Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland
| Identifier |
SUA-093 |
| Creator(s) |
Salisbury University |
| Acquisition |
UA2014.070, UA2017.006 |
| 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 Jennifer Martin, January 2020 |
| Related Materials |
Betsy Allen Papers (1931 – 1936) Diary of a Campus Elementary School Teacher (1926) Crumbacker Family papers (1960 – 1963) |
| Separated Materials |
Series 4: Newspaper Clippings and Articles, 1942-1998 Series 4: Elementary School Student Photos, circa 1942 |
Scope and Content Note
The Salisbury Campus Elementary School Collection ranges from 1926 to 1998 and contains a history of the campus elementary school, records of students and faculty, newspaper clippings and articles, and information documenting a reunion in 1998. The collection is arranged into five series: History of the Campus Elementary School, Student Records, Faculty Records and Materials, Campus Elementary School News and Events, and 1998 Campus Elementary School Reunion.
The first series, the History of the Campus Elementary School, contains the planning of the demonstration school from 1950, a biography of the elementary school that covered the years 1926 to 1968, and the contents of a time capsule. This series documents the history of the demonstration school and the biography shares information on the history of the school, who ran the school, and other newspaper clippings about the school.
The second series contains student records, specifically the records of two girls: Linda Wootten and Marlene Howard who attended the school in the 1950's. Their records include report cards, class yearbooks, student identification cards, and letters to their parents.Other student records include a description of a 5th and 6th grade project and photos of 2nd through 6th grade students.
The third series is faculty records and materials. There is a faculty handbook from 1967 and 1968 and faculty photos included in this series. In addition, this series includes information on the campus elementary school library. There are two accession books that documents the books that the library had and these books were designed to be taken apart and rearranged. The first book contains entries 1 through 3900 and ranges from 1938 to 1952 and the second book was 3901 and up and ranges from 1952 to 1968.
The fourth series is titled Campus Elementary School News and Events and contains newspaper clippings, articles, and event programs from 1942 to 1998. The artcles discuss topics about the start of the construction of Caruther's Hall to a 1993 Reunion. The event programs are about a concert put on by the elementary school in 1930 and a luncheon in 1998. This series shows the events and announcements surrounding the elementary school.
The fifth and final series documents the 1998 Campus Elementary School Reunion. The series contains a photograph from the event, invitations, newspaper clippings about the event, and several thank you notes and letters to the people that organized the event. There is also a list of graduates that were invited to the reunion and another list of their addresses.
