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Items associated with name 'Daily Times Newspaper'

Daily Times Collection

by Daily Times (Salisbury) (1950 – 1980)

3 boxes (0.75 linear feet)

This collection consists of photos and news clippings from the Salisbury Daily Times from about 1950 to 1980. Many of the photos do not have exact dates. The majority of the photos are head shots used for articles, but also included are photos of Salisbury and Wicomico County locations.

Associated Subjects: Government • Photography • Politics
Identifier: 1993.005
Repository: Local History Archives
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Delmarva Cookbook Collection

by Shivers, Mary Ann HillmanZieger, Peyton (circa 1870 – 1981)

4 folders (0.04 linear feet)

This collection contains various cookbooks from individuals or organizations from the Delmarva Peninsula. Included are a compilation of weekly recipes in the Salisbury Daily Times newspaper, gathered from July 1980 to June 1981, entitled A Year at...Peyton's Place, Plate Offerings: A Cookbook from Old Trinity Church (Church Creek, MD) and the Cookbook of Mary Ann Hillman Shivers (ca. 1870s).

Associated Subjects: Shivers Family • Recipes
Identifier: 2009.408
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Grace Atkinson Morris papers

by Morris, Grace Atkinson (1832 – 1992)

4 boxes,  1 oversize folder (3.75 linear feet)

The Grace Atkinson Morris papers document her genealogical research on families from the Eastern Shore of Maryland with materials dating from 1832-1992, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1979-1992. The papers identify the genealogical connections between the Atkinson, Riggin, Miller, and Trehearne families of Maryland and Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Documents within the collection include Grace’s handwritten notes, her correspondence with genealogists and relatives, Atkinson family ledgers, and family photographs.

Associated Subjects: Atkinson Family • Genealogy • Miller Family • Morris Family • Riggin Family • Trehearne Family
Identifier: 1984.013
Repository: Local History Archives
Attachment: No attachment

Mel Toadvine collection

by Toadvine, Mel (1961 – 1996)

10 boxes (5 linear feet)

This collection contains photographs, negatives, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings collected by Mel Toadvine during his tenure at Salisbury Daily Times from 1961 until his retirement in 1996. The majority of the collection comprised of photographs and negatives possibly used for news articles. Also, included is information pertaining to the Toadvine family. Series 3: Brewington Brothers contains a journal, letters of correspondence, accounting and financial information, and legal documents. Included are articles of incorporation and dissolution of the corporation of the News Publishing Company of Salisbury, Md., as well as memos and letters from managing editors concerning ideas for new marketing strategies in advertising to acquisitions of local news publishing companies of surrounding towns. In addition are materials concerning stockholder and directors meetings.

Associated Subjects: Photography
Identifier: 1993.031
Repository: Local History Archives
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Powell (R.E.) and Company Scrapbook Collection

by R. E. Powell & Co. (1934 – 1950)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

This collection contains two items pertaining to the R. E. Powell & Company in Salisbury, MD. Included are a 1934 scrapbook of advertisements that appeared in the Daily Times highlighting the employees of the company and biographical information from from the 1950 "The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia: Personal and Family Records." Individuals covered are Walter J. Powell, Bayard W. Cooper, Marian Evans Powell and William Sewell Powell as well as the company. [MISSING PLAQUES given to Col. Gering]

Associated Subjects: Advertising • Genealogy
Identifier: 2012.069
Repository: Local History Archives
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Richard W. Cooper papers

by Cooper, Richard Waller (1605 – 2001)

18 boxes,  2 oversize folders (12.5 linear feet)

The Richard Cooper papers document his professional and personal activities through his collection of materials dating from 1605 to 2001. The documents focus on the religious and political histories of Wicomico and Worcester County as well as the history of the Mason-Dixon Boundary Line depicted through Cooper’s column in the Daily Times. The papers also document the topographic history of Delmarva through Cooper’s career as an engineering surveyor. Documents from his surveying career and interests include topographic maps, survey certificates, land deeds, and plats. A photograph album documents the construction of his family home at 611 Tony Tank Lane in Salisbury, Maryland. Materials within the collection include newspaper clippings, photographs, family histories, and correspondence. Drafts and manuscripts of Cooper’s published works on the history of Salisbury, Profile of a Colonial Community, Salisbury in Times Gone By, and Portrait of Salisbury are contained within the collection.

Identifier: 1987.093
Repository: Local History Archives
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Ricks Savage Maryland Newspaper Collection

by Mencken, H. L.Savage, Ricks (1961 – 1988)

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

This collection contains various newspapers including a copy of the 1961 Salisbury Times supplement on the Civil War, a 1974 Sun supplement on H. L Mencken's Baltimore journals, and a 1988 Ocean Pines Independent supplement entitled "Where the Good Life Still Lives On…"

Identifier: 2010.046
Repository: Local History Archives
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Sylvia Bradley collection

by Bradley, Sylvia (1841 – 1993)

7 boxes,  2 oversize folders (7 linear feet)

The Sylvia Bradley collection documents her research on the history and culture of the Delmarva Peninsula with materials dating from 1841-1993, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1970-1989. The documents encompass research done by Bradley on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for several of her published histories and articles, including Mardela Springs, Maryland: a History. Documents within the collection include manuscripts on Eastern Shore women during the Civil War, student papers, Berlin Advance newspapers, correspondence regarding Delmarva, and photographs of Eastern Shore cities.

Identifier: 1984.002
Repository: Local History Archives
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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).

Associated Subjects: Newspapers
Identifier: 2018.044
Repository: Local History Archives
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