The Worcester County Library's Oral History & Folkilfe collection are located physically at the Snow Hill branch. The originals are not available to the public due to the quality of the original cassettes. Each Oral History has been digitized and made available here.
These Oral Histories were recorded in the 1970s-1980s by the Worcester County Library staff to be made available to the public for reference purposes. The book Worcester Memories by Victoria J. Heland was published in 1984 and used these oral histories and photographs from the library to show the history of Worcester County.
If you have any questions about an Oral History, please email History@worcesterlibrary.org or send us a message on this page.
By clicking on the name of the person, it will take you to a page to view the audio and the transcript of the Oral History.
Topical Terms:
African Americans—History
Domestic Life
Education
Farming
Religious Life
Worcester County (Md.)—African Americans
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women's History
Location Terms:
Newark (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
African Americans—History
Restaurants—21st century
Worcester County (Md.)—African Americans
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women's History
Corporate Names:
Evelyn’s Restaurants
Village Inn
Location Terms:
Ocean City (Md.)
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
African Americans—History
Domestic Life
Education
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—African Americans
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Stockton (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Education
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Basketswitch (Md.)
Newark (Md.)
Queponco (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
1933 Storm
Domestic Life
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women's History
World War I
WWI
Corporate Names:
Civil Conservation Corp
Location Terms:
Public Landing (Md.)
Salisbury (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Newark (Md.)
Queponco (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Hunting
Prohibition
School
Sports
steamboats
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
World War I
WWI
World War II
WWII
Corporate Names:
Peninsula Produce Exchange
Pocomoke Fair
Location Terms:
Assateague (Md.)
Fenwick Island (Md.)
Klej Grange (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Pocomoke (Md.)
Pocomoke River (Md.)
Public Landing (Md.)
Red Hills (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Local History
Snow Hill (Md.)—History
Snow Hill Parade
Ocean City (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women's History
Location Terms:
Ocean City (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
World War I
WWI
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Libertytown (Md.)
Queponco (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Education
School
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Ocean City (Md.)
Public Landing (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Furnace Town (Md.)
Public Landing (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Funeral Business
Mortician
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Great Depression
Local History
Ocean City (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
World War I
WWI
World War II—Women—History
WWII
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Furnace Town (Md.)
Public Landing (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Education
High School
School
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Public Landing (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Cherrix, Ethel
Location Terms:
Piney Grove (Md.)
Porters (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
Public Hanging
Snow Hill (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
Snow Hill (Md.)—History
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Cooking
Education
School
Slavery
Transportation
Women’s History
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Corporate Terms:
Beacom Business College
Box Iron School
The First National Bank
Franklin School
Location Terms:
Mount Ephraim (Md.)
Public Landing (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Collins, Sidney
Location Terms:
Newark (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Berlin Fire—1913
Ocean City Fire—1925
School
Storm of 1933
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Corporate Terms:
Buckingham School
Park Hotel
Stephen Decatur Hotel
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Cropper, Sidney
Location Terms:
Basket Switch (Md.)
Queponco (Md.)
Newark (Md.)
Trappe (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Berlin (Md.)—History
Education
Trappe Mill Pond
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
World War I
WWI
Corporate Terms:
Buckingham High School
Buckingham Primary School
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Trappe (Md.)
Topical Terms:
African Americans—Education
Education
School
Worcester County (Md.)—African Americans
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women History
Corporate Names:
Box Iron School
Location Terms:
Box Iron (Md.)
Girdletree (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
​​​​​​​Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Education
Stockton (Md.)—History
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Corporate Terms:
Stockton High School
Stockton Elementary School
Location Terms:
Stockton (Md.)
​​​​​​​Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Education
Pocomoke City (Md.)—History
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Corporate Terms:
Quinton School
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Pocomoke City (Md.)—Fire 1922
Pocomoke City (Md.)—History
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Corporate Terms:
Hartley Hall
Presbyterian Church
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Education
Transportation
Pocomoke City (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women History
Corporate Names:
Pocomoke High School
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Friendship (Md.)
Queponco (Md.)
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
​​​​​​​
Topical Terms:
Education
Farming
Newark (Md.)—History
Queponco
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Corporate Names:
Newark School
Snow Hill High School
Location Terms:
Newark (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Domestic Life
Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Greenbackville (Va.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Domestic Life
Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Cedartown (Md.)
Greenbackville (Va.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Stockton (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Farming
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
St. Martins (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Prohibition
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Girdletree (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Domestic Life
Farming
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Shingle Landing (Md.)
Whaleyville (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Newark (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Education
School
Teacher
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Corporate Terms:
American Legion Auxiliary
Firemen’s Auxiliary
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Education
School
Storm of 1933
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Public Landing (Md.)
Stockton (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Library
Snow Hill (Md.)—Library History
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Public Landing (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Furnace Town (Md.)
Public Landing (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Depression
Domestic Life
Farming
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Public Landing (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Location Terms:
Ocean City (Md.)
Location Terms:
Whaleyville (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
Public Hanging
Transportation
Snow Hill (Md.)—Fire 1893
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Ocean City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Newark (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Furnace Town (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Education
Domestic Life
Stockton (Md.)—History
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Corporate Terms:
Stockton High School
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Stockton (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Cedartown (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
Transportation
Pocomoke City (Md.)—Fire 1922
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Pitts Creek (Md.)
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Education
School
Teacher
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Corporate Terms:
Worcester County Board of Education
Location Terms:
Ocean City (Md.)
Location Terms:
Bishopville (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Education
School
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)
Location Terms:
Girdletree (Md.)
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Location Terms:
Klej Grange (Md.)
Stockton (Md.)
Location Terms:
Furnace Town (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Domestic Life
Farming
School
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Furnace Town (Md.)
Long Ridge (Md.)
Piney Grove (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Fishing
Public Hanging
Snow Hill (Md.)—Fire 1893
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Klej Grange
Ocean City (Md.)
Stockton (Md.)
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Berlin (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
School
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Newark (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Pocomoke City (Md.)—Fire 1922
Pocomoke City (Md.)—History
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Furnace Town (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Furnace Town (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Fish Camps
Storm of 1933
Storm of 1962
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
World War I
WWI
Location Terms:
Ocean City (Md.)
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Chicken Farming
Education
Pocomoke City (Md.)—Fire 1922
Pocomoke City (Md.)—History
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Location Terms:
Pocomoke River
Topical Terms:
African Americans—History
Church
Ocean City (Md.)—African Americans—History
School
School Bus—African Americans
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—African Americans
Worcester County (Md.)—Education
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Berlin (Md.)
Ocean City (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
Pocomoke City (Md.)—History
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Klej Grange (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Location Terms:
Klej Grange (Md.)
Worcester County (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Domestic Life
School
Storm of 1933
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Piney Grove (Md.)
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Farming
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Ironshire (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Domestic Life
Farming
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Snow Hill (Md.)
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Church
Domestic Life
Pocomoke City (Md.)—History
Pocomoke City Fair
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Topical Terms:
Domestic Life
School
Transportation
Worcester County (Md.)—History
Worcester County (Md.)—Social life and customs
Worcester County (Md.)—Women’s History
Location Terms:
Pocomoke City (Md.)
Rabbit Knaw (Md.)
Stockton (Md.)