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Mary Anne Pieper Collection

14 cartons, 1 oversize folder (17 linear feet)

(1855 – 1987)

bulk 1890-1930

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

Identifier 2019.076
Creator(s) Dixon, Maggie; Pieper, Mary Anne; White, Anne; White, Evelyn
Acquisition

Mary Anne Pieper, daughter of Evelyn White Pieper, donated her family's extensive collection of correspondence, photos and ephemera to the Nabb Center in 2019.
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 Kate Harris, January 2020
Related Materials

Family Bible Collection (1700 – 1900s)
Separated Materials

Series 1 (Correspondence): Anne White, Hand Drawn Maps (grade 6), 1914 (separated)

Series 1 (Correspondence): Anne White, Hand Drawn Maps, 1916 (separated)

Series 2 (Photographs): Oversized (separated), late 19th/early 20th century

  • Portrait, Evelyn White, 1920’s
  • Group, Unidentified, 1920’s

Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Anne White, Grammar School Cert., 1917 (separated)

Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Evelyn White, High School Diploma, 1922 (separated)

Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Evelyn White, Certificate in Typing (separated), 1922

Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Evelyn White, American Red Cross First Aid Cert., 1921 (separated)

Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Oversize Separated, 1942

  • Children’s stories, including Little Red Riding Hood, 3 Little Pigs, Nursery Rhymes and an ABC Book
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and journals of the Dixon, White and Pieper Families of Pocomoke City, Maryland. Beginning in the mid-19th century, extensive personal correspondence between family members chronicles a broad family history over 100 years. Family bibles and photographs capture births, marriages and deaths of the Dixon and White families of Pocomoke City as well as life on the Eastern Shore in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Biographical History

R.T. Dixon rented the flour and grist mill in from H.H. Dashiell in Pocomoke city in the late 19th century.  R.T. Dixon and his wife Eliza Faulkner Dixon had 13 children between 1847 and 1869.  One of their daughters, Maggie Dixon married Oscar White, their children were Anne and Evelyn White.  Evelyn White went on to marry Grover Pieper and their daughter is Mary Anne Pieper.  The family resided in Pocomoke City throughout most of the 20th century.

Scope and Content Note

The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence directly linked to the Dixon Family and the White Family of Pocomoke City in the mid to late 19th century; it follows the Dixons, Whites, and eventually, the Pieper Family of Pocomoke City through the first half of the 20th century.  The personal letters detail daily life in Pocomoke City, local news and gossip, working conditions, as well as church and school events.  The correspondence begins with letters to R.T. Dixon and his wife Eliza Dixon, and continues with two of their children, Maggie Dixon and James C. Dixon.  R.T. Dixon’s papers contain many receipts and ledgers related to the running of the Pocomoke Mill. Eliza’s letters are from her children and grandchildren.  James Dixon’s letters document his difficulty in finding work, the death of his wife, and the care of his children. It also includes responses to James Dixon's personal ad in a singles newspaper, including letters and photographs sent to James from the women responding.  Maggie Dixon’s letters detail family events and daily life of the Dixon family, her marriage to Oscar White and her children Anne and Evelyn White.  Oscar White’s correspondence is largely made up of letters from his wife and daughters while he worked away in a shipyard in Baltimore.  The largest part of the collected correspondence is that of Anne and Evelyn White. Anne White was the organist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Pocomoke City for most of her life. The collection contains her recollections, her research into the history of St. Mary’s Parish, and an extensive collection of sheet music for the piano and the organ, ephemera specific to St. Mary’s Church, as well as general ephemera from church life in the early to mid 20th century.  Notably, there are courtship letters between Anne and a Baltimore man, Bill Morschel, that span 3 years.  Evelyn (White) Pieper’s letters capture the experience of growing up in the early 1900s, of her work and her family.  In addition to letters there is a substantial Christmas Card collection spanning nearly a century. 

The collection also contains bills, receipts, cookbooks, and advertising, as well as banking ephemera and hotel stationary, representing broad coverage of the businesses in Pocomoke City and the surrounding area through the late 19th and early 20th century.  There are photographs, albums, and photos included in some correspondence.  Many photos are identified.  In its size and breadth this collection captures life on the Eastern Shore in fine detail.

Other individuals and families associated with the collection are Jeannette White, Warren Dodge, Delia Dixon, Mollie Ball née Dixon, Elizabeth Miller, Irene Dixon, Mattie White née Townsend, Cullen Family and Funk Family.

Arrangement Statement

Series 1: Correspondence (chronologically by recipient)

Series 2: Photographs

Series 3: Business, Banking and Ledgers

Series 4: Cookbooks and Recipes

Series 5: Newspapers

Series 6: Certificates and Diplomas

Series 7.1: Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Pocomoke City, MD

Series 7.2: Church, General

Series 8: Books, Magazines, Almanacs

Series 9: Ephemera

Series 10: Music

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Advertising
    • Business
    • Dixon Family
    • Personal Correspondence
    • Photography
    • Pieper Family
    • Recipes
    • White Family
  • Corporate Names
    • The Citizens National Bank
  • Location Terms
    • Pocomoke City (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

1.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Family History

2.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to R.T. Dixon, 1882-1903

  • 1884, negatives in an envelope
  • 1895, newspaper clipping

3.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Mrs. R. T. Dixon (Eliza Dixon), 1892-1903 

4.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Mrs. R.T. Dixon (Eliza Dixon), 1904-1908

  • 1907, newspaper obituary for Gordon Milbourne as well as brief genealogy notes

5.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to James C. Dixon, 1892-1900 

6.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to James C. Dixon, 1901-1914

  • 1903, newspaper personals, letters and photos responding to the Pilot ad.

7.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Maggie Dixon, 1887-1891

  • Folder contains Maggie’s autograph book
  • December 1888, envelope contains a lock of hair

8.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Maggie Dixon, 1892-1899

  • December 1900, envelope contains an ‘aid stocking’

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Maggie White, née Dixon, 1900-1917

10.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Maggie White, née Dixon, 1918

11.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Maggie White, née Dixon, 1919

12.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Maggie White, née Dixon, 1920-1942

Box 2

1.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Evelyn White, Schoolwork, No Date

  • Report card, 1919-1920 school year

2.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn Pieper, née White, No Date

  • Includes obituary of her cousin, Raymond Dixon (son of James and Annie Dixon), n.d.

3.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn White, 1907-1920

  • October 1914, envelope contains a picture

4.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn White, 1921

5.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn White, 1922

6.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn White, 1923

  • January and April both have genealogy notes from Mary Anne Pieper

7.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn Pieper, née White, 1924

  • Newspaper clippings and notes on current fashion

8.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn White, 1925-1927

  • October 16, 1926, photo negative in envelope

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn White, 1928-1929

  • January 26, 1928, photo in envelope
  • January 1929 Notes from Mary Anne Pieper

10.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn White, 1930

  • March 10, 1930, photo negatives in an envelope

11.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn White, 1931-1938

  • January 10, 1931, newspaper clippings of a celebrity wedding and an invitation for Evelyn White
  • September 15, 1936, newspaper clippings in an envelope
  • January 15, 1937, Brochure of and letter written on stationary from The Emerson Hotel in Baltimore

12.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn Pieper, née White, 1939-1942

  • May 1940, Newspaper clippings in an envelope

13.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Evelyn Pieper, née White, 1943-1956

  • Genealogy notes from Mary Anne Pieper
  • March 1944, Photos in an envelope
  • November 1948, Photos in an envelope

14.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters from Evelyn Pieper, née White, 1931-1934

  • Includes correspondence with the Hospital where Oscar White (Evelyn and Anne’s father) died

15.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Grover Pieper

Box 3

1.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White and Evelyn Pieper, née White, 1914-1944

  • Christmas 1914, A letter from H.G. Martin contained a small brooch which has been separated and included in the artifacts
  • October 1914, Photo in envelope

2.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Anne White, Report Cards, 1914-1917

3.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Anne White, Hand Drawn Maps (grade 6), 1914 (separated)

4.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Anne White, Hand Drawn Maps, 1916 (separated)

5.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, 1909-1920

6.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, 1921

7.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, 1922

  • Envelope containing wool sample and notes from the Donor, Mary Anne Pieper

8.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, January to May, 1923

  • Envelope containing photos, May 7, 1923

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, June to August 1923

10.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, September to December, 1923

11.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, January to June, 1924

  • Newspaper clipping accompanying a letter, April, 1923

12.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, July to December, 1924

  • Notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper, October 28, 1924

13.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, 1925

  • Program from a minstrel show and newspaper clippings, April 1925
  • Picture in envelope, December 1925
  • 2 pictures in envelope, March 17, 1925

14.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, 1926-1932

  • Photo in envelope, November 5, 1930

15.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, 1933-1942

  • A letter from Grover Pieper (donor's father) to Evelyn White (donor's mother), May 30, 1935
  • Notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper, July 1933

16.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, 1943-1959

  • Photo in envelope, January 27, 1953
  • Notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper, August 1947

17.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Anne White, 1960-1986

  • Notes from Mary Anne Pieper in envelope, June 1969

18.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters from Anne White, 1983  

Box 4

1.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Harry Dixon, 1895-1945

  • Playing cards and cipher
  • Post card of Accomack County’s Debtor’s Prison, July 1911

2.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters from Harry's Keepsake Box, 1920 - 1950

3.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Guest Book, Harry Dixon’s Funeral, April 10, 1957

4.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Oscar White, 1898-1917

5.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Oscar White, 1918

  • Mostly letters from his wife (Maggie Dixon White) and children (Anne and Evelyn White) while he works out of town at a shipyard.

6.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Oscar White, 1919-1930

  • Includes notes from Mary Anne Pieper (donor and Oscar’s Granddaughter)

7.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Mary Anne Pieper, 1949-1968

  • School report card, 1949/1950
  • Letter, newspaper and booklet relating to Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Co.’s 100 year anniversary
  • Photo in envelope January, 1956

8.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Jeanette White, 1919

  • Envelope contains wool and a penny, September 22, 1919
  • Booklet, Congo Memories by Jeanette Sodergren, née White

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Warren Dodge, 1943

  • Certificate of membership to the American Red Cross
  • Primarily Christmas cards and some notes from Mary Anne Pieper

10.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Delia Dixon, 1879-1880’s

  • Notes and newspaper clippings
  • Envelope containing a lock of hair
  • A packet of notes and booklets of poems to Missie Hall

11.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Delia Dixon, 1880’s

  • Autograph Book, 1881-1883 and notes from Mary Anne Pieper
  • Calling Cards

12.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Mollie Ball, née Dixon, 1881-1886

  • Autograph book, 1880’s
  • Obituary for Hampden Ball, Mollie Ball’s husband

13.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Elizabeth M. Miller, 1910-1912

14.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Mattie White, née Townsend, 1886-1892

  • Includes letters from Mattie to her brother from when she was married to Oscar White before she passed away

15.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Irene Dixon, 1884

16.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Letters to Unknown Recipients, 1880-1930

Box 5

1.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1880-1920

2.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1921

3.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1922

4.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1923

  • Notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper

5.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1924

6.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1925 (1/2)

7.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1925 (2/2)

8.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1926

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1927

10.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1928 (1/2)

11.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1928 (2/2)

12.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1929 (1/2)

13.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1929 (2/2)

14.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1930 (1/2)

15.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1930 (2/2)

16.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1931 (1/2)

17.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1931 (2/2)

18.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1932

19.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1933

Box 6

1.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1934

2.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1935

3.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1936

4.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1937

5.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1938 (1/2)

6.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1938 (2/2)

7.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1939 (1/2)

  • Notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper

8.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1939 (2/2)

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1940 (1/3)

10.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1940 (2/3)

11.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1940 (3/3)

12.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1941

13.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1942 (1/2)

14.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1942 (2/2)

Box 7                               

1.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1943

2.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1944

3.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1945

4.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1946

5.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1947

6.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1948

7.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1949 (1/2)

8.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1949 (2/2)

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1950 (1/2)

10.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1950 (2/2)

11.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, 1951

  • Pictures in envelope

12.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, Undated (1/4)

13.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, Undated (2/4)

14.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, Undated (3/4)

15.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Christmas Cards, Undated (4/4)

Box 8

1.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Invitations, undated and 1893-1924

2.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Invitations, 1925-1955

  • Wedding invitation for Maggie and Oscar
  • Notes from Mary Anne Pieper, May 1926
  • Wedding invitation for Jeanette White and Henry Sodergren, Aug. 1930

3.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Blank Postcards, Late 19th to mid 20th Century

4.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Sympathy Cards (1/2), 1900’S

  • Maggie White née Dixon, Oscar White, Anne White, Evelyn Pieper née White

5.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Sympathy Cards (2/2), 1900’S

  • Anne White

6.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Get Well Soon Cards, Late 19th to mid 20th Century

7.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Birthday Cards, Late 19th to mid 20th Century

8.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Valentine’s Cards, Late 19th to mid 20th Century

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Easter Cards, Late 19th to mid 20th Century

10.   Series 1 (Correspondence): Miscellaneous Cards, Late 19th to mid 20th Century

11.   Series 2 (Photographs): Album, Late 19th Century

12.   Series 2 (Photographs): Album, Late 19th Century

  • Dixon, Cullen, Funk, Thomas, Shaffer, Duva

13.   Series 2 (Photographs): Scrapbook of Photos, early 20th C.

  • Anne White and Evelyn White and notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper

Box 9

1.     Series 2 (Photographs): Tintype, 19th century

2.     Series 2 (Photographs): Album, 19th century

3.     Series 2 (Photographs): Portraits, Children, late 19th/early 20th century (1/2)

4.     Series 2 (Photographs): Portraits, Children, late 19th/early 20th century (2/2)

5.     Series 2 (Photographs): Portraits, Adults, late 19th/early 20th century (1/3)

6.     Series 2 (Photographs): Portraits, Adults, late 19th/early 20th century (2/3)

7.     Series 2 (Photographs): Portraits, Adults, late 19th/early 20th century (3/3)

8.     Series 2 (Photographs): Portraits, Adults, early to mid 20th century

9.     Series 2 (Photographs): Portraits, Couples, late 19th/early 20th century

10.   Series 2 (Photographs): Groups, late 19th/early 20th century

11.   Series 2 (Photographs): Negatives and some photos, 1900-1930 (1/2)

  • Anne White and Evelyn Pieper, née White

12.   Series 2 (Photographs): Negatives and some photos, 1900-1930 (2/2)

  • Anne White and Evelyn Pieper, née White

13.   Series 2 (Photographs): Grouped (1/3), late 19th/early 20th century

14.   Series 2 (Photographs): Grouped (2/3), late 19th/early 20th century

15.   Series 2 (Photographs): Grouped (3/3), late 19th/early 20th century

16.   Series 2 (Photographs): Identified Individuals (1/2), late 19th/early 20th century

  • Notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper, included with photos

17.   Series 2 (Photographs): Identified Individuals (2/2), late 19th/early 20th century

  • Notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper, included with photos

18.   Series 2 (Photographs): Miscellaneous, late 19th/early 20th century

  • Includes a packet of Souvenir Views of Washington, D.C.

19.   Series 2 (Photographs): Oversized (separated), late 19th/early 20th century

  • Portrait, Evelyn White, 1920’s
  • Group, Unidentified, 1920’s

20.   Series 2 (Photographs): Album of photos

Box 10

1.     Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Calling Cards and Business Cards, late 19th/early 20th century

2.     Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Ledgers, Pocomoke Mills, 1879-1880

3.     Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): R.T. Dixon Ledger, Pocomoke Mills, 1891

  • Folder contains pins and business receipts

4.    Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Household Account Book, Oscar White, 1901-1903

5.     Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Harry Dixon Ledger, 1880’s

6.     Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Ledger and Account Books, Oscar White, late 19th/early 20th century

7.     Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Receipt Books, Evelyn White, 1922-1928

8.     Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Household Account Books, unnamed, 1876-1903

9.     Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Household Account Book, Eliza Dixon, 1903

10.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): The Citizens National Bank, Pocomoke, MD, 1900-1930

  • Christmas Club savings booklets, Thrift Club savings booklets, balance booklets

11.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Advertisements, Health, Beauty, Fashion, late 19th/early 20th century

12.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Advertisements, Eastern Shore Business, late 19th/early 20th century

13.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Advertisements, Food, Warranties, Home Goods, late 19th/early 20th century

14.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Advertisements, Mills, Sales, Financial, Insurance, late 19th/early 20th century

15.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Advertisements, Miscellaneous

16.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Receipts, general, late 19th/early 20th century

17.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): R.T. Dixon, Bills and Receipts, late 19th/early 20th century

  • Riverside Conclave No. 24 I.O.H. & Knights of Pythias
  • Incudes Pocomoke City taxes, insurance policies

18.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Eliza Dixon, Bills and Receipts, 1889-1908

  • Includes insurance policy

19.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): James C. Dixon, Bills and Receipts, 1890-1913

  • Includes insurance policies and stock policy

20.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Maggie White née Dixon, Bills and Receipts, 1900-1930’s

  • Includes cheques for Citizens National Bank

21.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Maggie and Oscar White, Bills and Receipts, 1915-1937

  • Includes taxes, real estate and insurance

22.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Evelyn Pieper née White, Receipts, T.F. Hargis Department Store, 1923-1929

23.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Evelyn Pieper née White, Bills and Receipts, 1920-1930’s

  • Includes insurance & Pocomoke City dog licenses

24.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Anne White, Bills and Receipts, 1940’s

  • Includes oil ration cards & insurance for Margaret D. White

25.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Oscar White, Bills and Receipts, 1898-1920’s (1/2)

  • Lease agreement, 1898, pay stubs from United States Shipping Board

26.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Oscar White, Bills and Receipts, 1898-1920’s (2/2)

  • Receipts for the burial of Oscar’s infant son, Francis Ellsworth White
  • Cheques from Citizen’s National Bank in Pocomoke City, a deed, 1903

27.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Grover Pieper, Bills and Receipts, 1930-1950

  • Insurance policies

28.   Series 3 (Business, Banking and Ledgers): Harry Dixon, Bills and Receipt, 1910-1928

  • Insurance policies

Box 11

1.     Series 4 (Cookbooks and Recipes): Cookbooks, 19th/early 20th century

  • Includes promotional cook booklets as well as a handwritten family recipes cookbook

2.     Series 4 (Cookbooks and Recipes): Caloric Book of Recipes, 1910

  • Caloric Book of Recipes, 1910, contains many clippings, cards, notes, advertisements, dairy accounts (Oscar White), 1933, Freemason program, “The Upper Room” daily prayer book, 1946

3.     Series 4 (Cookbooks and Recipes): Recipes, unbound, early 20th century

  • Handwritten recipes and newspaper clippings, unbound

4.     Series 5 (Newspapers): Worcester County Messenger, August 10, 1938

5.     Series 5 (Newspapers): Queen Anne’s Record Observer, July 13, 1939

6.     Series 5 (Newspapers): Eastern Shore Times, August 5, 1937

7.     Series 5 (Newspapers): Crisfield Times, Jan 13, 1923 & March 26, 1910.

8.     Series 5 (Newspapers): Ledger-Enterprise, 1903-1918

9.     Series 5 (Newspapers): Baltimore the News Post, March 16, 1938

10.   Series 5 (Newspapers): Baltimore Sun, March 14, 1938

11.   Series 5 (Newspapers): Worcester Democrat (1/2), 1908-1922

12.   Series 5 (Newspapers): Worcester Democrat (2/2), 1923-1943

13.   Series 5 (Newspapers): Newspaper Clippings (1/2), late 19th/early 20th century

14.   Series 5 (Newspapers): Newspaper Clippings (2/2), late 19th/early 20th century

  • including obituaries

15.   Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Certificates, 1890’s

  • R.T. Dixon, Shares, Merit Certificates for James, Edward and Delia Dixon

16.   Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Anne White, Grammar School Cert., 1917 (separated)

17.   Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Evelyn White, High School Diploma, 1922 (separated)

18.   Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Evelyn White, Certificate in Typing (separated), 1922

19.   Series 6 (Certificates and Diplomas): Evelyn White, American Red Cross First Aid Cert., 1921 (separated)

20.   Series 7.1 (Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church): St. Mary’s History, 20th century

  • Transcriptions of 1800’s church records, handwritten notes, memories of St, Mary’s (by Anne White), The Bells of St. Mary’s (church newsletter)

21.   Series 7.1 (Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church): Coventry Parish Records, 1700’s

22.   Series 7.1 (Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church): Year Book and Church Directory, 1914-1933

  • The First Parishes of the Province of Maryland (booklet), Pocomoke Parish Directory (photocopy)

23.   Series 7.1 (Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church): Music, 20th century

  • Sheet music and Holy Week Offices

24.   Series 7.1 (Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church): Church History/Highlights, 1983

  • Collected by Anne White for Bishop Sorge

25.   Series 7.1 (Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church): Anne White, 1970’s

  • Newspaper clippings and cards celebrating Anne White’s tenure as St. Mary’s organist

26.   Series 7.1 (Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church): Church History, 20th century

  • Eastern Shore Churchman, correspondence, research notes

27.   Series 7.1 (Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church): Miscellaneous, 20th century

  • Calendars, booklets, photos, notes, notes from donor, Mary Anne Pieper

28.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Newspaper, Eastern Shore Churchman, Oct. 1976, Oct. 1983

29.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Newspaper, The Worcester County Messenger, July 3, 1985

30.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Newspaper, The Maryland Sun, December 15, 1983

31.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Newspaper, The Episcopalian, June, Oct., Nov., 1983

32.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Newspaper, The Worcester Democrat, Dec. 23, 1965

33.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Newspaper Clippings, Bishop Sorge, 1983

34.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Programs, NYC Churches, 20th century

  • Post cards, booklets, brochures, tourist guide

35.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Church and Religion, late 19th/early 20th century (1/2)

  • Pitts Creek Presbyterian Church (Pocomoke, MD), cards of bible quotes, booklets
  • Cards of bible quotes, world religion, booklets

36.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Church and Religion, late 19th/early 20th century (2/2)

  • Remembrances, Missionary, Prayers/Hymns/Stories, Church Programs

37.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Books, Religion Themed Books, 19th century

  • 2 Little books of morality tales, The Shorter Catechism

38.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Little Bible Lesson Cards, late 19th/early 20th century

39.   Series 7.2 (Church, General): Book of Prayer, 1929

Box 12

1.     Series 7.2 (Church, General): Anne White’s Bible, 1917

2.     Series 7.2 (Church, General): The Holy Bible, No Date

  • Contains photos, a lock of hair and gift tag

3.     Series 7.2 (Church, General): Dixon Family Bible, 19th Century

  • Includes birth and death records of R.T. and Eliza Dixon’s children, locks of hair, dried flowers, mortgage for R.T. Dixon’s Mill and sections of the Worcester Democrat

4.     Series 7.2 (Church, General): R.T. and Eliza Dixon’s Family Bible, 19th Century

  • Photographs, dried flowers, locks of hair

5.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Magazines, early 20th century (1/2)

  • Vanity Fair, The Modern Woodman, Maryland, Little Journeys Through the Eastern Shore

6.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Magazines, early 20th century (2/2)

  • Whiz Bang, Shining Star, Tidewater, A History of Ocean City

7.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Almanacs, 1901-1915

8.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Books, 20th century

  • The Chat, Pocomoke High School Yearbooks, morality tales, how to, Christmas stories, Pocomoke History
  • Several books contain notes from the donor, Mary Anne Pieper

9.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Children’s Books, 20th century

10.   Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Oversize Separated, 1942

  • Children’s stories, including Little Red Riding Hood, 3 Little Pigs, Nursery Rhymes and an ABC Book

Box 13

1.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Eben Holden; A Tale of the North Country, by Irving Bacheller, 1900

  • Within the pages of book: Agitation leaflets from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Pocomoke City; notes & cards; Mar-Va Theatre movie brochure, 1922; Woolworth’s Home Shopping Guide, 1922; Salem M.E. Church solicitation, 933; clippings & notes

2.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): True Stories and Anecdotes of Great Americans, a children’s activity book, n.d.

  • Within the pages: paper dolls; handwritten notes likely belonging to Evelyne White, 1912

3.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of James A. Garfield, 1881

  • Included in the pages of book: Handwritten hymns & poems; cards, photos, newspaper clippings

4.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Jolly Times Painting Book, 1912

  • Book belonged to Annie E. White, December 25, 1913

5.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Parley the Porter, by Mrs. Hannah More, n.d.

  • Book belonged to Laura Virginia Dixon, January 3, 1861

6.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Orient, an American Tract Society Publication, n.d.

  • Book inscribed with the names Charlie Merrill and Delia Dixon

7.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): India’s Love Lyrics, by Laurence Hope, 1923

  • Book inscribed with “Welch from ‘Kack’ February 19, 1924; Please return to Kenneth E. Mary Onancock, Va.

8.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): McGuffey’s Newly Revised Eclectic Third Reader (grammar lesson book), ca. 1860’s

  • Book belonged to Richard Dixon

9.     Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): For Each Day a Prayer, selected and arranged by Elisabeth Hamill Davis, 1905

  • Book inscribed with message, 1923 and includes a newspaper clipping, 1944, and photo negatives

10.   Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Holy Bible, 1897

  • Presented to Harry Dixon by The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, March 1 1897; in the pages of the book are study notes and vocabulary, invitations, postcards, bookmarks

11.   Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, n.d.

  • Included in the pages, meeting minutes for the Ladies Aid Society, n.d.

12.   Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Entertainments for Home Church and School, 1911

  • Book inscribed

13.   Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Narrative of William W. Brown a Fugitive Slave, 1847

  • Book inscribed

14.   Series 8 (Books, Magazines, Almanacs): Promotional products booklets

  • Wine of Cardui, a Tonic for Women booklet, n.d.; Bishop the Birdman’s Treatise on Birds and Aquaria, 1911

Box 14

1.     Series 9 (Ephemera): Programs, 1880-1945 (1/2)

  • High school graduations, Navy Day, The Meteor, Maryland

2.     Series 9 (Ephemera): Programs, 1897-1974 (2/2)

  • Lions Club, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, Masons, plays, movies

3.     Series 9 (Ephemera): Drawings, late 19th/early 20th century

4.     Series 9 (Ephemera): Miscellaneous, late 19th/early 20th century (1/3)

  • Blotters, envelopes

5.     Series 9 (Ephemera): Miscellaneous, late 19th/early 20th century (2/3)

  • Addresses, lists, phone messages, instructions, diagrams, doodles, blank paper, used envelopes, stamps, torn up letters

6.     Series 9 (Ephemera): Miscellaneous, late 19th/early 20th century (3/3)

  • Blank note paper, ephemera

7.     Series 9 (Ephemera): Paper Dolls, 20th century

8.     Series 9 (Ephemera): Plans & Expenses

  • Pocomoke house, renovation

Box 15

1.     Series 10 (Music): Sheet Music Booklets and Albums for Church, 20th C.

  • Rally Day, Christmas Service, Choir, Gospel Hymns and Poems

2.     Series 10 (Music): Instruction Books, (1/2), 20th C.

  • Theodore Presser Co.

3.     Series 10 (Music): Instruction Books, (2/2), 20th C.

  • High School Song Book, The Organ, Elementary Instruction Book for the Pianoforte

4.     Series 10 (Music): Sheet Music Albums (1/2), 20th C.

  • All American Song Book, 50 Songs You Like to Sing

5.     Series 10 (Music): Sheet Music Albums (2/2), 20th C.

  • Piano Pieces for Pleasure, Chopin, American Songs

6.     Series 10 (Music): Sheet Music (1/2), 20th C.

7.     Series 10 (Music): Sheet Music (2/2), 20th C.

8.     Series 10 (Music): Miscellaneous, 20th century

9.     Series 1 (Correspondence): Scrapbook of postcards and holiday cards

  • Anne White and Evelyn White, includes 2 recipes (1939), a postcard of Pocomoke High School, and Gas Plant in Crisfield, MD (1916)

10.   Series 9 (Ephemera): Blueprints for building a boat

  • Item stored in O/S drawer

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