Fall 2008 - Maryland Historical Society

Fall 2008
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CT r u s t e e s c
Officers:
Henry Hodges Stansbury, Chair
Alex. G. Fisher, President
James W. Constable, Secretary
Frederick M. Hudson, Treasurer
Cecil E. Flamer, Assistant Treasurer
Francis J. Carey, Vice President
Thomas A. Collier, Vice President
Richard T. Moreland, Vice President
Dorothy McI. Scott, Vice President
David S. Thaler, Vice President
Trustees:
Gregory H. Barnhill
Ann Y. Fenwick
Sandra Flax
Robert Gregory
Brian P. Harrington
Louis G. Hecht
David L. Hopkins Jr.
H. Thomas Howell
Lenwood M. Ivey
M. Willis Macgill
Jayne H. Plank
George S. Rich
Lynn Springer Roberts
Patricia E. Saul
Walter G. Schamu
David P. Scheffenacker Jr.
Jacqueline Smelkinson
The Hon. Casper R. Taylor Jr.
Edward Walker
Chairpersons Emeriti
L. Patrick Deering
Jack S. Griswold
Samuel Hopkins
Barbara P. Katz
Stanard T. Klinefelter
Presidents Emeriti
John L. McShane
Brian B. Topping
Ex-Officio Trustees
The Hon. John P. Sarbanes
The Hon. David R. Craig
The Hon. Sheila Dixon
Isabelle B. Obert
The Hon. James T. Smith, Jr.
At the age of twenty-one, Alex. Fisher shocked his
parents by dropping out of college to enlist in the military.
From 1968-69, he served in Vietnam as a Specialist
Fifth Class in the 48th Transportation Group HQ at Long
Binh Base, the logistical HQ for South Vietnam. He
was awarded a Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
“Mostly this was a desk job,” he
relates, “but once a month my major
would take us out on convoy. I either
drove the jeep or was the machine
gunner mounted on the back. I only
had to fire the gun once when we were
ambushed.”
The MdHS Board President was
interviewed for the exhibition
“Collision: People and Events
that shaped the Vietnam Era
in Maryland.” See page 23.
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CONTENTS
A Message from the Director
Maryland’s Maritime Heritage: Work
and Play on the Bay
By Carol McClees, page 6
Dear Friends:
The Legacy of Enoch Pratt
By Johanna Wharton and
Jeannine Disviscour, page 10
Lord Baltimore Fellows, page 12
A Beautiful Spirit at MdHS... Thanks
from a Veteran Teacher, page 12
Maryland Veterans of
World War II
By Nathan Gede, page 13
Collision: People and Events
that shaped the Vietnam Era
in Maryland, page 22
From Betsy Bonaparte’s Bidet to the
Oxford Seal….MdHS Treasures are on
loan throughout Maryland
By Mark B. Letzer, page 24
Honoring our Donors, page 26
Events and Programs, page 30
Please join us on Veterans
Day, November 11, for the opening
of “Maryland Veterans of World
War II,” which provides us with the
opportunity to honor all veterans,
and acknowledge the contributions
made towards victory by those on
the home front. We are delighted to
have ABC2, WMAR-TV/DT as our
media sponsor.
Members of our Maritime
Committee, under the chairmanship of Bill Dudley, have been hoisting sail for a Nautical Celebration
on Thursday, November 6, celebrating the exhibition “Work and Play
on the Bay.” This is the first of a
series of changing exhibitions that
will extend the core installation,
“Maryland’s Maritime Heritage:
From Fells Point to the World,”
on the first floor of the Thomas &
Hugg building.
Sometimes people ask me if I
have a favorite among the historical
figures in our museum. I do. It is
Thomas Boyle, Baltimore’s most
audacious privateer. During the
War of 1812, the British
were so annoyed at the
exploits of privateers
like Boyle, that they
issued a proclamation
blockading America.
Nothing daunted, in
Left to right: Appropriately,
Maritime Committee
members John Sherwood,
Henry Stansbury, and Bill
Dudley discuss plans for
the Nautical Celebration
on November 6 in front
of the portrait of naval
hero Joshua Barney.
July 1814, Boyle retaliated by sailing into the Irish Sea and issuing
his own proclamation, declaring the
whole of Britain under blockade.
He sent the proclamation off in a
captured ship to be read in a London
tea house frequented by the Lords of
the Admiralty. Much annoyed, their
Lordships sent warships to chase him
down and capture him. Boyle not
only eluded them but continued to
overtake and capture vessels while
on the run, returning to America a
true hero and example for all time of
those nation-building years.
Boyle’s audacity rubbed off
on us when we proclaimed that
the Maryland Historical Society
would achieve a balanced operating
budget for Fiscal Year 2008. Given
the current financial climate, and
cutbacks in public and private funding, that was indeed a bold projection. Miraculously, thanks to the
generosity of our Board Chair Henry
Stansbury and his wife Judy, the
Herculean efforts of Board President
Alex. Fisher, and the support of you,
our members, we have ended the
year in the black. You will find the
names of all our donors listed in this
issue. From the standpoint of operating break-even, we can look to the
future with much greater confidence.
Robert W. Rogers
Director
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Maryland’s Maritime Heritage: From Fells Point to the World
Work & Play on the Bay
Opening November 6, 2008
By Carol McClees
O
ur core exhibition
“Maryland’s Maritime Heritage: from Fells Point to
the World,” launched this spring,
will feature changing exhibitions
as well. The first of these, “Work
and Play on the Bay,” will show the
importance of the Bay to Maryland
for over 350 years. On display will
be boat models, paintings, decoys,
mastheads, and trail boards, with a
section where younger visitors can
try their hand at oystering.
To set the scene, visitors should
first take a look at The Spencer
Shipyard, Gray’s Inn Creek, painted
around 1760, that hangs at the
entrance to the Maritime exhibition.
Duck Hunting on the Susquehanna, c. 1855
Hugh Newell (1830-1915)
Oil on canvas
Dr. Michael and Marie Abrams
Memorial Fund, MdHS 1985.63
Large scale American paintings with sporting
subject matter are rare. This view showing a
hunting party of Baltimoreans is one of only
two known depictions of Maryland scenes.
The artist included himself in the painting, the
young bearded man seated in the foreground. At
one time there were more ducks shipped from
Crisfield than from any other port in the world.
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This painting hung as a fireplace panel in Spencer Hall in Kent
County. It was presented to MdHS
in 1896 by the Wickes family, whose
Spencer Hall estate was right next
to the old yard. The 7-foot wide and
2-foot deep, pre-revolutionary oil
painting on pine depicts schooners,
sloops, and small sailing craft. The
ships’ flags are all British since the
United States didn’t yet exist. Bill
Dudley, a noted historian of the US
Navy, says it is of great importance
because it shows all the types of
boats frequenting the Bay in that era.
Although the painted panel
has endured for nearly 250 years, the
shipyard and town of New Yarmouth
in which the yard was located have
since disappeared. Maryland, however, continued to excel in shipbuilding, both in quantity, quality, and
originality, with boats unique to the
Bay such as the pungy, the bugeye,
the skipjack, and the log canoe.
“You will scarcely find a more
beautiful body of water,” Father
Andrew White said of the Chesapeake Bay in a letter written in April,
1634. Father White’s Chesapeake has
proved to be an inspiration for art,
literature, food and crafts, as reflected in “Work and Play on the Bay.”
Autumn shores ablaze, the Bay and
its tributaries are annually the resort
of vast numbers of wild fowl on their
way south from their summer haunts
in the far northern regions. The
Chesapeake, with its shoal waters
and many fields and marshes, is an
important stop along the great Atlantic Flyway for many species of birds.
Often found in the Chesapeake
ecosystem are: Canvass-Back (diving
ducks), the Red Head, the BaldPate or American Widgeon (loves
the company of geese and swans),
the Black-Head (wise king of all
ducks), the South-Southerly, and the
Mallard. The Butter-Ball Canada
Goose and American Swan are also
frequent visitors. A number of beautiful decoys representing these many
species will be on display.
Successful duck hunting, sometimes referred to as “gunning for
the gentry,” requires understanding
the nature and wiliness of the duck.
Exposed to winter winds, harsh
elements of cold rain and driving
snow, sportsmen must have patience,
tenacity, cautiousness, and perseverance. They often used a field kit
with powder, lead shot, decoys, and a
whistle (duck call) to draw shorebirds
to shooting range.
Henry Stansbury is the MdHS
decoy expert. He notes, “Decoys or
stooling suggest that ducks enjoy the
companionship of others in the same
family. Anchored decoys near a duck
blind or ambush serve as a ruse to
capture the prize.”
Massive duck killing was
pursued by “market gunners” from
the 1840s to 1918 when Congress
outlawed the industry. Some hunters, bagging nearly 300 birds for
their daily count, used a canon-like
gun that could shoot dozens of birds
at once. This gun was mounted on
a sink-boat of traditional design,
which looks like a floating coffin.
The gunner lies prone while propelling his craft. The exhibit includes
one of two punt guns from the
MdHS collection, probably weighing at least a hundred and fifty
pounds. It was not uncommon for
some sportsmen to set out nearly
500 decoys in the hopes of attracting a nearby flock while sitting in a
sink-box gunning rig waiting for the
slay. The New York Times of November 11, 1883, in an article titled “First
Day’s Shooting on the Susquehanna
Flats,” reported that one rig had
used upward of 500 decoys.
Chesapeake watermen comprise
a hardscrabble group, as old, proud
and clannish as any of the landed
gentry. They make their living
often times in blinding snow and
wind whipping at forty miles per
hour, leaving frozen beards, hands,
and clothing from the spray of the
icy, cold bay. Hardy old skipjacks,
with raked masts and clipper bows
complemented the hardy old men
and the finest captains at their
wheels “drudgin’ for arsters” on the
bars they call “rocks”.
“The Chesapeake has shaped
the future of mankind—it was from
the oyster industry that modern-day
canning and can manufacturing
developed,” says Ed Nelson. Ed is
a world wide traveler, World War
II Marine pilot, former skipjack
owner of the beloved Ruth, and
was for many years principal at the
White and Nelson Oyster Packing Company in Cambridge, MD.
During the industry’s banner year
of 1884-1885, 15 million bushels of
oysters were harvested in Maryland
alone during the short 5-month
ALL HANDS ON DECK
Join us for a nautical nite
to celebrate
Maryland’s Maritime Heritage:
From Fells Point to the World
and the opening of
Work & Play
on the Bay
Hampton National
Historic
Site
The northernmost plantation
in the National Park Service,
on 62 acres of parkland
November 6, 2008
with palatial Mansion & origi6:00 – 9:00 p.m.nal outbuildings: Slave QuarCocktail Buffetters, Overseer’s Home, Dairy,
Stables, Ice
House, more.
Music by “Them Eastport Oyster
Boys”
Admission is FREE!
Price: $75
Nautical dress encouraged: socks optional
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For reservations, call Lois Brooks at
410-685-3750 ext.329 or email [email protected]
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dredging season from such places
as Love Point, Brickhouse Bar, and
Hodges Bar. Skipjacks once plied the
Bay as a large fleet, but now there are
few left and fewer still are actively
working. Some are being restored
but remnants of many others can be
found decaying in tidal marshes.
Sailboat racing on the Chesapeake is more recent than many
other activities and has grown
dramatically over the last fifty years.
The oldest type of boats raced on the
Bay are the log canoes, which were
originally hollowed out of a log and
evolved over time from working craft
to pleasure craft. Of the several types
of log canoes developed for working and later racing on the Bay, the
Tilghman type is the one that has
survived.
Dan North owns the log canoe
Jay Dee. His family also owns two
other canoes, Island Bird, the oldest
of the log canoe fleet which is known
to capsize at the dock with only
the masts up, and Island Blossom. A
Blossom tale often told is of a race
off Claiborne when she capsized in
very light air with six sails set: jib,
foresail, mainsail, fore-squaresail,
main- squaresail, and kite. The crew
removed the canvas and spars, bailed
her out, re-stopped the spars, re-set
the sails and proceeded to win the
race. Dan and Pete Lesher, Curator
of Collections for the Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum, are regular
log canoe racing enthusiasts.
The Chesapeake Bay is home
to some of the finest yacht clubs,
finest vessels and finest sailors in the
world. The yacht America, the most
famous racer in American yachting
history, spent her final days on the
Bay. MdHS will display the wheel of
America next to a half model of the
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Masthead of the Lottie Thomas, c. 1883
Possibly by “Cook”
Painted pine
The Mrs. Drayton Meade Hite Memorial
Purchase Fund, MdHS 1994.11.1
Figural maritime carvings of Chesapeake
origin are exceedingly rare and it is almost
unheard of to have a thorough history of them.
This figure represents “Awilda the Pirate
Princess,” from The Pirates Own Book by E.
Norman Flayderman. Awilda, the daughter of
a Gothic king who turned pirate rather than
marry a Danish prince, was a popular subject
for scrimshaw carved by members of whaling
crews. Either the book or a piece of scrimshaw
may have inspired the carver of this masthead.
The Lottie Thomas, a bugeye (log bottomed
traditional Bay sailing craft), was built in 1883
at Joseph W. Brooks’ shipyard in Madison on
the Little Choptank on Maryland’s Eastern
Shore. According to Edwin Gibson, the
grandson of the boat’s captain, the figure was
carved by a West Indian man named Cook who
worked on Breton Bay, St. Mary’s County, a
history supported by the prominence of African
Americans in the maritime trades in the 19th
century. Awilda’s sword pointed the way for
the Lottie Thomas in her varied career from an
oyster dredge boat and general cargo hauler
to converted pleasure yacht in New England.
Ship Model of the Lottie Thomas, c. 1930
Wood, string, cotton
The Mrs. Drayton Meade Hite Memorial
Purchase Fund, MdHS 1994.11.2
Edward G. Jay, Commodore of the
Boston Yacht Club, commissioned
this model of the Maryland bugeye
that he converted into a pleasure
craft. The tiny masthead figure can
be seen in place on the model.
The Maritime Committee 2008
The Maryland Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the expertise,
enthusiasm, and commitment of our Maritime Committee members
who are dedicated to the preservation of maritime history in Maryland:
William S. Dudley, Chair
Antoinette Ahrens
John Barnard
Robert C. Keith
Susan B. Langley
Frederick C. Leiner
Pete Lesher
Robert A. Marks
Richard T. Moreland
Edmund A. Nelson
Daniel C. North
Jayne Plank
Robert Pratt
Thomas C. Price
Philip B. Schnering
Scott S. Sheads
John R. Sherwood III
Anna von Lunz
David McI.Williams
James A. Ulmer III
John Wing
We also owe a special debt of
gratitude to the following former
members for their extraordinary
contributions to Maryland’s
maritime heritage.
Senator George L. Radcliffe
Marion V. Brewington
Howard I. Chapelle
Lewis A. Beck, Jr.
Ferdinand E. Chatard, IV
L. Byrne Waterman
Richard H. Randall
Ex-Officio:
Henry H. Stansbury
Chairman, MdHS Board of Trustees
Alex. G. Fisher
President, MdHS Board of Trustees
Sponsors
Ed Nelson can impart knowledge
of the oyster industry from
personal experience.
“Work and Play on the Bay” has been financed
in part with State Funds from the Maryland
Historical Trust, an instrumentality of the State of
Maryland as a part of the Department of Planning.
However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland
Historical Trust or the Department of Planning.
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yacht. In 1851, her radical design
won the Royal Yacht Club race off
the Isle of Wight so handily that
when Queen Victoria asked after
the identity of the second boat, the
famous reply was “Your Majesty,
there is no second.”
The exhibit will feature a
number of objects and images from
Richard H. Randall’s Loke, the first
8-meter large modern racing yacht
on the Bay. Richard not only developed a boat classification system for
our maritime collection but generously donated the Loke boat model
and associated memorabilia to
MdHS in 1952. The hands-on experience of yacht racing is alive and
well on the Maritime Committee.
Two of its members—John Sherwood and Tom Price—are competitive racers with many firsts to their
credit. Tom even named one of his
boats Hyder Alley after Commodore
Barney’s victorious vessel.
“Work and Play on the Bay”
reminds us that Baltimore and
the Eastern Shore were home to
celebrated wooden shipbuilders.
To name a few, Booz Bros., Fardy
& Auld, and Wm H. Skinner &
Sons of Baltimore built some of
the world famous Baltimore clippers. John Branford of Somerset
County specialized in bugeyes,
skipjacks, and pungies. Capt. W.S.
Covington of Talbot County built
log canoes. We have Branford’s
own tool chest and hand tools on
display: broadax, adzes, planes and
chisels, slicks and augers. We have
also benefited from Bob Pratt,
a Skinner descendant, who has
compiled a boat-building chronology of Wm. H. Skinner & Sons.
MdHS will celebrate “Maryland’s Maritime Heritage: From
Fells Point to the World” and its
new component “Work and Play on
the Bay” on Thursday, November
6, when all who cherish the Chesapeake are invited to view these
marvelous artifacts and mingle with
our Maritime Committee members.
You will greatly enjoy the colorful
yarns they can tell.
Carol McClees is Associate Curator
of Maritime Collections
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The Legacy of Enoch Pratt
September 10, 2008 – January 4, 2009
Portrait of Maria Louisa
Hyde Pratt, 1860
Oil on canvas, by Thomas Buchanan
Read. Purchased by Friends of
the Gallery, MdHS 1951.103.1
Portrait of Enoch Pratt, 1893
Oil on canvas, by Paul Hallwig
On view at MdHS. Lent by the
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Dep. 465
In collaboration with the Enoch Pratt Free Library and First Unitarian
Church, the Maryland Historical Society will celebrate the bicentenary
of Enoch Pratt’s birth with an exhibition and tours of the Pratt House.
Admission to the museum and exhibition is free all day on September 10
from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The Main Floor of the Pratt House will also be open to
the public at no charge between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. for self-guided tours, no
reservations are required.
Please note that the Pratt House is not handicapped accessible.
For other Bicentenary Celebrations, including the rededication of the Pratt
Library, visit http://www.prattlibrary.org/ or www.firstunitarian.net
By Johanna Wharton and Jeannine Disviscour
E
noch Pratt was one of a
small group of 19th-century
philanthropists whose
wealth derived from the expanding
importance of Baltimore as a major
commercial center. The benefits of
their vision and generosity are still
very much with us.
Born in Massachusetts, Pratt
arrived in Baltimore in 1831 at the
age of twenty-two. Taking advantage of Baltimore’s port, network of
roads, and the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad’s ability to transport products, he started a wholesale hardware
business. In 1837, the young entrepreneur married Maria Louisa Hyde
at the First Independence Church
(later First Unitarian Church), where
they probably met during church
functions. For the rest of their lives,
the Pratts remained devoted to this
church, with Mr. Pratt serving as a
deacon, treasurer, board member,
and main financial contributor.
Although the Pratts had no
children of their own, they enjoyed
an extended family and large social
network.
As Pratt’s business expanded, his
social status grew. In 1848, he and his
wife moved into their new home in
Baltimore’s fashionable Mount Vernon
neighborhood. During the 1840s, the
Mount Vernon homes of many prominent families were under construction.
The Pratts’ new social circle included
William Walters, George Peabody,
Johns Hopkins, the Howards, the
Defords, and the Garretts. Pratt’s
financial success placed him within a
small circle of civic-minded millionaires
in Baltimore.
The following chronology of Pratt’s principal benefactions in Maryland alone show how widespread was
his influence:
• 1848: Supports Maryland Institute for the Promotion
of the Mechanic Arts (now Maryland Institute College
of Art), donating its bell and clock tower.
• 1867: Assists in the founding of the Maryland Asylum
for the Deaf and Dumb (now the Maryland School for
the Deaf).
• 1870: Donates his farm of 752 acres in Prince George’s
County, MD, for the House of Reformation and
Instruction of Colored Children.
• 1870: Donates the Workingman’s Institute and Library
in Canton; donates the funds to construct the Parish
Hall at the First Independent Church.
• 1882: Establishes the Enoch Pratt Free Library, with a
main library and four branches, stating “My library
shall be for all, rich and poor, without distinction of
race or color.”
• 1884: Helps found the Baltimore Home for Incurables
(now Keswick Center).
• 1892: Provides the Hoffman estate at the corner of
Cathedral and Franklin Streets to the Maryland Academy of Sciences (the organization that now runs the
Maryland Science Center).
• 1896: Leaves bequest to the Boys’ Home Society in
Baltimore, and a major bequest of $1,500,000 to the
Sheppard Asylum (now the Sheppard Pratt Hospital).
When Pratt died in 1896, the Rev. Charles R.
Weld’s eulogy declared, “Most of us are governed by
emotions, swept by impulses and allured by dreams. He
never dreamed. With him to resolve was to execute and
to cling to that resolution until executed with tenacity. When he came to Baltimore in 1831, he was a very
remarkable young man, who brought the best capital
in the world—determination to succeed and to succeed
honestly. (Through giving to causes like the library), he
delighted in its results and it made him as happy as any
of the countless thousands of readers.”
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The P ratt House
Enoch and Maria
Pratt’s Mount Vernon
home itself remains a
valuable landmark and
the Maryland Historical
Society’s largest and
most visible artifact.
Constructed in 18461848, it stands today as
one of the last remaining
homes of fashionable
Mount Vernon Place.
The couple lived here
from 1848 until their
deaths in 1896 and
1911 respectively.
“I believe that antiques enrich your
home and your spirit by providing
beauty, history, and the ability to
enjoy a personal fullfilment from
collecting things you love.”
Charlene O’Malley, Owner
4800 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21210
Monday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm
410.235.4488
www.omalleyantiques.com
Lord Baltimore Fellows
2008-2009
H
ow did people get drawn into
political partisanship in the
early 19th century? What
happened to the descendants of
slaves at a property named Georgia?
How did the use of a parcel of land
along the Potomac change from the
time of the Piscatawy Indians to the
1950s slots gambling scene? These are
some of the questions that a group
of Lord Baltimore Fellows will be
researching at MdHS over 20082009. MdHS offers between six to
twelve research fellowships each year.
Applications are accepted from independent scholars, graduate students,
or university faculty in any discipline
appropriate to the MdHS collections.
Current Fellows and their topics
include:
Stephanie Jacobe, American University.
The status of the Catholic Community of Baltimore and its relationship to business from 1850
through 1870.
Teresa Moyer, University of Maryland. The
history of descendants of African slaves
at Mount Clare Mansion from the 1730s to
ca. 1820.
Daniel Peart, University College London.
Popular Engagement with Politics in the United
States, 1820-1825.
David Schley, Johns Hopkins University.
City of Movement: The B&O and Urban Life in
Baltimore, 1827-1877.
Reynolds J. Scott-Childress, University of
Maryland. The use of land at Marshall Hall on
the Potomac River over the past 400 years.
Kristin Stone, University of California. The
Federalist and Democratic-Republican newspaper press between the 1790s and 1820s.
A Beautiful Spirit at MdHS….
Thanks from a Veteran Teacher
The following email was received from a Baltimore teacher who brought her class
to MdHS:
I do not usually do this, but oh my goodness, that was one of the
best trips I have ever experienced with my class. I am so overjoyed, literally. From the moment we were met on the bus by our teachers/guides
until the moment we left, I felt so special and happy to be a teacher. You
all probably think it is no big deal, but our guides were so caring, patient,
and concerned about every detail. By this I mean, we were greeted with a
welcoming smile on the bus, escorted safely across the street, helped to
settle into the first workshop activity, guided through the excellent lessons
and activities, personally escorted to the clean and pleasant lunchroom, led
through the breathtakingly beautiful and educational museum, allowed to
have hands-on fun in the excellently laid out kids room, and finally personally escorted and led out front to our bus as if we were leaving a caring
friend or relative’s home.
Honestly, in this day of pack-in- as-many-school-groups-as-you-can and
get-them-out-as-fast-as-you-can, this trip was truly a breath of fresh air to a
veteran teacher of 25 years…. Your staff are so knowledgeable and understanding about the time frames, and the types of activities that young children work
best under. The activities were not long or boring, the children were clamoring
to participate and DO IT ALL! I am amazed that your co-workers are able to
arrange and carry out interesting and engaging experiences for school groups
of all ages and from so many different backgrounds and cultures….
I have already started talking to my colleagues, who like me are a little
embarrassed to say they have never visited your site. I had heard of it, and
always imagined it to be a boring, stuffy, dimly lit building with old things
that only history buffs could appreciate. It is anything but that….
I just kept saying to myself, I can’t believe I have never been inside of
this place as a child or an adult….I am a lifelong, appreciative city resident
who has discovered a new and wonderful place to bring my teenage son and
my five year old grandson.…There is a beautiful spirit at the MdHS, and it
lives in all of the people who work there!
LOVE AND PEACE
Cynthia Gregory
SuperKids at MdHS
Over the summer, MdHS hosted the SuperKids Camp, serving more than 300
students from Baltimore City Public Schools who enjoyed varied tours and
craft activities teaching Maryland history. Jalen Yates is pictured creating a
Native American-style coil pot.
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The MdHS participation in the program was generously funded in
part by the Parks & People Foundation, Inc.
By Nathan Gede
A battered pair of boots, worn by
an Army surgeon on the Normandy
Beaches as he operated on hundreds
of casualties. A pilot’s Logbook with
an entry for the Battle of Midway.
A mess kit that accompanied its
owner through the bitter winter
campaigns in Europe….
T
he photographs, arms, uniforms,
equipment and other memorabilia of military personnel, that make
up the “Maryland Veterans of World
War II” exhibition, are sure to have
an emotional impact, especially for
the many families whose lives were
affected by the watershed event of
the 20th century. Public programs
and events associated with the exhibition will honor all veterans and pay
tribute to those who worked on the
home front.
An Honors Military History
graduate of the Virginia Military
Institute, Nathan Gede is
currently working as a curatorial
intern at the Maryland Historical
Society as he continues
graduate studies in history.
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The material in the exhibition
comes primarily from the collection
of Colonel (MD) George S. Rich. “I
have been passionate about World
War II from the age of six,” says
Rich. “I grew up across the street
from the Roland Park Library and
read everything I could. Nearly every
adult male I knew was in the war.”
Another big influence was a
Sunday School teacher at St. David’s
Church on Roland Avenue, a man
named Tilghman Pitts. As Rich
recounts: “I always did my best to
cut Sunday School class, but, if you
stayed to the end, Mr. Pitts would
In 1945, Marine Private First Class Hugh
William Logsdon, shown far left sitting
on the jeep , was in the bomb disposal
unit that went ashore on Iwo Jima
ahead of the troops to clear the beach of
mines. He brought back a suitcase full of
snapshots including one of the makeshift
cemetery for those killed in the assault.
Photographs courtesy of his daughter
Nancy Logsdon McManus.
Inset is the iconic Rosenthal photograph
of the Flag Raising on Mount
Suribachi to celebrate the victory.
sponsors
F. Barton Harvey, Jr., who won the Navy Cross
rescuing men under intense fire on Saipan, was
wearing this helmet when he was wounded by a
Japanese hand grenade. Later Managing Partner of
Alex. Brown & Sons, Harvey had two brothers who
also served in the war.
Friess Associates
The following organizations have
kindly made loans and given us
their support.
The Glenn L. Martin
Maryland Aviation
Museum
M aryl a nd M ilita ry
Histor ic a l Societ y
at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore
Captain Bryden B. Hyde shipped back whole
crates of WWII memorabilia. The fragment
of marble below, made into an ashtray,
came from Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest above the
Berghof. After the war, the allies dynamited
the Eagle’s Nest so that it would not become
a Nazi shrine. A German dagger, below right,
also made an impressive collectible. Hyde’s
uniform jacket, right.
PROJECT LIBERTY SHIP
Veterans Corps,
5th Regiment of
Maryland
tell a World War II story. He had
landed with the Second Division at
Omaha Beach.”
Supplementing the artifacts
on loan from Colonel Rich will
be materials from the Maryland
Historical Society’s own holdings,
showing the Home Front’s contributions to victory. The main focus of
the exhibition, however, is on combat
veterans from Maryland, who served
in every theater in World War II.
Photographs show soldiers,
sailors, airmen and marines wearing
their uniforms in formal portraits,
while casual snapshots give glimpses
into life on the front lines from
Bougainville to Berlin. In one shot,
a group of young soldiers is clustered
round a jeep. Another shows the
crew in front of their aircraft which
is decorated with a pin-up girl. The
camera has captured a squadron on
the deck of the USS Hornet shortly
before that carrier was sunk. A series
Hyde clearly proclaimed where his
loyalties lay by painting the word
“Maryland” across his jeep. After the
war, he became a well known architect and served as an MdHS trustee.
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A 1937 Harvard medical graduate, Major
Douglas H. Stone, MD, was attached to
Johns Hopkins General Hospital No. 18.
He served briefly on Fiji treating wounded
from Guadalcanal. On June 6, Stone made
landfall in Normandy on D-Day at Utah
Beach. Casualties were so high that,
as he operated, his boots filled up and
overflowed with blood.
Duffle bag and mess kit belonging to Corporal John R. Schaffner, who fought at Parker’s Crossroads
and on through the Battle of the Bulge. Schaffner related that, “My mess kit was with me through all the
European campaigns, except for the Bulge, when it got stuck on a truck that went to the rear to evade
German capture. By Christmas Eve, 1944, I had it back, but there were no hot meals. We were all eating
cold C-rations. Then on Christmas Day the sun came up and the bombers came over.”
Captain Harry J. Matthews, the Commander of
HQ Battery of the 224th Artillery Battalion of the
29th Division, won a Silver Star for actions on
D-Day + 1 on Omaha Beach. The carbine below
is of the type used in the Normandy landings.
Lt. James Clark Barrett was a pilot
in Bombing Squadron 8 operating
off the USS Hornet (CV8). The photo
was taken three months before the
carrier was sunk in October 1942.
Barrett received this Distinguished
Flying Cross for scoring a direct hit on
a Japanese cruiser during the Battle of
Midway on June 6, 1942. His logbook is
open at the Midway entries.
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Dog tag and bomber jacket belonging
to Lt. James H. Jarratt, Jr., pictured in
the cockpit of his plane.
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of black-and-white photographs,
carried by the pilot of a B-17 bomber,
were intended for use in making
counterfeit travel documents in the
event of his being shot down and
attempting to escape. The medals
won by these fighting men are shown
alongside their photographs, with the
stories of their exploits.
The uniforms, small arms, and
equipment on display are authentic
to the men who wore them, often
“personalized” with their own
artistic touches. Photographs show
air crews next to their planes, upon
which they had painted everything
from messages to the enemy, names
of wives and sweethearts, and
scorecards to show the crew’s battle
prowess. A jeep has the name “Maryland” painted on it, as the driver’s
The sub-title of the exhibition references a radio broadcast
made by Franklin D. Roosevelt
on December 29, 1940. Warning
in this fireside chat that American civilization had never before
been in such danger, the President
stated: “We must have more ships,
more guns, more planes—more of
everything. We must be the great
arsenal of democracy.”
Roosevelt was prescient. A
year later America was at war. From
1941 to 1945, the country produced
300,000 war planes, 124,000 ships
of all types, 41 billion rounds of
ammunition, 100,000 tanks and
armored cars, and 2,400,000 military trucks among other matériel.
These staggering figures come from
the US Senate Mead Committee
expression of loyalty to his native
state. Helmets are inscribed with
individual names and units, and in
some cases pierced by shrapnel and
bullet holes, while weapons carry
the dents and dings of active fighting from the Normandy beaches to
Iwo Jima.
Captain Harry J. Matthews,
the Commander of HQ Battery of
the 224th Artillery Battalion, who
won a Silver Star for his actions on
Omaha Beach on D-Day + 1, carried
photos of his family with him. They
still show the salt stains from their
immersion in the water.
Also included in the exhibition are wartime souvenirs brought
home by the returning troops, from a
Japanese ceremonial sword to a lump
of marble from Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
above the Berghof.
report printed in TIME magazine
on August 20, 1945. A World War
II military jeep will symbolize that
enormous production effort.
Among the array of uniforms
are ones belonging to Marylanders
serving in the 29th Infantry Division,
WAACs, Red Cross, and the African
American 92nd Infantry Division.
WWII posters (MdHS has an enormous collection of these) made their
own contribution to military and
civilian morale by promoting recruitment, the buying of war bonds, and
encouraging workers in war industries. Also on display will be various
objects manufactured in Maryland
factories, from surgical instruments
made by the Stieff Silver Company of
Baltimore to treat combat casualties
to rivets from a Liberty ship built at
the Port.
“What made the Baltimore
Liberty ships so strong,” says George
Rich, “was that the hulls were
riveted together not welded, so they
were less prone to cracking in freezing Arctic storms.”
Every object in the exhibition
has a story to tell. One of the rarest
artifacts on display is a German
Kubelwagen. The Volkswagen
company produced only 55,000 of
these vehicles in its Wolfsberg plant
and very few survive. Documentation exists showing that this particular vehicle was shipped on April
13, 1944, and was used either by the
9th or 10th Waffen SS Division.
Those divisions were pulled out of
Russia to re-fit in Galicia before
moving westwards to Normandy to
oppose the British forces fighting
to take Caen.
Then there are the artifacts
that show a kinder, gentler story, like
the silver tea set given to a Maryland family by English friends for
taking care of their children during
the Blitz when England was in dire
peril. The tea set suggests the silver
lining of innocence and charity
amidst the hardened chaos of a warwracked world.
Colonel Rich previously
loaned much of his collection to
the National Firearms Museum in
Fairfax, Virginia, for that museum’s
exhibition “The Arsenal of Democracy: 60th Anniversary of the
Triumph of Freedom,” that ran from
May 2005 to December 2007. The
museum is operated by the National
Rifle Association.
During the wartime years, the
NRA played a key role in training
military personnel in marksmanship. Many of its members were
among the first to enlist and because
of their familiarity and skill with
weapons often ended up in frontline combat. In 1941, the NRA had
70,000 members. Over 43,000 of
them served during the war, with
3,400 listed as casualties, and nearly
1,000 killed in action. Four of them
earned the Medal of Honor. At the
war’s end, President Truman, General Marshall and Admiral King wrote
letters testifying to the important
contributions made by the NRA.
Although the exhibition focuses on those who were in combat,
it also shows the universality and
diversity of the mobilization effort,
as people of different races, genders,
and creeds answered the nation’s
call for service. “But anyone who
fought in the war will tell you,” says
Colonel Rich, “that the real heroes
are those who sacrificed their lives.”
Telling a story of heroism and sacrifice, “Maryland Veterans of World
War II” recalls a time of shared
purpose and patriotism leading to
final victory.
Beyond all the glory and the
medals won, First Lt. Gordon Allen
of Baltimore, wounded fighting
with the 10th Mountain Division
in Italy, probably best expressed
what fighting men wanted most of
all. In a letter dated March 4, 1945,
he wrote to his parents and sister,
“The greatest day of my life will
be when I walk in the front door
of 216 Edgevale Rd. and holler, ‘Is
anyone home?’”
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Maryland’s Glenn L. Martin Company, forereunner
to Lockheed Martin, made an inestimable contribution to victory in World War II by producing
such legendary planes as the B-26 bomber pictured here. Popularly known as “The Marauder,”
this twin-engine medium bomber was the most
famous among the many Martin planes, with over
5,000 manufactured in Martin plants.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Admission to the exhibition and related
events will be free to all veterans and
active military throughout the run
of the exhibition.
Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Opening of Exhibition and
Commemoration
3 p.m—Talk by Maryland veteran
John R. Schaffner, introduced by
George S. Rich. At the age of 20, as
a Corporal with the 106th Infantry
Division, Schaffner fought at Parker’s
Crossroads and on through the
Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded
several medals including the Croix de
Guerre.
4 p.m. Commemoration Ceremony
honoring World War II Veterans,
with participation of state and
city officials and Honor Guard.
Reception with light refreshments
following.
$10, Free to all veterans and active
military
Museum open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sgt. Wade Levering (saluting), a member of
the Maryland Defense Force, was called in to
guard the Prettyboy Reservoir in northeast
Baltimore County in 1941. He later joined the
Merchant Marine and became a Lieutenant
on the Liberty Ship SS Edwin L. Drake.
Thursday, December 4, 5-8 p.m.
Lighting of the Monument
George Rich, a Trustee of both the Maryland
Historical Society and the Maryland Military
Historical Society at the Fifth Regiment
Armory, holds the rank of Colonel in the
Maryland Defense Force. He recently
served as Chief of Staff for the Maryland
medical units that set up clinics in the New
Orleans area after the Katrina disaster.
A graduate of the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania, Rich is currently
Managing Director of the GRI Fund, L.P.
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Celebrate the start of the holiday
season. MdHS opens its doors to
those attending the annual Lighting of the Washington Monument,
with a musical program. Tours of the
exhibition and activities for families
recalling holiday celebrations during
wartime.
Free Admission.
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“Tell Us Your Stories”
Collision:
People
and Events that shaped the Vietnam Era in Maryland
August 22, 2008 – January 4, 2009
T
his past spring, the “Tell Us
Your Stories” Gallery took us
back to the tumultuous year of 1968,
focusing on the Civil Rights struggle
in Maryland. Opening this August
is the continuing story of that pivotal
year, exploring Marylanders’ reactions to the Vietnam War.
On November 2, 1965, Baltimore Quaker Norman Morrison set
himself on fire outside the Pentagon.
From that point on, opposition to
the war began taking more extreme
manifestations. On May 17, 1968,
nine Catholics burned draft files
outside the Catonsville draft board,
becoming known as the Catonsville
Nine. In October, their highly publicized trial began at the downtown
federal courthouse in Baltimore.
By contrast, also in 1968, the
Governor of Maryland, Baltimoreborn Spiro Agnew, was picked to be
Richard Nixon’s running mate, partly because of his highly vocal support
for the war. Agnew, who had a son
fighting in Vietnam, was to become
one of the harshest critics of anti-war
protesters and the media, castigating
them as “nattering nabobs of negativism,” “pusillanimous pussyfooters,”
and “hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.”
Chronicling the diversity of
opinion about the war will be books,
photographs, press articles, and
artifacts from a “Free the Catonsville
9” flier to a Spiro Agnew campaign
watch. Claire Elliott, a Towson
University history major, who is interning at MdHS this semester, helped
research and curate the exhibition.
Visitors can also watch a video
with excerpts from interviews with
Marylanders who either participated
in the protests, supported the war,
or fought in it. Those interviewed
include: David Eberhardt, a member
of the initial Baltimore Four protest
group; Elizabeth McAlister, a former
nun and wife of Philip Berrigan who
was a member of the Catonsville
Nine; Willa Bickham and Brendan
Walsh, founders of Viva House;
Jordan Goodman, current Professor of Physics at the University of
Top left, left to right: Anjalissa
Johnson, Dr. Jordan Goodman, and
Antwan Branch.
Middle: Kiana James
Bottom, left to right: Warren Sweeley,
Epiphany Butler, Kendra Hendricks.
Maryland and former undergraduate
involved in the demonstrations at
that institution; and Vietnam veterans Alex. G. Fisher, Shelton Skinner,
and Michael Warner-Burke.
All the interviews were conducted
by students from the Doris M. Johnson
High School working in a Student
Research Center for History (SeaRCH)
project. The project was led by School
Resources Coordinator Sarah Withem
and Doris M. Johnson history teacher
Mike Douglas with the support of
Principal Tricia Rock.
The students participating in
the SeaRCH project were: Antwan
Branch; Mandela Brown; Epiphany
Butler; Jackie Clinton-Harris; Raven
Coleman; Anshrea Covington; Kendra
Hendricks; Kiana James; Anjalissa Johnson; Cierra Johnson; Taivon
Murphey; Warren Sweeley; and Lacresha White. You can read all the articles
written by the students and hear audio
files of their interviews on their website
www.mdvietnamera.org
We gratefully acknowledge The Goldsmith Family Foundation for funding
this MdHS SeaRCH Project.
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From Betsy
Bonaparte’s Bidet to
the Oxford Seal….
MdHS Treasures are on loan
throughout Maryland
By Mark B. Letzer
With over 350,000 objects in its museum collections, the
Maryland Historical Society makes many short and long-term
loans to other museums, historic houses, government offices and
educational facilities across the State.
The objects on loan range from
portraits, silver services, and ceramics to entire suites of furniture, all
judiciously matched to appropriate
settings. This loan program, in place
for decades, allows MdHS to make its
rich collections available to Marylanders across the state and keeps collection objects out on public view. Let’s
take a sweep through the state for a
sampling of the sites where some of
these objects reside.
Several organizations in Baltimore City and County rely on the
collections of the Maryland Histori-
cal Society to help interpret their
sites. Homewood Museum on the
campus of Johns Hopkins University
is one of the most elegant federal
houses in Maryland. It was built
for Charles Carroll of Homewood,
son of Charles Carroll of Carrolton,
one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The objects
on loan include a suite of painted
furniture that originally belonged
to the Rogers family of Druid Hill
Mansion, currently the home of the
Maryland Zoo offices. Also on loan
is a bidet that belonged to one of
Baltimore’s most celebrated ladies,
Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Patterson Bonaparte. A portrait of George Washington
after Gilbert Stuart given to MdHS
in 1878 adorns the walls.
Curator Catherine Rogers
Arthur observes, “At a newer
museum such as Homewood, open
Homewood House displays a suite of
painted furniture, MdHS 1978.50.2 aj, and portrait of George Washington,
MdHS 1878.1.1 as well as Betsy Patterson
Bonaparte’s Bidet. MdHS XX5.554
This painting of Jeremiah Townley Chase, by
Robert Edge Pine, can be seen at the HammondHarwood House, Annapolis. MdHS 1957.101.1
This repoussé silver service adds elegance to
the music room at Hampton Mansion. 1981.1.1-5
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since 1987, we are still working
to build its collection and being
able to display items from the
Maryland Historical Society really
extends the impact and accuracy of
our interpretation.”
Hampton National Historic
Site in Towson, home of the Ridgely
family of Maryland for many generations, has a magnificent repoussé
silver coffee and tea service,
engraved with the Ridgely family
crest and arms, which dates to
ca.1830. This service was donated to
MdHS in 1981 by John Ridgely III,
son of the last master of Hampton.
It was loaned back to the mansion
in 1988 and is currently exhibited in
the music room.
A site which is off the beaten path
is Ballestone Manor, an 18th-century
house located on Back River Neck
Road in Essex. Although more accurately known as the Stansbury House
or Cedar Point Mansion, this historic
house has borrowed many items since
the 1970s. They range from chests of
drawers, washstands, andirons and
fenders to side chairs, girandole mirrors
and a painted tin bath tub.
Annapolis has several MdHS
pieces throughout the city. The
Hammond-Harwood House showcases in its entrance hall the portrait
of Jeremiah Townley Chase, painted
ca. 1785 by Robert Edge Pine. Chase,
who served as mayor of Annapolis
and member of the Continental
Congress, owned the stately mansion
at one time.
Declaration of Independence
signer William Paca’s 1760s home on
Prince George Street exhibits several
pieces of blue and white Chinese
export porcelain in the dining room,
as well as several pieces of silver
and a full length portrait of colonial governor Robert Bladen’s wife,
Barbara Janssen, sister to the wife of
the fifth Lord Baltimore.
Government House in Annapolis has numerous articles on loan
that help to flesh out its purpose as
the Governor’s Mansion. Visitors
can see a marble bust of Mrs. John
Gill by Hiram Powers, Hanging
Grapes by Maryland still life painter
A.J.H. Way, and a portrait of
Charles Calvert II, The Fifth Lord
Baltimore by Thomas Sully after
Herman van der Mijn.
Crossing the Bay Bridge takes
us to several of the eastern shore
counties where we can also find parts
of MdHS collections.
Since 1983, the Oxford Museum
in Talbot County has prominently
displayed the original Port of Entry
Seal to the town of Oxford. This
small lead object dating to 1683 was
the seal used to stamp official papers.
Teackle Mansion, home of the
Somerset County Historical Society
in Princess Anne, Maryland, has a
mahogany dining room table and
sideboard on loan from the Society
as well as a pair of federal period
tables. Historic houses often find it
problematic to furnish rooms with
pieces original to their sites. A typical remedy to this problem is to use
objects from the period although not
original to the site.
In Western Maryland, the
Washington County Museum of Fine
Arts in Hagerstown displays a late
18th-century five-piece silver service
made by Philadelphia silversmith
Joseph Lownes. It was owned originally by Daniel Hiester and his wife,
who was the daughter of Hagerstown
founder, Jonathan Hagar.
The Maryland Historical
Society’s mission of interpreting and
disseminating Maryland’s history is
further amplified by its role in sharing many of its valuable collections
with other institutions. By placing
these objects in other state-wide
venues its presence and position as
the oldest continually operating
cultural institution in Maryland is
safeguarded for future generations.
Mark Letzer is Deputy Director of
Community Relations at MdHS
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H onoring our Donors
July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008
$100,000+
Mr. Francis J. Carey Jr. & The W. P. Carey Foundation
Mrs. Leith S. Griswold
Henry and Judy Stansbury
$25,000 - 99,999
Mr. H. Furlong Baldwin &
The Summerfield Baldwin Foundation
Mrs. Joseph Bryan III
Mr. L. Patrick Deering
Barbara and Jay Katz &
The Morris Schapiro and Family Foundation
Mr. George Lambillotte
PNC Bank
Miss Dorothy McI. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. E. William Scriba
Estate of Mr. Robert Gordon Stewart
Estate of The Hon. J. Fife Symington
Dorothy Wagner Wallis Charitable Trust
Mr. William C. Whitridge Jr.
$10,000 - $24,999
AEGON/Transamerica Foundation
Baltimore City Foundation
Brown Advisory
Paving the Way Campaign
MdHS owes a special debt of gratitude
to donors that have in the last year made
significant gifts to underwrite general operating expenses or increase our endowment,
playing a crucial role in our achievement of a
balanced budget. AEGON/Transamerica Foundation
Mr. H. Furlong Baldwin &
The Summerfield Baldwin Foundation
Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Family
Foundation
Mrs. Joseph Bryan III
Mr. Francis J. Carey Jr. & The W. P. Carey
Foundation
Mr. L. Patrick Deering
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. G. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Flamer
Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Griswold
Barbara and Jay Katz & The Morris
Schapiro and Family Foundation
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Drs. Thomas and Virginia Collier
Dr. and Mrs. Worth B. Daniels Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. G. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Flamer
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Griswold IV
Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Griswold
Mr. and Mrs. H. Thomas Howell &
The Harley W. Howell Charitable Foundation
Mrs. William G. Marr
Ms. Jayne Plank
Estate of Mr. Roger D. Redden
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Rich
Eugene Bowie and Lynn Springer Roberts
Sylvan/Laureate Foundation
T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation, Inc.
The Goldsmith Family Foundation
The Rouse Company Foundation
The Wachovia Foundation
Cecilia Young Willard Helping Fund
Mr. George Lambillotte
PNC Bank
Miss Dorothy McI. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. E. William Scriba
Henry and Judy Stansbury
Calvert Legacy Circle
Since the founding of the Maryland Historical Society in 1844, the generosity and
foresight of benefactors who have included
MdHS in their legacies have been a vital
partner in the preservation of Maryland’s
heritage for future generations. The following
individuals have notified us of the inclusion of
MdHS in their estate plans.
Mr. Herman C. Bainder
Mrs. E. Read Beard Jr.
Ms. Louise T. Brownell
Dr. Kenneth L. Carroll
Mr. L. Patrick Deering
Haswell and Madge Franklin
Louise Lake Hayman
Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Hecht
Drs. Robert and Bayly Janson-La Palme
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall P. Johnson
Barbara and Jay Katz
Ms. Isabel H. Klots
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Latrobe III
Ms. Elizabeth Lea Oliver
The Rev. Douglas Pitt
Mrs. Gretchen S. Redden
Ms. Mary P. Renner
Miss Dorothy McI. Scott
John and Elizabeth Sherwood
Henry and Judy Stansbury
MdHS received bequests from the following
individuals this year.
Estate of Ms. Jane James Cook
Estate of Mr. Roger D. Redden
Estate of Miss Ella Rowe
Estate of Mr. Robert Gordon Stewart
Estate of The Hon. J. Fife Symington
Foundations
$5,000 - 9,999
Anonymous
The Bunting Family Foundation
Julia T. Burleigh Philanthropic Fund
Delaplaine Foundation, Inc.
The Kinsley Family Foundation
Sumner T. McKnight Foundation
Weiler-Miller Foundation
The Zamoiski, Barber, Segal
Family Foundation, Inc.
$2500 - 4,999
Baltimore Community Foundation
The Hecht-Levi Foundation, Inc.
The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Fund, Inc.
The Thomas F. & Clementine L.
Mullan Foundation
Rogers-Wilbur Foundation, Inc.
The Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg
Foundation, Inc.
$1000 - 2499
Anonymous (2)
Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown
Family Foundation
The Campbell Foundation, Inc.
Nathan L. and Suzanne F. Cohen
Philanthropic Fund
Richard and Rosalee C. Davison Foundation
Dopkin-Singer-Dannenberg
Foundation, Inc.
The Eliasberg Family Foundation, Inc.
The Huether-McClelland Foundation, Inc.
The Irving Kohn Foundation
The Abraham & Ruth Krieger Family
Foundation
The John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc.
The Lloyd E. Mitchell Foundation
Carolyn S. and Donald F.
Obrecht Foundation
The Aaron Straus & Lillie
Straus Foundation
Government Grants
Corporate and Civic
Organizations
State Government Support
Maryland Historical Trust
Maryland State Arts Council
Maryland State Department
of Education
Local Government Support
Baltimore County Commission
on Arts & Sciences
Baltimore Office of Promotion
and the Arts & Baltimore City
Government
Caroline County Government
Carroll County Arts Council, Inc.
Dorchester County Government
Harford County Government
Howard County Arts
Council, Inc.
Somerset County Government
St. Mary’s County Government
Worcester County Government
$5,000 - 9,999
Miles-A-Way
$2500 - 4,999
Alex. Brown & Sons Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Ellin & Tucker, Chartered
Tadder Associates
Wright, Constable & Skeen
$1000 - 2499
Chaney Enterprises
Chevy Chase Bank
Hidden Villa Ranch
Popham & Andryszak PA
The Society of The Ark and The Dove
Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland
SunTrust Mid-Atlantic Foundation
Woman’s Eastern Shore Society
of Maryland, Inc.
Yoicks!, LLC
$500 - 999
Lois and Irving Blum Foundation
Gordon Croft Foundation, Inc.
W. Arthur Grotz Foundation, Inc.
Frank Marino Foundation Inc.
The Pennyghael Foundation, Inc.
Jacob S. Shapiro Foundation
Van Dyke Family Foundation, Inc.
$250 - 499
Edelman Family Foundation
Ida Kemp & William M. Passano Family
Foundation, Inc.
Herbert J. and Phyllis Siegel
Family Foundation
$150 - 249
Adalman-Goodwin Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Aaron Catzen Foundation
$500 - 999
Annapolis Quilt Guild
Baltimore Antique Bottle Club, Inc.
Baltimore-Washington Financial
Services, Inc.
Bank of America Foundation
The Black & Decker Corporation
Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Inc.
Gardner James Engineering
Omega Healthcare Investors
Riggs, Counselman, Michaels &
Downes, Inc.
Wilgis and Associates, Inc.
Woodland Garden Club
$250 - 499
The Baltimore City Historical Society
Cox, Ferber & Associates, LLC
Green Spring Valley Hounds
Schoenfeld Insurance Associates, Inc.
$150 - 249
Arundel Direct Mail
Bendann Art Galleries, Inc.
John S. Connor, Inc.
Radebaugh Florists
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
in the State of MD
Southern Comforters of Bowie,
Maryland, Inc.
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Individuals
$5,000 - 9,999
James C. Alban III
Mr. Leonard Augsburger
Mr. John S. Bainbridge Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory H. Barnhill
Mr. and Mrs. Perry J. Bolton
Ms. Lynn Bradshaw
Mr. Howard P. Colhoun
Ms. Ann Y. Fenwick
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Hudson
Stanard T. and Sarah C. Klinefelter
Mr. and Mrs. J. Leo Levy Jr.
Mr. Lawrence M. Macks
Ms. Cathy McDermott
Missy and Rich Moreland
Mr. John Stewart Morton Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Noell
Dr. James D. Parker
Mrs. Mary Charlotte Parr
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rockwell
Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II
Walter G. Schamu , FAIA,
SMG Architects
Mr. David P. Scheffenacker Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman T. Semans Sr.
John and Elizabeth Sherwood
Robert and Jacqueline Smelkinson
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Thaler
Mrs. R. Carmichael Tilghman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Voss
$2500 - 4,999
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Albert
Drs. Jean and Robinson Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Barroll
Mr. Stiles Tuttle Colwill
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Constable
Mr. and Mrs. H. Chace Davis Jr.
Mary and Dan Dent
Mrs. E. Philips Hathaway
Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Hecht
Mr. M. Willis Macgill
Mrs. Richard C. Riggs Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willard Rogers
Beverly and Richard Tilghman
$1000 - 2499
Anonymous
Hugh and Dolores Andrew
Mrs. Katharine Finney Baetjer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Bair
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Baker
Mrs. E. Read Beard Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bonsal Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Brooke
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald E. Brown
Marilyn and David Carp
Dr. Kenneth L. Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Chaney
Estate of Ms. Jane James Cook
Mrs. Robert B. Deford
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dulany
Mr. and Mrs. Ross P. Flax
Haswell and Madge Franklin
Dr. and Mrs. Earl P. Galleher Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Goldsborough Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rene J. Gunning
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Hankin
Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Harrington
Louise Lake Hayman
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Mr. Sidney Hollander Jr.
Drs. Robert and Bayly
Janson-La Palme
Tamara and Donald Kirson
Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon H. Lerman
Ms. Seena Lubcher
Kate and Bunky Markert
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander T. Mason
Mr. and Mrs. Ellice McDonald Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin S. Naylor
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy C. Naylor
Mr. Robert R. Neall
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Owen
Ms. Barbara Paca
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas
G. Penniman IV
Mr. and Mrs. M. Elliott Randolph Jr.
Mr. Charles B. Reeves Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Rief
Francis and Anne Rienhoff
Mr. George A. Roche
Brian and Mary Jo Rogers
Mrs. Eleanor Tydings Russell
Mr. Melvin R. Seiden
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Sheppard Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart T. Shettle
Turner B. and Judith R. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P.L. Somerville
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund A. Stanley
Mr. William O. Steinmetz and
Mrs. Betty Cooke
Charlie and Ann Stieff
Dr. John F. Strahan
Dr. Martin E. Sullivan
The Hon. and Mrs. Casper R.
Taylor Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. M. David Testa
Mr. and Mrs. Brian B. Topping
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. A. Young
$500 - 999
Anonymous
Janie E. Bailey and Michael Musgrave
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bartlett
Ellen and Ed Bernard
Ms. Lois J. Brooks
Ms. Mary R. Brush
Ms. Mary Catherine Bunting
Mr. and Mrs. Scott McD. Casey
Mrs. Helen Clay Chace
Bill and Cathryn Corey
Ms. Amelia Crain
Mr. James J. Dawson
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Feiss
Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Fitzsimmons
Dr. and Mrs. William F. Fritz
Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Graham
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dryden Hall Jr.
Mrs. Barbara K. Halle
Mr. David R. Hart and
Dr. Joseph J. Costa
Mrs. Rosalind E. Havemeyer
Mrs. E. Mason Hendrickson
Mrs. Diana C. Hyde
Lenwood Ivey Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross J. Kelbaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Killebrew Jr.
Mr. Francis X. Knott
Mr. Roger L. Kohn
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Laporte
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Leiner
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Lewis
Ms. Georgia L. Linthicum
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Mahoney Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Martel
Mr. Michael G. McCormick
Mr. and Mrs. James R. McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. John L. McShane
Mrs. G. W. Merck
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Meredith
Hon. James R. Miller Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Mitchell II
Jean-Barry Molz
Mr. Edmund Nelson
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Pakula
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Palkovitz
Miss Martha Ann Peters
Mr. C. Taylor Pickett and
Ms. Laura L. Stees
Mr. and Mrs. James Piper III
Ms. Dorothy Baranoski Pons
Mr. E. Burton Ray III and
Mr. Carver T. Green
Richard and Sheila Riggs
Estate of Miss Ella Rowe
The Hon. and Mrs. John W. Sause Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mark Schapiro
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Schweizer Jr.
Mrs. Suzanne R. Sherwood
Wilbert H. Sirota
Ms. Susi B. Slocum
Mr. John Sondheim and
Ms. Emily Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Stewart Jr.
Mr. Fred A. Trenkle
Wm. C. Trimble II
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Tydings Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Tydings
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce P. Wilson
Mrs. Gladys W. Winter
$250 - 499
Anonymous
Dr. Ann Hersey Allison
Ms. Louise A. Armstrong
Mr. and Mrs. John Bacon Jr.
Ms. Marsha E. Barnes and
Mr. Robert A. Bradtke
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Beaty Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Paul Belcher
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Berglund
Mrs. Gary Black Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll A. Bodie
Catherine Hanna Born
Mr. John B. Bourne
Lawrence M. Brown and
Jiraphan Brown
M. Audrey Brown
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Brugger
Dr. Lois G. Carr and Mr. Jack L. Carr
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Chesson
Mr. David Clarke Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Cornell
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. C. Crozier
Linwood & Ellen R. Dame
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius P. Darcy
Mr. Robert W. Davies
Ms. Marilyn Davis
Dr. and Mrs. G. Edward Dickey
Dr. and Mrs. William S. Dudley
Mrs. Patricia S. Farber
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Fenwick Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Fenwick Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Frederick
Dr. Neal M. Friedlander and
Ms. Virginia K. Adams
Ms. Noreen A. Frost
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fulchino
Mr. and Mrs. James Rea Garrett
Ms. Anne Garside
Mr. Jerome W. Geckle
Jonathan and Pamela Genn
Mr. David H. Gleason
Ms. Barbara Lamb and
Mr. Jack G. Goellner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Goldman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Gravely
Ms. Grace Chang and
Mr. Peter D. Guattery
Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Hagan
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Heyrman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Highbarger
Katharine McLane Hoffman
Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Holman
Dr. and Mrs. James E. T. Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. F. Mackey Hughes
Mrs. Harriet S. Iglehart
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall P. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Johnston
Mr. Brian A. Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Kahan
Mr. Gordon E. Katz
Mr. and Mrs. E. Robert Kent Jr.
Mr. Frederick Singley Koontz
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Kopper
Miss Dorothy B. Krug
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Langmead
Mr. Richard M. Lansburgh
Brian Michael Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lenhard
Pete and Mariana Lesher
Mr. C. Tilghman Levering
Mr. and Mrs. William Minifie Levy
Mr. Henry H. Lewis
Mr. Jon Harlan Livezey
Henry R. Lord
Elizabeth M. Lutz
Ethel W. Macgill
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Marbury
Mr. Donald McBride III
Dr. H. Berton McCauley
Mr. John P. McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. McDonough
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. McElrath
Mr. and Mrs. Norvell E. Miller III
Charley and Betsy Mitchell
Ann K. Morales
Mr. and Mrs. M. Peter Moser
George A. Murnaghan
Mr. Michael L. Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. J. William Murray
The Hon. Virginia Clagett and Mr.
William T. Murray
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Newhall III
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Ober
Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Ober
Mr. and Mrs. Holliday H. Obrecht Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth Lea Oliver
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Oppenheimer
David and Marla Oros
Dr. and Mrs. Lee Crandall Park
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Patterson
Jeannette B. Phelps
Mrs. Lincoln L. Privette Sr.
Mrs. Oliver Reeder
Mr. Charles A. Rees
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Reynolds III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Rich
Miss Claire A. Richardson
Mrs. Jean B. Russo
The Hon. William Donald Schaefer
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Seifert
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O. Shackelford
Mr. and Mrs. M. Sigmund Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sheldon
Ms. Pamela H. Shriver
Mr. Alexius Dyer Smith Sr.
Miss Carolyn Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Smith
Ms. Courtney B. Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. B. Tubman
Dr. and Mrs. H. Mebane Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Wagner Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Henry N. Wagner Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy N. Weeks
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Weise
Mr. and Mrs. Chip Wendler
Ms. Sarah E. Westphal-Wihl
Mrs. Douglas S. Whitney
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harlan Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Worrall
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Wright
Mr. and Mrs. M. Richard Wyman
Mr. C. Patrick Zilliacus
$150 - 249
Anonymous (2)
Mr. and Mrs. James Adajian
Dr. and Mrs. Aristides C. Alevizatos
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Andersen
Mr. and Mrs. George Anikis
Mr. Walter E. Arps
Nancy and Preston Athey
Charles Atwater
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Barnhill
Gertruos Bartel and Jon Laria
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Beckley
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Benner
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Bergland III
Mr. Howard Bradley Bevard
Mr. Richard W. Bingham
The Hon. and Mrs. Walter E. Black Jr.
G. Granville Blades, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boice
John and Carolyn Boitnott
Mrs. Esther B. Bonnet
Lawrence and Kathleen Bowen
Mrs. Dorothy C. Boyce
Mr. Walter Braun
Mrs. Natalie M. Brengle
Mr. Paul S. Bridge
Mr. C. Christopher Brown
Ms. Catherine Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Brown
Mr. Steve Buettner and
Mr. John Greensfelder
Ms. Aleda Bunch
Thomas W. Burdette
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Burger
Ms. Anna Lankford Burwash
Ms. Elise A. Butler
The Hon. and Mrs. John Carroll Byrnes
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Cappiello
Ms. Deborah S. Cardin and
Mr. Jonathan B. Willis
Mrs. Clelia D. Carey
Mr. and Mrs. H. Augustus Carey
Mr. Larry Carton
Dr. Suzanne E. Chapelle and
Ms. Jennifer Greene
Ms. Margaret Jean Chapman
Mrs. Judith A. Christensen
Mr. and Mrs. Peyton S. Cochran Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Atwood Collins III
Mr. and Mrs. Beverley C. Compton
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Conklin III
Mr. and Mrs. Lindley M.
Cowperthwait Jr.
Ms. Sally K. Craig
Dr. Barbara J. Crain and
Dr. Michael J. Borowitz
Ms. Sylvia D. Crutchfield
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Cullen
Mr. Avi Y. Decter
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Dee
Mr. and Mrs. George Delaplaine Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Stephen Derby
Ms. Judith A. Dolehanty
Mr. Joseph L. Douglas Jr.
Ms. Patricia J. Draisey
Terry Draymen-Weisser
Mrs. Harriet B. Duncan
Dr. Paul K. Walker and
The Rev. Dale W. Dusman
Mrs. James M. Easter
Mrs. C. Arthur Eby
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Elder Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Ensor
Ms. Deborah M. Falkenhan
Dr. and Mrs. James D. Fielder Jr.
Mr. Alfred M. Fitzsimons
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Fleury Sr.
Mr. John G. Ford
Mr. Archibald Fort
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Frisch
Mr. Douglas L. Frost
Mr. Albert Frydland
Dr. N. Joseph Gagliardi
Dr. and Mrs. Donald S. Gann
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey R. Gauld
Mark Gedney
Mrs. Sandra Levi Gerstung
Mr. and Mrs. Sherlock Swann Gillet Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gillett
Mrs. Ogden C. Gorman
Mr. and Mrs. E. William Gosnell
Mr. R. Hilles Graham
Ms. Carolyn Green
Mr. David L. Greif II
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Greif Jr.
Ms. Editha Harman Grice
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Griffiths
Dr. and Mrs. Francis C. Grumbine
Mr. and Mrs. H. Hamilton Hackney
Mr. Guy W. Hager
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. W. Haines
Mr. and Mrs. A. Ford Hall Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Hallfrisch
Ms. Janet Hargett
The Hon. and Mrs. Alexander Harvey II
Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Haslup
Frank and June Heintz
Dr. Helena S. Hicks
Dr. and Mrs. W. Robert Higgins
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Hoff berger
Jack and Barbara Hook
Mr. Donald H. Hooker Jr. and
Ms. Anne Wallace
Amanda W. Hopkins
Mr. John K. Horenkamp
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew House
Mr. and Mrs. J. Woodford Howard Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. C. Brooks Hubbert
Mr. and Mrs. F. Patrick Hughes
Mrs. Ann Murphy Hunt
Mrs. Olga K. Hutchins
Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. James
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick D. Jarosinski
Ms. Ellen Jenkins
Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Kane Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Kelly Jr.
Mr. John D. Kilbourne
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Klepper
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Kohn
Keith and Myrna Konajeski
Mrs. Jean Kouwenhoven
Mr. and Mrs. F. William Kuethe Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Landauer
The Hon. and Mrs. Julian L. Lapides
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Latrobe III
Ms. Katharine E. Latrobe
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Leach
Sally and Wendell Leimbach
Ms. Sherrill D. Libey
Mr. O. James Lighthizer
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Lippincott III
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Maddux IV
Kip Mandris
Rich Marriott, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Trail Mathias
Mrs. Jean Black McCausland
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sheridan McClees III
Mr. and Mrs. John M. McClintock
Joan S. and Jeffrey A. McKee
Mr. Tracy Matthew Melton
Mr. and Mrs. Abel Merrill
Mr. and Mrs. Milton H. Miller Sr.
Mr. William M. Miller
Ms. Jane F. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Walter K. Neese
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Harwood S. Nichols
Mr. James G. Oglesby
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Owens
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Parker
Mrs. J. Stevenson Peck
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Perin
Joseph F. Perkins
Mrs. Alva R. Pitts
Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Plummer
Mr. Walter R. Price
Mrs. John C. Pritzlaff
Mr. William J. Purnell
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Radcliffe
Barry and Ceal Rascovar
Ms. Sue E. Reeb
Mr. Donald S. Rice and
Ms. Elizabeth St. John Loker
The Hon. Barry D. Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. H. Victor Rieger Jr.
Mrs. Nancy R. Rouse
Mr. Seymour S. Rubak
Mr. and Mrs. T. Alan Russell
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Russell Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Sabelhaus
Mr. James M. Sanders
Joseph and Tina Sandri
Ms. Martha Frick Symington Sanger
The Hon. Paul and Christine Sarbanes
Ms. Jean Saunders
Mr. Peter V. Savage and
Ms. Deborah Tillett
Mr. and Mrs. William Saxon Jr.
Mr. Stephen Scanniello
Mr. Donald P. Seibert
Dr. and Mrs. Carlton L. Sexton
The Rev. and Mrs. William M.
Shand III
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne H. Shaner
Dr. Tina H. Sheller and Mr. Lee A.
Sheller
Dr. Gordon B. Shelton and
Dr. Barbara Payne Shelton
Alice M. Shipley
Mr. and Mrs. John Dale Showell III
Mr. and Mrs. William Silver II
Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small
Mr. C. Fraser Smith
Mrs. Bernice Hutzler Stein
Mr. Edward Steinhouse
Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. Stevens
Mr. Gordon M.F. Stick IV
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Stickels Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Stickle
Mrs. Lavinia A. Stuart
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Swindell
Mr. Lee A. Taylor
Mr. Duncan E. Tebow
Mr. John Teichmoeller and
Ms. Kathy Farnsworth
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley S. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. John Stearns Thomsen
Ms. Joanna Lloyd Tilghman
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Topping
Mr. John D. Trezise
Mr. and Mrs. T. Ridgeway Trimble
Joseph and Claudia Twist
Mr. and Mrs. G. Robert Tyson
Ms. Colleen Vanskiver
Ms. Anne A. Verplanck
Helen and Stuart Vogel
Mr. David H. Watts
Ms. Gregory R. Weidman and
Mr. J. Michael Flanigan
Mr. Arnold M. Weiner
Mr. and Mrs. Jay H. Weiss
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett A. Welch II
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Whitridge
Mrs. Patricia H. Williams
Mr. Stanley Dutton Willis
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wing
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Worrall
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wyskiel
Mrs. Howard F. Yerges
Dr. William H. Zinkham
We have made every effort to ensure the
accuracy of this donor list. If we made
an error, please accept our apology. To
have an error corrected, please call us at
410-685-3750 ext. 395.
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september-december, 2008
FAMILY
PROGRAMS
Wednesday, September 10
“The Legacy of Enoch Pratt”
Exhibition open 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Free admission to the museum and exhibition
all day in honor of Enoch Pratt’s Bicentenary.
Self-guided tours of Pratt House 2-4 p.m.
Saturday, September 27
Baltimore Book Festival
Celebrate the Baltimore Book Festival with
MdHS.
Family Drop In Activity 1-4 p.m.
Kids and young adults are encouraged to drop
in for a bookmark making activity. Adults may
browse the MdHS gift shop for exciting titles
on Maryland history.
Tours of MdHS Library
As part of the Festival, the MdHS Library will
offer tours at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. led by
Senior Reference Librarian Francis O’Neill.
Book Festival programs are free with museum
admission.
Saturday, October 25, 1-4 p.m
Halloween Happenings for
Kids of all Ages
Enjoy cider and popcorn; listen to a storyteller
with some exciting, and not too scary stories.
Paint mini pumpkins and hear their future with
Victorian fortune telling games. Older children
and adults will meet folklorist Molly McClanahan who will lead her audience down creepy
alleys and winding country roads to encounter
some of our less upstanding Marylanders from
Black Aggie to Goatman.
Program is free. Call 410-685-3750 ext. 321 for
reservations. Walk-ins welcome.
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Thursday, December 4, 5-8 p.m.
Lighting of the Monument
Celebrate the start of the holiday season!
MdHS opens its doors to those attending
the annual Lighting of the Washington
Monument, with musical program. Enjoy
activities for families recalling holiday
celebrations during the Second World War.
Free admission.
Reception for Teachers
Teachers, thank you for your support of
MdHS school programs! In appreciation
of our friends and partners in education,
we are pleased to invite teachers to a
special reception during the lighting of the
Washington Monument. Join us for light
refreshments, pick up a goodie bag of materials and resources, and learn more about
our new programs. To register for this event,
please call 410-685-3750 ext. 336 or email
[email protected].
Homeschool
Days
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Suffrage, Symbols, and Patriotism in
America
Come celebrate a historic election year with
a Homeschool Day at MdHS. Participants will
learn about voting rights and civic participation
through the following activities:
Ages 5-6: Take a museum tour that will introduce a Revolutionary War hero, a suffragette,
and Francis Scott Key. Make a voting rights
button and enjoy story time.
Ages 7-11: Participate in “A New Nation” and
learn about how we forged a national identity
in early America. Take a museum tour and make
an election banner.
Ages 12-15: Experience the history of voting
rights in Maryland. In our Student Research
Center for History, learn from original documents
from our library, and from a museum tour.
TEACHER
WORKSHOPS
Wednesday, September 17, 5-7pm
Saturday, September 20, 10-12 pm
The World of Charlotte Doyle
Teachers and reading specialists for grades 5-8
are invited to participate in a workshop on The
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Preview
MdHS’s newest school program offering, “The
World of Charlotte Doyle,” based on the
popular novel for young adults, with a tour of
our maritime exhibition. Included will be an
introduction to education programs available at
MdHS and the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers
Maritime Park, and discussion of joint field trip
opportunities.
Wednesday, November 12, 5-7pm
Maryland in World War II
High school history teachers are encouraged
to participate in this workshop on the World
War II Home Front in Maryland. View the new
exhibition “Maryland Veterans in World War II”
and participate in activities from MdHS’s new
history workshop for high school students on
Maryland’s wartime activities. Topics include
work for women, civil defense, and the experiences of African Americans in Baltimore.
Participants will receive pre- and post-visit
materials and a discount on future tours.
All teacher workshops are FREE! To register,
please call 410-685-3750 ext. 336 or email
[email protected]. Please include your
name, school, phone number, and the grade
level you teach.
Wednesday, December 3, 10-12
Homeschool Family Day: Maryland in
World War II
Celebrate the opening of the new exhibition
“Maryland Veterans of World War II” with a
Homeschool Family Day. Learn to swing dance,
plant a victory garden, participate in a rationing activity, and make a war bond poster. To
complete the experience, each registered family
is asked to bring a donation of a non-perishable
item for a food drive. All donations benefit the
Maryland Food Bank.
All homeschool programs are $5 per person.
Call 410-685-3750 ext. 334 for registration
information.
Girl Scouts
The Local Lore Bag-a-Badge Program for Junior
Girl Scouts and the Listening to the Past Try-it
for Brownies will now be available by request
so that the MdHS can better accommodate your
troop’s busy schedule. The programs help your
troop earn badges and patches and are a fun,
experiential learning opportunity.
Call 410-685-3750 ext. 334 for more information
or to schedule a program for your troop.
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ADULT PROGRAMS
Saturday, Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Family History Workshop with Robert Barnes
Immigration & Naturalization Records
The talk introduces new family historians to techniques and helps
seasoned researchers find new resources.
Includes continental breakfast and box lunch. $40 MdHS members;
$50 non-members. To register, call 410-685-3750 ext. 321
Wednesday, October 15, 6:30 p.m.
The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to
Kill Abraham Lincoln
Talk and book signing by author Kate Clifford Larson.
On the afternoon of July 7, 1865—less than
three months after the assassination of President
Abraham Lincoln—Mary Elizabeth Jenkins
Surratt was executed, becoming a martyr for the
southern cause. In a narrative filled with shadowy thugs, clever spies, innocent bystanders, and
scheming, charismatic celebrities, Larson freshly
illuminates Surratt’s central role in the plot.
Free with museum admission.
Thursday, October 23, 5:30 p.m.
New Discoveries & Interpretations:
The War of 1812 in Maryland
5:30 p.m. Reception; 6:00 p.m. Lecture by Scott Sheads, Park Historian, Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine
Detailing significant revisions emerging from a renewed study of
the primary documents for the War of 1812, particularly as they
relate to British and U.S. troop movements in the Chesapeake and
on the Eastern Shore.
Authors & Ar tifacts Series
$10 MdHS Members; $15 non-members. For reservations call 410685-3750 ext.384. Walk-ins welcome.
NOVEMBER
H istoric H ouse Tour
Wednesday, October 1, 4:00-6:00 p.m..
Perry Hall
Perry Hall. Currently administered by the Friends of Perry Hall through
Baltimore County; built by Harry Dorsey Gough in the 18th Century.
Wednesday, October 8, 4:00--6:00 p.m.
Long Green
Hydes. Home of Mrs. Robert Deford, Jr.; originally a plantation house
owned by the Gittings family in the 18th Century.
Wednesday, October 15, 4:00—6:00 p.m.
Atlanta Hall Farm
Monkton. Home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Voss.
Wednesday, October 22, 4:00—6:00 p.m.
The First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church & The
Backus House
Baltimore. Called the finest Victorian Gothic interior in North
America; a Gershom Norris Starkweather design completed in 1875.
Refreshments will be served at the
conclusion of each tour.
Please note:
• Lecture begins promptly at 4:00 p.m.
• Please wear appropriate footwear (flat shoes).
• The tour buildings are not handicapped accessible.
• As there are no rain dates, please dress appropriately
for the weather.
For more information or to register by phone or e-mail
contact Lois Brooks at 410.685.3750 x 329 or
[email protected]
November 6, 6-9 p.m.
A Nautical Night celebrating
“Work and Play on the Bay”
Cocktail buffet with music by “Them Eastport Oyster Boys”
Price: $75 per person. For reservations, call Lois Brooks at 410-6853750 ext.329 or email [email protected]
Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11, 3-6 p.m.
“Maryland Veterans of World War II”
3 p.m.—Talk by John R. Schaffner.
4 p.m. Commemoration Ceremony with state and local officials and
Honor Guard. Light refreshments.
$10 person. Free to all veterans and active military.
Museum open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Perry Hall
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Events, ext. 321
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Library, ext. 349
Facilities Rentals, ext. 399
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$3 students and seniors; children under 12 free.
Library admission $6 (includes museum)
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