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Sidney and Elsie Northam papers

2 boxes (1 linear feet)

(1941 – 2013)

bulk 1995-2005

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

Identifier 2013.088
Creator(s) Northam, Elsie; Northam, Sidney
Acquisition

The Sidney and Elsie Northam papers were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Ann Northam, December 2013.
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 Leslie M. Van Veen McRoberts, April 2014 with additions completed by Ken Forest, May 2018.
Related Materials None
Separated Materials

Library materials have been cataloged and housed with the Nabb Research Center’s non-circulating or rare book collections.

Artifacts have been cataloged, and housed in object storage.
Abstract

The papers of Sidney and Elsie Northam document their life in Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland from 1941-2013 with the bulk of the material dating from 1995-2005. Materials include correspondence between Sidney and Elsie from a 1958 trip to Washington State, Elsie’s daily journal entries with regard to her life as well as the weather and the Northam News, which Elsie wrote to keep friends and family informed on their activities. Also included are photographs, a family tree and print images of Snow Hill. Also included in the collection are a series of photocopies of the business correspondence, receipts and ledgers of Sidney Northam’s grandfather, James Adkins. Adkins was a blacksmith in Newark, Maryland from 1899-1917. Note: Adkins photocopies were created by Sidney Northam in the late 1990s.

Biographical History

Sidney O. Northam, Jr. (1920-2000) was born in Salisbury, Maryland and raised in Snow Hill, Maryland. While serving as a member of the United States Army Signal Corps, he met Elise Mae Gunnorson (1926-2013) in Washington State; they married on January 1, 1946. The Northam’s made their home in Snow Hill, Maryland where Sidney was employed by Delmarva Power and Elsie was employed by Worchester County Library. They had two children, Ann and Jerry.

Arrangement Statement

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
    • Northam Family
    • Farm Life
    • Voyages and Travel
  • Corporate Names
    • Improved Order of Red Men
  • Personal Names
    • Northam, Elsie Mae (1926-2013)
    • Northam, Sidney O. Jr. (1920-2000)
  • Location Terms
    • Snow Hill (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

1.      Correspondence, From Sidney Northam to Elsie Northam and children, 1958 June – July

2.      Correspondence, From Friends and Family to Elsie Northam, 1958 June – July

3.      Correspondence, From James Bross to Peggy Bortz, re: Sidney Northam on Pearl Harbor Day, 2001 May 28

4.      Northam News, Nos. 2-34, 1970-2007

5.      Journal, Daily Activities, 1995 January 1 – December 28

6.      Journal, Daily Activities, 2002 January 1 – 2004 May 29

7.      Article, Bird Watching by Golf Cart, undated

8.      Newspaper Clippings, Sidney Northam, 1986, 2000

9.      Northam Family Tree, 2013

10.  Photographs, 1941, 1986-2001

11.  Insignia, Maryland State Ambassador, circa 1987-1995

12.  Ephemera, Juniata College, Sports Hall of Fame, 1995

13.  Prints, Snow Hill, Tom Mulligan, 1980s

14.  Bumper Sticker, Snow Hill, Md., undated

 

Box 2

1.      Essay, “Birds of the Eastern Shore,” Sidney Northam, undated

2.      Newspaper Clippings, Sidney Northam and Elsie Northam, 1957-2000

3.      Obituaries, Northam Family, 1923-2000

4.      Business Correspondence and Receipts, James Adkins, 1909-1916

5.      Business Ledger, James Adkins, 1899-1908

6.      Business Ledger, James Adkins, 1908-1912

7.      Business Ledger, James Adkins, 1915-1917

8.      Booklets, Improved Order of Red Men, circa 1900

 

 

 

Library Materials

1.      Assateague…the Place Across: a Saga of Assateague Island, Reginald V. Truitt, 1971

2.      History and Genealogy of the Byrd Family, Cowell P. Byrd, 1908

3.      Truth in Poem, Horatio Burton Gibbons, 1940s

Artifacts

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Attachments

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