Lecture: “The Study of Local History”, undated

This collection is made up exclusively of information about Talbot County, Maryland, which was researched, collected and organized by Dr. Samuel A. Harrison. The large majority of the collection is in manuscript form written by Dr. Harrison; however, there are news clippings and letters.

The first section of the collection consists of the Annals of Talbot County. These are bound volumes divided into ten subject headings including Biographical, Political, Civil, Industrial, Religious, Social, Geographic, Military, Educational, and Miscellaneous. The information is presented in short, concise entries in each of the numbered volumes.

The second section consists of manuscript articles written by Dr. Harrison, many of which appeared in the newspapers of Talbot County, and some of which were given as lectures. These follow the same subject headings as the Annals of Talbot County, but are greater in length and center on one particular person, time period, or event in the history of Talbot County.

The remaining portion of the collection is made up of scrapbooks of news clippings, research notes of Samuel A. Harrison for the annals and history of Talbot County, correspondence generated during his research, and lectures delivered on Botany and Zoology in Public Schools, Public, Military and Normal Schools in the county, 1866-1886, and education.

Biographical Annals

The biographical annals consist of seven volumes of references to various families or individuals who resided in Talbot County. Each volume includes short biographical sketches, citings of births, deaths, and marriages, and events of importance which took place in Talbot County and which involved important people in the community.