Henrietta Jones Moore collection
3.0 linear feet; 1 half-manuscript box, 1 oversize box
1860-1998, bulk 1930-1948
Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University,
Salisbury, Maryland
Finding aid written by Leslie M. Van Veen, April 2014.
Accession Number:
1991.002
Creator:
Henrietta Moore
Acquisition:
The Henrietta Jones Moore collection was donated to the Nabb
Research Center by Henrietta Moore in a series of donations from
1991 through 2013.
Language:
Material entirely in English.
Use:
Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights,
belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs.
Citation Style:
“Item, Henrietta Jones Moore collection, Box [#], Folder [#],
Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and
Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland.”
Related Materials:
Jim Jackson Delmarva history collection, 2012.070
Separated Materials:
Library materials have been cataloged and transferred to the Nabb
Research Center’s non-circulating collection.
Objects have been cataloged and housed in artifact storage at
Blackwell Library.
Biographical History: Henrietta Jones Moore was the long-time owner of Henrietta’s Attic, an
antique store located once on Maryland Street in Salisbury, Maryland until it closed in April
2014.
Scope and Content Note: The Henrietta Jones Moore collection documents several historical
aspects of Eastern Shore history including Salisbury and Cambridge, Maryland and Cape
Charles, Virginia. Documenting materials include family history, religion, education, and
economic perspectives through essays, ephemera, newspaper clippings, obituaries and
photographs from 1860-1998 with the bulk of the material dating from 1930-1948.
Arrangement Statement: Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject
may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection.
Subject Terms:
General Terms
Cambridge, Md.
Cape Charles, Va.
Catholicism
Economics
Education
Main Street
Recipes
Religious Toleration
White Family
Corporate Names
E.S. Adkins and Company
Liberty Wall Paper and Paint Company
Miles, Bailey and Williams
Montgomery Ward
Peninsula General Hospital
Powell Dining Hall
Salisbury Times Cooking School
Personal Names
Adkins, Bertha
Adkins, John W.
Byrd, Annie
Carpenter, Frank
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Dobson, Bertie Hughlett Lyons
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926Graham, Joseph
Graham, Samuel A.
Hopkins, Louise
Miller, Louisa Graham
Mitchell, Dorothy
Moore, Henrietta Jones
Mumford, Mary Elizabeth
Slemons, Bettie Morris
Smith, Carrie E.
Toadvine, Gordon H.
Toadvine, Martha
Venable, Ronie Catherine
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Box 1
1. Abstract, Indians of the Eastern Shore, undated
2. Essay, Our Maryland, Wicomico County, 1946
3. Essay, Growth of Catholicism on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, undated
4. Committee, Maryland’s Act of Religious Toleration, 1949
5. Notes, Recollections of Main Street Salisbury, 1980
6. Essay, Wicomico County Directory, Problems of Democracy, 1942 January 25
7. Economic Survey, Cambridge, Maryland, circa 1948-1950
8. Report, Maryland Soil Conservation Committee, 1948
9. Program, Proposed New Maryland State Constitution, 1968 March 30
10. Education Resource Unit, Discovering Maryland as America in Miniature, 1946 June
11. Examination, 8th Grade Final, Maryland History, circa 1945-1948
12. Play, Hearthstones and Heart-Throbs, by Ronie Catherine Venable and Louise
Hopkins, 1995
13. Essay, From Maryland to Russia with John W. Adkins, 1995
14. Newspaper Clippings, Search for John W. Adkins, 1997-1998
15. Newspaper Clippings, 1935-1982, 1993
16. Newspaper Clipping, Montgomery-Ward Employees, 1936
17. Ephemera, Story of a Saw Mill, E. S. Adkins and Company, undated
18. Advertisement, Liberty Wall Paper and Paint Company, circa 1900-1910
19. Receipt, Peninsula General Hospital, 1925 October 20
20. List, Moving Pictures on Maryland, undated
21. Recipe, Handmade Soap, circa 1880-1890
22. Program, Salisbury Times Cooking School, circa 1936-1941
23. Announcements, Wedding and Anniversaries, 1880s
24. Family Record, Page from White Family Bible, circa 1860-1870
25. Obituaries, Col. Samuel A. and Joseph Graham, Louisa Graham Miller, 1890-1900
26. Obituaries, Gordon H. and Martha Toadvine, 1895
27. Obituary, Bettie Morris Slemons, 1893
28. Correspondence, From Frank Carpenter to Joseph Graham, 1898 December 30
29. Correspondence, From Miles, Bailey and Williams to Mrs. Carrie E. Smith, 1935
August 19
30. Correspondence, From Miles, Bailey and Williams to Mrs. Carrie Smith, 1939 May
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31. Photograph, Annie Byrd, circa 1860-1870
32. Photograph, Sam Phipps, circa 1870-1880
33. Photograph, Girls at Beach, circa 1880-1890
34. Photograph, Annie Byrd, circa 1860-1870
35. Photograph, Mary Elizabeth Mumford, 1882
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36. Photograph, Bertie Hughlett Lyons Dobson, circa 1905-1910
37. Photograph, Dorothy Mitchell, circa 1905-1915
38. Photograph, unknown bride, circa 1910-1920
39. Photograph, Queen Elizabeth II and Bertha Adkins, 1950s
40. Photograph, Class Reunion, Powell Dining Hall, circa 1980-1985
Box 2
1. Salisbury Advertiser and Wicomico Countian, 1932 March 11 – 1933 February 16
2. Baltimore Sun Feature, Maryland’s Governors, 1966 November 6
3. Baltimore Sun, 1896 July 11
Library Materials
1. Heaven: Or, the Glory to be Revealed, E.H. Dashiell, 1911
2. Maryland Board of Natural Resources, Fourth Annual Report, 1947
Objects
1. Spike, Float Bridge, 2011.145.001
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