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Items associated with name 'Nanticoke (Md.)'

Catlin Postcard Collection

by Ulman Bros. (1910s)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

This collection contains seven postcards. Six of them contain various images of Delmarva that include Main Street in Nanticoke, Maryland, strawberry crates being unloaded in Roaring Point, and a steamboat docking in Roaring Point. These post cards all contain the text "Published by the Country Store, Roaring Pt., Maryland" on the front. The seventh postcard is a picture of Peninsula General Hospital, Salisbury, Maryland. It is addressed to Ms. Denalah Phillips.

Associated Subjects: Postcards
Identifier: 2013.010
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Deborah Underhill collection

by Salisbury Chamber of CommerceSchaefer, William DonaldTawes, J. Millard (1950 – 1992)

2 folders (0.02 linear feet)

The Deboard Underhill collection includes hotel brochures for differing places of stay in Ocean City, Maryland including post cards as well as a pamphlet on Nanticoke High School Reunion in 1985, a summer 1987 guide to the Delmarva Peninsula and a pamphlet of all the historic sites in Maryalnd, and highway maps of the state of Maryland and Wicomico County. Also included are a series of property survey maps for the lands owned by Phyllis Harris and Deborah Underhill in Nanticoke, Md.

Associated Subjects: None
Identifier: 2014.036
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Deborah Underhill Collection

by Anderson, RobertMcCarty, John (1960)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

This collection contains a copy of the menu from Warren's Family Restaurant located in Fenwick, Delaware, ephemera from the Nanticoke High School Reunion from 1960, facts and figures from Nanticoke High School which contains biographical information from the students who graduated in the 1920s-1940s.

Associated Subjects: None
Identifier: 2013.089
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Eastern Shore Photographs

by Burt, Jane (1972 – 1985)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

Compact disc of digital photographic images documenting differing locations and activities of Maryland's Eastern Shore from 1972-1985. Images include the Whitehaven Ferry, Green Hill Church, the Wye Oak, Nanticoke Harbor, Oystering, Clamming, Jones Creek and the Nassawango Iron Furnace.

Associated Subjects: Photography • Oysters • Maritime • Fishing
Identifier: 2015.016
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Folklife Collection - Nanticoke

by Salisbury University Students (1973 – 1973s)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1973, former Salisbury University student Karen Conrad collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories about the county of Nanticoke, Maryland, such as its history, local legends, and local businesses. The collection includes an introduction to the topic and the stories.

Identifier: FK73.021
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Howard and Marvin E. Cox Ledger and Journal

by Cox, HowardCox, Marvin (1838 – 1982)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

The Howard and Marvin E. Cox Ledger and Journal contains detailed handwritten vital information on individuals in Nanticoke and other Wicomico County communities, in addition to narratives recorded by Howard and Marvin Cox. Included are records listing marriages (1865-1979) and deaths (1838-1982) with a separate section for African American deaths (1898-1980). At the end of the ledger is a journal written by Marvin Cox from 1918 to 1964 describing the oyster and construction business in the community, including the meeting minutes of the Willing Workers of Nanticoke. The entire ledger is transcribed and attached to the finding aid.

Associated Subjects: Death Records • Ledger
Identifier: 2012.058
Repository: Local History Archives
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Jim Jackson Delmarva ephemera collection

by Jackson, Jim (1851 – 1992)

4 boxes,  1 oversize box (5.5 linear feet)

This collection consists of assorted local paper ephemera from 1852 to 1990. Most of the items originated from the George Bounds & Company of Hebron, the J. H. Farlow & Brother of Salisbury and the Wimbrow & Company of Whaleyville and William and Edwin Sirman. Included are cannery tokens from the Harold B. Kennerly & Son in Nanticoke, Maryland. Also included are over 925 postcards of Salisbury from the 19th to the 21st century arranged by subject.

Associated Subjects: Burbage Family • Canning Industry • Education • Postcards • Religious History • Transportation
Identifier: 2012.070
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Nanticoke High School Yearbook

by Furbush, William H. (1938)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

This collection contains photocopies of the 1938 Nanticoke High School called "The Tomahawk." Included are copies of school programs, graduating exercises and 25-year reunion and picture of class seniors.

Associated Subjects: None
Identifier: 2012.091
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Nanticoke Indian Pow Wow program

by Unknown (2012)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

Program from the September 2012, Nanticoke Indian Pow Wow held in Millsboro, Delaware. The program documents the happenings at past Pow Wows as well as heritage of the Nanticoke Indians.

Associated Subjects: Native American History
Identifier: 2015.201
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Nanticoke Methodist Church records

by Nanticoke Methodist Church (1899 – 1964)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

This collection contains various records of the Nanticoke Methodist Church in Nanticoke, Maryland. The majority of the records are financially related; however, there are various essays on the history of the church itself, along with a series of land deeds.

Associated Subjects: Methodism
Identifier: 2009.349
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Savings Bank of Nanticoke, 1922 April 26

by Unknown (1922)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

Paper legal tender from the Savings Bank of Nanticoke, Maryland. The check is pay to the order of the Coca Cola Bottling Company for $3.10 on April 26, 1922.

Associated Subjects: None
Identifier: 2013.077
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

United Methodist Church ephemera collection

by Bivalve United Methodist ChurchNanticoke Methodist Church (1975 – 1987)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

Pamphlets on services and centennial celebrations at varying United Methodist churches on the Eastern Shore, including those in the Nanticoke-Bivalve Charge and the West Side Ministry in Whitehaven, 1975, 1986-1987.

Associated Subjects: Methodism
Identifier: 2014.108
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment