Name/Title
Membership card examplesEntry/Object ID
1952.001.0001Scope and Content
1 folder of 37 3" x 5" cards
These cards are examples of the Society's membership cards when a new member had to be sponsored. There are a few cards that have "Life," handwritten in the upper right corner. There are also examples of institutions with whom the Society exchanged publications or deposited copies of the Chronicles.
8 cards for exchange or deposit with Northumberland County Historical Society, the Enterprise newspaper, Chopticon High School Library, Library of Congress, Allen County Public Library in Indiana, McKeldin Library, Maryland State Law Library, and Maryland State Archives.
2 blank cards with handwritten entries: name, address, notes, membership status
3 pale cream professionally printed cards with the Society's address in the upper left corner, centered text, "I am glad to accept the invitation to become a member of the Society and enclose herewith $________ in payment of dues as a __________member." The member's name and address was entered in the lower right corner and the date and sponsor entered in the lower left corner. These cards were for records in the 1960s.
13 cards for the 1970s which are a mixture of plain or lined 3x5 cards and printed cards on varying weights of stock. There are examples of life members and people with county names who live elsewhere, such as Kentucky.
4 cards for the 1980s printed with the usual text.
7 cards for the 1990s. A new style of card appeared in the mid-90s with a larger font for just about the same information with the inclusion of a phone number.Collection
Saint Mary's County Historical Society. Administrative Records Collection.