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Marylander and Herald Collection

MSA SC 3616
Dates1912-1984
MediumOriginal, color transparencies, black and white negatives, microfilm
RestrictionsRESTRICTED: Do not circulate color transparency and black and white negative [MSA SC 2324]
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Film Number(s)SCM 4102 - SCM 4120, SCM 7155 - SCM 7200, SCM 8820 - SCM 8821, SCM 10929 - SCM 10950, SCM 11449 - SCM 11459, SCM 11654 - SCM 11661
Description
Newspaper, Marylander and Herald
History
(Princess Anne, Somerset County: Fontaine & Dashiell)

The Marylander and Herald began publication in 1898 and ceased December 26, 1984 [v. 159, no. 39]. It was published weekly. Title history based on April 4, 1899 [v. 1, no. 36]. It was published as the Marylander & Herald October 7, 1982-1984. The newspaper was formed by the union of the Marylander (Princess Anne: 1881) and the Somerset Herald (Princess Anne: 1861) and was continued by the Somerset Herald (Princess Anne: 1985).

According to Newspapers and Newspapermen of Maryland, Fontaine and Dashiell were the owners of the paper. Few issues survive prior to December 13, 1913 when a fire destroyed the Marylander and Herald offfice, then occupied by W. H. Dashiell and owned by C. W. Fontaine. William Dashiell appears as owner and editor in 1912 and remained until September 12, 1916, when Theodore A. Walker became editor and business manager. Walker stayed with the paper until at least 1921. The Somerset Publishing Company, incorporated April 23, 1923, must have bought the paper from Dashiell. James E. Byrd, Sr., one of the officers of the Somerset Publishing Company, appears as editor in 1924. He sold his interest in the paper to his sons, James E. Byrd, Jr. and Clarence L. Byrd. The two brothers published the paper until 1973 when Clarence L. Byrd sold his interest to J. Bryan Byrd, son of James E. Byrd, Jr. The Marylander and Herald was purchased by Atlantic Publications, Inc. of Accomac, Virginia in December 1983.

Archives' collections contains issues for April 4, 1899 (MSA SC 2324-1-12), December 12, 1899 (MSA SC 2324-1-13), February 10, 1983 (MSA SC 1434), March 3, 1983 (MSA SC 1434), March 10, 1983 (MSA SC 1434), March 17, 1983 (MSA SC 1434), March 24, 1983 (MSA SC 1434), September 29, 1983 (MSA SC 1553).

This project was made possible through funds provided by the Maryland State Archives and the United States Newspaper Program of the Library of Congress and the Office of Preservation, National Endowment for the Humanities.


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