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Delmarva Oral Histories Collection

1 box (0.25 linear feet)

(1976 – 1990s)

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

Identifier 1993.018
Creator(s) See Nabb Center Staff
Acquisition See Nabb Center Staff
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 Mike Setzler, September 2019
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Abstract

This set of 19 tapes document a wide range of accounts and interviews centered on local Delmarva history. Such topics include: Accounts of daily life from past inhabitants of Holland Island, Barren Island, Bloodsworth Island, and Pone Island; Ralph Dulany and his Fruitland Cannery; an Inventory of Teackle Mansion; The founding of Salisbury and its boundaries; Early 20th century Salisbury and lynching in Salisbury; 1930s education in Salisbury; Delmarva plantation architecture; Early 20th century Deal's island; Early 20th century Quantico; St. Claire Wright and Historic Annapolis Incorporated; Cypress Swamp agriculture and shingle production; and Life in Early 20th century Princess Anne.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Architecture
    • Education
  • Personal Names
    • Dulany, Ralph O. (1893-1981)
  • Location Terms
    • Barren Island (Md.)
    • Bloodsworth Island (Md.)
    • Deal Island (Md.)
    • Fruitland (Md.)
    • Holland Island (Md.)
    • Princess Anne (Md.)
    • Salisbury (Md.)
    • Annapolis (Md.)

Inventory List

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1993.018.01a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Mr. Irving Parks Sr. 
  • Topic: Early 20th C. Deal’s island 

1993.018.01b: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Mr. Irving Parks Sr., Mrs. Wilson Todd 
  • Topic: Early 20th C. Deal’s Island, Early Holland’s Island 

1993.018.02a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: “O. Rideout” 
  • Topic: 18th/19th C. Delmarva Plantation Architecture 

1993.018.03a:  

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A  
  • Narrator: “Lohr” 
  • Topic: Eastern Shore Antique Furniture; Cypress Swamp Agriculture 

1993.018.03b: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: “Davidson” 
  • Topic: 18th C. Cypress Swamp Shingle Trade 

1993.018.04a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: “Carr”, Unnamed Speaker 
  • Topic: Early Chesapeake Vegetation; St. Claire Wright  

1993.018.05a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: W.M. Jackson, Ralph Dulany 
  • Topic: Early 20th C. Salisbury; Lynching in Salisbury; Canning in Fruitland 

1993.018.05b: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Ralph Dulany 
  • Topic: Canning in Fruitland 

1993.018.07a: 

  • Date: May 17, 19-- 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Pat Taylor (?) 
  • Topic: Salisbury Founding and Boundaries 

1993.018.08a: 

  • Date: Oct. 24, 1990 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: N/A 
  • Topic: Folklore of Genealogical Society 

1993.018.09a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Julia Ford, Elizabeth Dryden 
  • Topic: Teaching in Salisbury in the 1930s 

1993.018.10a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Judge Dyer  
  • Topic: Life in E. 20th C. Princess Anne  

1993.018.11a: 

  • Date: Nov. 21, 1985 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: John C. Baily 
  • Topic:  E. 20th C. Quantico 

1993.018.11b: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: N/A 
  • Topic: 1920s America Lecture 

1993.018.12a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: N/A 
  • Topic: Teackle Mansion Inventory 

1993.018.12b: 

  • Date: March 8th, 19-- 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: N/A 
  • Topic: Teackle Mansion Documents 

1993.018.13a: 

  • Date: March 8th, 19-- 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: N/A 
  • Topic: Teackle Mansion Documents 

1993.018.14a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Blaine Charles, Milford Crayton 
  • Topic: Barren Island 

1993.018.14b: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Milford Crayton, Luther Dean, Mrs. Phillips 
  • Topic: Barren Island 

1993.018.15a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: N/A 
  • Topic: High School Challenge Quiz Show 

1993.018.15b: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: N/A 
  • Topic: E. Eastern Shore Exploration 

1993.018.16a: 

  • Date: March 23, 1970 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: N/A 
  • Topic: Life on, E. 20th C. Holland Island  

1993.018.16b: 

  • Date: N/A  
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Mrs. Enfield, Evan Parks, Nale Parks 
  • Topic: Life on Barren and Holland Islands 

1993.018.17a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Unnamed, Hilda Colleen, Clifton Gain 
  • Topic: Life on Barren Island 

1993.018.17b: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Unnamed, Colleen Ralph, Mildred Urora 
  • Topic: Life on Barren Island 

1993.018.18a: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Mildred Urora 
  • Topic: Life on Barren Island 

1993.018.18b: 

  • Date: N/A 
  • Interviewer: N/A 
  • Narrator: Mildred Urora 
  • Topic: Life on Barren Island 

1993.018.19a: 

  • Date: Nov. 1976 
  • Interviewer: Habbart Dean 
  • Narrator: Adele Bloodworth, Brady Dean 
  • Topic: Life on Pone Island, Bloodworth Island, E 20th C. Sailing 

1993.018.19b: 

  • Date: Nov. 1976 
  • Interviewer: Habbart Dean 
  • Narrator: Brady Dean 
  • Topic: E. 20th C. Delmarva/ Salisbury, Slavery 

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