Souvenir prints of John Wilkes Booth, signed by Martha and Lizzie Ford, undated

The collection contains personal items of John T. Ford and his theater business, as well as material related to his descendants and family friends. Photographs of Ford’s home in Baltimore are included, along with carte de visites of John Wilkes Booth, owned by Ford’s daughters, Lizzie and Martha. Also among the theater items is an admission ticket for box seats at the Holliday St. Theatre, handwritten by Edwin, Ford’s brother. The Pue manuscript recalls the life of a Confederate veteran and his life in Maryland before and after the Civil War.