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Eastern Shore Historic Buildings Booklet

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

(1958)

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

Identifier 2006.413
Creator(s) Woman's Eastern Shore Society of Maryland
Acquisition See Nabb Center Staff
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 A. Tuttle-Smith, March 2014.
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Abstract

This collection contains a booklet from 1958 entitled "Historic and Old Buildings on the Eastern Shore of Maryland." Compiled by multiple historians and historical societies, the historic buildings are catalogued according to number and county. Each historic building has a short paragraph describing the history and architecture.

Administrative History

The Woman's Eastern Shore Society (WESS) was founded in Baltimore in 1926 by a group of women who were born on Maryland's Eastern Shore or who had family connections in that region. The group's first president was Miss Anne Rothwell Stewart (died 1930). Although WESS's goal was “social fellowship among the members and preservation of traditions and a way of life so dear,”; the organization also focused on public service and philanthropic efforts.

By the end of its first year in existence, WESS had 137 members. WESS, still in existence, is organized into chapters based on the counties of the Eastern Shore, and membership in 1994 reached over two hundred. Activities are organized by the club as a whole and also by individual chapters.

Social events include the Annual Banquets, which have been held at Baltimore hotels such as Emerson, Lord Baltimore, and Belvedere. Meetings, “History luncheons,” plays, and pageants have also been organized. The club has published cookbooks as well. WESS created a scholarship fund that supports young Eastern Shore women with their college educations.

This information was taken from the Maryland Historical Society's website.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Genealogy
    • Historic Buildings
  • Location Terms
    • Eastern Shore (Md.)

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