Grove Hill photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains photographs of the property known as Grove Hill in Montgomery County, Maryland. Images include views of the grounds and buildings, as well as portraits shot near the house, circa 1890.
Dates
- 1890
Conditions Governing Access
This 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
Grove Hill, originally a farm located on the old Brighton Road, is on present-day New Hampshire Avenue in Brinklow, near Sandy Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. The main house was built by Thomas Tyson and his wife, Mary Ellicott Tyson after they acquired the property in 1836, and presently incorporates buildings and additions from various eras, including log cabins from the late 1700s. The property passed to the Tyson’s daughter, Elizabeth Ellicott Tyson, in 1858, then to a cousin, Martha Tyson Smith Hopkins, the wife of Samuel Hopkins, in 1912. Martha Hopkins left the property to her three daughters in 1915, and it soon became the home of Mary Randolph Hopkins.
Mary Randolph Hopkins (died 1979) was the fourth child of Samuel and Martha Hopkins. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Hopkins, and the grandneice of Johns Hopkins. Mary Hopkins lived at Grove Hill from 1915 until her death in 1979.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 half Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged according to PP catalog numbers. This collection was formerly known as B61.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in 1979.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one box with five folders containing 15 photographs, which are undated and unidentified. They are thought to originate circa 1890, and may depict the property known as Grove Hill in Montgomery County, Maryland. There are images of grounds and buildings, including a clapboard house and outbuildings. There are images of people near the house, including an African American family and domestic workers. Other subjects include a horse and carriage and a wooden dam on a stream.
- Title
- Guide to the Grove Hill 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
- 2020-02-07: 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