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Cathcart scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0224

Abstract

This collection contains five volumes of newspaper clippings on the Baltimore Fire Department and accounts of fires from 1887-1908. The scrapbooks include clippings about electric subways and movement to abandon overhead wires in Baltimore, 1894-1896, preserved by A. Rozel Cathcart, President of Board of Fire Commissioners.

Dates

  • 1887 - 1908

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

The reproduction of materials in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine and satisfy copyright clearances or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information visit the MCHC’s Rights and Permissions page.

Biographical / Historical

A. Rozel Cathcart was the President of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the American Fire Insurance Company.

Extent

3.0 Linear Feet (6 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Robert Wagner, 1939.

Title
Guide to the Cathcart scrapbooks
Status
Minimally Processed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2021-11-15: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Harwerth.

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750