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Items associated with name 'Salisbury State Teachers College'
Anna Jones Cooper papers
by Cooper, Anna Jones (1929 – 1948)
2 boxes (0.75 linear feet)
The papers of Anna Jones Cooper document her involvement with Salisbury Teachers College alumni who were enlisted in the different branches of the military during World War II as well as her involvement as head of the STC Alumni Committee. Materials date from 1929-1948 with the bulk of the material dating from 1943-1945, and includes enlisted alumni biographies and addresses, correspondence, and printed materials that feature the enlisted alumni.
Anna Louise Brittingham Taylor collection
by Taylor, Anna Louise Brittingham (1917, 1995)
2 boxes (3 linear feet)
This collection contains documents pertaining to the life of Louise Brittingham Taylor. The documents in this collection follow her from grade school through her retirement. Included are such things as grade school report cards, information on Salisbury Normal School, programs on her commencement ceremony from both high school and Salisbury Normal School. There are several documents, forms, and booklets on her career as a teacher and copies of her teaching certificate and diploma from both high school and Salisbury State Normal School. Included are letters congratulating her on her retirement, and booklets and programs concerning her 50th and 60th Salisbury State University reunion. There are photographs of her College Graduation as well as several from her class reunions.
Arlene Goslee Knowles scrapbooks
by Knowles, Arlene Goslee (1943 – 1949)
3 oversize boxes (4.5 linear feet)
The Arlene Goslee Knowles scrapbooks document the experience of a young woman coming of age during World War II, 1943-1949. The scrapbooks focus on religious and social events in Sharptown, Maryland; within the scrapbooks, there are birth, wedding, graduation and death announcements. The collection also conveys how an American woman during this period, engages and finds global interconnections. There is ephemera related to her brother, John Goslee’s service in World War II. Additionally, there is material related to relationships she developed with other Methodists in South East Asia. The scrapbooks contain church programs, newspapers, photographs, postcards and ephemera related to Arlene’s life.
Evergreen Yearbook Administrative Records
by Salisbury State College; Student Council of the Maryland Normal School/State Teachers College (1947 – 2000)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
This collection contains layouts, contact sheets, and mockups of the Evergreen Yearbook by students for the 1947, 1960, and 1998-2000 school years.
History of Salisbury University Oral History Collection
by Salisbury University Archives (2015 – 2019)
13 folders (1 linear feet)
These oral histories document the history of Salisbury University from its founding in 1925 to the present through interviews with former faculty, staff, and students. Subjects range from the development of the campus in the 1920's and 1930's, the expansion of the campus and its programs under the various administrations, to the growing LGBTQ community in the 1980's and 90's. Compiled transcriptions are attached.
Laurel-Thomas Young Collection
by Young, Thomas (1937 – 2000)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Laurel-Thomas Young Collection mostly documents the life of "Tommy" Young from 1937 to 1948 while he was a teenager and student at State Teachers College in Salisbury. The collection includes a photograph of the 1937 Salisbury Indians, Eastern Shore League baseball team, a scrapbook of S.T.C. baseball clippings and dance cards, and two issues of The Holly Leaf. Also included is a postcard from Salisbury State University and a metal button which reads "Salisbury State Go Gulls."
Mary Catherine Burlin Collection
by Burlin, Mary Catherine (1930 – 1954)
1 oversize folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Mary Catherine Burlin Collection documents Catherine Burlin's experiences as a graduate from Maryland State Normal School in 1930. Included in the collection is a photograph from a newspaper, a graduation souvenir book, a booklet with well-wishes from fellow students, Burlin's diploma and the Alumni News Letter from May 1954.
Mary Louise White Ash collection
by Sullivan, Isaac (1938 – 1944)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Mary Louise White Ash Collection contains Isaac Sullivan's book for a memorandum for ages, marriages, and deaths. The collection also contains materials collected by Mary Louise White Ash and preserved from her association with State Teachers College in Salisbury, Maryland. There are also newspaper clippings related to education and summer schools. Also included is an "Elementary News" book from 1940.
Maryland Department of Education audio-visual collection
by Maryland Department of Education (1950 – 1956)
2 boxes (0.75 linear feet)
The audio-visual project materials produced by the Maryland State Department of Education document the life and customs of the peoples of Maryland including the agricultural landscape and oceanic industries as well as the historic landscape. Materials include a series of photographic slides, film strips, and the corresponding scripts to the classroom materials that date from 1950-1956 with the bulk of the material dating from 1955-1956.
Maryland Humanities Teachers' Institute: Documenting School Desegregation through Oral History
by Salisbury University Archives (2017 – 2019)
7 folders (1 linear feet)
These oral histories document the history of desegregation, integration, and racial-change in Wicomico County during the 1950's, 60's, and 70's through interviews with students and educators who remember this time period. Subjects range from administrative development of racially-progressive programs in schools, the construction of new schools such as Parkside High School, to the experiences of African-American teachers in the Wicomico County school system during segregation and integration. Compiled transcripts, questions, notes, and time logs are attached.
Office of Public Relations Press Releases and Newspaper Clippings
by Salisbury University Office of Public Relations (1956 – 2004)
33 cartons (33 linear feet)
This collection contains press releases and newspaper clippings from the Salisbury University Office of Public Relations. The bulk of materials in this collection date from 1969-2004 and consist of press releases, newspaper clippings, and public service announcements either issued by the Office of Public Relations or collected by them.
Papers of Margaret Jones Bloodsworth
by Bloodsworth, Margaret Jones (1936-1942, 1989-1996)
1 box, 1 oversize box (1 linear feet)
The Papers of Margaret Jones Bloodsworth offer an extensive look into the life of the Margaret Jones over the years when she was a student at Wicomico High School and Salisbury State College from 1936 to 1942. The collection is comprised of print material such as portraits of Margaret, a list of her high school classmates in memoriam, a program for 50th reunion of the Wicomico High Schools Class of 1941, and an information about the State Teachers College in Salisbury, Maryland. Additionally within the collection, two scrapbooks created by Margaret Jones also depict her life experiences during her time attending high school and college, as well as a glimpse into the later years of her life from 1989 to 1996. The collection also includes a photographic print of the Wicomico High School senior class of 1941. Furthermore, the papers of Margaret Jones Bloodsworth help to document and illustrate what life was like for residents in the Wicomico County area in the late 1930s to 1940s.
Records of the Office of Public Relations
by Salisbury University Office of Public Relations (1928 – 2020)
13 boxes, 10 oversize folders (13.25 linear feet)
The Records of the Office of Public Relations include printed material and recorded events that capture internal and external events involving Salisbury University and its students, faculty, and staff from 1928 to 2020, though primarily from 1976 to 2020.
Salisbury State Alumni pamphlets
by Faculty of the Maryland Normal School/State Teachers College (1943 – 1950)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Salisbury State Alumni pamphlets document the alumni directory and information regarding Salisbury State College's alumni. Documenting material include an alumni directory from May 1943 and an alumni bulletin from December 1950.
Salisbury State Teacher College photographs
by Bodine, Aubrey (circa 1940)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Salisbury State Teacher College photograph contains two photographs of Holloway Hall at the then known State Teachers College in Salisbury, Md, now Salisbury University. The photographs were taken by Aubrey Bodine. Included is also has a description of the photographer.
Sylvia Bradley Papers
by Bradley, Sylvia (1924 – 2001)
2 cartons, 3 boxes (3.25 linear feet)
The Sylvia Bradley Papers consist of the student records of the State Teachers College at Salisbury alum, faculty and committee related documents, and the notes, drafts, reference cards, recorded interviews, and original sources of Salisbury's former university historian, Sylvia Stant Bradley. These three categories reflect Bradley's involvement with Salisbury University, especially her research and taped interviews that led to writing "Salisbury State College: 50 Years of Growth" and "Salisbury: From Normal School to University."
Wilbur Devilbiss Papers
by Devilbiss, Wilbur (1918 – 1968)
10 boxes (11.5 linear feet)
The Wilbur Devilbiss Papers document the Salisbury Teachers College president's tenure (1955-1968) at the school in the academic years 1956-57, 1960-61, and 1963-64, as well as his participation in higher education through evaluation of regional schools and his studies of state and national education. Included are his alphabetical administrative files for the three academic years listed. Also included are: evaluation materials for Dover High School (1959), Edinboro State College (1960-1961), Newark Senior High School (1955-1958), and St. Michaels Junior-Senior High School (1956-1957); Rotary International (1938-1963) and Rotary Club of Salisbury, Maryland (1944-1945, 1964-1965) documents, and hundreds of publications related to all aspects of higher education.