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Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

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

Rebecca Lloyd Nicholson Post Shippen collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3144
Abstract

The collection primarily contains letters written to Rebecca Shippen as well as ephemera saved by the Shippen family, such as church sermons.

Dates: 1889-1924

Ridgely family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1127
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers pertaining to the Ridgely family of Hampden in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1757 to 1949.

Dates: 1757-1949