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 (1904-1970) Call number PP180 Inclusive dates 1885 1937; 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 21201 www.mdhs.org specialcollections@mdhs.org
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, 1972. Accession number 64118 Processing note Processing begun ca 2000.Processing completed by Damon Talbot, September 2014. Related Collections MS 2212, Herbert C. De Roth Collection; MS 1906, Lydia Howard De Roth Collection Biographical Note Lydia Howard De Ford De Roth (1904-1970), 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
Box 1 PP180.1 Mary Ann Howard (Mother of Prof. Wm. Howard African-American woman) PP180.2 Wm. H. Murray Dec. 1898 PP180.3 Great Grandfather John B. Morris PP180.4 Mary Winter Davis PP180.5 -.8 Mary Davis PP180.9 -.26 Lydia De Roth --older woman as AWR civil defense worker in WWII, 3 caricature postcards PP180.27 -.30 Nancy Howard PP180.31 -.33 Lydia H. Howard (Mrs. Frank Key Howard) PP180.34 -.35 Lydia De Ford in Europe PP180.36 Lydia Hollingsworth Howard PP180.37 -.38 Lydia De Ford De Roth PP180.39 -.40 Herbert Charles De Roth PP180.41 Mrs. William J. De Ford PP180.42 Aunt Lydia Hollingsworth PP180.43 Great Grandfather John B. Morris
PP180.44 -.45 Gen. John Eager Howard PP180.46 Olga Kelly PP180.47 Lydia Howard De Ford PP180.48 Charles Norris Howard PP180.49 Lydia Eliza Hollingsworth Howard PP180.50 Capt. Richard Bennett Lloyd PP180.51 Joanna Leigh PP180.52 -.53 Ann Maria Hollingsworth PP180.54 -.55 Francis Scott Key PP180.56 -.57 Mrs. John Eager Howard & Son PP180.58 Photo of Cowpens medal PP180.59 Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (silhouette) PP180.60 Joan of Arc (print) PP180.61 Charles Morris Howard (print) PP180.62 Latham in his aeroplane flying over Baltimore
PP180.63 -.64 Ingleside Residence of Eugene Riggin, East Federal St. Snow Hill, MD PP180.65 -.66 Corner of Charles and Mulberry PP180.67 Hollingsworth House Winchester, VA. PP180.68 J. Forbes-Robertson (autographed) PP180.69 -.74 Herbert Charles De Roth PP180.75 Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Charles De Roth PP180.76 -.84 Lydia Howard (to become Mrs. De Roth) as a child; includes donkey cart, in bathing suit at seashore PP180.85 -.98 Lydia Howard as a young woman up to 1930s includes on horseback & with pug dog PP180.99 -.105 Lydia & Nancy Howard--together, w/ Mrs. WM De Ford (2),w/ Grannie PP180.106 -.107 Nancy H.H. Venable includes portrait in Civil defense uniform PP108.108 -.128 Lydia Howard De Ford (Mrs. Wm. De Ford); Includes portraits with dog PP180.129 -.138 Lydia & Nancy De Ford PP180.139 -.147 Wm De Ford some in costume for Kermess, May, 1885 PP180.148 -.149 Severn Teackle Wallis PP180.150 -.151 Wm. De Ford (Sr.?)
PP180.152 Cecile De Bearn PP180.153 -.154 Charles Morris Howard Box 2 PP180.155 -.161 Frank Key Howard Jr. & Sr.; portrait with penny-farthing bicycle, w/ Lydia De Ford PP180.162 -.164 Civil Defense Group PP180.165 Sculpture studio group (MD Institute?) with Lydia Howard, ca. 1920 PP180.166 -.169 Artwork of Lydia De Ford PP180.170 -.171 Hollingsworth Hall, England PP180.172 -.174 Old De Ford House, Newburyport, MA PP180.175 -.176 Arundel Castle (photos of drawings) PP180.177 -.178 Elberon, Narragassett Pier PP180.179 29 Mt. Vernon Place PP180.180 -.183 401 N. Charles Street; interior views PP180.184 -.185 House on W. Lanvale St. PP180.186 Nancy Howard suncatcher (Glass FRAGILE)
PP180.187 -.196 Unidentified people PP180.197 Sic te amo, Emily E. Collier (print) PP180.198 401 North Charles Street, Baltimore (on left), seen from the grounds of the cathedral. PP180.199 Garden of De Ford House on Cathedral Street, Baltimore, ca. 1885/ PP180.200 -.202 Nancy Howard De Ford PP180.203 -.204 Mrs. William De Ford PP180.205 -.208 Lydia Howard De Ford PP180.209 Lydia DeRoth, ca. 1935 PP180.210 Joanna Leigh, wife of Richard Bennett Lloyd PP180.211 Aunt Lydia Hollingsworth PP180.212 Miss Olga Kelly? PP180.213 -.215 John Eager Howard (3 of same image) PP180.216 -.217 John B. Morris PP180.218 Charles Howard, son of John Eager Howard PP180.219 -.228 Unidentified portraits