Mary Josephs Fowler photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains photographs of historic houses in Maryland, and group portraits of Mary Josephs Fowler with friends at home and abroad.
Dates
- 1870-1915
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
The reproduction of materials in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine and satisfy copyright clearances or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information visit the MCHC’s Rights and Permissions page.
Biographical / Historical
Mary Josephs Fowler (1883-1980) was born in New Orleans, and her family moved to Baltimore during her childhood, summering near Newport, R.I. Mary graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1902. As an adult, she worked as a volunteer for the Family Welfare Association and went to France during World War I, where she was a Red Cross canteen worker and an assistant nurse at the front line near Soissons. In 1926, she married architect Laurence Hall Fowler, and they lived in the Tuscany-Canterbury section of Baltimore.
Laurence Hall Fowler (1876-1971) was born in Catonsville, the son of Judge David and Mary Brinkley Fowler. He took degrees from the Johns Hopkins University (1898) and Columbia University (1902) and studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Best known in Maryland as the designer the War Memorial in Baltimore and the Hall of Records in Annapolis, Laurence Fowler's architectural work included many private residences, and the Library at Evergreen House. He donated his collection of rare architectural books to the Johns Hopkins University in 1944.
Extent
0.14 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged according to PP catalog numbers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequest of Mary Josephs Fowler, 1981.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one box with nine folders containing 21 photoprints originating circa 1870-1915. The subjects include historic houses in Maryland, and group portraits (many with people identified) made at the home of Colonel and Mrs. Douglas Cornell in Coburg, Canada circa 1893-1895. Another portrait depicts a Mrs. Spencer with Mary Josephs, made at the Caruso Theater circa 1890.
The collection also contains 13 folders of non-photographic materials: 19th century engravings, and 30 pieces of printed ephemera including Mary Josephs' passport dated 1917, greeting cards, programs, calendars, and items pertaining to the Charcoal Club's Bal des Arts.
- Title
- Guide to the Mary Josephs Fowler photograph collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Katherine Cowan
- Date
- 1999-11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2020-01-23: 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