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Worcester County Soil Conservation Services Collection

7 cartons (7 linear feet)

(1934 – 1999)

bulk 1950-1990

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

Identifier 2018.047
Creator(s) Maryland Department of Agriculture; United States Department of Agriculture
Acquisition

Transfered from the Worcester County Soil Conservation District offices in 2018 (2018.047).
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 Ian Post, July 2019
Related Materials

Worcester Environmental Trust records (1959 – 2004)

Andrew Serrell photographs (1987 – 2012)

Worcester County Soil Survey (1928)
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

The Worcester County Soil Conservation Services Collection primarily contains photographs, slides, and negatives depicting conservation activities in Worcester County, Maryland (as well as Somerset and Wicomico Counties) between the 1940s and 1990s. These photographs were taken by both the United States Department of Agriculture and the Maryland Department of Agriculture and nearly every image contains detailed descriptive information. Also included are tax ditch plans and specifications that date between 1934 and 1990 and educational resources (such as slide series and VHS tapes) that date between the 1980s and 1990s.

Administrative History

"On April 27, 1935 Congress passed Public Law 74-46, in which it recognized that "the wastage of soil and moisture resources on farm, grazing, and forest lands . . .  is a menace to the national welfare" and established the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) as a permanent agency in the USDA. In 1994, SCS’s name was changed to the Natural Resources Conservation Service to better reflect the broadened scope of the agency’s concerns." (from US Department of Agriculture National Resource Conservation Services website https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/about/history/) 

"[Soil Conservation] Districts are members of Maryland's Conservation Partnership, a coalition of federal, state and local agriculture agencies dedicated to protecting and conserving natural resources and promoting Maryland agriculture." (from Maryland Department of Agriculture website https://mda.maryland.gov/resource_conservation/Pages/technical_assistance.aspx)

Scope and Content Note

The Worcester County Soil Conservation Services Collection primarily contains photographs, slides, and negatives depicting conservation activities in Worcester County, Maryland (as well as Somerset and Wicomico Counties) between the 1940s and 1990s. These photographs were taken by both the United States Department of Agriculture and the Maryland Department of Agriculture and nearly every image contains detailed descriptive information. Also included are tax ditch plans and specifications that date between 1934 and 1990 and educational resources (such as slide series and VHS tapes) that date between the 1980s and 1990s.

Arrangement Statement

The collection is arranged into three series. The first and largest series containing photographs are arranged based topical subjects determined by the Worcester County Soil Conservation District. 

Series 1: Maryland Department of Agriculture/U.S. Department of Agriculture Photographs, 1940s-1990s

Series 2: Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications, 1934-1990

Series 3: Educational Resources, 1980s-1990s

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Photography
  • Corporate Names
    • The United States Department of Agriculture
  • Location Terms
    • Ocean City (Md.)
    • Worcester County (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Aerials
  2. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Aquaculture
  3. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Beach Replenishment (1/3)
  4. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Beach Replenishment (2/3)
  5. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Beach Replenishment (3/3)
  6. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Beaches, Shoreline Erosion, and Erosion Control (1/5)
  7. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Beaches, Shoreline Erosion, and Erosion Control (2/5)
  8. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Beaches, Shoreline Erosion, and Erosion Control (3/5)
  9. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Beaches, Shoreline Erosion, and Erosion Control (4/5)
  10. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Beaches, Shoreline Erosion, and Erosion Control (5/5)
  11. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Blackwater Bay
  12. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Borrow Pits
  13. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Bulkheads
  14. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Chicken House Construction
  15. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Conservation Practices
  16. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Critical Area Stabilization
  17. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ditch Bank Seeding
  18. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Drainage and Drainage Construction
  19. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Drainage Construction Equipment
  20. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Drought
  21. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Dynamiting Pot Holds for Ducks
  22. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Erosion
  23. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Erosion Control

 

Box 2

  1. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Field Crops
  2. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Fish (pond stocking)
  3. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Flooding (1/4)
  4. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Flooding (2/4)
  5. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Flooding (3/4)
  6. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Flooding (4/4)
  7. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Forestry
  8. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Fox Island
  9. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Golf Course Development
  10. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Grassed Waterway
  11. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Herring Creek
  12. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Information Activities
  13. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Land Clearing
  14. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Manure
  15. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Marshland and Coastal Areas
  16. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ocean City (1/2)
  17. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ocean City (2/2)
  18. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Old Iron Furnace
  19. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Outlet Construction
  20. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Pasture
  21. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Personnel
  22. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Planting
  23. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Pocomoke River
  24. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Pollution
  25. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ponds (1/2)
  26. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ponds (2/2)

 

Box 3

  1. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ponds – Crayfish
  2. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ponds – Farm
  3. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ponds – Wildlife (1/2)
  4. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Ponds – Wildlife (2/2)
  5. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Poultry Disposal Tanks
  6. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Recreation
  7. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Reforestation
  8. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Rurban
  9. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Safety
  10. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Sedimentation
  11. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Shoreline Vegetation
  12. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Snug Harbor
  13. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Soils
  14. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Standing Water
  15. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Storm Damage
  16. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Supervisor’s Tour
  17. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Tax Ditch Inspection
  18. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Tile Drainage
  19. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Tillage and Harvesting Equipment
  20. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Upper Manokin Watershed
  21. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Visits and Field Days (1/2)
  22. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Visits and Field Days (2/2)
  23. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Waste Lagoons
  24. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Waste Storage Structures
  25. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Water Control Structures
  26. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Watershed Construction
  27. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Wildlife
  28. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Wildlife Area Planting
  29. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Wildlife Wetland Development
  30. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Wildlife Plots – Sabine Bundle Flower
  31. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Wind Damage

 

Box 4

  1. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Woodland Management
  2. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Birch Branch
  3. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA - Coonfoot
  4. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Dividing Creek
  5. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Dividing Creek Road
  6. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Double Bridges
  7. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Franklin Branch
  8. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Georgetown-Dickerson
  9. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Goodwill
  10. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Kitts Branch
  11. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PWA – Lewis Road
  12. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PWA – Lower Taylorville
  13. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Middle Branch
  14. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Nassawango
  15. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Ninepin
  16. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Pine Ridge
  17. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PWA – Taylorville
  18. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PWA – Timmonstown (1/2)
  19. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PWA – Timmonstown (2/2)

 

Box 5

  1. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PDA – Upper Sinepuxent
  2. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): PWA – Upper Taylorville
  3. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Unidentified PDA and PWA
  4. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Miscellaneous Photograph Information
  5. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Miscellaneous Prints (1/4)
  6. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Miscellaneous Prints (2/4)
  7. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Miscellaneous Prints (3/4)
  8. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Miscellaneous Prints (4/4)
  9. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Miscellaneous Slides (1/2)
  10. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Miscellaneous Slides (2/2)
  11. Series 1 (USDA/MDA Photographs): Miscellaneous Negatives

 

Box 6

  1. Series 2 (Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications): Carey’s Creek Tax Ditch, 1940-1971
  2. Series 2 (Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications): Corker’s Creek Tax Ditch, 1938-1946
  3. Series 2 (Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications): Mt. Olive PDA, 1957-1958
  4. Series 2 (Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications): Snow Hill Fire Department Sediment Control, 1980
  5. Series 2 (Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications): Stockton PDA, 1957-1958
  6. Series 2 (Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications): Unionville PDA, 1975-1990
  7. Series 2 (Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications): Winter Quarters PDA, 1934-1958
  8. Series 2 (Tax Ditch Plans and Specifications): Worcester County Landfill – Pocomoke Site, 1980
  9. Series 3 (Educational Resources): US Fish and Wildlife Service wetland restoration pamphlet, undated
  10. Series 3 (Educational Resources): Private Landowner’s Wetlands Assistance Guide and Slide Series, 1992
  11. Series 3 (Educational Resources): Three slide series entitled “Conservation Planning: A Tool for Better Resource Management,” “The Water Erosion Process,” and “Controlling Water Erosion with Conservation Planning,” undated
  12. Series 3 (Educational Resources): Three USDA slide series entitled “Stay Eligible for USDA Programs,” “Conservation Provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985,” “Take Pride in America,” circa 1980s
  13. Series 3 (Educational Resources): Crop Residue Management VHS, undated
  14. Series 3 (Educational Resources): National Association of Conservation Districts “The Wealth in Wetlands” VHS, 1991
  15. Series 3 (Educational Resources): N-Serve Nitrogen Efficiency: Benefiting the Crop and the Environment VHS, undated
  16. Series 3 (Educational Resources): USDA/NRCS “Establishment and Grazing of Warm Season Grasses in the Mid-Atlantic” VHS, undated
  17. Series 3 (Educational Resources): USDA Soil Conservation EWP “Healing the Land” VHS, 1994
  18. Series 3 (Educational Resources): USDA Soil Conservation “Proper Pasture Management” VHS, undated
  19. Series 3 (Educational Resources): USDA “Tell It Like It Is,” undated

Artifacts

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