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Michael Lewis papers

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(2000 – 2009)

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

Identifier 2009.048
Creator(s) Lewis, Michael
Acquisition

Michael Lewis donated his papers to the Nabb Research Center in July 2009.
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 Joel Henry, November 2016.
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Abstract

The papers of Michael Lewis reflect research he and several students collected regarding Maryland environmental history after his arrival at Salisbury University in 2000. A significant portion of the papers pertain to the Delmarva Peninsula including the health of the Chesapeake Bay, Ocean City, and Maryland ecology. There is also research conducted on the transition of 20th century Delmarva agriculture and the poultry industry. The papers include several oral histories from Dr. Lewis’ colleagues, ornithologists from the Ward Museum, and Delmarva environmentalists. Many of the documents are facsimiles of their original whose origin dates from 1887-2009.

Biographical History

Michael Lewis is a Salisbury University Professor of Environmental Studies and History, as well as, Chair of the Department of Environmental Studies He was born on March 26, 1971, in Okeechobee, Florida. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology with minor in American Studies from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.  In 1993, Lewis received his Master of Arts in American Studies from the University of Alabama. After he received his Master’s degree, he went on to the University of Iowa where he worked as a student assistant and received his Ph.D. in American Studies in 2000, with concentration in Environmental and 20th Century United States History.  He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at Salisbury University and since has received numerous awards including the Wilson H. Elkins Professorship of the University System of Maryland, 2012-2013.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Michael Lewis have been arranged into five series,  FORESTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, CHESAPEAKE BAY, EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, and DELMARVA ORAL HISTORIES. The first four series are a collection of research articles including newspaper clippings, magazine articles, scholarly articles, and pamphlets.  The fifth series consists of oral interviews and dissertations recorded on audiocassette tapes and compact discs regarding Maryland Eastern Shore industry, ornithology, and ecology.

 

Archive.org links for Oral History Interviews:

  • Dave Blazer: https://archive.org/details/2009.048-dave-blazer
  • Dr. Harry Womack: https://archive.org/details/dr.-womack
  • Judith Stribling: https://archive.org/details/judith-stribling
  • Betty Pitney: https://archive.org/details/fldr-4.14-betty-pitney-bird-watching
  • Samuel Dyke: https://archive.org/details/2009.048-4-15-samuel-dyke
  • Dr. Rob Gutberlet: https://archive.org/details/2009.048-4-16-rob-gutberlet
  • Tom Hooke: https://archive.org/details/tom-hooke
  • Paul Spitzer: https://archive.org/details/paul-spitzer
  • Sallie Welte: https://archive.org/details/sallie-welte
  • Vasco Calcara: https://archive.org/details/2009.048-4-17-vasco-calcara
  • Carolyn Cummings: https://archive.org/details/2009.048-4-19-carolyn-cummings
  • Roland Powell: https://archive.org/details/2009.048-4-20-roland-powell
  • Jim Rapp: https://archive.org/details/2009.048-4-21-jim-rapp
  • Jack Kumer: https://archive.org/details/2009.048-4-22-jack-kumer-a
Arrangement Statement

The Michael Lewis Papers are arranged in five series: FORESTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, CHESAPEAKE BAY, EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, and DELMARVA ORAL HISTORIES. 

Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Forestry
    • Jackson Family
    • Oysters
  • Corporate Names
    • E.E. Jackson & Company
  • Personal Names
    • Lewis, Michael (1971- )
    • Tawes, J. Millard (1894-1979)
  • Location Terms
    • Chesapeake Bay (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

Series: I: Forestry and the Environment

1.      Articles, Chesapeake Forests, 1954-2005

2.      Articles, Maryland Forests, 1927-2006

3.      Pamphlets, Maryland Forests, 1928-1960

4.      Bulletin, Forest Statistics for Maryland: 1986 and 1999, 2001

5.      Pamphlets, Maryland Forestry Resource Bulletin and Conservation Plan, 1980-1992

6.      Pamphlets, Maryland Strategic Forest Lands Assessment, 2003 October

7.      Reports, State Board of Forestry, 1906-1940

8.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Conservation Plans, 1948-2007

9.      Pamphlet, Riparian Forest Buffer Design and Maintenance, 2004-2005

10.  Project, Sustainable Forest Management Plan for the Chesapeake Forests, 2000 December

11.  Articles and Pamphlets, Maryland Tree, 1926-2006

12.  Pamphlets, Maryland Trees, 1930-1962

13.  Newspaper Clippings, Maryland Trees, 1943-1980

14.  Newspaper Clippings, Maryland Trees, 1959-1983

15.  Articles, Geographic Variation in Eastern White and Virginia Pine, 1966-1968

16-17. Newspaper Clipping, Forest Fire History of Wicomico County, 1940-1955

18.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Deforestation, 1945-2006

19.  Articles, Decomposition, 1968-2001

20.  Articles, Forestry Planning; Herbicides and Biodiversity, 1922-2006

21.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Forest Industry in Maryland, 1938-2007

22.  Bulletin, The Forest Land Owners of Maryland, 1980

23.  Articles, The Old Line Acorn, Department of Forest and Park, 1943-1959

24.  Pamphlets, The Old Line Acorns, Department of Forest and Park, 1943-1960

25.  Newspaper Clippings, Maryland Soil, 1962-1980

26.  Newspaper Clippings, Pamphlets, and Articles, Soil Conservation, 1937-1984

27.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Soil Conservation, 1964-1984

28.  Map, Baltimore County Soil Type, 1974 March

29.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Delmarva Fox Squirrel, 1983-2006

30.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Ornithology, 1911-2008

31.  Pamphlets, Wildfowl Art and Maryland Ornithological Society, 2008-2009

32.  Research, Ornithology Sources, 2008

 

Box 2

Series II: Chesapeake Bay

1.      Newspaper Clipping and Articles, Striped Bass, 1967-1985

2.      Newspaper Clippings, Rockfish, 1962-1990

3.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Rockfish, 1967-1988

4.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Sea Nettles, 1966-1980

5.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Shellfish, 1956-1983

6.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Tilghman Island, 1962-1980

7.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Tilghman Island, 1968-1979

8.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Soloman’s Island, 1949-1972

9.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Chesapeake Retriever, 1937-1973

10.  Newspaper Clippings, Maryland Water Pollution and the Solution, 1966-1978

11.  Newspaper Clippings, Water Pollution and the Solution,  1965-1974

12.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Maryland Water Pollution and the Solution, 1954-1984

13.  State Department of Water Resources, Water Regulations, 1971

14.  Pamphlets, Maryland Water Legislation, 1958-1989

15.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Legislation of Flood Insurance, 1951-1999

16.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Hazard Areas, 1941-1998

17.  Maps, Ocean City Flood Insurance Rate Maps, 1986-2007

18.  Building Regulations, Ocean City, 1972

19.  Newspaper  Clippings and Articles, Shoreline Erosion, 1991-2001

20.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Hurricane Legislation, 1985-1999

21.  Article, Post Hurricane Sea Shore Observations, American Midland Naturalist, 1937

22.  Article, County Tax Rate, 2006-2007

23.  Article, The Last Lonely Shore: Nature, Man, and the Making of Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland Historical Magazine, 2004

24.  Article, Catastrophe Insurance, Capital Markets, and Uninsurable Risks, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 1997

25.  Newspaper Clippings, Post-Hurricane Hugo, 1989-1992

26.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Coastal Floods and Insurance, 1970-2004

27.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Federal Flood Insurance Program, 1974-1998

28.  Article, Hurricane Insurance for Metropolitan Toronto, Canadian Geographical Journal, 1971

29.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Flood Insurance, 1927-2006

30.  Bulletin, Ocean City, Maryland, Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2001 December 3

31.  Bulletin, Ocean City, Maryland, Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2004 July 27

32.  Bulletin, Comprehensive Plan: Ocean City, Maryland, 1968

33.  Bulletin, Comprehensive Plan: Ocean City, Maryland, 2006 August

 

Box 3

1.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Ocean City Legislation, 1968-1989

2.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Ocean City Zoning, 1968-2007

3-4.   Newspaper Clippings, Delmarva Disaster, Recovery, and Preservation, 1962-1992

5.      Newspaper Clippings, Oysters and Chesapeake Bay, 1945-1991

6.      Articles, Oysters, 1884-1980

7.      Newspaper Clippings, Oysters, 1932-1985

8.      Newspaper Clippings, Articles, and Pamphlets, Oyster Wars, 1957-1985

9.      Newspaper Clippings and Court Case, Chesapeake Homicide, 1885-1893

10.  Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles, Maritime Vocation, 1909-1988

11.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Chesapeake Pollution, 1970-1998

12.  Newspaper Clipping and Article, Scientist Activists, 1965-1997

13.  Articles, The Ecology Movement, 1951-1994

14.  Newspaper Clippings, Articles, and Pamphlets, Governing the Chesapeake 1959-2002

15.  Newspaper Clippings, Chesapeake Bay Restoration, 1972-1999

16.  Articles, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 2006

17.  Newspaper clippings and pamphlets, The Potomac River, 1982-1990

18.  Pamphlet, Strategies for the Chester River, undated

Series III: Early American History Research Articles

19.  Article, Historical Foundation of American Environmental Attitudes, Environment Ethics, 1979

20.  Article, The Ethnohistory of Early America: A Review Essay, The William and Mary Quarterly, 1978

21.  Articles, Indians, 1953-1978

22.  Articles, Disease in Colonial Chesapeake, 1963-1979

23.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, The Colonial Chesapeake, 1871-1969

24.  Articles, Colonial America Society, 1962-1980

25.  Article, The Liberal Conception of Property: Cross Currents in the Jurisprudence of Takings, Columbia Law Review, 1988

26.  Articles, 19th Century American Agriculture, 1950-1975

27.  Articles, Colonial Chesapeake Maritime Economy, 1941-1973

28.  Articles, Colonial America Agriculture, 1967-1998

29.  Excerpt, Soil Exhaustion as a Factor in the Agricultural History of Virginia and Maryland, 1965

30.  Article, Perspectives on the History of Soil Erosion Control in the Eastern United States, Agricultural History, 1985

31.  Excerpt, Colonial Trade of Maryland, John Hopkins Press, 1914

32.  Excerpt, Early American Winters: 1604-1820, American Meteorological Society, 1966

33.  Article, Bison Ecology and Bison Diplomacy: The Southern Plains from 1800 to 1850, The Journal of American History, 1991

Series IV: Industry and Agriculture

34.  Article, The Agriculture of the Eastern Shore Country, Economic Geography, 1926

35.  Article, Agricultural Regions of North America, Economic Geography, 1929

36.  Article, Agriculture in Transition from War to Peace, The American Economic Review, 1945

37.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Tomatoes, 1926-2004

38.  Newspaper Clippings, Soybeans, 1984-1985

39.  Articles, Immigration Influence on Industry, 1999-2001

40.  Bulletin, The “Graying” of Delmarva: How we are Aging and What it will mean for our Services, Economy, and Workforce, 2004 June 4

41.  Article, The Negro Leaves the South, Demography, 1964

42.  Article, The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890, 2004

43.  Article, The War and American Agriculture, The Review of Economic Statistics, 1944

44.  Article, The World Metropolis and the History of American Agriculture, The Journal of Economic History, 1960

45.  Newspaper Clippings, Poultry Industry Pollution and Regulations, 1993-2004

46.  Newspaper Clippings, Migrants and Labor Regulations, 1923-1993

47.  Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Transformation in the Agriculture Industry, 1876-1999

 

Box 4

1.      Newspaper Clippings, Jackson Family: Politian’s and Business Owners, 1887-1913

2.      Article, Wholesale Marketing of Fresh Vegetables, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1974

3-4.   Research, Eating Delmarva: Agricultural Transformations in Wicomico County, 2004

5.      Article, The Deadliest United States Hurricanes of this Century, MSNBC, 1997

6.      Article, Population Projections for Maryland Subdivisions, Md. Office of Planning, 1990

7.      Newspaper Clippings, Recycling, 1991-1994

8.      Newspaper Clippings and Articles, Salisbury Urban Renewal, 1961-1979

9.      Maps, Sanborn Insurance Maps of Salisbury, 1885-1931

Series IV: Delmarva Oral Histories

10.  Oral Interview, Bill Williams, Rise of the Delmarva Chicken Industry in the 20th Century, undated

11.  Oral Interview, Dave Blazer, Delmarva Environmental Conservation, 2006 April

12.  Oral Interview, Dr. Harry Womack, History of Wicomico Environmental Trust and Delmarva Forestry, 2006 May

13.  Oral Interview, Judith Stribling, Delmarva Organizing for Environmental Conservation, 2006 April

14.  Oral Interview, Betty Pitney, Bird Watching, 2008 October

15.  Oral Interview, Samuel Dyke, Birding: Traveling to see Birds, 2008 October

16.  Oral Interview, Dr. Rob Gutberlet, Ornithology: Effects of Bird Hunting, 2008

17.  Oral Interviews, Spitzer, Hook, and Welte, Osprey, 2008

18.  Oral Interview, Vasco Calcara, Flood Insurance: Lombardi’s in Ocean City, 2007 June

19.  Oral Interview, Carolyn Cummings, Flood Insurance in Ocean City, 2007 June

20.  Oral Interview, Roland “Fish” Powell, Flood Insurance: Ocean City Politian, 2007 June

21.  Oral Interview, Jim Rapp, DLITE (Delmarva Low-Impact Tourism Experience)President, 2008 October

22.  Oral Interview, Jack Kumer, Assateague Wildlife Specialist, 2008 November

23.  Oral Interview, John Chlada, Agriculture on Delmarva, 2004 February

24.  Oral Interview, Mike Heller, Agriculture, undated

25.  Oral Interview, John Burtman, undated

26.  Interview Notes, John Groutt, 2006 April

27.  Interview Notes, Dr. Maloof, Chesapeake Environment, circa 2007

28.  Pictures, Ocean City: Inlet to 145th Street, 1971

29-30.    Dissertations, Flood Insurance, 2007 February

31.  Dissertations, Flood Insurance, 1967-1985

32.  Outline, Environment and Research Paper, circa 2005

33.  Research, Abstracts, 1988-1999

34.  Interview Agreement, Barnett Rattner, 2008

35.  Assorted Oral History Interview Agreements and Files, 2010-2022

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