Johnson-Wier-Wayland family photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains formal studio portraits of the Johnson, Cushing, Wier, and Wayland family members of Baltimore, Maryland. Also included are informal portraits and outdoor views in Baltimore and Tolchester, Maryland.
Dates
- 1860-1960
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Robert Wier (born 1846) married Sarah Frances (Fannie) Cushing in Baltimore in 1872. Their daughter Edith (born 1873) married Martin Houseworth Wayland of Orange, Virginia in 1897, and her son was Robert Wier Wayland (born 1898). In 1900, Robert Wier lived at 2123 Saint Paul Street and the Wayland family lived at 1302 Linden Avenue. Robert Wier was involved in outreach to the Baltimore Chinese-American community on behalf of Northminster Presbyterian Church, and thus befriended the Hom family, headed by Henry Hom who operated a business on Park Avenue near Saratoga Street.
The Wier family came to Maryland from Ireland. Robert Wier (1811-1861) was a ship chandler who married Eliza J. Johnson (1822-1872) in 1841. In the 1850 Census, their children were listed as Florence, Isabel, Robert, Charles, and Mary, and three more children were born in the 1850s. Eliza Johnson Wier's mother, Eliza Jane Green Johnson (circa 1800-1888) was the wife of Capt. Charles Johnson (d. 1829, in the West Indies), who was born in the Isle of Man and raised in France before coming to Baltimore.
The Cushings were an old Baltimore family, several members of which were stationers and booksellers during the 19th century. Fannie Cushing was the daughter of David Cushing (1811-1875) and Catherine Jane McClellan Cushing (1812-1895), who married in 1834.
Some names associated with this collection vary in spelling among sources. Wier is sometimes spelled Weir, but the correct spelling is Wier. Edmonds is sometimes spelled Edmands or Edmunds, which may be different names, variations over time in the family's spelling of their name, or just typographical and transcription errors; in this case it isn't clear that one spelling is correct.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 half Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is only partially processed. Box 1 contains 11 items to which have been assigned PP catalog numbers, although their correspondence to accession inventories is not always clear. Box 1 is arranged in PP catalog number order. Boxes 2-5 contains albums along with loose photoprints which have been only roughly sorted into folders according to subject; there is no folder level inventory, nor correspondence to accession inventories at present. Inventory from accession documents is provided below.
Two items from Accession 002703 have been added to the Cased Photographs Collection (#339-340) and are stored there.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Gladys M. Wayland (Mrs. Robert Wayland), 1988-1990.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of five boxes containing approximately 465 photographs made between 1860 and 1960, with the bulk from the 1880s-1920s. There are 451 photoprints and 14 nitrate negatives. 261 photoprints are loose and 190 photoprints are contained in five albums. The photographs includes tintypes and an ivory type, and some photoprints are copies of earlier photographs.
The majority of photographs are formal studio portraits of Johnson, Cushing, Wier, and Wayland family members, along with informal portraits, some in outdoor settings in Baltimore and Tolchester, Maryland. Some photographs depict the Hom family and other Chinese Americans. There are also photographs of Robert Wier Wayland as a child on scout camping trips.
- Title
- Guide to the Johnson-Wier-Wayland family photograph collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Katherine Cowan
- Date
- 2000-03
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 02-03-2020: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
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
specialcollections@mdhistory.org