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Atwood Barwick collection

6 boxes, 1 oversize folder (6.25 linear feet)

(1897 – 2010)

bulk 1950-1984

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

Identifier 1997.012
Creator(s) Barwick, Atwood
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 Emily Novak, May 1998 and Kenneth Forest, September 2018
Related Materials

Somerset County Media collection (1670 – 1912)
Separated Materials

Oversized materials have been housed in the Nabb Center’s flat file system.
Abstract

The Atwood Barwick Collection consists of historical and travel materials accumulated by Atwood Barwick, a transcript of judicial records by Atwood Barwick, and a notebook by Arthur O’Donnell, dating from 1897-2010. It contains brochures, booklets, postcards and ephemera from historic sites in the United States, and booklets, catalogs, extracts, magazines offering insight into historical tourism in the United States from 1924-1984. The collection also contains magazines, newspapers, a transcript of colonial judicial records of Somerset County, Maryland, and a notebook on the First World War by a student at New York University in 1918 offering insight into nautical and United States’ history from 1696-1995.

Biographical History

Atwood Sinclair Barwick was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on April 12, 1934 to Arthur and Leah Catlin Barwick. Educated at Montgomery Blair High School, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in geology from George Washington University in 1960. He served in the Coast Guard reserves and worked as an oceanographer in the Navy Department for 20 years. After a further three years of service in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he retired in 1980. Barwick resided in Connecticut and in Somerset County, Maryland, and visited historic sites throughout the United States. Between 1998 and 2010, he transcribed the judicial records of the court of Somerset County, Maryland from 1670 to 1698 for the Maryland State Archives. Barwick died in Chestertown, Maryland on February 18, 2012.

 

Citation: Obituary, Atwood Barwick MyEasternShoreMd February 23, 2012

https://www.myeasternshoremd.com/obituaries/obituaries/article_cad9c680-7a57-5ddd-b02f-09b23f91dfbb.html

Scope and Content Note

The collection documents the historical interests and travels of Atwood Barwick.

Series I. Travel contains brochures, booklets, postcards and ephemera from historic sites in the United States from 1924-1984. The Series includes brochures and booklets from the Smithsonian Institution, Colonial Williamsburg and Historic Annapolis.

Series II. Transcript contains a transcript of judicial records of the court of Somerset County, Maryland from 1696-1698, completed by Atwood Barwick in 2010.

Series III. Notebook contains a notebook on the First World War by Arthur O’Donnell, a student at New York University in 1918. The notebook includes notes, maps and newspaper clippings on the final German offensives of the war.

Series IV. Publications contains booklets, catalogs, extracts, magazines and newspapers from 1897-1995. The Series includes magazines and newsletters from Mystic Seaport and the Naval Historical Foundation.

Arrangement Statement

The collection is arranged in four Series. Series I is arranged alphabetically by state. Series III and IV are arranged by subject. Series IV contains Subseries A-C.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • World War, 1914-1918
    • Voyages and Travel
  • Corporate Names
    • Mystic Seaport
    • National Park Service
    • Naval Historical Foundation
    • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personal Names
    • Barwick, Atwood ( )
    • O'Donnell, Arthur
  • Location Terms
    • Somerset County (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

 

Series I: Travel

 

  1. Brochure, Old Town Historic Park, San Diego, California, circa 1970

  2. Brochures, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, circa 1960

  3. Placemats, Post House Restaurants, Wilmington, Delaware, circa 1970

  4. Booklets and brochure, Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas, Florida, 1945-1950

  5. Brochure, Fort Jefferson, Florida, 1950

  6. Brochure, Cruises, A.G.H. Boat Lines, Miami, Florida, circa 1945

  7. Brochure, Museums, Key West, Florida, circa 1965

  8. Brochure, Fort Frederica, Georgia, 1950

  9. Booklets, Fort Pulaski, Georgia, 1947-1954

  10. Brochure, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee, 1956

  11. Booklet, Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1965

  12. Booklet, Fort Kent, Maine, circa 1960

  13. Booklet, Fort Knox, Maine, 1924

  14. Postcards, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine, circa 1960

  15. Flyer Rockland Chamber of Commerce, Rockland, Maine, circa 1960

  16. Booklet, Fort McHenry, Maryland, 1950

  17. Brochure, Fort Washington, Maryland, 1949

  18. Booklet, Civil War Sites, Maryland, 1961

  19. Booklets, brochures, maps and newsletters, Historic Annapolis, Maryland, 1968-1975

  20. Brochure, Baltimore and Ohio Transportation Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 1954

  21. Brochures, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland, 1947-1955

  22. Brochure, Old Bay Line, Baltimore Steam Packet Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1957

  23. Flyers, Somerset County, Maryland, circa 1960

  24. Street Map, “Wicomico County, Maryland,” Alexandria Drafting Company, 1979

  25. Flyers, HMS Rose, Fall River Massachusetts, circa 1980

  26. Booklets, brochures and postcards, Morristown National Historic Park, Morristown, New Jersey, 1941-1952

  27. Booklet and brochure, Fort William Henry, New York, 1955

  28. Brochure, Fort Mount Hope, New York, circa 1950

  29. Brochure, Fort Ticonderoga, New York, circa 1950

  30. Brochure, Gunboat Philadelphia, Lake Champlain, New York, circa 1950

  31. Booklet, Battle of Saratoga, New York, 1950

  32. Booklet and brochure, New York City, New York, 1947

  33. Postcards, New York Historical Society, New York, circa 1940

  34. Booklet and brochure, Fraunces Tavern, New York City, New York, 1949

  35. Brochure, South Street Seaport Museum, New York City, New York, 1968-1969

  36. Brochures and postcards, Historic Village of Richmond Town, Staten Island, New York, 1938-1951

  37. Booklet, Fort Raleigh, North Carolina, 1956

  38. Brochure, Brunswick Town and Fort Sanderson, North Carolina, 1965

  39. Brochure, Moores Creek National Military Park, North Carolina, 1956

  40. Brochure, Historic Sites, North Carolina, circa 1960

  41. Brochures and map, Historic Murfreesboro, North Carolina, 1972

  42. Booklet and brochure, Orton Plantation, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1958

  43. Brochure, Chinqua-Penn Plantation, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1960

  44. Booklet, Edenton and Chowan County, North Carolina, 1984

  45. Brochure, Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Recreational Area, North Carolina, 1956

 

Box 2

 

  1. Brochure, Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument, Ohio, 1951

  2. Booklet, Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania, 1961

  3. Brochures, Pennsylvania Trail of History, circa 1960

  4. Brochure, William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1960

  5. Brochure, Daniel Boone Homestead, Baumstown, Pennsylvania, circa 1960

  6. Brochure, Thomas Massey House, Marple Township, Pennsylvania, 1968

  7. Brochure, Thomas Leiper House, Swathmore, Pennsylvania, 1965

  8. Brochure, The Lazzaretto, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1960

  9. Brochure, The Lincoln Room Museum, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1963

  10. Brochure, Conrad Weiser Park, Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, circa 1960

  11. Brochure, Cornwall Furnace, Cornwall, Pennsylvania, 1946 - circa 1960

  12. Brochures and Ticket, Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1968

  13. Flyer, Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1949

  14. Brochure, Baker Caverns, Williamson, Pennsylvania, circa 1955

  15. Brochure and postcards, Seaport ’76, Newport, Rhode Island, 1976

  16. Booklet, Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, 1978

  17. Booklet and brochure, Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1962-1965

  18. Brochure, Fort White and Belle Isle Gardens, Georgetown, South Carolina, 1960

  19. Brochure, Historic Homes, Charleston, South Carolina, 1973

  20. Brochure, Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, circa 1960

  21. Booklet, Fort Davis, Texas, 1965

  22. Booklet and postcards, Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, 1941

  23. Brochures, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia, 1949-1964

  24. Brochure, Historic Alexandria, Virginia, 1952

  25. Brochures, Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1950-1954

  26. Postcards, Charlottesville, Virginia, circa 1950

  27. Booklets and brochures, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, circa 1950

  28. Brochure, Ash Lawn Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia, circa 1950

  29. Brochure, Michie Tavern, Charlottesville, Virginia, circa 1950

  30. Booklets and postcard, Jamestown, Virginia, circa 1960

  31. Booklets, brochures, postcards and tickets, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, 1946-1971

  32. Brochure, Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, circa 1970

  33. Brochure, The Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, Virginia, circa 1970

  34. Brochures, Historic Hampton, Virginia, circa 1970

  35. Brochures, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 1942-1965

  36. Booklet and brochure, Luray Caverns, Luray, Virginia, 1941

  37. Brochures, Skyline Caverns, Front Royal, Virginia, circa 1950

  38. Postcards, Endless Caverns, New Market, Virginia, circa 1940

  39. Booklet, brochures and map, Washington, DC, 1952-1955

  40. Booklet, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1928

  41. Brochures, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, 1967-1970

  42. Certificate and program, Mayflower II, Washington, DC, 1957

  43. Postcard, United Air Lines, Washington, DC, 1953

  44. Flyer, S.S. Mount Vernon, Wilson Line, Washington, DC, circa 1955

  45. Brochures, Harper’s Ferry National Monument, West Virginia, 1957-1963

 

Box 3

Series III: Transcript

  1. CD-ROM, Transcript, Somerset County Court (Judicial Record) 1696-1698, Atwood Barwick, 2010

 

Series IV: Notebook

  1. Notebook, Arthur Francis O’Donnell, New York University, 1918

 

Series II: Publications

Subseries A: Booklets, Catalogs and Excerpts

  1. Excerpt, “The Protestant Revolution in Maryland,” Bernard C. Steiner, 1897

  2. Booklet, “Lincoln,” Lincoln Centenary Committee of the City of New York, 1908

  3. Program, “Hudson Fulton Celebration,” 1909

  4. Booklet, “William Penn’s Plan for the Peace of Europe, 1693-1694,” William Penn, Old South Leaflets, 1915

  5. Booklet, “Washington’s Tour to the Ohio, 1770,” George Washington, Old South Leaflets, 1915

  6. Booklet, “The Destruction of the Tea, 1773,” Thomas Hutchinson, Old South Leaflets, 1915

  7. Extract, “Under Sail to the Cape Verdes,” Robert H. Rockwell, circa 1925

  8. Booklet, “Anglo-American Hotel, Florence, Italy,” circa 1930

  9. Booklet, “Lausanne, Switzerland,” circa 1930

  10. Catalog, “Old Maps of America,” Argosy Book Stores, Inc. circa 1940

  11. Booklet, “The Magic of Communication,” John Mills, 1943

  12. Booklet, “Science from Shipboard,” Science Service, 1943

  13. Booklet, “Warsaw Lives Again,” Stanislaw Albrecht, 1946

  14. Booklet, “Artillery Through the Ages,” Albert Manucy, 1949

  15. Catalog, “Review Books,” Warp Publishing Company, circa 1950

  16. Booklet, “Antique Guns,” Hank Weiand Bowman, 1953

  17. Booklet, “Edinburgh Castle,” J.S. Richardson and Marguerite Wood, 1953

  18. Booklet, “John Carver (1799-1867) Builder of Wooden Ships upon the Penobscot Bay!” Clifford N. Carver, 1957

 

Box 4

 

  1. Booklet, “Political Campaign Torches,” Herbert R. Collins, 1964

  2. Booklet, “Red Cross Ambulance of 1898,” Herbert R. Collins, 1965

  3. Booklet, “The White House Stables and Garages,” Herbert R. Collins, 1966

  4. Catalog, “Newspapers Along America’s Great Trails,” Bell & Howell Company, 1968

  5. Booklet, “American Ships of the Line,” Naval History Division, Navy Department, 1969

  6. Catalogs, American Life Foundation Books, circa 1970

  7. Booklet, “A City for the Nation: The Army Corps of Engineers and the Building of Washington, DC, 1790-1967,” Albert R. Cowdrey, 1978

  8. Booklet, “Daughter of the South County,” J. Wesley Clark, 1979

  9. Booklet, “Treasures from the Smithsonian Institution at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh,” 1984

  10. Catalog, “Historic City Plans and Views,” Historic Urban Plans, 1984

 

Box 5

 

Subseries B: Magazines and Newsletters

 

  1. Magazine, All Hands, 1959 March

  2. Annual Reports, Naval Historical Foundation, 1963, 1964

  3. Newsletter, Pull Together, Naval Historical Foundation, 1988 Fall/Winter, 1989 Fall/Winter

  4. Newsletter, Pull Together, Naval Historical Foundation, 1991 Spring/Summer, 1992 Spring/Summer, Fall/Winter

  5. Newsletter, Pull Together, Naval Historical Foundation, 1994 Fall/Winter, 1995 Spring/Summer, Fall/Winter

  6. Newsletter, North River Navigator, Hudson River Sloop Restoration, Inc., 1972 August, October

  7. Annual Reports, Mystic Seaport Inc., 1972, 1973, 1978

  8. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1972 Winter, Spring, Fall

  9. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1973 Winter – Fall

  10. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1974 Spring – Fall

  11. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1975 May, August

  12. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1976 April, July, October

  13. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1977 April, July, October

  14. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1978 January, April, July, October

  15. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1979 Winter – Fall

  16. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1980 Spring

  17. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1981 Summer, Fall

  18. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1982 Winter, Spring

  19. Magazine, The Log of Mystic Seaport, 1983 Spring, Fall

  20. Magazine, Broad Neck Hundred, 1975-1976 Winter

  21. Magazine, The Ensign, 1976 October, 1978 November, 1980 July

  22. Magazine, Tidewater Times, 1977 September, 1984 June

  23. Magazine, Annapolitan, 1980 September

  24. Magazine, The Second Boat, 1981 May, August, 1982 February

  25. Magazine, British Heritage, 1982 February/March, 1983-1984 December/January

  26. Magazine, Maryland Magazine of Genealogy, 1982 Fall

  27. Magazine, Sea History, 1984 Summer

 

Oversize Box 58

 

Subseries C: Newspapers

 

  1. Newspaper clippings, Salisbury Times, 1938

  2. Newspaper, Evening Star, Inauguration of President Franklin Roosevelt, January 20, 1941

  3. Newspaper clippings, Washington Star, 1952-1968

  4. Newspaper clippings, Washington Post, 1961-1974

  5. Newspaper clippings, 1963-1996

  6. Newspaper, Evening Star, Inauguration of President Lyndon Johnson, January 20, 1965

  7. Newspaper clippings, Grit, 1967

  8. Newspaper clippings, Evening Capital, 1971-1982

  9. Newspaper clippings, News American, 1972-1973

  10. Newspaper clippings, National Fisherman, 1972-1973

  11. Newspaper clippings, National Fisherman, 1974-1975

  12. Newspaper clippings, National Fisherman, 1976-1977

  13. Newspaper clippings, National Fisherman, 1978-1981

  14. Newspaper clippings, National Fisherman, 1982

  15. Newspaper clippings, National Fisherman, 1983-1988

  16. Newspaper clippings, Somerset Herald, 1985-1986

 

Oversize

 

  1. Maps, Guam, circa 1960

  2. Print, Mayflower II, 1957

  3. Instructions, Wood Model Kit, Sloop Ferret, circa 1970

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