Social life and customs
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Frick family papers
The Frick family papers includes papers of socially prominent Baltimore and Washington, D.C. families, primarily from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century. The three main families are the Fricks, Poultneys, and Turnbulls, but scattered items from related Sloan, Carroll, Denison, Brown, Ramsay, and Spense families are here as well. The papers include correspondence, genealogies, accounts, land papers, diaries, travel diaries, and recipe books.
George L. Van Bibber IV diary
Voluminous daily diary kept by Bel Air, Maryland resident George Lindenburger Van Bibber IV (1906-1979). He describes subjects such as meals, weather, conversations, parties, clothes, financial transactions, movies, books, radio and television programs, world affairs, and travels. The diary volumes are indexed in a card catalog system invented by Van Bibber in 1947.
H. Hanford Hopkins photograph albums
This collection includes nine albums of photographs of Howard Hanford Hopkins, II (1848-1906) and his family and friends in New Market, Frederick County, Maryland. Many of the images were photographed by Hopkins.
Hannah Mary Trimble papers
This collection contains the diary of Hannah Mary Trimble (b. 1826) as well as letters, primarily incoming, from members of her family. Also included are legal and financial papers involving several generations of the family.
Helen West Stewart Ridgely family papers
This collection consists of papers pertaining to members of Helen Ridgely's family. Included are papers of her grandparents Leonice Sampson and Joseph White Moulton, her parents Josephine Moulton and John Stewart, her husband Captain John Ridgely, and their son Julian White Ridgely.
The papers span the years 1840-1918.
Helen West Stewart Ridgely papers
This collection contains the incoming correspondence of Helen West Stewart Ridgely. The letters are largely from her grandmother, mother, sister, brother, husband and children. The letters detail the life of a Baltimore society matron in the late 19th century and especially reveal child rearing practices.
James Lewis photograph collection
This collection contains photographs of the Lewis family of Baltimore, circa 1890-1925. Images include East Baltimore neighborhoods, portraits and group portraits, and baseball teams, as well as rural and city views.
Jameson Parker papers
This collection contains the personal papers of Jameson Parker (1909-1972) and includes material on his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University; his involvement with the family steel firm in Baltimore; his work as an investment analyst with Trail and Middendorf as well as with the Maryland Public Expenditure Council; and his experience in the US Naval Reserve.
John McHenry family papers
Katherine M. Chin collection
The collection contains documents relating to Katherine and Calvin Chin’s involvement in the Asian American community in Maryland. Materials highlight their work to strengthen business relations between Maryland and Asian countries, especially China, as well as educate Marylanders about Asian culture.