MSA SC 4062-4-1
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1915-1919
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This file contains correspondence from O.M. Shockley, L. Atwood Bennett, and Mrs. Hudson. Also included in the file are pamphlets from The Religious Education Association, Maryland Sunday School Association, and the International Sunday School Association. There is also an Advance Notice for the Second Bi-Annual Eastern Shore Convention and the Annual Report of the Worcester County Sunday School Association. The file also contains a business card for Rev. B. W. Kindley, General Secretary of the Maryland Sunday School Association.
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MSA SC 4062-4-2
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1913-1919
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Topics in this file center around adult Sunday School and The Religious Education Association. There are several pamphlets from this organization as well as a generic note from E.M. Fergusson extolling the benefits of joining the organization. Robert L. Hooper, the Superintendent of the Organized Bible Class Secondary Division sent a letter discussing Bible class certifications. William S. Bovard, the Superintendent of the Adult Department for The Board of Sunday Schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church sent requests for annual reports in conjunction with suggestion for effective Sunday Schools. There are post cards from Mrs. W. B. Hayman, David Flora, and one from Annie M. Limmons inviting Miss Handy to a banquet given by the Kings Daughter’s Class of the Presbyterian Sunday School in Ocean City, Maryland.
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MSA SC 4062-4-3
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1915-1919
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Correspondents in this file include Mary Holden, P.M. Bell, E.L.K. Tune, S.A. Potter, Wilbers S. Smith, Gertrude L. Dausnoy, O.M. Shockley, and Libby Brazier as well as Mrs. J. W. Barnes of the Graded Editorial Staff, Sunday School Department, Methodist Episcopal Church. L. Atwood Bennett, President of the Wicomico County Sunday School Association, invited Miss Handy to their Sunday School Convention and later offered to pay her expenses. In addition, there are a couple of listings of officers and Department Superintendents for an unspecified organization. Thomas Kerr, District Superintendent of the Organized Adult Bible Classes, Berlin District, wrote a positive report and his wife appended the Missionary report to the bottom. There are programs with handwritten notes for several Sunday School Conventions and meetings. A picture postcard of the Methodist Protestant Parsonage in Snow Hill, Maryland from G.R. Hodge as well as a tally sheet of organized adult classes in the Berlin District are also included in the file.
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MSA SC 4062-4-4
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1916-1919
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In this file are a couple enrollment cards for the Cradle Roll: one for John James Gibbs and one for John Homes Birch. There is also a picture postcard announcing the birth of a baby girl in the John V. Fromie household as well as a mimeographed parable about a lost child and a song card with a handwritten notation indicating it was good for beginners. In addition, there is correspondence from Mrs. J.M. Moore, Tronia, and David C. Cook, Jr., Managing Editor for the Cradle Roll Department Superintendent. The file also includes a pamphlet for Children’s Week from Children’s Division of the International Sunday School Association. There is a series of letters concerning the situation of a family related to Mrs. Edward Hastings. The family which includes Mrs. Sarah M. Purnell, Miss Mamie Purnell and her children Bessie, Ralph, and Hellen, are unable to care for themselves adequately. Calvin B. Taylor, a lawyer from Berlin, Maryland was also involved.
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MSA SC 4062-4-5
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1915-1919
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Correspondents in this file include John S. Hill, Principal of Stockton High School, John T. Taylor, Mary Warren Hoblen, Georgia F. Bonneville, G.R. Hodge, and O.M. Shockley as well as Martha K. Hoener with the Maryland Sunday School Association. This file also includes a program for the Snow Hill Sunday School Convention in 1915 as well as numbered lists for district and county goals. There is a filled in copy of the District Secretary’s report for 1917. This report contains statistics as well as the names of Sunday schools, pastors, superintendents, and teachers.
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MSA SC 4062-4-6
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1916-1919
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All of the correspondence in this file is from E. Morris Fergusson, General Secretary for the Maryland Sunday School Association. Most of his correspondence was in the form of form letters and dealt with the yearly state conventions held in the fall. There is a series of letters which are concerned with attendence at the International Sunday School Convention in Buffalo, New York. There are also form letters concerning the yearly canvass of State Sunday Schools. There are several handwritten letters from Fergusson. In the earliest letter, Mr. Fergusson asked for the opportunity to meet Miss Handy. In another letter, the State Convention was cancelled due to the health of Marylanders and a later letter expressed Mr. Fergusson’s concern about the continued epidemic in Worcester County. He also wrote Miss Handy personally to let her know that Worcester County had earned a certificate as Honor School No. 1 for Maryland. One letter brings up the topic of Maryland law and religious education in the schools.
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MSA SC 4062-4-7
NO RESTRICTIONS
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Mrs. G. L. Barnes sent Miss Handy two letters. In one letter, she stated that her Sunday School decided to use graded lessons for all levels except adults. She identified the writer of a previous letter requesting samples of graded lesson plans as Mrs. W. S. Townsend. In the second letter, she mentioned that she had received sample copies of graded lessons. In this letter she also mentioned that she spoke to the Sunday School Superintendent about the Friendly Library’s books.
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MSA SC 4062-4-8
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1914-1917
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Most of the correspondence in this file is from Martha K. Hoerner with the Maryland State Sunday School Association. Topics include trip expenses, the topic for her talk at an afternoon session at a conference, and the Cradle Roll. In one of the letters, written after the postscripts, there is a note addressed to Mrs. Schockley from R. P. Handy. Also included in the file is a letter from W. C. Pearce, Associated General Secretary of the International Sunday School Association suggesting that Miss Handy contact Rev. B. W. Kindley, the General Secretary for the Maryland Association. May Gelliss wrote Miss Handy a letter stating that she was too busy and suggesting that Mrs. West might be able to take on the work. E.G. Henderson also wrote Rozelle Handy two letters. The Official Bulletin of the 15th International Sunday School Association Convention in Buffalo is also found in the file along with an invitation to the wedding of Ryda Kate Munford and Mr. Robert C. Johnson.
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MSA SC 4062-4-9
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1911-1915
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B. W. Kindley, Department Superintendent for Teacher Training with the Maryland Sunday School Association is the author of the correspondence in this file. The earliest letter in the file is dated August 15, 1911 and is a form letter announcing the upcoming state convention. This letter listed the participants as Mrs. Mary Foster Byner, Rev. Charles A. Oliver, Mr. Robert L. Hooper, and Dr. S. M. Oman. Other people mentioned in the letters include Miss Dilworth, Miss Clara, and Rozelle Handy’s mother. All of the correspondence is on the topic of Teacher Training classes. On March 15, 1915, Mr. Kindley announced his retirement due to financial retrenchment in the organization.
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MSA SC 4062-4-10
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1911-1918
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In this file, Rozelle Handy collected sixteen programs from various local, regional, and state Sunday School conventions. Several of the Programs have handwritten notations. Miss Handy attended the Worcester County, Wicomico County, Berlin District, Snow Hill District, and Stockton District conventions. She also attended the Annual State Convention of the Maryland Sunday School Association as well as the Eastern Shore Bi-Annual Sunday School Conventions. Also included in the file are the following pamphlets and flyers: Worcester County Standards, “Our Standards” by the Maryland Sunday School Association, and the 1914 Worcester County Sunday School Association pamphlet entitled “Program of Work.” The file also includes a letter written by O.M. Shockley as well as brief unsigned report on patriotism written on stationery belonging to the Principal of Girdletree High School.
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MSA SC 4062-4-11
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1915-1918
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Most of the material in this file seems to pertain to Sunday School operations. There are bills from the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work marked paid. These bills indicate that Rozelle Handy purchased lessons, certificates, gold stars, reward tickets, and books. There are several copies of the 1917-1918 Worcester County Sunday School Association Annual Report as well as a blank copy of the Statistical Report for 1917 to the Worcester County Sunday School Association. Correspondents in the file include Ryda Johnson, May Gilliss, and David Flora. There is a very interesting carbon copy of a write up on Rozelle Handy’s experiences with illiteracy in the Synepuxent area of Worcester County. The carbon copy is edited and has a handwritten note addressed to Miss Handy on it.
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MSA SC 4062-4-12
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1911-1919
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This is a fairly substantial file of material on Sunday Schools. Many of the letters are from O.M. Shockley, President of the Worcester County Sunday School Association. In his letters he discussed arrangments for district, cabinet, and state meetings including trying to arrange dates, locations, program topics, and speakers. Some of the speakers included Mr. Sterling, Mr. Bell, Dr. Stratton, Miss Wilson, Dr. Fergusson, and J.L. Nichols, Superintendent of Missions for the Maryland Conference Christian Endeavor. Some of his letters discussed incentive programs for Sunday Schools. In a letter from 1915, Mr. Shockley mentioned a local epidemic of measles. In another letter, he expressed his hurt at being publicly humiliated by Miss Handy. The file also includes correspondence from Ryda Mumford, Statistical Secretary and Treasurer of the Worcester County Sunday School Association. Other correspondents include Louise Mumford and Belle W. Keas. Names mentioned in the letters include Miss Lizzie Tilghman, Mrs. Vincent, Mr. Pilchard, Mr. Taylor, Reverend V.A. Miller, Mr. Potter, and Miss Horner. In addition to the letters, there is a copy of The Stevenson Herald newsletter for October 1915, several copies of the Advance Program for the 1917 Maryland State Sunday School Convention in Berwyn, and an agenda for the 1918 State Conference of Maryland Sunday School Association. There are also copies of the pamphlet, Program of Work for the Worcester County Sunday School Association, 1914.
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MSA SC 4062-4-13
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1913-1919
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Correspondence in this file is concerned primarily with Teacher Training for Sunday Schools. Many of the correspondents are reporting back to Miss Handy on the status of teacher training in their local area. These correspondents included Mr. J.T. Taylor, John S. Hill, Ella G. Henderson, Ella Coffin, Katherine Pilchard, George P. Hearthway, William O. Hurst, May Gilliss, Mrs. Holden, and J.T. Sharpley. Other names mentioned in the correspondence include Mr. Day, Reverend P.H. Williams, Mr. Poole, Dr. Easley, Mr. E.T. Jackson, Will Cropper, David Flora, Ralph E. Jones, Mr. Johnson, Nellie Johnson, Mr. R.H. Robinson, and Miss Mary B. Hamilton. This file also contains letters written by Margaret H. Showell, Mrs. Henderson, Reverend Walter Archbold, Reverend J.L. Nichols, Mrs. S. Gerhard, R.W. Harding, V. L. Vincent, Della Pruitt, W.S. Brown, Mirriam Dickinson, Ryda Mumford, Ryda Johnson, Clara Cropper, Belle W. Keas,and Ellen R. Purnell as well as letters from, J.S. Armentrout and James A. Worden of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work. The file also contains several different sets of lecture notes as well as copies of various examinations for the Teacher Training course, testimonials and pamphlets.
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MSA SC 4062-4-14
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1913-1919
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Correspondence in this file is primarily from Maggie S. Wilson, Superintendent of Teacher and Elementary Training as well as a Field Worker for the Maryland Sunday School Association. Most of the correspondence is a statement of appreciation for all the work being done in Miss Handy’s district. In some letters Miss Wilson was providing examinations, copies of Outlook, the State newspaper, transmitting graded papers, providing recommendation and congratulations, making arrangements for visits and keeping Miss Handy update with program standards. Occasionally, she asked Miss Handy to write articles or give presentations at the State Conventions. In one letter Miss Wilson sent Miss Handy a list of teachers and classes for that district. In addition to Miss Handy, other teachers mentioned in the letters include Mrs. Elizabeth Dryden, Mrs. G.P. Hearthway, Professor Hill, Miss Martha Birch, Ella G. Henderson, Mr. Hurst, Mr. Gibson, Miss Purnell, and Miss Massey. Other people mentioned in the letters include Mrs. W.O. Hurst, Rev. W.W. Kreger, Mr. G.P. Hearthwen, and Mr. Shockley occasionally. There are two letters in the file from L. Atwood Bennett about trip arrangements.
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MSA SC 4062-4-15
NO RESTRICTIONS
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1915-1919
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This file contains the State Treasurer's Convention Report for 1915, the Constitution of the Maryland Sunday-School Association as adopted by the 1916 Conventions, a pamphlet describing the Summer School for Maryland Sunday-School workers held at St. John's College in 1919, and a pamplet from 1917 about Sunday-School work in Maryland.
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