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Amos W.W. Woodcock collection

1 box (0.25 linear feet)

(1947 – 1959)

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

Identifier 2008.045
Creator(s) Edward H. Nabb Research Center
Acquisition

This collection was assembled by the staff of the Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, 2008. 
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 Gail Cinoski, 2008.
Related Materials

Wicomico Historical Society collection (1683 – 2006)
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

This collection contains material pertaining to the life of General Amos W. W. Woodcock. This includes booklets and newspaper articles written by General Woodcock, as well as, Mamie V. Woodcock.

Biographical History

General Amos Walter Wright Woodcock was born in Salisbury, Maryland in 1883. He graduated from Wicomico High School and received his B.A. degree from St. John's College (Annapolis) in 1903 and his bachelor of law degree from the University of Maryland in 1910. He received an M.A. law degree from Harvard University in 1912.
Following his graduation, he returned to Salisbury, Maryland and opened the law firm of Woodcock and Webb in 1914. In addition to the practice of law, Mr. Woodcock had many interests.
Woodcock was the Commander of Company I, the National Guard Company from Salisbury. He served with the Company during its patrol along the Mexican border in 1916 and subsequently went to France as its Commander in World War One. In France, he served as Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 115 Regiment during the fierce fighting of the Meuse- Argonne Offensive and was cited for Gallantry in Action. He was promoted to Major and later to Lieutenant Colonel.
After the war, Woodcock served in several government posts: he was an Assistant Attorney General for Maryland and later served for nine years as the U.S. Attorney for Maryland. Herbert Hoover appointed him as the Director of Prohibition from 1930 to 1933, and he served as the President of St. John's College in Annapolis from 1934 to 1937. Just prior to World War Two, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and was involved in the prosecution of Japanese war criminals after the war.
Locally, Woodcock served as the President of the Wicomico County Board of Education; he was a prominent member of Asbury Methodist Church; was on the Board of Directors of the Salisbury National Bank; and was a founding member of the Wicomico American Legion Post 464 (and served as Commander of Maryland's American Legion during the 1920s). After years of dedicated service, Woodcock retired to his small estate along the Wicomico River where he died in 1964. 

Arrangement Statement

Materials have been itemized. 

Subject Terms

  • Personal Names
    • Woodcock, Amos Walter Wright (1883-1964)

Inventory List

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Box 1

1. “Visit to Russia: Summer, 1959”

2. “William Claiborne” by Amos W.W. Woodcock, September 14, 1953

2. Inauguration of Amos W.W. Woodcock at St. John’s College

3. “Sixty Five Days” by General Woodcock, 1950

4. “Muses and Amuses” by Mamie V. Woodcock                                       

4. “Jingles and Rhymes” by Mamie V. Woodcock

4. Newspaper Article

4. Handwritten Note

 

Artifacts

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Attachments

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