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Anna Louise Brittingham Taylor collection

2 boxes (3 linear feet)

(1917, 1995)

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

Identifier 2004.004
Creator(s) Taylor, Anna Louise Brittingham
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 John Plinke, April 2011. Edits by Kate Harris, January, 2019.
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Oversized materials have been separated and housed within the Nabb's Flate File system.
Abstract

This collection contains documents pertaining to the life of Louise Brittingham Taylor. The documents in this collection follow her from grade school through her retirement. Included are such things as grade school report cards, information on Salisbury Normal School, programs on her commencement ceremony from both high school and Salisbury Normal School. There are several documents, forms, and booklets on her career as a teacher and copies of her teaching certificate and diploma from both high school and Salisbury State Normal School. Included are letters congratulating her on her retirement, and booklets and programs concerning her 50th and 60th Salisbury State University reunion. There are photographs of her College Graduation as well as several from her class reunions.

Biographical History

Louise Brittingham grew up in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.  She attended public schools in Wicomico county throughout her entire childhood.  She went on to attend Salisbury State Normal School and graduating with a teaching certificate in 1928.  She taught in Wicomico County until retirement after teaching for 39 years.  Her graduating class had their 50th reunion on 1978 and their 60th reunion in 1988 and their 65th reunion in 1993.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Education
  • Corporate Names
    • Salisbury State Teachers College

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Box 1

1|1                    Louise Brittingham’s Grade school report (1-30-1917)

1|1                    Note card that served as a report card for Louise Brittingham in grade school

1|1                    Report Card for Louise Brittingham for the school year of 1918-1919

1|1                    Report Card for Louise Brittingham for the school year of 1919-1920

1|1                    Report Card for Louise Brittingham for the school year of 1920-1921

1|1                    Report Card for Louise Brittingham during grade 7

1|1                    Report Card for Louise Brittingham for the school year of 1922-1923

1|1                    High School Report card for Louise Brittingham during the 1924-25 school year

1|1                    High School Report card for Louise Brittingham during the 1923-24 school year

1|1                    High School Report card for Louise Brittingham during the 1924-25 school year

1|1                    Free Anti-Typhoid Treatment certification

1|1                    “Commencement Memories” High School graduation program for Anna Louise Brittingham

1|1                    A page with a brief description of Louise Brittingham Taylor’s teaching career

1|1                    a copy of the thank you notice for the donor of the collection (Ms. Marie Thomas)

1|2                    A photograph labeled “June 1935 Salisbury State Teachers 1934-1935”

1|2                    A letter addressed to Mrs. Frank Taylor Willards without a return address

1|2                    A newspaper clipping for the death of Royd Mahaffey, superintendent of schools in Somerset County

1|2                    A letter to Mrs. Louis B. Taylor after retirement thanking her for serving as a teacher (August 25, 1972)

1|2                    Two Teachers certificates for Anna Louise Brittingham (Last name Taylor in second certificate) for the dates 8-1-1928 and 8-1-1935

1|2                    Teacher’s Data sheet for Anna Louise Brittingham Taylor (12/1952)

1|2                    Transcript request and attached transcript copy for Louise Taylor Brittingham from Salisbury State Teachers College

1|2                    Maryland State Department of Education Register of Attendance in Public Schools, Mt. Pleasant, Wicomico County MD

1|2                    Letters to Mrs. Louise Brittingham

1|2                    The Eighteenth Annual Commencement of the State Teachers College at Salisbury Maryland (8-27-1943)

1|2                    The tenth Commencement of the Maryland State Teachers College at Salisbury

1|2                    Fifth Anniversary of Dedication of Bethesda Methodist Protestant Church (1928)

1|2                    Maryland State Teachers College at Salisbury Sermon to Graduates (6-9-1935)

 

1|3                    A program for the Senior Class of 1928 for the Salisbury State Normal School

1|3                    Commencement program for the Salisbury State Normal School (6-6-1927)

1|3                    Anna Louise Brittington’s bill for attending Salisbury State Normal School in 1926

1|3                    Maryland State Normal School Commencement for 6-4-1928

1|3                    The Maryland State Normal School Announcement Book 1925-1926

1|3                    The Maryland State Normal School Announcement Book 1925-1926

1|3                    The “Evergreen” yearbook for 1928 belonging to A. Louise Brittingham

1|3                    A newspaper clipping on the Graduating Class of the Salisbury State Normal School

 

1|4                    The State Teachers College at Salisbury Maryland flier for

1|4                    Photograph and letter about a picture taken during the 1988 homecoming

1|4                    Letter to Louise informing her about a class reunion she did not attend

1|4                    Three photographs from Salisbury State Class of 1928’s 50th Reunion

1|4                    Alumni Newsletter for Salisbury State Teachers College (October 1959)

1|4                    A booklet for the 60th Reunion of the 1928 class at Salisbury State Teacher’s College

1|4                    A booklet for the 65th Reunion of the 1928 class at Salisbury State Teacher’s College

1|4                    A booklet for the 65th Reunion of the 1928 class at Salisbury State Teacher’s College

1|4                    A booklet for the 50th Reunion of the 1928 class at Salisbury State Teacher’s College

1|4                    Newspaper with a headline about the class of 1928

 

                       

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