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Culver Family papers

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

(1922 – 2014)

bulk 1922

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

Identifier 2014.099
Creator(s) Culver, John Philip; Culver, Merrill Gordy
Acquisition

Donated by Merrill Culver.
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 L. Van Veen, August 2014.
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The Dole Family Papers (1917 – 1976)
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Abstract

Transcription of the World War I diary of Corporal Merrill Gordy Culver who documented his experience from registration at the Atkinson Voting House in Worcester County, Maryland to his transport aboard the SS MESABA and his service as a gunner who served in various locales throughout France. Also included in the transcription are copies of the letters and cards Corp. Culver sent home to his wife, Lillian, 1917-1919. Culver's wife, Lillian documented her life in an oral history from her birth in 1898 in Philadelphia to the family's move to Salisbury in 1904 and her continuing life and education. The oral history was given to their son, Merrill Gordy Culver III., in 1992. Digital photographs and digital transcriptions of Mrs. Culver's diaries from family vacations are also included.

Biographical History

Merrill Gordy Culver (1895-1968) born in Austin, Texas and moved to rural Wicomico County, Maryland before 1910; he was a farmer who served in World War I. He married Lillian Layfield Culver (1898-1993) and together they had one son, Merrill Gordy Culver (b. 1931). 

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Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Culver Family
    • Oral History
    • World War, 1914-1918
    • Personal Correspondence
  • Location Terms
    • Worcester County (Md.)
    • France

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