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Nabb Research Center General Resources - Special Collections & Exhibits
Delmarva Heritage Series, by Dr. William H. Wroten, Jr.
 About Dr. Wroten:
In Memoriam
March 18, 2006
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A native son of Cambridge, Maryland, Dr. William H. Wroten, Jr. pursued his education
by obtaining a B.A. from Western Kentucky University, M.A. from University
of Maryland and Ph.D. from University of Colorado. In 1955, Dr. Wroten was
hired as a Professor of History at then Salisbury State Teacher's College,
serving as Chair of the Department of History until his retirement from
Salisbury University in 1980. During his career, Dr. Wroten also
served as Director of Graduate Studies at SU, helped to establish the
Somerset County Historical Society and served as President of the Wicomico
County Historical Society and the Dorchester County Historical Society.
In addition, Dr. Wroten was a contributor to several publications, including
Beach Magazine, The Eastern Shore Heartland,
The Salisbury Times, as well as authoring the book, Assateague.
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From the William H. Wroten, Jr. Collection, the Nabb Research Center presents the Delmarva Heritage Series, articles written by the
respected authority on Eastern Shore history and customs, William H. Wroten, Jr.
The Wroten articles:
- Augustine Herrman, Mapmaker Came to State as Enemy
- Henry Family, First U.S. Senator From Free State [January 9, 1958]
- Easton, Maryland, Freedom And Justice Defended [March 26, 1958]
- Wenlock Christison, Man Of Freedom [April 3, 1958]
- John Dickinson, Famous American [April 6, 1958]
- Thomas Bacon On Negro Education [May 8, 1958]
- Ebenezer Cook, Colonial Poet [May 15, 1958]
- John Bordley, One of America's Foremost Agriculturists [May 22, 1958]
- Charles Wilson Peale, Famous Painter and Naturalist [July 17, 1958]
- Freeborn Garrettson, Early Shore Methodist [July 30, 1958]
- Freedom of the Press: Trial of Peter Zenger [August 25, 1958]
- Charles Chaille-Long Carved Distinguished Career on Two Continents [September 24, 1958]
- Frederick Douglas, Slavery To Freedom [November 7, 1958]
- Kitty Knight, Sho' Heroine [December 1, 1958]
- William Vann Murray, Shoreman Averted War With France [January 2, 1959]
- Anna Ella Carroll, Shore Woman Advised Lincoln In War Strife [February 6, 1959]
- Samuel Chase, Freedom Firebrand [March 23, 1959]
- John Creswell, Credited With Keeping State From Seceding From Union [June 25, 1959]
- Senator George Vickers, Shoreman Saves Andrew Johnson [July 10, 1959]
- Colonel John Gunby, Served under General Washington in Revolution [September 7, 1959]
- Mason-Dixon Line history: Part I and Part II [December 18/23, 1959]
- John Walter Smith, Famed Shoreman [Jan. 5, 1960]
- Colonial Delmarva Described In Essays of Francis Makemie [March 16, 1960]
- John Trippe, Early Shore Hero [April 8, 1960]
- Verrazano's Letter Describes early Eastern Shore Exploration [July 13, 1960]
- Harriet Tubman, A Shore Moses [July 29, 1960]
- Amanda Elizabeth Dennis, Poet of the Eastern Shore [September 7, 1960]
- Commodore Thomas Macdonough, Hero of the Battle on Lake Champlain [December 14, 1960]
- Capt. John Smith Explored the Bay and Tributaries [February 17, 1961]
- John Dennis and the Election of 1800 [January 17, 1962]
- Colonel Tench Tilghman, Reported Cornwallis's defeat at Yorktown [February 28, 1962]
- Abel Parker Upshur, Jurist, cabinet official, and publicist [January 4, 1963]
- William Grason, Governor [April 26, 1962]
- John Hazzard, Delawarean Took Part In Famous Crossing Of River [May 4, 1962]
- John Dagworthy, Delmarvan Disputed General Washington [June 29, 1962]
- Gov. Levin Winder and the War of 1812 [July 18, 1962]
- Philip Reed, Distinguished Revolutionary War Hero [November 2, 1962]
- Battle of Caulk's Field (1814) [November 14, 1962]
- Senator James A. Pearce, Eastern Shore U.S. Senator [July 26, 1963]
- Joseph Nichols and the Movement of Nicholites [Ocober 11, 1963]
- Colonel Henry Norwood, Voyage To America, 1649 [October 28, 1964]
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