Lydia Howard De Roth Photograph Collection, PP180

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1 Lydia Howard De Roth Photograph Collection, PP180 Finding Aid to the Lydia Howard De Roth Photograph Collection, PP180 Collection summary H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society Title Lydia Howard De Roth Photograph Collection Creator Lydia Howard De Roth ( ) Call number PP180 Inclusive dates ; not dated Bulk dates Not dated Extent 2 boxes Abstract This collections consists of photographs, ephemera and prints related to Lydia Howard De Roth, a Baltimore writer and painter and the De Roth, De Ford, Morris, and Howard families. Administrative summary Repository H. Furlong Baldwin Library Maryland Historical Society 201 W. Monument St. Baltimore, MD specialcollections@mdhs.org

2 Access restrictions Open to the public without restrictions. Use restrictions Provenance For information about how to purchase digital reproductions and for permission information, please visit the Rights and Reproductions page. Gift of Mr. Herbert C. De Roth, Estate of Lydia Howard De Roth, Accession number Processing note Processing begun ca 2000.Processing completed by Damon Talbot, September Related Collections MS 2212, Herbert C. De Roth Collection; MS 1906, Lydia Howard De Roth Collection Biographical Note Lydia Howard De Ford De Roth ( ), was a writer and poet, who was the wife of the donor Herbert C. De Roth. She was raised in Baltimore and also lived in Boston and England. During WW II, she served as an air raid warden during the London Blitz, and also as a civilian defense worker. Scope and Content The Lydia Howard De Roth Photograph Collection consists of 2 boxes of 228 items including photographs, printed ephemera, and prints relating to the De Roth, De Ford, Morris, and Howard families. It also includes a collection of photographs of paintings of Howard ancestors, including John Eager Howard. There are also images of Severn Teackle Wallis, Hubert Latham, and Joan of Arc. Two diplomas of Lydia De Ford De Roth, 1915 and 1921, have been removed from the collection and transferred to the Printed Ephemera collection. Note: This collection is related to un-cataloged De Ford material in BCLM collection. Download a PDF version of the finding aid. Container List

3 Box 1 PP180.1 Mary Ann Howard (Mother of Prof. Wm. Howard African-American woman) PP180.2 Wm. H. Murray Dec PP180.3 Great Grandfather John B. Morris PP180.4 Mary Winter Davis PP Mary Davis PP Lydia De Roth --older woman as AWR civil defense worker in WWII, 3 caricature postcards PP Nancy Howard PP Lydia H. Howard (Mrs. Frank Key Howard) PP Lydia De Ford in Europe PP Lydia Hollingsworth Howard PP Lydia De Ford De Roth PP Herbert Charles De Roth PP Mrs. William J. De Ford PP Aunt Lydia Hollingsworth PP Great Grandfather John B. Morris

4 PP Gen. John Eager Howard PP Olga Kelly PP Lydia Howard De Ford PP Charles Norris Howard PP Lydia Eliza Hollingsworth Howard PP Capt. Richard Bennett Lloyd PP Joanna Leigh PP Ann Maria Hollingsworth PP Francis Scott Key PP Mrs. John Eager Howard & Son PP Photo of Cowpens medal PP Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (silhouette) PP Joan of Arc (print) PP Charles Morris Howard (print) PP Latham in his aeroplane flying over Baltimore

5 PP Ingleside Residence of Eugene Riggin, East Federal St. Snow Hill, MD PP Corner of Charles and Mulberry PP Hollingsworth House Winchester, VA. PP J. Forbes-Robertson (autographed) PP Herbert Charles De Roth PP Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Charles De Roth PP Lydia Howard (to become Mrs. De Roth) as a child; includes donkey cart, in bathing suit at seashore PP Lydia Howard as a young woman up to 1930s includes on horseback & with pug dog PP Lydia & Nancy Howard--together, w/ Mrs. WM De Ford (2),w/ Grannie PP Nancy H.H. Venable includes portrait in Civil defense uniform PP Lydia Howard De Ford (Mrs. Wm. De Ford); Includes portraits with dog PP Lydia & Nancy De Ford PP Wm De Ford some in costume for Kermess, May, 1885 PP Severn Teackle Wallis PP Wm. De Ford (Sr.?)

6 PP Cecile De Bearn PP Charles Morris Howard Box 2 PP Frank Key Howard Jr. & Sr.; portrait with penny-farthing bicycle, w/ Lydia De Ford PP Civil Defense Group PP Sculpture studio group (MD Institute?) with Lydia Howard, ca PP Artwork of Lydia De Ford PP Hollingsworth Hall, England PP Old De Ford House, Newburyport, MA PP Arundel Castle (photos of drawings) PP Elberon, Narragassett Pier PP Mt. Vernon Place PP N. Charles Street; interior views PP House on W. Lanvale St. PP Nancy Howard suncatcher (Glass FRAGILE)

7 PP Unidentified people PP Sic te amo, Emily E. Collier (print) PP North Charles Street, Baltimore (on left), seen from the grounds of the cathedral. PP Garden of De Ford House on Cathedral Street, Baltimore, ca. 1885/ PP Nancy Howard De Ford PP Mrs. William De Ford PP Lydia Howard De Ford PP Lydia DeRoth, ca PP Joanna Leigh, wife of Richard Bennett Lloyd PP Aunt Lydia Hollingsworth PP Miss Olga Kelly? PP John Eager Howard (3 of same image) PP John B. Morris PP Charles Howard, son of John Eager Howard PP Unidentified portraits

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