Request This Item

Joseph Long Papers

8 cartons, 3 oversize boxes (11.25 linear feet)

(1937 – 2005)

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

Identifier 2011.137
Creator(s) Long, Joseph L.
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 Nate Godfrey, February 2021
Related Materials None
Separated Materials

1 Folder of oversized election posters and baseball photograph placed in Box 7 (7|4)
Abstract

Joe Long was an American athlete, soldier, railroad worker, and politician born in 1921 in Delmar, Maryland. The Joe Long collection contains material compiled by Joe Long and his wife Mabel, who acted his campaign manager during campaigns. Materials included are newspapers, government bills, speeches, cards, letters, books, scrapbooks, and photographs compiled and saved by the Longs since the late 1930's.

Biographical History

Joseph ‘Joe’ Long was a Salisbury City councilman, Democratic Delegate, Senator, soldier, railroad worker, and baseball player born in Delmar, Maryland in 1921. After attending Wicomico High School and being a star player on the school’s football and baseball teams, and played on the local baseball circuit as an amateur player for Princess Anne’s local team. During World War II, Long joined the Army Air Corps, where he worked in aircraft maintenance. After the war, Long returned to the Eastern Shore and began working on railroads before eventually running for a position on the Salisbury City Council, which eventually led to him being elected to the House of Delegates and then the Maryland Senate. Long retired from politics in 1986, and died in 2008.

Scope and Content Note

The Joesph Long Papers are an archival collection compiled by Joseph and Mabel Long during Joe Long's baseball, military, and political careers as well as his personal life. The bulk of the collection is taken up by newspapers documenting political activities and local news, as well scrapbooks and various plaques and certificates from Maryland social, fraternal, and political groups. Much of the political content of the collection involves labor relations and public perceptions of local and state officials, as well as Long's fight for Salisbury-area cable TV in the 1950s, utility pricing legislation, and calls for increased rights and living standards in the mobile home industry. The collection contains six main series. The first series contains materials related to the personal life of Joe Long, such as cards, documents, booklets/pamphlets, and possessions. The second series concerns Joe Long's political life, and contains booklets and pamphlets, government books, and documents. The third series contains materials belonging to Long's various election campaigns, such as bumper stickers, cards, official notices, letters, posters,and newspaper ads. The fourth series contains newspapers, ranging from the 1930s to the mid-2000s. Newspaper materials include letters to the editor, news concerning Joe Long's political life, whole newspapers and sections, local news, and various local and national newspaper columns. The fifth series contains photographs and scrapbooks, with scrapbooks being located in oversize boxes. The final series contains the numerous plaques and certificates that Long compiled over his career.

Arrangement Statement

The Joe Long Collection is divided into 6 main series and multiple subseries. They are

1: Personal

  • 1.1: Cards

  • 1.2: Documents

  • 1.3: Booklets & Pamphlets

  • 1.4: Possessions

2: Political Office

  • 2.1: Booklets & Pamphlets

  • 2.2: Government Books

  • 2.3: Documents

3: Campaigning

  • 3.1: Bumper Stickers

  • 3.2: Cards

  • 3.3: Official Notices

  • 3.4: Letters

  • 3.5: Posters

  • 3.6: Newspaper Ads

4: Newspapers

  • 4.1: Letters to the Editor

  • 4.2: Delegate News

  • 4.3: Whole Newspapers/Sections

  • 4.4: Local News

  • 4.5: Columns

5: Photographs and Scrapbooks

  • 5.1: Photographs

  • 5.2: Scrapbooks

6: Plaques and Certificates

  • 6.1: Plaques

  • 6.2: Certificates

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Baseball
    • Bicentennial Parade (Salisbury, Md.)
    • Labor History
    • Newspapers
    • Railways
    • World War, 1939-1945
  • Corporate Names
    • Eastern Shore Railroad
    • Maryland House of Delegates
    • Salisbury Bicentennial Commission
    • United States Army
    • Wicomico High School
  • Location Terms
    • Delmar (Md.)
    • Salisbury (Md.)
    • Wicomico County (Md.)

Inventory List

The inventory list for this item is hidden due to its length. Click the button below to view it.

Box 1

1.1: Cards

1|1 Holiday Cards

1|2 American Legion Membership Card

1|3 Father’s Day Cards

1|4 Easter Cards

1|5 Card from Pat & Norman Dennis

1|6 Delmar High School Class of 1986 Announcement

1|7 Birthday Cards

1|8 Retirement Cards [Includes letters]

1|9 Invitation to James M. Bennett Jr. High School Open House

1.2: Documents

1|10: Central Elementary School

1|11 Research Division: 445th Flight Test Squadron

1|12 Envelopes

1|13 Food Stamps Application

1|14: Poem

1|15 Letter to Pam

1|16 Healthcare

1|17 Testimonial for Sen. Joseph J. Long

1|18 List of Names

1.3: Booklets & Pamphlets

1|19 Church Pamphlets

1|20 Stationary

1|21 Maryland Highway Maps

1|22 Antiques in Annapolis

1|23 Betty Hastings Kelly Funeral

1|24 Democratic Club of Wicomico County 30th Anniversary

1|25 Tenth Annual Women’s Recognition Day

1|26 50th Reunion - Class of 1938

1|27 Shore Shoptalk

1|28 What Men Know About Women (blank)

1.4: Possessions

1|29 Funeral Home Bag

1|30  Support Your Local Police bumper sticker

1|31 The Long Family

1|32 State of Maryland stickers

1|33 Centennial Bumper Stickers

2.1: Booklets & Pamphlets

1|34 Rules of the Senate of Maryland

1|35 Maryland Elected Officials

1|36 Salisbury Sesqui-bicentennial - who’s who outstanding women in our community

1|37 Worcester Co, MD street map

1|38 The Past - A bridge to the Future

1|39 MD Commission on Groundwater Heatpumps Final Report

1|40 Delaware Legislature

 

Box 2

2|1 Maryland Manual 1969-1970

2|2 Maryland Manual 1970-1971

2|3 Maryland Manual 1973-1974

2|4 Maryland Manual Supplement 1975-1976

2|5 Maryland Manual 1977-1978

2|6 Maryland Manual 1979-1980

 

Box 3

3|1 Maryland Manual 1961-1962

3|2 Maryland Manual 1967-1968

3|3 Maryland Manual 1963-1964

3|4 Maryland Manual 81-82

3|5 Roster of Maryland Elected Officials

 

Box 4

4|1 Maryland Manual 1983-1984

4|2 Maryland Manual 1985-1986

4|3 Welcome to the Maryland Senate

4|4 House of Delegates Stationary

4|5 Modernization of State Government Message to the General Assembly

4|6 Seating Arrangement - Senate

4|7 Offshore Louisiana

4|8 Maryland Senate - Your Voice in Annapolis

4|9 Guide to 1986 MD General Assembly

4|10 State of MD Report & Recommendation - Public EMployee Labor Relations

4|11 Antique Cars Calendar

4|12 International Symposium on Public Employment Labor Relations

4|13 Effects on Chesapeake Bay of Salts Used to De-Ice Highways

4|14 Notepads

4|15: The Charter for Wicomico County, MD

4|16 Maryland Agricultural Dinner 1975

4|17 Historic Annapolis

4|18 Review of the Meetings of Presidential Electors in Maryland

4|19 Rules of the Senate of Maryland

4|20 Virginia Capitol Connections

4|21 Government House

2.2: Bills, Laws, & Resolutions

4|22 Maryland 350th Anniversary Committee

4|23 House Joint Resolution 75

4|24 House Resolution 140

4|25 House Bill 800 amended

4|26 House Bill 762

4|27 List of Bills Sponsored

4|28 House Resolution 11

4|29 High Voltage Line act

4|30 Joint Resolution 57

4|31Senate Bill 453

4|32 Senate Joint Resolution 35

4|33 House Resolution 118

4|34 House Bill photocopies

 

Box 5

2.3: Documents

5|1 Checks

5|2 Speeches & Announcements

5|3 Letters

5|4 Legislative Conference for Maryland Businessmen

5|5 Salisbury Sesqui-bicentennial

5|6 Wicomico County Centennial

5|7 Committees

Series 3

3.1: Bumper Stickers

5|8 Re-Elect Joe Long Bumper Stickers

5|9 E. Homer White Bumper Stickers

3.2: Cards

5|10 1966 Election Cards

3.3: Official Notices

5|11 Press Release - Re-Election

5|12 Notice of Re-election Campaign

5|13 Press Release - Sen. Long Becomes Vice-Chairman of Chesapeake Bay Commission

3.4: Posters

5|14 Lets Go With Joe Posters [Oversize]

3.5: Letters 

5|15 Letters from Constituents

3.6: Newspaper ads

5|16 Let’s Go With Joe Newspaper ads

Series 4: Newspapers

Full newspaper issues with ads, satire, and more [OVERSIZE]

4.1: Letters to the Editor

5|17 Post-Retirement Daily Times Letters

5|18 Letter to Editor, January 21, 1975

4.2: Delegate News

5|19 Election

5|20 Retiring

5|21 Sex Symbol Picks Wait

5|22 Slot Machines

5|23 Long at Home in Del. Senate

5|24 Trailer Homes Legislation

5|25 Homework All Year

5|26 Awards

5|27 Insider, June 22, 1978

5|28 Women’s Rights & News

5|29 Healthcare

5|30 Retirement Party

5|31 Military & VFW Materials

5|32 Environmental News

5|33 Motorcycle Safety Awareness Week

5|34 Long & American Bicentennial

5|35 Retirement Announcements

5|36 Annapolis Agenda

5|37 E Mail from Del. Norm Conway

5|38 Inner Sanctum

5|39 Face to Face

5|40 Del Long is Appointed

4.3: Whole Newspapers/Sections

5|41 Wicomico Record

5|42 Bi-State Weekly

5|43 Daily Times, April 3, 1986

5|44 Social Security

5|45 Philadelphia Inquirer

5|46 Daily Times, November 8, 1978

5|47 Action Line

5|48 Washington Post Metro Section, April 8, 1986

5|49 Salisbury Times May 8, 1962

5|50 Christian Science Monitor February 9, 1968

5|51 Salisbury Advertiser, October 22, 1942

5|52 Penn Central Post

5|53 Long, Reilly Win Seats in MD House, Senate

5|54 Daily Times January 28, 1979

5|55 Daily Times April 1, 1967

5|56 Daily Times June 30, 2003

5|57 Star-Democrat April 4, 1986

5|58 New Orleans Times - Extra

5|59 Daily Times June 16, 1970

5|60 Daily Times January 6, 1970

5|61 Maryland Municipal News

5|62 Daily Times April 7, 1979

5|63 Wi-Hi News

5|64 Sunday Daily Times February 1, 1976

5|65 MCEA News

5|66 Daily Times May 20, 1967

5|67 James M Bennett High School Graduates, 1986

4.4: Local News

5|68 Class of 1938

5|69 Lower Shore Charities & Societies

5|70 Just Like Old Times

5|71 Builders Warned on Voltage Act

5|72 Local TV

5|73 Funerals and Obituaries

5|74 Utilities

5|75 Gov. Mandel

5|76 Ocean City

 

Box 6

6|1 Subdistricts

6|2 Salisbury Buildings & Infrastructure

6|3 Baseball

6|4 Workers

6|5 Local Girl - House of Delegates Page

6|6 Gov. Harry Hughes

6|7 Delmar Man Wins Nationwide Contest

6|8 Today’s News, WBOC

6|9 JFK - Honorary Citizen of Salisbury

6|10 Blue Laws

6|11 Government Discussion

4.5: Columns

6|12 Ann Landers

6|13 Edna Davy Muir

6|14 Sports

6|15 Dick Moore’s Scratch Pad

6|16 You’re an Old Timer

Series 5: Photographs & Scrapbooks

5.1: Photographs

6|17 L/cpl Tom Robinson holding Maryland flag in Beirut

6|18 Joe Long with Donald Pumphrey and Tim Barker

6|19 Official Photos

6|20 License Plate Collector

6|21 Photos, Loose/No Context

6|22 B’Nai Brith Little League Team, 1950s

6|23 Joe Long & Another Baseball Player, Downtown Princess Anne

5.2: Scrapbooks

6|24 Newspaper Clippings

 

Box 7

7|1 Scrapbook 1

7|2 Scrapbook 2

7|3 Scrapbook 3

7|4 Oversize Posters and baseball photograph

Box 8

8|1 Scrapbook 4

8|2 Scrapbook 5

8|3 Scrapbook 6

8|4 Scrapbook 7

Full newspaper issues with ads, satire, and more

Miscellaneous plaques and certificates

Box 9

9|1 Scrapbook 8

9|2 Scrapbook 9

9|3 Scrapbook 10

 

Box 10

10|1 Scrapbook 11

10|2 Scrapbook 12

10|3 Scrapbook 13

 

Box 11

11|1 Unbound

Series 6: Plaques and Certificates

6.1: Plaques

11|2 Great Seal of Maryland

11|3 Jaycees Women

11|4 Salisbury Little League

11|5 Wor-Wic Board of Trustees

11|6 MCEA

11|7 Building Fund Campaign - Lower Shore Sheltered Workshop

11|8 Queen City Elks 1051

11|9 Tri-County Organization Coalition

11|10 The Optimist Creed

11|11 Key to the City of Berlin, MD

11|12 Law Enforcement

 

Box 12

12|1 West Side Wicomico Lion’s Club

12|2 MCEA Chapter 295

12|3 Wicomico Recreation Commission

12|4 Salvation Army

12|5 Ocean City Chamber of Commerce

12|6 New Directions Committee

12|7 Delmar Memorial VFW Post 8276

12|8 MIADA

12|9 MEUSE VFW Post 194

12|10 Salisbury Pony League

12|11 MCEA 1985

6.2: Paper

12|12 1966 Election

12|13 1962 Election

12|14 Wor-Wic Tech & Community College

12|15 Disabled American Veterans

12|16 Quota Club of the Eastern Shore

12|17 Lower Shore Sheltered Workshop Inc

12|18 Certificate of Recognition - Somerset County

12|19 VFW Citation of Merit

12|20 Salisbury Jaycees Honorary Membership

12|21 Wicomico High School Athletic Certificate, 1935

12|22 Certificate of Appreciation Ocean City Lions Club

12|23 Sea Gull Club Charter Membership

12|24 Special Invitation - City of St. Augustine

12|25 Somerset County Pony & Colt League Participation

12|26 Ward Museum - Charter Contributor

Artifacts

See Nabb Center Staff

Attachments

None