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Manners and customs

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Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret Donaldson Boehm papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0044-a
Abstract Margaret Donaldson Boehm was born in Baltimore, MD in 1894. She attended Roland Park Country School and later The Johns Hopkins University where she was a student of Arthur O. Lovejoy, professor of Philosophy. The collection consists of 47 diaries (1910-1956) of Margaret Donaldson Boehm; one diary (1883) of her father, G. Herbert Boehm; letters (1928-1951) of Henry Woodd Nevinson and his wife, Evelyn Sharp; and a copy of Miss Boehm's master's essay (1925), "The Conception of Pride in 17th...
Dates: 1883-1956

Merryman-Crane family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0073
Abstract

The Merryman-Crane family papers document the nineteenth century life of two allied families, one centered in Richmond, Virginia, and the other in Baltimore County, Maryland. The Merryman family papers consist of land deeds, legal documents, and correspondence spanning 1742-1908 The Crane Family papers consist of correspondence, poetry, prose, and financial documents. The material spans 1821-1908 but mainly dates from 1850-1890.

Dates: 1742-1908

Robert Adams McCabe letterbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030046233]
Identifier: MS-0216
Abstract

Robert A. McCabe, an officer in the United States Army and a subagent for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was born in Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. The letterbook (1829-1838) which forms this collection consists of a bound volume in the handwriting of Robert A. McCabe.

Dates: 1829-1838

Roger Brooke Taney letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0064
Abstract

Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States. Collection consists largely of letters (1838-1856, 58 items) written by Taney to his son-in-law lawyer James Mason Campbell (1810-1869).

Dates: 1815-1856

Sesquicentennial of Baltimore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0139
Abstract

The collection consists of letters from out-of-town guests as well as Baltimoreans regarding attendance at the sesquicentennial celebration.

Dates: 1880

Victorian-era scrapbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0575
Abstract

Personal assemblages illustrating the Victorian preoccupation with collecting and arranging pictures, 1876-1896.

Dates: 1876-1896

W. W. Holland papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0231
Abstract

W.W. Holland was an industrial chemist and Hopkins researcher. Collection deals largely with Holland's work (1930-1934) on the Gyro process of cracking petroleum to produce gasoline. Includes research data, reports, correspondence, and printed material.

Dates: 1903 - 1956