Bachelor's Cotillion record books
Abstract
This collection contains the record books, receipts, and correspondence for the Bachelor's Cotillion, 1911-1948.
Dates
- 1911 - 1948
Creator
- Bachelor's Cotillion (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
While dance assemblies were held in Baltimore as early as 1796 there is no evidence the Bachelor's Cotillion formally organized before the 1870s.
Extent
3.0 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Roger Brooke Hopkins, February 1955.
Scope and Contents
BOX 1: Invitation lists, 1911-1924, 1 vol.; Invitation lists, 1925-1945, 1 vol.; Cash book, 1917-1924, 1 vol.; BOX 2: Cash book, 1925-1930, 1 vol.; Cash book, 1930-1935, 1 vol.; Cash book, 1936-1940, 1 vol.; BOX 3: Cash book, 1940-1948, 1 vol.; Correspondence, 1923-1941, 5 items; Receipts, 1927-1930, 15 items; Leases, Lyric Theatre, 1936-1937, 2 items; Invitation lists, 1941, 2 items; Misc. papers removed from bound volumes, n.d., 7 items.
Creator
- Bachelor's Cotillion (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Bachelor's Cotillion record books
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021-09-02: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
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