Victoria Gittings : phantom footsteps
Abstract
Victoria Gittings' unpublished manuscript entitled "Phantom Footsteps: Here and There" describing supernatural experiences in Maryland.
Dates
- undated
Creator
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Biographical
Victoria Elisabeth Gittings (1879-1965) was the daughter of criminal lawyer Richard James Gittings (1830-1882) and his wife Victoria Sellman Gittings (1837-1884), who was a granddaughter of Revolutionary War hero General Jonathan Sellman. She was raised in the Mount Vernon-area of Baltimore, Maryland as well as at the family estate Roslyn (also spelled Roslin) in Baltimore County, Maryland.
A member of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore, Gittings contributed frequent letters to Baltimore newspapers on political subjects and she also published the biography of her brother, D. Sterrett Gittings (1861-1948), entitled "Riding Straight."
Extent
0.3 Linear Feet ( 1 half Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William B. Marye in May 1965.
Bibliography
Scope and Contents
Victoria Gittings' unpublished manuscript entitled "Phantom Footsteps: Here and There" describing supernatural experiences in Maryland. There is a typed copy and a handwritten copy of the manuscript as well as some letters to Gittings regarding her collection of supernatural stories. The majority of the stories collected in the maunscript were told to Gittings by women and include ghost encounters, haunted houses and woods, and Ouija board messages. One chapter relates the stories of William, the son of a Black Methodist preacher, and was originally published by Gittings in the Journal of American Folklore.
Creator
- Title
- Guide to Victoria Gittings : phantom footsteps
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Sandra Glascock
- Date
- 2023-07
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
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