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Louise Hopkins Dryden papers

1 box (0.25 linear feet)

(1906 – 2002)

bulk 1943-1945

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

Identifier 2014.024
Creator(s) Dryden, Louise Hopkins
Acquisition

The Louise Hopkins Dryden papers were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Marion Dryden, March 2014.
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, March 2014.
Related Materials None
Separated Materials

The artifact has been transferred to object storage. 
Abstract

The papers of Louise Hopkins Dryden document her experience as the first Somerset County woman to christen a Liberty Ship, the S.S. WILLIAM WELCH, March, 1943. Records include correspondence, photographs, and a booklet that documents the entirety of the Bethlehem Liberty Fleet. Also included are family photographs of Mrs. Dryden from her infancy in 1906 until a year before her death in 2002.

Biographical History

Louise Hopkins Dryden (1906-2003) born and raised in Mount Vernon, Maryland, she married Marion C. Dryden in November of 1925 and they had two children, Marion Conway Dryden and Victor H. Dryden. She was a fourth-grade teacher and became a homemaker after her marriage to Marion Dryden.

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
    • World War, 1939-1945
    • Women's History
  • Corporate Names
    • Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard
  • Personal Names
    • Dryden, Louise Hopkins (1906-2003)
  • Location Terms
    • Mount Vernon (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

1.      Correspondence, From Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc. to Louise Dryden, 1943-1945

2.      Photographs, Liberty Ship Christening, 1943 April 2

3.      Newspaper Clipping, 1943 April 2

4.      Publication, The Bethlehem Liberty Fleet, 1945

5.      Correspondence, From Donald Fleming to Louise Dryden, 1954 December 8

6.      Photographs, Louise Dryden Family, 1906-2002

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