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Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Josephine Etting scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0349
Abstract This collection consists of three scrapbook volumes containing clippings gathered by Miss Josephine Etting (1820-unknown). The subjects are very miscellaneous, but mostly concern social and political affairs. Volume I has advertising cards of New York and resort hotels, concert programs, a pencil sketch of Miss Rose Mordecai (February 1854); and a woodblock broadside for Kenton County Fair, Independence, Kentucky (September 1856). Volumes II and III contain obituary notices and reproductions...
Dates: 1845 - 1884

Katherine M. Chin collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3148
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1967-2013; Majority of material found in 1982-2011

Marion Shillingburg Carney correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2656
Abstract

This collection is comprised of letters to Marion Shillingburg from various suitors and were received before she was married to Joseph Carney.

Dates: 1931-1942

Mary Busby Sloan scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2562
Abstract

Mary Busby Sloan was a Baltimore debutante who came out in the 1904-1905 season. Her scrapbook is comprised of invitations and descriptions of social events covering two social seasons, 1904-1905 and 1905-1906.

Dates: 1904-1906

Mary H. Warfield scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2621
Abstract

Mary H. Warfield's (1862-1949) scrapbook contains materials such as invitations, playbills, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia that reflect almost twenty years of Baltimore society between 1880 and 1898.

Dates: 1880-1898; Majority of material found in 1881-1884

McFee photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0032
Abstract

This collection includes photographs taken or collected by Eugene Gwynn McFee, staff photographer for the Baltimore American, 1913-1919. The images reveal everyday life in Baltimore, the effects of World War I on soldiers, recreational activities, and Woodrow Wilson's funeral, among others. The dates of the collection span 1900-1930.

Dates: 1900-1930

McHenry family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3232
Abstract

The McHenry family papers consists of correspondence written by James McHenry (1753-1816), his wife Margaret Caldwell McHenry (1762-1833), and their son John McHenry (1791-1822). Also included are John McHenry's military commissions as an officer during the War of 1812.

Dates: 1809 - 1822

McLane-Fisher family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2403
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, and legal papers from members of the McLane family of Delaware and Baltimore, and the Fisher family of Baltimore. The collection is primarily McLane family materials.

Dates: circa 1800-1905

Mitchell-Stump-Maxwell- Magraw family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3048
Abstract

The papers in the Mitchell-Stump-Maxwell-Magraw family papers span 75 years, from 1806 to 1881. The materials consists of correspondence, commonplace books, recipe books and sketches, which have been arranged within the framework of five series by family and chronologically.

Dates: 1806-1881

Phoebe George Bradford diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1077
Abstract

This collection consists of photocopies from sections of the diaries of Phoebe George Bradford (1794-1840), a native of Cecil County, Maryland, and resident of Wilmington, Delaware. The diaries contain descriptions of social doings and daily activities, opinions on family matters and religion, and occasional references to national matters and local happenings.

Dates: 1832-1839