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Woodrow T. Wilson papers

14 cartons, 1 oversize folder (16.5 linear feet)

(1907 – 2000)

bulk 1968-1980

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

Identifier 2015.153
Creator(s) Wilson, Woodrow T.
Acquisition

The Woodrow T. Wilson papers were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Johanna Laird, September 2015.
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. McRoberts, October 2015.
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Oversize materials have been housed in the Nabb Research Center’s flat file system.
Abstract

The papers of Woodrow T. Wilson are a comprehensive documentation of his extensive research conducted to author his four-volume series on Crisfield, Maryland and Somerset County, Maryland as well as numerous articles written for the Crisfield Times. Manuscripts, proof copies, and unpublished materials authored by Wilson and his associates are also included. The amassed collection of newspaper clippings, birth, marriage and death records, family histories and typed articles are a testament to the people of Crisfield, 1907-2000 with the bulk of the material dating from 1968-1980.

Biographical History

Woodrow T. Wilson (1913-1997) was born on the Wilson family homestead in Marion, Somerset County, Maryland to John Coulbourn and Hattie Williams Wilson. He received his education from Marion High School and then went to LaSalle University in Philadelphia where he earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting. After graduation, Wilson was employed as an accountant for Crisfield Light and Power. He married the former Margaret Hambrecht (1921-2015) of Madison, Wisconsin and had three children, Thomas (1950-1973), Johanna and Carol. When World War II erupted, he was a member of Company L, 115th Regiment of Crisfield and served in both the Pacific and European Theaters as an Infantry Officer participating in the Battle of the Bulge. He continued his military service serving in the Korean Conflict as a Battalion Commander as well as post-war service as Post Inspector General at Forts Riley and Leavenworth in Kansas. Simultaneously, Wilson furthered his education at the University of Kansas and Kansas State College. He retired from the United States Army with the rank of Lieutenant Col. in 1962 returning to his beloved Crisfield. Retirement did not stop Wilson; he became the Executive Director of the Crisfield Housing Authority and managed the accounting records for Somers Cover Marina He was a prolific writer who authored a four-volume series on the history of Somerset County and the people of Crisfield, Maryland as well as wrote a column for the Crisfield Times.

 

Scope and Content Note

Series I: Published Materials, 1935-1994

Series II: Research, 1930-2000

Arrangement Statement

The Woodrow T. Wilson papers have been arranged into two series, PUBLISHED MATERIALS and RESEARCH. Published materials document the collected written works of Woodrow T. Wilson as well as other Crisfield Times authors including Ham Tull, Lorie C. Quinn, Sr. and Carl Ward. The research series documents the voluminous materials that Wilson compiled to write his publications including birth, marriage and death records as well as family histories. Original headings and titles that were created by Wilson have been maintained.

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

 

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Gunby Family
    • Laird Family
    • Lawson Family
    • Nelson Family
    • Sterling Family
    • Tawes Family
    • Ward Family
    • Wilson Family
    • Wittington Family
    • Genealogy
  • Corporate Names
    • Crisfield Bicentennial Committee
    • Crisfield Times Newspaper
  • Personal Names
    • Catlin, John ( )
    • McClenahan, Charles ( )
    • Quinn, Lorie C. (1864-1953)
    • Tull, Ham ( )
    • Ward, Carl ( )
    • Wilson, Woodrow T. (1913-1997)
    • Wise, Matthew ( )
  • Location Terms
    • Crisfield (Md.)
    • Quindocqua (Md.)
    • Somerset County (Md.)

Inventory List

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Series I: Published Works

Box 1

1. Published Writings, Book 1, 1969-1971

2. Published Writings, Book 1, 1971-1972

3. Published Writings, Book 2, 1972-1978

4. Published Writings, Book 2, 1978-1979

5. Published Works, Book 3, 1979-1980

6. Published Works, Book 3, 1980-1981

7-8.   From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1969 September 19 - 1970 May 1

9-10. From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1970 May 1 – August 1

11.  From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1970 August 14 – October 30

12-13.    From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1970 November 6 – 1971 January 31

14.  From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1971 February 5 – April 30

 

Box 2

1. From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1971 February 5 – April 30

2-3. From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1971 May 7 – July 23

4-5. From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1971 July 30 – September 24

6-7. From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1971 October 1 – December 31

8-9. From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1972 January 7 – March 31

10-11.    From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1972 April 7 – June 30

12-13.    From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1972 July 7 – September 29

14.  From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1972 October 5 – December 29

 

Box 3

1. From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1972 October 5 – December 29

2-3. From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1973 January 5 – March 9

4. Newspaper Clippings, From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1969 – 1971

5. Newspaper Clippings, From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1971

6. Newspaper Clippings, From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1971 – 1972

7. Newspaper Clippings, From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1972

8-9. Newspaper Clippings, From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1972 – 1980

10.  Newspaper Clippings, From the Files of the Crisfield Times, 1981

11.  Index, Major Articles, undated

12.  Index, Major Articles, Handwritten, undatedthere 

13.  Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1907 - 1931

 

Box 4

1. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1907 – 1931

2. Photostats, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1907 – 1931

3. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1924 – 1935

4-5. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1935 – 1954

6-7. Photostats, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1931 – 1965

8. Photostats, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1966 – 1972

9-10. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1955 – 1970

11-12. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1958 – 1972

13-14. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1972 – 1974

 

Box 5

1-2. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1974 – 1976

3-4. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1976 – 1978

5-6. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1978 – 1980

7. Newspaper Clippings, Crisfield Times, Major Articles, 1980 – 1986

8. Family Name Index, History of Crisfield and Surrounding Areas on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1973

9-10. Proof Copy, History of Crisfield and Surrounding Areas on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1973

11-13. Print Copy, History of Crisfield and Surrounding Areas on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1973

 

Box 6

1.      Index, Thirty-Four Families of Old Somerset County, undated

2-5.      Manuscript with Edits, Thirty-Four Families of Old Somerset County, circa 1972

6-7.            Proof Copy, Thirty-Four Families of Old Somerset County, 1974

8-9.            Proof Copy, Thirty-Four Families of Old Somerset County, 1974

10-11.    Print Copy, Thirty-Four Families of Old Somerset County, 1974

12-13.    Manuscript, Chapter 11, Crisfield, Maryland 1676-1976, 1977

14.  Manuscript, Chapters 12 and 13, Crisfield, Maryland 1676-1976, 1977

15.  Proof Copy, Crisfield, Maryland 1676-1976, 1977

 

Box 7

1-2. Proof Copy, Crisfield, Maryland 1676-1976, 1977

3. Chapter Index, Crisfield, Maryland 1676-1976, 1977

4. Proof Copy, Quindocqua, Maryland Indian Country, 1980

5-6.            Unpublished Manuscript, History of the Smith Family of Oriole, Maryland, 1985

8-9.            Photocopy, Unpublished Manuscript, History of the Smith Family of Oriole Maryland, 1985

10.  Inventory, Books Written by Woodrow T. Wilson, undated

11.  Book Jacket Designs, circa 1974

12.  Inventories, Books Purchased, 1973-1974

13.  Essay, History of Crisfield, Joseph S. McGrath, 1935

14.  Essay, History of Crisfield, Jimmie Lee Tawes, 1935

15.  Newspaper Clippings, History of Crisfield, 1948

16.  Newspaper Clippings, History of Crisfield Centennial 1872-1972, 1972

17.  Newspaper Clippings, History of Crisfield Centennial, 1872-1972, 1972-1973

18-19.    Activities, Crisfield Bicentennial Committee, 1976 January 1 – 1994 August 1

 

Box 8

1-2. Registrations, Time Capsule, circa 1976

3. Accomplishments, Crisfield Bicentennial Committee, 1994 August 1

4. Articles, Hard Crab Derby, 1948 – 1959

5-6. Articles, Hard Crab Derby, 1960 – 1971

7. Articles, Hard Crab Derby, 1972 – 1975

8-9. Articles, Hard Crab Derby, 1976 – 1981

10. Articles, Hard Crab Derby, 1982 – 1985

11. Articles, History of Hard Crab Derby, 1948 – 1972

12. Article, John Catlin, Crisfield, Mayor, undated

13. Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence, Crisfield Housing Authority, 1963 – 1981

14-15. Scrapbook, Lorie C. Quinn Articles, undated

16. Scrapbook, Lorie C. Quinn, Writings of the Past, 1942 – 1945, 1953

 

Box 9

1.      Scrapbook, Lorie C. Quinn, Poems, undated

2.      Index, Remembrances of the Years Gone By, Ham Tull, undated

3.      Newspaper Clippings, Remembrances of the Years Gone By, Ham Tull, 1931 – 1955

4.      Newspaper Clippings, Remembrances of the Years Gone By, Ham Tull, 1955 – 1964

5.      Newspaper Clippings, Remembrances of the Years Gone By, Ham Tull, 1965 – 1972

6.      Newspaper Clippings, Remembrances of the Years Gone By, Ham Tull, 1972 – 1975

7.      Newspaper Clippings, Charles “Mac” McClenahan, 1929 – 1966

8-9. Scrapbook, Carl Ward, Your Family Coat of Arms, undated

10. Manuscript, McDermott, Quigg, Cullen and Allied Families Family History, Dorothy  R. Lewis, 1966-1967

11. Unfinished Manuscript, History of Somerset County, Thomas and Clarence Hodson, undated

12. Unfinished Manuscript, History of Somerset County, Thomas and Clarence Hodson, undated

13. Supplement, Unfinished Manuscript, History of Somerset County, Tomas and Clarence Hodson, 1994

Series II: Research

14. Index, Births, 1929 – 1979

15. Index, Births, 1929 – 1987

16-17. Extracts, Births and Marriages, undated

18. St. Peter’s Church, Birth and Marriage Records, Hopewell, Md., 1850 – 1895

 

Box 10

1.      Quindocqua Church Records, Baptisms, Marriages and Membership, undated

2.      Quindocqua Church, Deaths, undated

3.      Quindocqua Church Records, Memorial of Roses and Homecoming, 1979 – 1981

4.      Index, Marriages, undated

5.      Index, Marriages, Male, 1890 – 1981

6.      Index, Marriages, Male, 1902 – 1996

7.      Index, Marriages, Female, 1905 – 1988

8.      Index, Marriage Licenses Issued, Somerset County, 1796 – 1831

9.      Index, Marriage Licenses Issued, Somerset County, 1831 – 1866

10.  Index, Obituaries, A – F, undated

11.  Index, Obituaries, G – L, undated

12.  Index, Obituaries, M – R, undated

13.  Index, Obituaries, S – Z, undated

14.  Abbreviated Obituaries, A – K, undated

15.  Abbreviated Obituaries, L – Z, undated

16-17. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1907 – 1929

 

Box 11

1-2. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1930 – 1937

3-5. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1938 – 1943

6-7. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1944 – 1948

8-9. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1949 – 1953

10-11. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1954 – 1960

12-13. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1961 – 1968

14. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1969 – 1974

 

Box 12

1.      Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1969 – 1974

2-3. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1974 – 1983

4-5. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1984 – 1993

6. Newspaper Clippings, Obituaries, 1993 – 2000

7. Photostats, Obituaries, 1943 – 1948

8. Photostats, Obituaries, 1948 – 1951

9. Photostats, Obituaries, 1952 – 1958

10. Photostats, Obituaries, 1958 – 1964

11. Photostats, Obituaries, 1964 – 1972

12. Index, Births and Death Dates, Alphabetically, undated

13. Cemetery Records, Alphabetically, 1960s

14. Cemetery Records, By Cemetery, 1960s

 

Box 13

1.      Index, People, Places and Advertisements, undated

2-3. Newspaper Clippings, People, Places and Advertisements, 1939 – 1956

4.   Newspaper Clippings, People, Places and Advertisements, 1957 – 1969

5-6. Newspaper Clippings, People, Places and Advertisements, 1970 – 1972

7-8. Newspaper Clippings, People, Places and Advertisements, 1973 – 1974

9-10. Newspaper Clippings and Photographs, People and Places, 1974 – 1979

11. Newspaper Clippings and Photographs, People and Places, 1980 – 1986

12. Data, Gunby Family, undated

13. Family Charts, Gunby, undated

14. Hambrecht Family, undated

15. John W. Laird Family, 1994

16. Lawson Family, undated

17. Genealogical Chart, Col. Nathaniel Littleton, undated

18. Nelson Family, 1968

19. Smith-Ballard Family, undated

 

Box 14

1.      Index, Research Material, Smith Family, undated

2.      Smith Family, undated

3.      Genealogical Charts, Smith Family, undated

4.      Index, Sterling Family, undated

5.      Sterling Family, undated

6.      Photocopy, Sterling Genealogy, Albert Mack Sterling, 1945

7.      Tawes Family, undated

8.      Joshua Thomas Family, undated

9.      Ward Family, undated

10.  Wilson Family, 1993

11.  Glass Plate Negative, Wilson Family Coat of Arms, undated

12.  Whittington Family, 1993

13.  Correspondence, From Matthew Wise to Woodrow T. Wilson, 1980 – 1988

14.  Correspondence, From Various People to Woodrow T. Wilson 1991 – 1995

15.  Handwritten Notes, Wilson Estate, circa 1995

 

Oversize

1.      Drawing, Wilson Family Coat of Arms, undated

2.      Drawing, Wilson Homestead, undated

3.      Drawing, Dust Jacket, Quindocqua, undated

4.      Drawing, Dust Jacket, Crisfield, Maryland 1676-1976, circa 1977

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