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Items associated with name 'Chincoteague (Va.)'
Assateague Island Oral History Collection
by Unknown (1978 – 2004)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
This collection contains four lengthy transcriptions of various interviews conducted with Assateague Island natives between 1978 and 2004. These interviews focused on the maritime culture and lifestyle native to Assateague Island, hardships and nostalgic moments of their youth. The interviewees include: Mary K. Cropper, Ilia J. Fehrer, Jay F. Kirkpatrick, Hazel Holland, Luvenia Spence, and Don P. Bowden Sr. The transcriptions were processed by Pat Russell, however the original audio recordings are not included. Also included is a Historic context study of Waterflow, and the local flora and fauna of Assateague Island by Dr. Ralph E. Eshelman and Patricia A. Russell. The manuscript was written in July 2004, and benefited from the aid of the Dept. of Interior Park Services.
Atlantic Hotel Advertisement
by The Atlantic Hotel (1900s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains an early 20th-century advertisement for the Atlantic Hotel in Chincoteague, Virginia.
Chincoteague Oral History collection
by Unknown (1977 – 1978)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Chincoteague Oral History collection contains 6 cassette tapes and a Compact Disc containing oral histories on the topic of Chincoteague history and the Steelman family.
Clarence W. Whealton papers
by Whealton, Clarence W.; Whealton, Daniel J. (1920 – 1935)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Clarence W. Whealton papers document his bank transactions, his income from his law practice and his personal investments in Wicomico County, Md., Sussex County, De. and Accomack County, Va. between 1920 and 1929 through a ledger. They also document his Lions Club membership and the grammar school education of Daniel J. Whealton II in Salisbury, Md. through certificates.
Folklife Collection - Chincoteage Island
by Salisbury University Students (1983)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1983, former Salisbury University Student Sally McDowell collected folk material. This collection focuses on folk narratives from the people of Chinoteague Island. Her informants provided her with a great deal of folk content, ranging from tales to folk medicine and personal legends. Tapes enclosed.
Maritime and Railroad photograph collection
by Lewis, Robert J. (1920 – 1970)
6 folders (0.06 linear feet)
Series of black and white photographic prints documenting transportation pathways of maritime steamships, tugboats and ferries as well as railroad transportation in Baltimore as well as varying locations throughout the Eastern Shore including Vienna, Pocomoke, Salisbury and Whitehaven, Maryland and Chincoteague, Virginia.
William Purnell, Jr. papers
by Purnell, W. D. Bill (1935 – 2015)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
Oral interview with William Purnell, Jr., accompanied by a photographic print album documenting the shanty boats, and gun club sites along Assateague Island, Chincoteague Island and Chincoteague Bay. Also included are two maps noting the locations of the clubs and boats, 1935-1945, 2015.