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Joseph Moore collection

10 boxes, 1 oversize folder (13 linear feet)

(1849, 2006)

bulk 1931-1934

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

Identifier 1998.096
Creator(s) Moore, Joseph
Acquisition

The collection of Joseph Moore was donated to the Nabb Research Center in a series of deposits beginning in 1998 with additional donations in 2007 and 2013 with the bulk of the materials donated in November of 2018. 
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 McRoberts, Feburary 2019.
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Separated Materials

Framed materials have been separated from the manuscript materials and housed in the Nabb Research Center's object storage. 
Abstract

Joseph Moore, a Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland attorney, devoted the better part of 20-plus years to researching and writing on the trial and outcome of the murder of Green Davis and his family by Euel Lee aka Orphan Jones, 1863-2006. The series of documents culminated in the publication, “Murder on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: Race, politics, and the Case of Orphan Jones”. Records document the proceedings of the events surrounding the Davis family murders. Presentments and court materials by Lee’s attorney Bernard Ades with corresponding newspaper accounts reflect the legal proceedings of confessed murderer Euel Lee / Orphan Jones, and his ultimate death by lynching in the Baltimore County Jail, 1933. Records within this set also reflect Moore’s vested interest in Worcester County history, including the Henry and Dirickson families, as well as the Civil War, specifically Purnell’s Legion, and the freedmen of color who served for the Union and Confederate Armies. Photostatic copies of manumissions, and general enrollment records for the duration of the war, as well as an original receipt for enslaved persons in 1863, reveal Moore’s commitment to Worcester County, Maryland.

Biographical History

Joseph E. Moore (b. 1942), born in Berlin, Maryland; he attended Worcester County schools and graduated from Stephen Decatur High School. After high school, he attended Wesley College (Dover, Del.), and earned an Associate of Arts Degree; Moore went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park. In the Fall of 1965, Moore began studying for his law degree at the University of Maryland School of Law, where he graduated with Bachelor of Laws in 1968. Moore has served as the States Attorney for Worcester County; Attorney for the Worcester County Zoning Appeals; Attorney for the town of Berlin; and the Ocean Pines Association. Presently, Moore is a partner of Williams, Moore, Shockley, & Harrison, LLP. In 2003, Moore was selected as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal organizations in the United States. He is married to Susan Connelly Moore, they have two daughters, Melissa and Jennifer.

Scope and Content Note

Series I: Murder on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1931-1934, 2002-2006; document the extensive research of Joseph Moore, and included within the record set are the original court records and telegram communications on Lee as well as corresponding newspaper clippings, associated research articles, and the aftermath on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with the lynchings of Matthew Williams and George Armwood. Of particular note are the disbarment records of Lee’s attorney, Bernard Ades, as well as a photostatic copy of his FBI file.

Series II: Civil War Research, 1863-1870, 1890, 2002; documents the soldiers of color from Worcester County, Maryland through photostatic copies of manumissions, and enrollment records. Records also indicate soldiers and widow pensions collected during the 1890 census; the focus of the materials is on Smith’s Independent Cavalry, and William Pitts. Of particular note are the series of records relating to Lemuel and William Showell in St. Martins (Berlin), Maryland. Records document the transfer of enslaved people in January of 1863, as well as the Showell’s merchant business.

Series III: Worcester County records, 1849, 1873-1930; documents different families who resided in Worcester County during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Joseph Moore acquired many of these papers through auction or from clients. Correspondence, photographs and ephemera from the Dirickson, Henry, Law, and Rogers families are featured throughout the series. Of particular interest is a handwritten letter from Maryland statesman Reverdy Johnson, who gained fame during the Dred Scott Case.

Series IV: Published Materials, 1938-1973, 1989; features a series of Life and Look magazines collected by Joseph Moore. Topics featured throughout the publications include the Second World War, the Civil War, President Nixon, and the Vietnam War.

 

Arrangement Statement

Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be distributed throughout the entirety of the collection. 

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Dirickson Family
    • Henry Family
    • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    • African American History
    • Education
    • Graphic Arts
    • Racism
    • Lynching
    • Newspapers
  • Personal Names
    • Ades, Bernard (1903-1986)
    • Dirickson, Edwin F. "Uncle Ned" (1878 - 1904)
    • Lee, Euel "Orphan Jones" ( )
    • Moore, Joseph (1942 - )
  • Location Terms
    • Worcester County (Md.)

Inventory List

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Series I: Murder on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Box 1

  1. Timeline, Euel Lee / Orphan Jones

  2. Property Records, Green and Ivy Davis, Worcester County, Md., 1919-1927

  3. Diagram, Davis Property, Taylorsville, Md.

  4. Court Records, Presentments and Indictments, 1931 October 19 - November 27

  5. Court Records, Presentments and Indictments, 1931 October 19 - November 27

  6. Court Records, Presentments and Indictments, 1931 October 19 - November 27

  7. Court Record, Transcript of the Record, 1931-1932

  8. Envelopes, Clerk of the Court, Bessie Bowen, Worcester County, Md., 1931

  9. Court Records, Presentations and Indictments, 1931 [photocopy]

  10. Court Record, Statement of Orphan Jones, 1931 [photocopy]

  11. Transcript of Record, Court Proceedings, 1933 [photocopy]

  12. Transcript of Record, Court Proceedings, 1933 [photocopy]

  13. Correspondence, Telegrams to and from Bernard Ades, 1931

  14. Court Records, Opinion of the Court, 1931–1932 [photocopy]

  15. Court Records, Brief of John H. Sheen and Ruben Oppenheimer, 1931 [photocopy]

  16. Court Record, Petition of David Levinson, Writ of Habeas Corpus, 1933 [photocopy]

  17. Pardon Docket, 1933

  18. Court Record, Contest Over Body of Euel Lee, Ades v. Brady, 1933

  19. Laws of Maryland, Act to Relieve Worcester County of Payment for Keeping Euel Lee, 1933

  20. Court Proceedings, United States of America v. Smoot Sand and Gravel Corporation, Antitrust Case, circa 1940

  21. Photographs, Euel Lee Sites and Buildings, 2008

  22. Photographs, Euel Lee Burial Site, Mt. Calvary Cemetery, circa 2006

  23. Photographs, Utilized for Publication, Originals and Copies, circa 1931, 2005

  24. Photographs, People, Events, Buildings, Surrounding Euel Lee Case, 1931-1932

  25. Correspondence and Legal Proceedings, Bernard Ades, International Labor Defense, 1931

  26. Disbarment Proceedings, Bernard Ades, Supreme Bench, Baltimore City, 1934

  27. Disbarment Proceedings, Bernard Ades, 1934

  28. Court Order, Bernard Ades, No. 978, District Court of Maryland, Why Ades Should Not Be Disbarred, 1934

  29. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File, Bernard Ades, circa 1941-1988

  30. Book Excerpt, Thurgood Marshall on Bernard Ades and Integrationist History, 2011

  31. Catalog and Class Announcement, University of Maryland, School of Law, 1924

  32. Obituary and Eulogy, Bernard Ades, 1986

  33. Personal Information, Janet Ades, circa 2003

  34. Correspondence, To Janet Ades, 2004 July 16

  35. Correspondence, From Joseph Moore to Joseph Ades, 1981

  36. List, Jews in the Spanish Civil War, 2004

  37. Articles and Excerpts, Race Relations on the Eastern Shore

  38. Research Articles, Communism and Anti-Racism, circa 2004

  39. Essay, Maryland Civil Rights / Lynching, circa 2009

  40. Correspondence and Clippings, Governor Albert Ritchie and Matthew Williams Lynching, 1931

  41. Opinion, Broadus Mitchell, Historian, On Matthew Williams

  42. Court Records and Correspondence, Bernard Ades, Page Jupiter, and George Davis, 1931, 1933

  43. Statement, Hon. William Preston Lane, jr., Attorney General, Maryland, On George Armwood Lynching, 1933

  44. Articles and Chronology, The Scottsboro Boys, Alabama, 1931-1933, 2003-2005

  45. Court Cases, Exclusions of Blacks From Juries, 1900, 1915

  46. Census Record, 15th Census of the United States, Maryland, 1930

  47. Legal Research, NAACP v. Button, Attorney General of Virginia, [Ban against improper solicitation of any legal or professional business], 1963

  48. List, African Americans who died in racial violence, Maryland, 1891-1933

  49. List, Series of Persons Executed in Maryland, 1923-1998

  50. List, State of Maryland Judges, 1932

  51. Road Map, Eastern Shore, 1931

  52. Calendar, National Events, 1931 October - 1933 December

  53. Research Requests, 2002-2005

Box 2

1. Newspaper Clippings, 1931-1934

Box 3

1. Newspaper Clippings, 1931-1933

Box 4

1-3. Newspaper Clippings, The Salisbury Times, 1931-1934

4. Newspaper Clippings, 1931-1934

5. Newspaper Clippings, The Baltimore Sun, 1932

6. Newspaper Clippings, Western Maryland Newspapers, 1931-1932

7. Newspaper Clippings, The Baltimore Sun, on Matthew Williams, 1931

8. Newspaper Clippings, National Newspapers, [reporting Worcester County activities], 1931

Subseries B: Manuscript

9. Framework and Initial Draft of Manuscript

10. Excerpt, Confession of Euel Lee / Orphan Jones

11. Draft with Handwritten Notes, 2006

12. Draft, 2006

13. Draft with Editorial Notes, 2006

14, Complete Manuscript, Orphan Jones

15-16. Publishers Draft, 2005

17-18. Final Draft, 2006

19. Photographs for Publishing

20. Commentary on Manuscript Prior to Publishing, 2003-2004

21. Excerpt with Comments - unknown commentator

Series II: Civil War Research

22. Mortgages, Lemuel and William Showell, Property, St. Martins, Worcester County, Md., 1862-1868

23.  Receipt, Purchase of Enslaved Persons, Lemuel Showell from Nathaniel Hendman, 1863 January 22

24. Correspondence, To / From Lemuel Showell, 1865 - 1870

25. Good Purchased, Merchants Lemuel and William Showell, 1865 June 27

26. Receipts, Lemuel Showell, circa 1870

27. Certificate of Eligibility, United Daughters of the Confederacy, John Zellers, 1903

28. Correspondence, Isaac T. Costed to Miss Olivia Adams, [photocopy], 1863-1865

29. History and Roster, African American Soldiers, [photocopy], 1998-1999

30. History and Roster, Union and Confederate Soldiers, 1998

31. Manumissions, Worcester County, 1864

32. Manumissions, Worcester County, 1865

Box 5

1. Records of Smith’s Independent Cavalry, Snow Hill, Worcester County, Md., [electrostatic copies], 1862-1864

2. Records of Smith’s Independent Cavalry, Joseph L. Fearing, [electrostatic copies], 1865-1866

3-4. Adjutant General Enrollment Records, Worcester County, Md, [electrostatic copies], 1862

5. Petitions for Pardon, Corresponding to President Andrew Johnson from William Pitts and George Purnell, [electrostatic copies], 1864-1865

6. Surviving Veterans and Pension Schedules, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties, 1890 - with Commentary by David Briddell, 2002

7. Civil War in Salisbury

8. Civil War, Northumberland County, Virginia, with Eastern Shore Association

9. Excerpt and Articles, Civil War in Worcester County and Eastern Shore of Virginia

10-13. Articles and General Information, Union and Confederate in Maryland

Box 6

1. Correspondence, Report on the Case of William Fallin, S S BAXTER, 1862

2. Petition for Pardon, George W. Purnell / William Pitts, Purnell’s Legion, Annapolis, Md.

3. Census Schedules, Civil War Union Veterans and Widows, Somerset and Worcester Counties, Md., 1890

4. The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia and The War, [Civil War], 1961

5. Today...The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, The Civil War Issue, 1961 April 9

6. The News and Courier, The Civil War at Charleston, [Reproduction], 1861 April 12

Series III: Worcester County records

Box 7

1. Correspondence, From Reverdy Johnson, 1849

Subseries a: Dirickson Family

2-4. Correspondence, To Edwin J. Dirickson and Family, 1904

5. Correspondence, To Anna B. Dirickson, 1904

6. Correspondence, To Hattie Dirickson, 1904

7. Correspondence, To Levin and Cyrus Dirickson, 1904

8. Newspaper Clipping, Death of Mr. Edwin Foreman Dirickson, 1904

9. Newspaper Clipping, Marriage of Harriett (Hattie) Dirickson and Alexander Rodman France, 1904

Subseries b. Henry Family

10. Correspondence, To Margaret “Meta” C. Henry From Various Friends and Family, 1922-1933

11. Correspondence, To Mr. George Henry, re: Insurance, circa 1910

12. Correspondence, To Mr. George Henry, Jr., 1912, 1922

13. Postcard, To Elizabeth Henry From E. Morris, Cairo, Egypt, 1930

14. Correspondence, To Henry Family From “me” - possibly daughter Margaret

15. Correspondence, To Eddie Henry From Private Robert B. Henry, 1918

16. Greeting Cards, To Henry Family, 1929-1934

17. Correspondence, To “Mud” From Margaret

18. Photographs, Margaret and Unknown Henry Family Member, circa 1920

19. Buckingham High School Commencement Exercises, 1897,

20. Invitations and Announcements, Birth and Wedding, 1873-1922

Box 8

1. Schedule, Old Home Week [Maryland’s], 1906

2. Guidelines, Civil Service

3. Patterns, Handmade for Doll Clothes

Subseries c: John R. Law

4. Special Order, 11th Headquarters, Special Troops, Third Army, Camp Berkeley, Texas, 1943 December 9

5. Photographs, Lt. Col. John R. Law, France, 1944

Subseries d: Louise Rogers Hamlet

6. Photographs, Louise Rogers Hamlet

7. Photographs, Charles H.H. Rogers, circa 1910

8. Correspondence, To Louise Rogers, re: Caesar Rodney Essay Contest, 1930

9. Photograph, Buckingham Elementary School, First Grade, 1914

10. Photograph, Berlin High School, circa 1920

Subseries e: Other regional materials

11. Photograph, German Three-Bay Barn and Family, 1890s

12. Personal Property Distribution, Smith Brewington, 1850 August 13

13. Receipts, Berlin Merchants and Worcester County Taxes, 1910-1926

14. Correspondence, To Crowley Camera Company From Richard Case, Ocean Downs Raceway, 1949 November 22

15. Postcards, Salisbury, Md., 1910s

Series IV: Published Works

16. Telephone Directory, Somerset and Worcester Counties, Maryland, 1951-1952

17. Lower Eastern Shore Patriot, Bicentennial Edition, 1976

18. Folio, Message, Governor of Maryland [Thomas Holliday Hicks] to General Assembly, Extra  Session, 1861

19.  Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, [Personal Recollections of the War], No.197, Vol. 33, 1866 October

20. History of the Civil War, - by event, 1860-1861

21. Book, Worcester County in the World War, Soldiers and Sailors Edition, [photocopy], 1921

22. Time Magazine, 1935 April 1

Box 9

1. Photograph, Bride, circa 1970

2. Photograph, Berlin Elementary School, 5th, 6th, 7th grades], 1922

3. Photographs, John R. Law, France and Germany, World War II, 1944-1945

4. Photographs, Berlin, Ocean City, and Salisbury, Md., [photostatic copies], circa 1890

5. Newspapers, Worcester County Shield, [photocopies], 1855-1866

6. Newspapers, Berlin Advance, 1922 April 7 and May 5

7. Newspaper, Maryland Times - Commemorative Issue, 1995

8. Newspaper, Coconut Times, 2008 September 5

9. Flags of the Civil War, 1991

Box 10

1. Bull’s Eye: The Magazine of Editorial Cartooning [Pulitzer Prize Winner Jack Higgins Pre-War Nazi Propaganda Cartoons, 1989

2. Yank: The Army Weekly, 1945 May 25

3. Saturday Evening Post, 1967 March 25

4-5. Look, 1960 November 22 

6. Look, 1967 January 10

7. Look, 1967 May 2

8. Life Magazine, 1938 March 28

9. Life Magazine, 1942 January 19

10. Life Magazine, 1942 November 23

11. Life Magazine, 1942 November 30

12. Life Magazine, 1943 June 7

13. Life Magazine, 1943 November 8

14. Life Magazine, 1944 May 1

15. Life Magazine, 1944 June 19

16. Life Magazine, 1945 April 16

17-18. Life Magazine, 1945 April 23

19. Life Magazine, 1945 June 4

20. Life Magazine, 1956 February 13

21. Life Magazine, 1960 July 25

22-25. Life Magazine, 1961 January 6 

26-28. Life Magazine, 1961 January 20 

29-31. Life Magazine, 1961 February 3

32. Life Magazine, 1961 February 17

33. Life Magazine, 1961 March 3

34. Life Magazine, 1961 March 17

35. Life Magazine, 1968 April 12

36. Life Magazine, 1968 August 16

37. Life Magazine, 1969 April 11

38. Life Magazine, 1969 December 12

39. Life Magazine, 1970 May 8

40. Life Magazine, 1970 August 7

41. Life Magazine, 1970 November 27

42. Life Magazine, Special Report, 1973

Oversized - Shelving Unit

1. Scrapbook, Lynching on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1931

Oversize - Flat File

1. Newspaper, Eastern Shore Times, 1935 November 7 

2. Newspaper, Eastern Shore Times, 1938 July 14

3. Newspaper, Eastern Shore Times, 1954 April 29

4. Newspaper, Eastern Shore Times, 1954 September 2

5. Newspaper, Eastern Shore Times, 1954 October 28

6. Broadside, Ned’s Record Shop, Berlin, Md.

7. Broadside, France the Magician

8. Map, Electoral Votes, Presidential Election,1928

Artifacts

Framed Materials

  1. Photographic Print, Charles and Missouri Rogers, 1890 [2018.076.001a]

Attachments

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