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Items associated with name 'Queen Anne's County (Md.)'
Folklife Collection - Beans, Wheat, and Corn: Agricultural Folklife in Queen Anne's County Maryland
by Salisbury University Students (2002)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2002, former Salisbury University student Laura Sanford collected folk material. Her collection explores the rural community of Queen Anne's County, MD, including popular foods, farming activities, and other cultural fixtures such as fox hunts. Included is her essay, three cassette tapes with interviews (log included), statistical charts, a map, and newspaper clippings.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions: Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of superstitions from across the upper Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Glances at Maryland Collection
by Scott, Marshall (1957)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This folder contains a school assignment by Marsha Scott entitled "Glances at Maryland" discussing her trip around the state of Maryland with her foreign exchange host parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cherry, in 1957. Counties discussed are Somerset, Wicomico, Dorchester, Talbot, Caroline, Queen Anne's, Kent, Cecil, Harford, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Allegany, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's.
Maryland Transit Administration Determination of Eligibility Report
by Maryland Transit Administration (2010)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Maryland Transit Administration Determination of Eligibility Report contains a CD consisting of the 2010 determination of eligibility report for the Eastern Shore Railroad Corridor-Crisfield Branch, and Queen Anne's railroad corridor.
Michael Owen Bourne papers
by Bourne, Michael Owen (1960 – 2020)
4 boxes, 4 drawers (6.5 linear feet)
This collection contains research notes, surveys, hand-drawn blueprints and photographs created by architectural historian Michael Owen Bourne for historic home renovations between 1960 and 2020. His projects were mainly on the Eastern Shores of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia; however, there are some materials from projects in St. Mary’s County, Maryland and one project in Texas. The majority of the collection dates from 1968 to 2009 and the materials range from his time working for the Historical Maryland Trust (1967-1973 and 1995-2000), as well as his own company, Preservation Inc. (1973-1995), and the Department of Architectural Research at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (2000-2003). Bourne's architectural papers related to Kent County, Maryland are located at the Historical Society of Kent County (the Nabb Center collection includes papers for all projects located outside of Kent County, Maryland).
Unbound Newspaper collection
by Unknown (1773 – 2011)
38 oversize boxes (81 linear feet)
The Unbound Newspaper collection includes loose newspapers from various geographic locations across the Eastern Shore, the United States, and internationally. The majority of the newspapers within the collection are from the Delmarva Peninsula and include the Salisbury Daily Times, the Salisbury Advertiser, and the Centreville Record. Related materials can be found in the Bound Newspaper collection (2018.043).
William E. Simms Collection
by Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association (1932)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains a copy of the "Yearbook of Delmarva" dating from 1932.
William H. Winder papers
by Winder, William (1812, 2008)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The William H. Winder papers contains a photostatic copy of recruiting regulations for the United States Army from 1812. It also contains four letters regarding issues such as: recruiting, Winder's movements as General, and about the movements of the British in Queenstown, Maryland.
Wye Plantation Architecture Collection
by Unknown (1948 – 1979)
5 oversize folders, 2 folders (0.7 linear feet)
The Wye Plantation Collection contains architectural plans of the Wye Mills plantation dating from 1949 to 1975. The collection includes plans for the renovation of the main house, various auxiliary houses, the library, the garage wing, the Wye Church, the perimeter wall, and the grounds. The collection also contains photographs of the property as well as slides and handwritten notes.