McHenry Howard photograph collection
Abstract
This collection consists of three albums of 133 photographs related to McHenry Howard. Includes photographs of his summer home in Oakland, Maryland and the surrounding area, Urye, and photographs of unidentified people, possibly family members.
Dates
- 1882-1886
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
McHenry Howard was born on December 26, 1838 to Charles Howard and Elizabeth Phoebe Key Howard, the daughter of Francis Scott Key. A Marylander, he joined the 1st Maryland Regiment of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. His brothers, Frank Key Howard, John Eager Howard, Charles Howard, James Howard, and Edward Lloyd Howard also served in the Confederacy. During his service, McHenry Howard was appointed as a 1st Sergeant, an Aid-de-Camp, and later as an Ordinance Officer in the staff under General George Steuart. He reportedly saw combat under the esteemed General Robert E. Lee, and the famous General “Stonewall” Jackson. In 1864, McHenry Howard was imprisoned at Fort Delaware, though he was released towards the end of the war. He later wrote of his accounts during the war, most notably in his 1914 Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer Under Johnston, Jackson, and Lee. McHenry Howard died on September 11, 1923.
Extent
1.0 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the estate of Julia McHenry Howard, 1959.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three albums of 133 photographs related to McHenry Howard. Includes photographs of his summer home in Oakland, Maryland, the surrounding area, and photographs of unidentified people, possibly family members.
Album 1- 1882-1883
Summer home of McHenry Howard in Oakland, Maryland; Oakland and the surrounding area; “Urye”
Album 2- 1883-1886
Youghiogheny River; “Urye”; Summer home of McHenry Howard in Oakland, Maryland, Elk River; John Hambrick’s House and Family;
Album 3- undated
Youghiogheny River; Fort Pendleton; “Edgewood, Chester, County, “Brandywine”; unidentified portraits.
- Title
- Guide to the McHenry Howard photograph collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Damon Talbot
- Date
- 2014-08
- 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
- 2020-02-08: 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