Thomas Price collection

5 boxes, 1 oversize folder (3.5 linear feet)

(1865 – 2001)

bulk 1914-1958

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

Identifier	1983.001
Creator(s)	Price, Thomas
Acquisition	The Thomas Price collection was donated to the Nabb Research Center by Thomas Price in a series of donations beginning in 1983.
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 Kenneth Forest, May 2018.
Related Materials	Papers of Ernest T. Foskey (1901- 1940, bulk 1917-1919)
Separated Materials	Oversized materials have been housed in the Nabb Research Center’s flat file system. Artifacts have been cataloged and transferred to object storage.

Abstract

The Thomas Price collection consists of military and genealogical records accumulated by Thomas Price and dating from 1865 - 2001. It contains recordings and transcripts of interviews with three veterans of the First World War from Salisbury, Md. and records of the 115th Infantry Regiment of the Maryland Army National Guard. It also includes interviews, records, correspondence, photographs, publications and ephemera offering insight into military service during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The collection also contains photographs of Deal Island, Md. from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also includes photographs, publications, and ephemera offering insight into civic and religious life on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Biographical History

Born on October 14, 1951 in Salisbury, Md. to Thomas B. Price and Alice Mae Anderson, Thomas Price is a collector of militaria and a local historian. He served in the U.S. Army as a military policeman and earned a B.A. and M.A. from Salisbury State College. He married Karen Ridenour and worked as a hearing officer for the Maryland Department of Corrections. Mr. Price acquired his collection through antique stores and militaria shows.

Scope and Content Note

The collection documents military service in the United States and civic and religious life on the Delmarva Peninsula. The collection contains facsimiles and photocopies.

Series I. 115th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, contains interviews, records, correspondence, photographs and ephemera from the 115th Infantry Regiment from 1917 to 2001. It includes a report on an accident involving a regimental jeep and regimental newsletters.

Series II. World War I contains records, correspondence, photographs and publications related to the war from 1917 to 1931. It includes a draft registration card, records of the 310th Field Artillery and issues of The World’s Work, a current events magazine from 1914 to 1916.

Series III. World War II and the Korean War contains records, correspondence, photographs and publications related to the wars from 1932 to 1995. It includes dozens of photographs of soldiers deployed in Europe and Asia.

Series IV. Price Family Genealogy contains records and photographs related to the Price and Brown families from 1870 to 1951. It includes photographs and newspaper clippings of the Kingston Homemakers’ Club of Somerset County, Maryland.

Series V. Delmarva History contains records, photographs, and ephemera related to civic and religious life on the Delmarva Peninsula from 1865 to 1983. It includes an election ballot from 1924 and a football program from 1954.

Arrangement Statement

The collection is arranged in five Series. Series I is arranged by subject: service members’ papers, regimental records, photographs and publications. Series II is arranged by subject: service members’ papers, followed by publications. Series III is arranged by subject: service members’ papers, photographs and ephemera. Series IV and V are arranged chronologically.

Subject Terms

Topical Terms
- Brown Family
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Genealogy
- Military History
Corporate Names
- Maryland Army National Guard
- United States Army
Location Terms
- Deal Island (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

Series I. 115th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard

1. Interview, George R. Bailey, Service in World War I, 1982

2. Interview, Ernest T. Foskey, Service in World War I, 1982

3. Interview, Marion Hastings, Service in World War I, 1982

4. Service Records and Correspondence, Russell Baysinger, 1917-1919

5. Service Records and Photograph, Joseph Rawson, 1917-1919

6. Correspondence, Dixie Dryden, 1918

7. Letter of Commendation, James Cordrey, 1954

8. Newspaper Clippings and Ephemera, Blair Crockett, 1962-1975

9. Correspondence, Federal Recognition of Company I, 1947

10. Enlistment Records, 1947-1955

11. Service and Qualification Records, 1948-1955

12. Training Evaluation Reports, 1953-1957

13. Orders, 1957-1958

14. Special Orders, 1949-1958

15. Armory Drill Payroll, 1953-1957

16. Reports of Sickness or Injury, 1953-1956

17. Discharge Records, 1950-1957

18. Reports of National Guard Duty Performed, 1956-1957

19. Armory Inspection Report, 1951

20. Armory Inspection Report, 1952

21. Armory Inspection Report, 1953

22. Armory Inspection Report, 1954

23. Armory Inspection Report, 1955

24. Armory Inspection Report, 1958

25. Vehicular Accident Report, 1949

26. Statements of Quartermaster Property Lost, Damaged or Destroyed, 1953

27. Photographs, 115th Infantry Regiment, circa 1950-1980

28. Roster, 115th Regiment Association, 1992

29. Roster, 115th Regiment Association, 1993

30. Roster, 115th Regiment Association, 1994

31. Company I Newsletters, 1933-1935

Box 2

1. Extracts, Maryland National Guard and Naval Militia Newsletters, 1939

2. 115th Regimental Newsletters, 1992

3. 115th Regimental Newsletters, 1994

4. 115th Regimental Newsletters, 1995

5. 115th Regimental Newsletters, 2001

6. Newspaper Clippings, 1941-1943

7. Newspaper Clippings, 1968

Series II. World War I

8. Officer’s Identity Card, Harry Kuhlman, US Army, circa 1917-1919

9. Discharge, Jacob Adkins, US Army, 1919

10. Service Records and Correspondence, Donald Baysinger, US Army, 1917-1931

11. Discharge, George Byrd, US Army, 1919

12. Correspondence, Raymond Davis, US Army, 1918

13. Service Records and Correspondence, Alexander Toadvin Grier, US Army, 1917-1926

14. Draft Registration Card, War Insurance Policy, and Correspondence, James Hughes, US Army, 1917-1925

15. Correspondence, Frederick Humphreys, US Army, 1918

16. Newspaper Clipping, Horace Lake, US Army, 1918

17. Receipt for Iron Cross, Second Class, Frantz Giehler, German Army, 1917

18. Personnel Records, 310th Field Artillery, 1917-1918

19. Personnel Roster, 310th Field Artillery, 1919

20. Unit History, 310th Field Artillery, circa 1919

21. Manual of Interior Guard Duty, US Army, 1914

22. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1914 October, December

23. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1915 January-February

Box 3

1. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1915 March-April

2. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1915 May-June

3. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1915 July-August

4. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1915 September-October

5. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1915 November

Box 4

1. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1916 January-February

2. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1916 March-April

3. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1916 May-June

4. Magazine, The World’s Work, 1916 July-August

5. Circular, “The Black Record for 2000 Years of the German Beast,” 1918

Box 5

Series III. World War II and the Korean War

1. Officer’s Identity Card and Photograph, Fitzhugh Insley, Jr., US Army, 1944

2. Service Records and Photograph, Edward Beauchamp, US Army, 1943-1946

3. Service Records, Frederick Flurer, US Army, 1944-1945

4. Service Records, Correspondence and Photograph, Laurence Godfrey, US Army, 1944-1945

5. Discharge, William Hall, US Navy, 1946

6. Service Records, Correspondence and Photograph, Donald Onley, US Marine Corps, 1932-1945

7. Service Records and Photograph, Thomas Price, US Marine Corps, 1944-1946

8. Service Records, Sidney Carey, US Army, 1948-1949

9. Discharge, Freeman Jones Jr., US Army, 1953

10. Service Records, Samuel Patrick, US Army, 1951

11. Photographs, US Soldiers, United States, 1941-1945

12. Photographs, US Soldiers, European Theater, 1941-1945

13. Photographs, US Soldiers, Pacific Theater, 1941-1945

14. Photographs, US Soldiers, Korea, 1950-1953

15. Financial Records, Civilian Defense of Deal Island, Md., 1941-1951

16. Newsletters and Flyer, Martin & Schwartz, Inc. and Precision Development Co., 1945

17. Calendar, Marine Corps Association, 1995

Series IV. Price Family Genealogy

18. Photograph, unidentified male, circa 1870

19. Photograph, Gertie Andrew, circa 1880

20. Photograph, Ella Evans Cousey, circa 1880

21. Photograph, Louisa Brown, circa 1890

22. Photograph, Emma Evans, circa 1890

23. Photographs, Bertha Stubbs, circa 1890-1900

24. Marriage Certificate, R.R. Brown and Isadora Shores, 1900

25. Teacher’s Certificate, Louise Brown, 1919

26. Marriage Certificate, Levin Anderson and Flora Price, 1921

27. Deed, Louisa Brown to R.R. Brown, Somerset County, Md., 1926

28. Obituary, Louisa Brown, 1929

29. Survey, Plot of Philip Price by Samuel Miles, Somerset County, Md., 1929

30. Photographs, R.R. Brown at Camp Meeting, circa 1930

31. Agreement, R.R. Brown and The Holt Oil Company, 1932

32. Photograph, R.R. Brown Store, Deal Island, Md., 1938

33. Account Book, Thomas Price, Farmers and Merchants Bank, Salisbury, Md., 1945-1951

34. Photographs, R.R. Brown Store, circa 1950

35. Photographs and Newspaper Clippings, Kingston Homemakers’ Club, 1953-1955

Series V. Delmarva History

36. Enlistment Records, USCTs, Somerset County, Md., 1865

37. Photograph, Swimmers, circa 1890

38. Photographs, Deal Island Wharf, circa 1910

39. Photographs, Deal Island Central School, circa 1910

40. Class Photograph, Deal Island High School, circa 1924

41. Graduation Invitation, Deal Island High School, 1924

42. Postcard, “Joshua Thomas Canoe, Methodist,” undated

43. Photograph, unidentified waterman, circa 1950

44. Football Program, Wicomico High School vs Dover High School, 1954

45. Brochure and Fishing Map, Somerset County, Md., 1959

46. Program, “Joshua Thomas Day and Homecoming,” Ye Old St. Peter’s Methodist Church, 1960

47. Booklet, “Storm of the Century,” The Baltimore Sun, 1962

48. Program, “The Second Annual Joshua Thomas Day Pageant,” St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1972

49. Research Paper, “Partial Survey: Graveyards of Deal’s Island, Wenona and Chance,” Thomas Price, Salisbury State College, 1983

Oversize

1. Certificate of Service, Roland E. Johnson, Company I, 115th Infantry Regiment, circa 1919

2. Election Ballot, First Congressional District, Somerset County, Md., 1924

3. Women’s Short Course Certificate and Program, Extension Service of the University of Maryland, Alice Ellison Price, 1955

Artifacts

See Nabb Center Staff

Attachments

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