Cathcart scrapbooks
Abstract
This collection contains five volumes of newspaper clippings on the Baltimore Fire Department and accounts of fires from 1887-1908. The scrapbooks include clippings about electric subways and movement to abandon overhead wires in Baltimore, 1894-1896, preserved by A. Rozel Cathcart, President of Board of Fire Commissioners.
Dates
- 1887 - 1908
Creator
- Cathcart, A. Rozel, 1848-1928 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
A. Rozel Cathcart was the President of the Board of Fire Commissioners and the American Fire Insurance Company.
Extent
3.0 Linear Feet (6 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Robert Wagner, 1939.
Creator
- Cathcart, A. Rozel, 1848-1928 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Cathcart scrapbooks
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021-11-15: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Harwerth.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org