Habersham, Alexander Wylly, Jr., 1857-1929
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Jessie Key Habersham collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 3276
Abstract
This collection contains approximately 130 letters, written between 1891 and 1911, plus newspaper clippings and photographs, concerning the life of Jessie Key Habersham (a.k.a., "The Gypsy Queen of Baltimore"), as well as her younger sister, Alice, her grandmother, and her parents. The Habershams were a wealthy Baltimore family, and in 1904, Jessie ran away from home and married a Romani man, becoming the "Gypsy Queen" of her husband's clan. The early letters in the collection reveal much...
Dates:
1891 May 21-1996 July; Majority of material found within 1891 May 21-1911 December 26