From Howard S. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1939

67. From Hugh Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1952 February-November

68. From Ian G. C. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 June 15

69. From Ida E. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 December 29

70. From J. H. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 February 20-27

71. From J. Howard Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937-1940

72. From Merrill Monroe Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 March-April

73. From Miles F. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, undated

74. From Milton Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 March 5

75. From N. D. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 December 10

76. From Nettie B. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 February 12

77. From Mrs. Norman Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938-1939

78. From Mrs. O. B. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 January 15

79. From R. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1944 February 7

80. From R. G. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 November 5

81. From R. Norman Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 June 12-17

82. From Ralph Waldo Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 February 12

83. From Ray N. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 August 25

84. From Raymond Curtis Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1935-1939

85. From Reuben P. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 February 5

86. From Robert Clark Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1940 February 26

87. From Robert H. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938 March1

88. From Robert J. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937

89. From Russell Thomas Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 December 3

90. From S. P. Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1939 December 19

91. From Samuel Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1937 May 19-22

92. From Samuel Moody Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938-1940

93. From Henry Francis Dryden to T. A. Dryden, 1937 June 27

94. From Thelma Lee Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938-1939

95. From Thomas Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1938-1941

96. From Thomas Dryden to Henry Francis Dryden, 1965 January 29

97. From Henry F. Dryden to Harry Benson, 1936-1952

98. From C. P. Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1965-1974

99. From Leslie Dryden to Woodrow T. Wilson, 1974-1985

100. From Leslie Dryden to Dr. Wise, 1975-1979

101. From John Fox Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1964-1965

102. From Mary Elizabeth Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1937 February 11-14

103. From Patricia Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1938-1987

104. From Mathilda Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1944-1955

105. From Minnie K. Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1938-1939

106. From Minnie K. Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1936 March 16

107. From Patience C. Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1947-1948

108. From Ruth Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1970-1992

109. From Daisy Dean Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1947-1952

110. From Harry F. Dryden to Various People, 1931-1940

111. From Leslie Dryden to Henry F. Dryden, 1935 June 13

112. From Leslie Dryden to Henry F. Dryden, 1936

113. From Leslie Dryden to Henry F. Dryden, 1937 January – December

114. From Leslie Dryden to Henry F. Dryden, 1938-1942

115. From Charles C. Dryden to Henry F. and Leslie Dryden, 1937-1985

116. From Henry F. Dryden to Leslie Dryden, 1935 May 4

Box 2

1. From Littleton Porter Dryden Sr. to Henry F. and Leslie Dryden, 1937-1959

2. From Matthew Wise to Katharine Adams, Re: Adams Family, 1938-1956

3. From Katherine Adams to Leslie Dryden, 1948-1962

4. From Katherine Palmer to Leslie Dryden, 1966

5. From Matthew M. Wise to Leslie Dryden, 1968

6. From Lycia Lankford to Leslie Dryden, 1956-1973

Series II: Genealogical Research

7. Norvell Family, 1934

8. Akers, Mundy, and Chapman Families, 1932-1939

9. Dryden Family, 1937-1976

10. Fleming Family, undated

11. Willis-Dryden, undated

12. Hill Family, undated

13. Houston Family, undated

14. Lane Family, undated

15. Dryden Family, Completed by Leslie Dryden, undated

16-17. Dryden Family, 1935-1945

18-19. Dryden Family, undated

20. Bennett-Dryden Family, undated

21. Manuscript, “A Brief Review of the Eastern Shore Dryden’s,” Leslie Dryden, 1932

22-23. Manuscript, “An Account of the Genealogy of Henry Francis Dryden,” Henry Francis Dryden, 1941

24. Microfilm List, Dryden Genealogy Collection, undated

Box 3

1. Probate Record Transcription, Isaac Dryden, undated

2. Transcription, Diary of Isaac Sullivan, undated

3. Transcription, Washington Hotel and Tavern Ledger, 1789-1793, undated

4. Newsletter, “Old Somersett”, Vol 1. Issues 1-4, 1985 January-October

5. Brochures, Pemberton Colonial Fair, September 24

6. School Notebook, Leslie Dryden, undated

Oversize

1. Plat, Land Tracts of Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland, 1938 January 21

2. Family Lineage, Henry Francis Dryden, 1937

Library Materials

1. Some Notes on Dryden, C.E. Ward, 1937

2. “Topographical Quarterly,”1936 August

3. 445 Binders, Leslie Dryden Genealogy collection

Artifacts

See Nabb Center Staff

Attachments

None

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