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J. Millard Tawes Museum manuscript collections

2 boxes (2 linear feet)

(1870 – 2001)

bulk 1939-1945

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

Identifier 2021.025
Creator(s) Crisfield Heritage Foundation
Acquisition

Donated by the Crisfield Heritage Foundation (via Frank Rhodes) in 2021.
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 See Nabb Center Staff
Related Materials

Papers of J. Millard Tawes (1782 – 1994)
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

This collection consists of small manuscript collections that were housed at the J. Millard Tawes Museum in Crisfield, Maryland. It contains correspondence, a scrapbook, photographs and negatives, financial records, and notes and ephemera from people in Crisfield between the 1870s and 1969 (and 2001), though primarily between 1939 and 1945.

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of small manuscript collections that were housed at the J. Millard Tawes Museum in Crisfield, Maryland. Included are:

  • Correspondence to Millie Dize from 1917 to 1964, correspondence to Nelson Landon from 1943-1945 (note that Landon's military service notebook is in another folder), miscellaneous correspondence from 1923 to 1951, and postcards from 1912 to 1969. Of special interest in the miscellaneous correspondence is a 1925 strict diet guidelines for Mrs. Dize.
  • A scrapbook for items documenting the local singing career of Ida Ward from 1939 to 1943.
  • Photographs and negatives of the Dize and other families from the early 1900s
  • Previously rolled financial notes, receipts, and other financial records dating from the 1870s to the 1880s
  • Notes and ephemera, including a 2001 tribute to George Yazvac, a severely deteriorated newspaper clipping, a telegram, prescription pill box, and miscellaneous notes. 
Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Personal correspondence
    • Photography
    • Scrapbooks
    • World War, 1939-1945
  • Location Terms
    • Crisfield (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. Letters to Millie Dize, 1917-1964
  2. Letters to Nelson Landon, 1943-1945
  3. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1923-1951
  4. Nelson Landon military service notebook, circa 1940s
  5. Postcards, 1912-1969
  6. Scrapbook of Ida Ward, 1939-1943

Box 2

  1. Photographs and negatives of Dize family and others, circa 1900s
  2. Notes and ephemera, 1885-2001
  3. Financial records, 1870s-1890s (1/2)
  4. Financial records, 1870s-1890s (2/2)

Artifacts

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Attachments

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