Oyster culture -- Law and legislation

This collection contains scrapbooks and correspondence related to Governor Edwin Warfield’s career. The scrapbooks hold newspaper clippings, correspondence, and more about major issues Warfield faced as governor, especially on environmental issues such as oyster preservation and game and hunting laws. A large portion of correspondence is related to the proposed Poe Amendment.

This collection contains clippings of articles written by Thomas Ewell including coverage of murders, disasters, fires, early railroad mishaps, and oyster controversy between Maryland and Virginia. Ewell was a reporter for Baltimore Sun covering news events in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.