Guy Peck collection

3 boxes, 1 oversize folder (1.75 linear feet)

(1795 – 1979)

bulk 1915-1940

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

Identifier	1999.027
Creator(s)	Peck, Guy
Acquisition	The Guy Peck collection was donated to the Nabb Research Center by Guy Peck in 1999.
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 Leslie M. Van Veen, January 2015.
Related Materials	None
Separated Materials	See Nabb Center Staff

Abstract

The Guy Peck collection documents Peck’s devotion to history through the documents he acquired and includes those on education and business practices. Records date from 1795-1979 with the bulk of the material dating from 1915-1940. Specifically, records document the education and life of Conrad or Conard Williams, an African American man from Eden, Maryland who studied at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, and the secretarial training of Elva Chandler who attended Goldey College in Wilmington, Delaware. Monetary transactions are also documented through a wide variety of receipts, goods purchased and accounting practices from different Eastern Shore families including Hitch and Ruark. Military research on the 1943 Algiers Campaign and correspondence from an enlistee to his mother during the Korean War is also included.

Biographical History

Guy Peck, was an avid historian and graduate of Salisbury University. During his time at SU, Peck was inducted into the Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences during the 1998-1999 academic year.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

Topical Terms
- Education
- Hitch Family
- Registers of Birth
- Shook Family
- Accounting Records
- African American History
- Korean War, 1950-1953
Corporate Names
- Goldey College
- Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Personal Names
- Peck, Guy ( )
Location Terms
- Crisfield (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

1. Correspondence, From Family and Friends to Conrad Williams, 1922-1943, 1967

2. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Programs and Reports, Conrad Williams, 1925-1927

3. Princess Anne College, Course Catalog, Conrad Williams, 1938-1939

4. Booklet, Precious Memories of Friendship Methodist Church, Allen, Md., Condra Williams, 1934

5. Ephemera, Mailings and Advertisements to Conrad Williams, 1940-1955

6. Receipts, Goods and Services Purchased, Williams Family, 1898, 1937-1956

7. Correspondence, From Various Businesses to George Williams, 1931

8. Correspondence, From Friends and Various Businesses to Martha Williams, 1942-1944, 1955

9. Correspondence and Receipts, Rebecca Polk, 1916-1920

10. List of Births, Wicomico County, Rebecca Polk, Midwife, 1915-1922

11. Receipts, Goods and Services, Leighton Lockerman, Milton, Del., 1923-1944

12. Account Ledger, Goods Purchased, 1795, 1819-1820

13. Accounts and Property Deeds, Hitch Family, 1840-1863

14. Receipts, Goods and Services Purchased, John and Henry Ruark, 1873-1896

15. Worcester County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, Cash Book, 1905 January 1 – December 1

16. Cash, Day and Bill Books, Dry Goods Store, Philadelphia, Pa., 1877-1878

17. Research Notes, Thomas Parks, Parks Family, 1979

18. Research Notes, History of Crisfield, undated

19. Research Notes, History of Crisfield, undated

20. Draft, History of Crisfield, undated

21. Draft, History of Crisfield, undated

22. Military Documents, 1943 Algiers Campaign, photocopies, undated

23. Correspondence, From Pvt. Marvin McCain, Jr. to Mary McCain, 1960-1961

24. Photographic Negatives, McCain Family, circa 1960

25. Goldey College Student Writing Books, Elva M. Chandler, 1917-1918

26. Goldey College Student Writing Books, Elva M. Chandler, 1917-1918

Box 2

1. Goldey College Pay Vouchers and Receipts, Elva M. Chandler, 1918-1919

2. Goldey College Short Hand Notebooks, Elva M. Chandler, 1918-1919

3. Goldey College Business and Office Practice, Elva M. Chandler, 1919

4. Goldey College, Receipts and Bills Paid, Elva M. Chandler, 1917-1919

5. Composition Books, Chemistry, Mary E. Shook, 1912-1913

6. Composition Books, Chemistry, Mary E. Shook, 1914

7. Composition Books, Chemistry and Textiles, Mary E. Shook, 1916

8. Composition Books, English and History, Edgar L. Shoot, circa 1920

9. Education Notes, Edgar L. and Paul B. Shook, circa 1917

Box 3

1. Education Notes, Horticulture, Paul B. Shook, circa 1917

2. Education Notes, Botany, Paul B. Shook, circa 1917

3. Education Notes, Agricultural Chemistry and Poultry, Paul B. Shook, 1918

4. Song Books, Helen Haines, undated

Oversize

1. Bag, Dulany and Sons, Fruitland, Md., undated

2. General Highway Map, Kent County, Del., 1963

3. Newspaper, The Pied Piper, Thurmont, Maryland, 1953 February

4. Theater Advertisement, 1862

5. Photograph, 12th Armored Replacement, United States Army, 1943 February

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