HISTORY AND CULTURE NEWS /// SPRING 2021///
MOVIE THEATERS REFLECT OUR ABILITY TO ADAPT
DUNTON’S DISCOVERY OF THE BALTIMORE ALBUM QUILTS
JOSHUA JOHNSON PORTRAITS TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPLORE THE MARYLAND CENTER FOR HISTORY AND CULTURE YOUR HISTORY LIVES HERE.
After a six-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum reopened in September 2020—under our new institutional name and rebrand—reconnecting visitors with the more than 1,000 objects from the collections on display in 10 exhibition galleries. At the time of this writing, the library remains closed for onsite research.
We also unveiled a new virtual home at mdhistory.org, providing improved access to Maryland history and the American story to virtual visitors statewide and worldwide.
VISIT IN PERSON Visit the museum and Museum Store during reduced operating hours—Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Due to the changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is best to call 410-685-3750, email [email protected], or visit mdhistory.org, for the most up-to-date information about operating hours. We continue to examine all aspects of our operations to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for visitors and staff. New safety procedures include:
n Offering advanced, online ticketing for a touchless experience.
n Limiting visitor capacity and requiring masks.
n Adding touchless exhibition interactives.
n Installing plexiglass barriers at the Visitor Services desk and hand sanitizer stations throughout the museum.
n Disinfecting and cleaning to meet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
n Allowing staff to work virtually and/or minimally onsite.
VISIT ONLINE Visit the Maryland Center for History and Culture anytime, from anywhere. The newly rebuilt and redesigned mdhistory.org gives desktop and mobile users a more seamless navigation experience for discovering all the MCHC has to offer.
1. Explore the museum and library collections using 6. Read the museum or library blogs, and past the Digital Collections portal. issues of the Maryland Historical Magazine.
2. Register for an upcoming free virtual event. 7. Learn how to donate to the museum and library. 8. Download digital lessons and activities for 3. Choose from more than 30 virtual public program students and families. recordings to watch from the past year. 9. Peruse the Virtual Field Trip offerings for pre-K-12 4. Visit our first-ever virtual exhibition,Forgotten students and adult learners. Fight: The Struggle for Voting Rights in Maryland. 10. Sign up to receive our email about all the latest MDHISTORY.ORG 10 THINGS TO AT DO TO THINGS 10 5. Schedule a private exhibition tour. MCHC news and events. 6 MARYLAND HISTORY AND CULTURE NEWS A publication of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. Published biannually. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Editor: Jennifer Michael, Director of Communications & Marketing Mark B. Letzer, President & CEO Katie M. Caljean, Vice President of Education & Strategic Engagement Allison Tolman, Vice President of Collections & Interpretation
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS David Armenti, David Belew, Hilary Chiang, Lance Humphries, Martina Kado, Mark Letzer, Catherine Mayfield, Jennifer Michael, Martha Oster-Beal, Allison Tolman, Joe Tropea
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Leslie Eames, Anastasia Tantaros
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Clinton R. Daly, Chair Andrew M. Brooks, First Vice Chair CONTENTS Mark B. Letzer, President & CEO Robert Hopkins, Treasurer Lynn Springer Roberts, Secretary MCHC NEWS Eleanor M. Carey, Vice Chair Timothy Chase, Vice Chair FROM THE PRESIDENT 2 James W. Constable, Vice Chair SHAPING THE FUTURE OF HISTORY 3 M. Willis Macgill, Vice Chair Eleanor Shriver Magee, Vice Chair TRUSTEES DISCOVERY 6 John Banes Neal Naff Richard Bell Frederick C. Leiner EDUCATION: Bringing History Home 5 Thomas Brandt Katherine Pinkard Chandler B. Denison Robert W. Schoeberlein LIBRARY: Fostering Discoveries Online 6 William M. Gore C. John Sullivan Jr. Henry Holt Hopkins Tyler A. Tate MUSEUM: Movie Theaters Exhibition 8 Julia (Julie) Madden Henriette Taylor Thomas H. Maddux IV William C. Whitridge Jr. MUSEUM: Quilts Exhibition 11 Charles W. Mitchell Ryan Yu CHAIRPERSONS EMERITI 20 Thomas A. Collier Jack S. Griswold Louise Lake Hayman, Immediate Past Chair 11 Barbara P. Katz AUTHENTICITY Stanard T. Klinefelter Robert R. Neall NEW ACQUISITIONS 14 Henry Hodges Stansbury ACQUISITION SPOTLIGHT: PRESIDENTS EMERITI Sir Thomas Lawrence Painting 16 Alex G. Fisher John McShane Brian Topping COMMUNITY EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES The Honorable Boyd K. Rutherford, COLLECTING IN QUARANTINE 19 Lieutenant Governor of Maryland TRAVELING COLLECTION 20 The Honorable William C. “Bill” Ferguson IV, President of the Maryland Senate PATHWAYS GRANT PROGRAM 22 Druscilla Null, President of the Maryland Genealogical Society
ADVISORY COUNCIL DIALOGUE Thomas A. Collier Fran Minakowski LOSING WINTER EXHIBITION Q&A 24 Sandra R. Flax George S. Rich Louise Lake Hayman Jacqueline Smelkinson QUESTIONS FOR FRANCIS O’NEILL 26 Patricia K. Jackson Henry Hodges Stansbury Barbara P. Katz Richard C. Tilghman Jr. CONVERSATION WITH CLINTON DALY 27 Stanard T. Klinefelter Mary Baily Wieler ABOUT THE COVER DESIGNED BY: Elliott Design Group Electric Park, unknown photographer, 1905. ANNUAL REPORT 28 FROM THE PRESIDENT
WELCOME to Maryland History and Culture News, our newly redesigned and renamed member publication. While this magazine may look different, you will find the same quality content as previous issues of MdHS News. As most of you know, we rebranded in 2020, changing our name from the Maryland Historical Society to the Maryland Center for History and Culture, and launching a new website, mdhistory.org. Our rebrand is more than a new name and new logo. It is about broadening our mission to share resources and collections across the state, and to be more inclusive and representative of Maryland’s diverse people. It is also about strengthening our infrastructure to improve the stewardship, discovery, and accessibility of our collections. Last year, as we worked to implement these defining changes, the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to throw it off course. In March 2020, our doors closed, staff shifted to telework, and public programming went digital. We embraced the change and realized the opportunity to document history as it was happening. COVID-19 inspired us to use our collections to better understand the present—the Civil War diaries and letters from past pandemics and other critical moments in history—and launch the Collecting in Quarantine initiative, encouraging Marylanders to share their experiences through words and pictures during the pandemic. Read about Collecting in Quarantine and how you can contribute on page 19. Despite being physically closed for six months, we reached more people than ever before through free virtual programming that connected a global audience to Maryland history topics almost weekly, April through December. The popularity of these programs astounded us. More than 6,000 people tuned-in from more than 48 U.S. states and three dozen countries. We are happy to share recordings of these programs with you on our website. Meanwhile, behind the scenes during our closure, long-overdue facility upgrades were addressed, visitor spaces modified with safety in mind, and two new exhibitions installed. Read about them on pages 8-13. It has been a dark year in history, but I assure you we are stronger as we move forward. During the rebranding process, we identified four core values—Community, Authenticity, Dialogue, and Discovery—that are shaping our work and helping us realize the potential of history and culture as a positive force for Marylanders and all the people we serve. Look for SPRING 2021 SPRING | examples of how we are living up to these core values in the pages that follow. Thank you for supporting us on our journey. MHC NEWS MHC
2 MARK B. LETZER, PRESIDENT & CEO MCHC NEWS MCHC
Proposed rendering of the SHAPING THE new MCHC Learning Lab. FUTURE OF HISTORY AT THE
By Hilary Chiang, Director of Individual Giving
n September 2020, the Maryland Center for History Iand Culture launched a $12 million fundraising campaign—Shaping the Future of History—that will preserve the time-honored narrative of our collection and Maryland history, and write an inspiring new story for the future of our organization. The MCHC’s collection is a one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable resource, comprising more than 7 million books, journals, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, prints, fine and decorative arts, oral histories, and 350,000 cultural artifacts.
We are the custodian of all these stories and the potential they MHC NEWS hold for public good. The real value of our collection must be measured in the ways it is used to shape contemporary discourse, build community
identity, and broaden our understanding of the world. With funding and | support from this campaign, we are seeking to shape the future of how history MDHISTORY.ORG is experienced far beyond our walls, connecting with new audiences and greatly expanding our national presence. To achieve this vision, the Shaping the Future of History campaign focuses on three key tenets. As we approach our 200th year, we recognize that balance between education, access, and sustainability is crucial to moving our institution forward. 3 KEY TENETS SHARE OUR VISION ENHANCED EDUCATION AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE We will transform part of our facility into a state-of-the-art Learning Lab THE MCHC understands for enhanced education and family experiences. We will create intentional how to connect people of community spaces designed for dialogue and discovery. Vibrant, responsive, all ages to the power of and inclusive programs that engage and profoundly connect with new, diverse history more than any other audiences are key to success. organization in our state. It INVESTMENTS INCLUDE: took tremendous vision and n New visitor centric education spaces foresight in 1844 to invest n Software and technology upgrades to support enhanced onsite in an idea—that Maryland and digital programming history had value and was n Equipment for an additional Virtual Field Trip production studio worth preserving. At the n Support for expanded programming resources, such as speaker fees, MCHC, that vision is alive marketing materials, and fabrication and installation and well. n Additional staffing for expanded programming n Additional traveling exhibitions, increasing statewide access to This is your invitation to our collection share in that vision, to make history a relevant and immersive experience, ADVANCED COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP AND ACCESS and to ignite countless To welcome and connect with future audiences, we must reexamine and connections with our origins re-envision our campus. By repurposing our underutilized structures, we will and celebrate history. ensure proper stewardship of our collection and focus the MCHC’s resources on strategic investments. Together, these investments will enhance collections QUESTIONS? access today, while ensuring their long-term preservation for future generations. Contact Hilary Chiang at INVESTMENTS INCLUDE: [email protected], or n Advanced collections storage and care 410-685-3750, ext. 339. n Improved public use and research of the collection, both onsite and digitally n Collections assessment and refinement n Research and object interaction room Support the Shaping the n Curatorial staffing for collections stewardship and interpretation Future of History campaign n State-of-the-art fire suppression system throughout the library and at mdhistory.org/donate. museum storage and galleries n Improved public access to our collection through the expanded Digital Collections portal and increased digitization initiatives
SUSTAINABILITY While the MCHC has remained financially solvent through difficult periods, we must diversify our income sources. Our intention is to establish restricted
SPRING 2021 SPRING capital funds to ensure long-term sustainability and secure our legacy by | dedicating a percentage of every campaign gift to these reserves.
INVESTMENTS INCLUDE: n Long-term capital assets MHC NEWS MHC n Reserves for future programming and exhibitions 4 n Long-standing financial sustainability KEY TENETS BRINGING HISTORY EDUCATION DISCOVERY TO THE HOMEFRONT By David Armenti, Director of Education
he school year has been challenging for classroom educators, homeschooling Tparents, and other learners grappling with remote instruction. The Education Department at the Maryland Center for History and Culture has worked to stay on top of Maryland county school systems’ evolving policies and recommendations, and to make the MCHC’s education resources readily available for digital instruction. Despite the challenges of a shortened 2019- 2020 school year, the MCHC significantly increased the number of students and teachers served to 39,176—a 75 percent increase from the previous HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONS PORTAL year. K-12 groups from 15 additional states and We have continued to expand access to the Mexico were served primarily through Virtual Historical Investigations Portal (HIP) online lessons Field Trips, Traveling Trunks, and professional for all K-12 learning audiences. These interactive development workshops, as well as onsite lesson plans allow students to analyze and programming prior to the MCHC’s closure in March synthesize multiple primary source documents, 2020. Our team has built on this momentum and images, and objects to draw evidence-based visibility during the 2020-2021 school year, while conclusions about compelling historical questions. finding creative ways to provide useful resources HIP lessons align with state and national curricular for all educators. frameworks and cover a range of topics in United States and Maryland history. VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS Prior to quarantine, HIP was accessible only Virtual Field Trips (VFT) have been adapted so that through a school’s Learning Management System, classes of students can engage individually from such as Schoology or Blackboard, which are home, while our educators present on screen and maintained at the district level. Over the past year, interact via chat from the MCHC’s learning studio. we have made HIP lesson links publicly accessible Additional steps have been taken to ensure virtual to all. Currently, eight Maryland counties have meeting rooms are secure. Teachers statewide integrated the courses into their systems, while and beyond have expressed appreciation for these students from 18 additional states have used HIP learning opportunities and praised the efforts of via public access links.
MCHC educators. MCHC staff have also developed packages of MHC NEWS After her students attended a VFT, teacher asynchronous instructional material that include Carolyn Calvano of Wolfe Street Academy HIP lessons as well as printable activities and
in Baltimore City told us, “I thought it was educational videos. | MDHISTORY.ORG an extremely well-organized, engaging, and informative presentation … Not only were the students highly engaged, but we had an Enjoy our education resources at outstanding de-brief session afterwards in which mdhistory.org/learn. Sign up to receive many commented that they did not know history the Education Programs e-newsletter at could be so interesting!” mdhistory.org/newsletters. 5 DISCOVERY
THE LIBRARY: FOSTERING NEW DISCOVERIES ONLINE By Catherine Mayfield, France-Merrick Director of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library
othing compares to the sensation of turning the pages of an original manuscript Nor holding an actual document from a time period being researched. Then there is the content within the materials—fragments and evidence of the past, voices, and stories that make up the weft of history. The feeling and process of examining primary resources—handwritten letters or diaries, maps or prints made centuries ago, pamphlets or speeches that inspired action or stirred
sentiment—can be powerful, even emotional. initiatives. A third need was improving how the Often, however, getting to that point of examining library shares nearly 1,000 finding aids, or guides, to an original resource relies on a variety of tools— collections. good description in catalogs and collection guides With a library collection of over 7 million items or finding aids, or sometimes even discovering and a museum collection numbering more than digital surrogates for museum objects or library 350,000 objects, having a management system items on the web. For much of the last year, the to store, manage, preserve, and facilitate access collections teams within the museum and the H. to a growing number of digitized materials had Furlong Baldwin Library have been working to become a necessity. While only a fraction of the SPRING 2021 SPRING
| improve these tools and increase discovery online. total collections is currently digitized, the number of To coincide with the MCHC’s rebranding and new materials scanned or photographed grows weekly. website launch in September 2020, staff identified Diving into Digital Collections
MHC NEWS MHC implementation of a digital asset management system (DAMS) and launch of a complementary So, what is the DAMS and what does it do? It 6 Digital Collections portal for public viewing as key does the essential work of holding the MCHC’s digitized assets—digital surrogates of photographs, aids. It provides a robust search feature, allowing manuscript materials, prints, maps, costumes, researchers to conduct keyword searches across all textiles, furniture, and so much more—plus details, of the database’s collection guides and inventories. or metadata, related to each digitized item. This While there’s nothing quite like examining original includes the names of creators, descriptions about material in person, these new online tools are an the materials, the dates of creation, material types, excellent starting point for students, novice and dimensions, and other details that provide a sense seasoned researchers, genealogists—anyone, in of each item and its history. fact—looking to further research. The DAMS is an internal system, managed and accessed by MCHC staff, but it facilitates online public access by powering the new Digital Collections Explore the Digital Collections and finding aids portal available at mdhistory.org. While the DAMS database at mdhistory.org/online-resources. is more comprehensive, holding legacy and newly ingested items and metadata in various states, the materials made available online through the Digital DAGUERREOTYPE Collections serve as a published sampling of digital COLLECTION materials, items that have gone through a multi-step Receives Federal Funding to review process. Visitors to the new website can use the Digital Collections portal to conduct keyword Support Conservation searches, as well as filter results and drill down by The Maryland Center for History and subject, date, genre, collection, material type, and Culture is a proud recipient of a Save creator, or other facets. America’s Treasures grant totaling $121,000 These digitized assets are used by the MCHC, and by for conservation of the daguerreotype outside curators, researchers, publishers, filmmakers, collection. This nationally significant students, and others to tell stories of Maryland and collection of more than 300 objects— our nation’s past through exhibitions, books, film, photographic images created through the television programs, and many other means. They are first commercially successful photographic available for all to discover and explore. process—helps to tell the story of the evolution of photography while also A New Finding Aids Database documenting regional and national history. While the DAMS and the Digital Collections portal, The Save America’s Treasures grant respectively, store and showcase individual is a federal grant program managed in digitized materials, another online tool, the MCHC’s partnership by the Institute of Museum and new finding aids database, improves description Library Services and the National Park Service. and search into broader library collections. Sometimes a manuscript collection or photograph collection contains hundreds, or even thousands, of items. Descriptive tools are needed to
determine if a collection is relevant to one’s needs MHC NEWS and to help narrow in even further and potentially find that needle in the haystack—a letter, record, or
image, for example, within a collection. A finding | MDHISTORY.ORG aid is an integral tool, providing an overview into the collection, a history about the creator, and a container list or an inventory of items, among View of Baltimore Harbor from Federal Hill, full-plate daguerreotype by Henry H. Clark, other features. c.1845-1850. Maryland Center for History and Culture, The new finding aids database centralizes, for H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Baltimore City Life the first time, the library’s hundreds of finding Museum Collection, MC711.4 7 DISCOVERY
AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT: BALTIMORE THEATERS REFLECT OUR ABILITY TO ADAPT
By Joe Tropea, Curator of Films & Photographs
oday, we tend to think technology changes On a fair June evening in 1896, Baltimoreans at the speed of light, but a closer look reveals gathered at Electric Park, then located at Belvedere Tthat this has been the case for at least the Avenue and Reisterstown Road, to see the very past 100 years. Nowhere is this more evident than first moving-picture presentation in the region. in the history of the movies and movie exhibition, Electric Park was a wildly popular amusement park especially in the transition from silent films to reachable by the city’s vast streetcar line. It held SPRING 2021 SPRING
| talkies. It was a move that left an industry unsure of up to 5,000 visitors. This novel feat was possible
what tomorrow would bring, not unlike the current thanks to Thomas Edison’s latest invention, an early uncertainties of how an industry founded upon film projector called the Vitascope. The machine
MHC NEWS MHC bringing people together can survive the pandemic failed the night before, but on this night was able fever dream of social distancing and skyrocketing to successfully show four short films, each 50 8 infection rates. feet in length, equaling a few minutes. First, two Not a trace is left of Electric Park, the site of the first projected movies in Baltimore. Located southwest of Pimlico Race Course, the outdoor amusement park featured many attractions and drew crowds of up to 2,500 daily. By 1907, its “Sensational Moving Pictures” became a huge draw. Electric Park, unknown photographer, 1905. Maryland Center for History and Culture, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Subject Vertical File, Baltimore, Amusement Parks, Electric Park
women danced with umbrellas, then a scene from a blacksmith’s shop showed four men working. Next came an Edison-produced street scene made at the corner of 23rd Street and Broadway, New York, followed by a colorized (or tinted) film of a woman performing a “skirt dance.” Before long, airdomes—outdoor, walk-in theaters— and nickel theaters began sprouting up across the city. The early 1900s were the dawn of the nickelodeon era. Legitimate stage theaters even began to supplement their programming with photo plays. Movies were powerful, magical, transporting the viewers to new places, inviting them to escape their everyday lives, marvel at a new technology, gather news, and appreciate art. Next came purpose-built theaters (designed solely for movies, not theater productions) and grand palaces. In the wake of Baltimore’s Great Fire, the first purpose-built movie theater in Baltimore opened in 1905 at 406 East Baltimore Street, simply named the Moving Picture Theatre. William Brown opened this cozy 35-seater that was wrecked by fire before the first show ended. Remodeled in 1906 as the Colonnade, and the following year as Lubins, which proudly advertised “polite vaudeville,” it held on by showing adult fare through the early 2000s as the Plaza Theatre. In its lifespan the theater grew from 35 to 800 seats.
As theaters grew in volume and size, so did MHC NEWS the films. The first projected films were just 50 feet. By 1906, the first feature-length, multi-reel
film appeared, clocking in at 70 minutes. Before | MDHISTORY.ORG Lubin’s, the home of “polite vaudeville” on The Block, long, producers would start experimenting with operated from 1908 until 1911. In 1927 it became the Plaza color and sound, the latter of which had profound Theater, which became a burlesque house by the end of the decade and screened adult entertainment films after WWII. effects on exhibitors. Movie palaces, holding well over 1,000 patrons or more, began opening throughout the 1920s, and the city’s most opulent palace opened in 1927. 9 systems exhibitors had to consider at the time. They included RCA’s Photophone, Fox/Western Electric’s Movietone, and DeForest’s Phonofilm, all of which merged sound and picture on one filmstrip and had far fewer problems synchronizing sound and picture. The wrong choice could have spelled economic disaster for an exhibitor. Silent films and sound films co-existed uneasily through the early 1930s, with many convinced that sound movies were merely a fad. Others held on to the idea that silent films were the true artform, and that things would return to normal after talkies faded away. The pages of the Baltimore Sun were filled with letters decrying the new technology. Phrases such as “abomination,” “tortured,” “ghastly voices,” and “metallic sounds,” were used to bash the new form. The cost of converting to sound was Street scene, Metropolitan Theatre, unknown photographer, c.1925. Maryland Center for History and Culture, H. Furlong no small sum, running as much as $25,000, and Baldwin Library, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Julius some theaters only showed silents because of it. Anderson Photograph Collection. 1995-62-003 Again, it was a gamble. One that eventually paid off. But movie exhibitors have always been more The Stanley provided the peak movie-going technologically agile and ready to adapt, especially experience for Baltimore audiences. Inside, it compared to other industries (the auto industry, resembled a cathedral, featuring a grand lobby in failing to readily adapt to contemporary clean with Italian marble floors, a 35-piece orchestra, an energy standards, is a great example). Remember, organist, a dozen dressing rooms for live acts, a corp projected film started as a novelty. A science of ushers, and a house physician. Four thousand, experiment that no one could have predicted would including Mayor Broening, attended the opening turn into a major industry, with a headquarters in on September 23, 1927, which was preceded by a Hollywood and a trademark export of the United formal dinner at the Belvedere Hotel. The Stanley States. Now, since the start of the COVID-19 towered over Howard Street and its neighbors, the pandemic, we’ve seen local theaters demonstrating Auditorium (later the Mayfair) and Little Theater. Its this same, intrinsic adaptability, surviving by roof featured a huge electric sign that read “Stanley opening virtual screening rooms and hosting ad hoc Theatre Photoplays.” Movie theaters became parking lot screenings. The power of film, of sharing symbols for the worlds they were unlocking, space in the dark with people and art, compels ethereal buildings where people gathered to take a industry and filmgoers alike to adapt— even in journey together through the movie screen. the face of collective, national trauma. And for The first feature length sound film appeared at Baltimoreans, maybe even because of it. Warner’s Metropolitan Theatre on January 30, 1927. Three of the four Warner brothers were on hand to see Don Juan starring John Barrymore. It premiered Learn about Maryland movie history in nine months before Al Jolson’s Jazz Singer sounded Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore’s SPRING 2021 SPRING
| the alarm that talkies were coming. The Met, as it Forgotten Movie Theaters, featuring the was called, featured Warner Bros. Vitaphone sound- photography of Amy Davis, and brought to you on-disc system, in which music, sound effects, by PNC. On view through September 2022.
MHC NEWS MHC and eventually dialogue played on a turntable connected to the projector. But it was a gamble, 10 as there were at least three other sound-on-film DISCOVERY
Sheppard Pratt-ladies knitting, weaving, by The Hughes Company, 1940-1956. Maryland Center for History and Culture, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, PP30.942-48 WILD AND UNTAMED: DUNTON’S DISCOVERY OF THE BALTIMORE ALBUM QUILTS
By Allison Tolman, Vice President of Collections & Interpretation
r. William Rush Dunton Jr. (1868–1966) Untamed: Dunton’s Discovery of the Baltimore is an interesting person. Those in the Album Quilts. The exhibition looks at the MCHC’s Dmedical profession may recall his notable famous Baltimore album quilts through a new lens. contribution to the field withOccupation Therapy: Treasures from the collection are paired with his A Manual for Nurses, written in 1915. Dunton is, after work in occupational therapy, interpreted through all, the father of modern occupational therapy. He Dunton’s own words, allowing visitors to see them developed these principles in Maryland, at the then as he did. Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital. Dunton often attributed his interest in quilting To quilters, another book by Dunton is even more to its value as occupational therapy for “nervous valuable—Old Quilts, written and self-published by ladies”1 under his care. He believed mechanical Dunton in 1947, is the comprehensive history and occupation, and training attention on a task meticulous analysis of the Baltimore album quilt like quilting, could be therapeutic for patients tradition popular from 1840-1855. This book earned suffering from mental anguish. He was exposed him another accolade as one of the first inductees to quilting at a young age; his mother Anna to the Quilters Hall of Fame. Only 2,000 copies of Maria “Annie” Gordon Gemmill Dunton was a
Old Quilts were printed, making surviving copies talented needleworker, and an early pupil of the MHC NEWS like the one at the Maryland Center for History and Philadelphia School of Art Embroidery. As a child, Culture’s H. Furlong Baldwin Library incredibly rare. Dunton helped sort and cut fabrics for quilts
How did the early 20th-century pioneer in that his mother would piece together. While he | MDHISTORY.ORG occupational therapy become so invested in never successfully made his own needlepoint, he a quilting tradition that had died out nearly a developed an appreciation for the textile craft. century earlier? Did his work in occupational While Dunton’s interest in quiltmaking may therapy inform his interest in quilts, or was it have stemmed from his groundbreaking work in the other way around? These are the questions occupational therapy, it is clear that it grew into a that inspired our current exhibition, Wild and passion, especially for the Baltimore album quilt 11 style. In Old Quilts, he sets them apart from other those suffering from anxiety and depression, it “tame” quilt styles, and affectionately calls them may now be used for any physical or cognitive “wild” because “the maker’s fancy for design was ailment or trauma that keeps a person from untrammeled by convention and she executed doing a valued activity that affects their quality something varying from the beautiful to the of life. Occupational therapy focuses on removing grotesque, but usually original.”2 He writes about barriers to reestablishing independence, and on each quilt as if judging a work of art and its maker restoring quality of life. Occupational therapists an artist. Dunton had a critical eye for the designs provide holistic treatment tailored to patients’ of the squares, but a warm admiration for the conditions and personal objectives for recovery. makers and an avid interest in their histories. By incorporating occupations like quiltmaking into Baltimore album quilts are now internationally treatment, occupational therapists can assess how recognized as the apex of skill and beauty among a patient’s altered condition affects his or her body all other American quilts from the 19th century, and mind and develop an effective treatment plan. but Dunton was the first to identify them nearly The benefit of occupations was more apparent 100 years after their prominence.3 In the early 20th than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. century, Dunton traveled statewide and beyond, Marylanders across the state turned to meaningful tracking down extant Baltimore album quilts, activities, or occupations, to help regain their documenting each square and symbol, taking quality of life amid various levels of restrictions and minute measurements, and recording family isolation. Gardening, needlepoint and fiber arts, histories. He was enchanted with the practice drawing, bread-making, assembling puzzles, and and saw the potential for therapeutic application. quiltmaking continue to help people cope with Each Baltimore album quilt has a grid of squares, incredible stress. In May 2020, the MCHC launched or quilt blocks, wherein a different woman could #MyCOVIDOccupation, providing a platform make each quilt square. This created an outlet for for Marylanders to showcase their occupations individual artistic expression and, when unified and share how they had improved everyday life. with other squares, a sense of community in This has been transformed into an interactive creating a project together. Dunton would carry experience in the exhibition Wild and Untamed: these two concepts—artistic expression and Dunton’s Discovery of the Baltimore Album Quilts. community—as he developed foundations for Wild and Untamed is presented through the occupational therapy. generosity of the Baltimore Appliqué Society, The occupational therapy field has greatly along with Mimi and Bob Dietrich. This exhibition expanded since Dunton created his manual for was also made possible by the Sheppard Pratt nurses in 1915. While Dunton applied therapy to Health System, especially Vaune Kopeck and
Baltimore album quilt, by Amanda Porter, 1849, Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Gift of Mrs. S. A. Stuart, 1951.94.1 SPRING 2021 SPRING |
Baltimore album by multiple makers, MHC NEWS MHC 1845-1848, Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland Center for History and Culture, 12 Gift of Phillip W. Chase Jr., 1993.1.1 Baltimore album quilt, by Amanda Porter, 1849, Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Gift of Mrs. S. A. Stuart, 1951.94.1
“THE VALUE OF A HOBBY TO ANYONE AS A SAFETY-VALVE FOR SURCHARGED EMOTIONS IS SO GREAT THAT IT CANNOT BE ESTIMATED.”4
– DR. WILLIAM RUSH DUNTON JR.
Lisa Illum, who helped us understand modern occupational therapy and Dr. Dunton’s work at Sheppard Pratt. We also thank the Baltimore Congratulations, MCHC Museum of Art for use of their Dunton Collection for insight into Dunton’s life. Finally, we thank quilter You made learning history beautiful and fun! Mimi Dietrich, our “hometown girl,” for inspiring us We are honored to support this amazing exhibit. to create an exhibition highlighting our Baltimore Love and admiration, album quilts. From BAS quilting sisters
Visit Wild and Untamed through September 2022.
ENDNOTES
1 Transcript from lecture by Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. given MHC NEWS at the Maryland Center for History and Culture, 1950, Dunton Collection, Archives and Manuscripts, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. Baltimore Appliqué Society is a non-profit
founded in 1993 to preserve antique quilts 2 Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr., Old Quilts (Baltimore, MD: William | and promote the art of appliqué. MDHISTORY.ORG Rush Dunton Jr., 1947), 1, NK9112.D92, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Center for History and Culture, Baltimore. Visitors and new members are always welcome.
3 Jennifer F. Goldsborough, Lavish Legacies: Baltimore Album Quilts (Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1994), 3. Visit our website: www.baltimoreapplique.com 4 Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr., Occupation Therapy: A Manual for Email: [email protected] Nurses (Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company, 1915), 171. 13 NEWLY AUTHENTICITY ACQUIRED By Allison Tolman, Vice President of Collections & Interpretation
ver wondered what the Maryland Center for History and Culture collects? Since 1844, we have strived to collect artifacts that tell the rich history E and culture of Maryland. We are always looking for fine art, decorative art, photographs, documents, and other instances of material culture to preserve and interpret for generations. Here are a few notable items we collected this year.
Learn more about donating to our collections at mdhistory.org/donate. PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. NEW OF CITY THE OF MUSEUM OF COURTESY PHOTO
A New Story for the Fashion Archives A beautiful cream embroidered dolman, or fashionable cape, was added to the Fashion Archives this year through a transfer from the Museum of the City of New York. The piece is rare in its color as well as its provenance. This dolman from the 1880s was owned by Lavinia Washington Corrie Gary (1838-1926) of Baltimore, wife of James Albert Gary (1833- 1920), who served as the Postmaster General SPRING 2021 SPRING |
under President William McKinley from 1897 to 1898. The couple lived in the Mount Vernon neighborhood in Baltimore City, with another home in Catonsville. Most dolmans of this
MHC NEWS MHC time period were black, a stark contrast to the cream and floral embroidery on this piece
14 YORK. NEW OF CITY THE OF MUSEUM OF COURTESY PHOTO owned by Gary. An Early View of the Washington Monument The daguerreotype process, invented in 1839, was a very early photographic process often used for portraiture. This direct-positive photographic process creates unique images, making each one distinct. A larger daguerreotype, like this half plate view of the Washington Monument from circa 1845 is truly remarkable. This is the earliest view of the Washington Monument in our collection and the only such view from Charles Street looking north. Early Mount Vernon buildings are visible, including the Howard House (built 1830, seen here on the right), the Greenway House (built 1835, just left of the monument), and the Tiffany- Fisher House (built 1842, far left of the monument). This piece may be by the daguerreotypist John Plumbe Jr. (1809-1857), who was active in Baltimore starting in 1843. View of Washington Monument, half-plate daguerreotype possibly by John Plumbe Jr., circa 1845. Maryland Center for History and Culture, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Cased Photograph Collection. 2020-013-LIB
A Growing Hutzler’s Collection One of our current exhibitions has inspired Marylanders to contribute some of their own history to the MCHC. The Hutzler’s Experience: How a Small Dry Goods Store Became a Maryland Institution explores the legacy of the Hutzler Brothers Co, and how it became ingrained in Maryland culture. Since it’s opening, several donations of Hutzler’s treasures have come into the collection. White leather gloves, needlepoint high heels, employee pins, and cold cream soap bearing the iconic Hutzler’s logo bolster our Hutzler’s material culture collection. Cold cream soap, by Hutzler Brothers Company, c.1960. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Gift of Richard and Rosemarie Skovira, 2020.6.1.
A One-of-a-Kind Book from the Pumphrey School This oversized “Dick and Jane”-style handmade book was discovered at a construction site and left on the
doorstep of the historic Enoch Pratt House, owned MHC NEWS by and adjacent to the Maryland Center for History and Culture. It is from the Pumphrey School in Anne Arundel County, which taught African American
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students in the early 20th century. The book begins MDHISTORY.ORG with familiar images from the popular “Dick and Jane” books used for teaching reading. The pages use the same style sentences, but with hand-stamped letters and photographs of the students and teachers at the Pumphrey School. This may have been made as a class project or as a reading resource for the students to see themselves in the popular reading books. 15
16 | MHC NEWS SPRING 2021 AUTHENTICITY AMERICAN GRACE T PAINTING AN MARY ANNE CATON PATTERSON “M date isthefact that thereverse of thecanvas bears aninscription: important new information about its origins.Unknown to scholars to the museum’sholdings,but anexamination of theportrait hasbrought forth Family &HisMaryland. exhibition, when exhibited in theBaltimore Museumof monumentalArt’s 1975 bicentennial the late springof 1818, leaving her sisters behind—both would marry into theBritisharistocracy. Napoleon at theBattle of Waterloo. Mary Anne andher husband Robert returned to Baltimore in House, London). Wellington at thetime was, of course, aninternational hero for his 1815 defeat of her by Sir Thomas Lawrence (Stratfield Saye), andgifted her aportrait of himself by theartist (Apsley she was married.Hisinterest inMary Anne was sofervent that in 1817 hecommissioned aportrait of of Wellington, who, correspondence surviving suggests, was enamored with Mary Anne, even though were quickly welcomed into British society andinto thecircle of Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), theDuke England. Their sister Emily remained inBaltimore. With a well-placed introduction, thethree sisters ill-fated marriageto NapoleonBonaparte’s brother Jerome hadtaken place just three years before. wife Dorcas Spear. By thismarriageMary Anne became thesister-in-law of Elizabeth Patterson, whose Patterson (1781-1822), oneof thechildren of wealthy Baltimore merchant William Patterson andhis Caton, were granddaughters of CharlesCarroll of Carrollton. In 1806 Mary Anne marriedRobert Lawrence (1769-1830). EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MOUNT VERNON PLACE CONSERVANCY BY HUMPHRIES, LANCE PH.D., The portrait of Mary Anne acquired by theMCHC was last recorded over 40 years ago In May 1816 Mary Anne andher husband, joinedby her sisters Elizabeth andLouisa, traveled to “The American Graces”— three of thefour daughters of Richard Caton andhis wife Mary (Carroll) rs Mary Anne Patterson /deposited with / Rich “the American Graces”—a portrait of Mary Anne Caton Patterson (1788-1853) by Sir Thomas beautiful art object, but adepictionof oneof most Maryland’s famous celebrities—one of Centerhe Maryland for History andCulture hasrecently addedto its collections not only a Anywhere SoLong as There BeFreedom: CharlesCarroll of Carrollton, His
The recent acquisition of thisportrait not only enriches
d Caton.” : Mary Anne Caton Patterson (1788-1853), Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), oil on canvas, c.1816- 1818. Maryland Center for History and Culture, 2020.17
When exhibited in 1975 this work was thought Mary Anne returned to England she left behind to date to after Mary Anne’s return to England in in Baltimore her own portrait by Sir Thomas 1823 and her second marriage in 1825 to the Duke Lawrence, as well as the one of Wellington that of Wellington’s brother Richard Colley Wellesley the Duke had gifted her. As noted on the reverse of (Marquess Wellesley) (1760-1842). This second her portrait, she left her picture with her parents, marriage was made possible by the fact that Richard and Mary Caton, who at the time lived Robert Patterson died at a young age—in the fall of in the “Carroll mansion” on Lombard Street in 1822—after which Mary Anne returned to England in Baltimore. Although it is unknown if the portrait of 1823 to be reunited with her sisters, and two years Wellington has a similar notation on the reverse, 1 later married the Marquess Wellesley. . other evidence documents that it remained MHC NEWS However, the inscription on the reverse of behind as well.2 the canvas describes her as “Mrs. Mary Anne Notably, after Mary Anne’s return to England,
Patterson,” clearly indicating that at the time both portraits by Lawrence were exhibited from | MDHISTORY.ORG she was painted by Lawrence she had not yet her collection at the second annual exhibition at remarried—indicating it must have been painted in Peale’s Baltimore Museum in October 1823. While on England either in 1816-18, or in 1823-25 before her exhibition, hers was mentioned in several newspaper second marriage. That the painting was certainly reviews, including one in the Federal Gazette: painted in 1816-18 is documented by several “This is an excellent likeness, and a most factors. Other sources document that when admirable picture. The artist appears to have 17 exerted himself more in this, than in any other group of Baltimoreans was granted access to this painting of his in the present collection. The neck famous and busy artist speaks to their high social is finely done, and the two rings, (we are ignorant status in the Anglo-American world of the time. of the anatomical name) preserved without After her marriage to Wellington’s brother—when harshness, and so managed as to add greatly to she changed her name to “Marianne”—she never the roundness of the part. The eyes and mouth returned to the United States. However, her portrait are exquisitely painted, and the whole head finely and that of the Duke of Wellington remained with relieved against the warm drapery beyond it. One her parents on Lombard Street for several decades of the striking parts of the picture is the harmony and were commented on by visitors to the mansion. between the attitude and the expression of the Her grandfather Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who countenance. This, in our opinion, is decidedly the after the mid-1820s increasingly spent the winters finest portrait in the room.” at the Caton mansion, wrote his granddaughter in Lawrence’s lush colors and dashing brushwork 1828: “I never cross, my dear Mary, your portrait by are not directly alluded to in this review, although Sir Thomas Lawrence, without thinking it represents it proclaims his command as a painter. Another one I shall never see again.” more brief notice in the Baltimore American, while While she remained in Europe, her parents commenting somewhat critically on the pose, eventually died at the Lombard Street house—her noted that it was a “beautiful picture,” and that father in 1845, and her mother in 1846. Mary (Carroll) “the pearl necklace [is] inimitable; the drapery Caton’s inventory lists the portrait of Wellington, but tasteful and elegant.”3 it does not include her daughter’s portrait. Whether As noted in the Federal Gazette review of Mary it had been removed at the time is not known— Anne’s portrait—there were other Lawrence however, often family portraits are not itemized portraits included in the 1823 Peale exhibition, in estate inventories. Both portraits found their including the portrait of Wellington owned by her. way back to England, as Mary Anne bequeathed This was highly unusual in the United States in this the portrait of Wellington to the second Duke of period, as Mary Anne’s portrait by Lawrence is one Wellington, and that of herself to her sister Elizabeth, of only a handful by the artist of American sitters. Lady Stafford, and then to Lord Stafford after her Also included in the 1823 exhibition was a portrait by death. It descended in the Stafford family until Lawrence of William Hoffman (private collection), coming on the art market in the early 20th century, one of the wealthy sons of Baltimore merchant after which it was acquired by various American Peter Hoffman Sr., who in this same period was collectors, although not in Baltimore. From the in London, trading as a merchant. Also included estate of the owner at the time it was exhibited in was Thomas Sully’s copy after Lawrence of Robert 1975, this rare portrait has returned to Baltimore.4 Gilmor Jr., as well as Sully’s original portrait of Sarah ENDNOTES R. L. Gilmor (Gibbes Museum of Art). Gilmor, one of 1 The exhibition catalogue of the same title (Baltimore: the founders of the Maryland Historical Society— Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975), was assembled by Ann C. Van now the Maryland Center for History and Culture— Devanter. Van Devanter includes this portrait as cat. 72. and his wife Sarah were painted by Lawrence while 2 The inscription was unknown to Van Devanter, encouraging confusion in her catalogue entries, and leading to the belief they were in London in 1818 (private collection). that there was yet another portrait of Mary Anne—at the time These two works were not included in the 1823 assumed to be unlocated—listed as cat. 71B. The present work is, in fact, cats. 71B and 72. exhibition, although that of Sarah Gilmor would be 3 See “Second Exhibition of Painting at the Museum, No. 5,” SPRING 2021 SPRING exhibited at the museum in 1824. Nov. 6, 1823, Federal Gazette. See also “For the American, The |
Lawrence at this time in the late 1810s had Arts,” Nov. 7, 1823, Baltimore American, which Van Devanter quotes in part under her cat. 71B. A catalogue survives for this emerged as the most famous portraitist in Europe, Peale Museum exhibition listing Mrs. Patterson as the owner of having been commissioned by the Prince Regent her own portrait and that of the Duke. MHC NEWS MHC 4 Van Devanter, in her cat. 71B, includes the Charles Carroll to depict the leaders of the allied countries who quotation. On Mary Caton’s inventory see cat. 73, and on Mary 18 had defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. That this small Anne’s bequests see cats. 72 and 73. COMMUNITY
Collecting in Quarantine contributor Michael Lisicky and his pup in an empty Fells Point, Baltimore, April 2020. COLLECTING IN QUARANTINE: DOCUMENTING MARYLAND LIFE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
By Allison Tolman, Vice President of Collections & Interpretation, and Catherine Mayfield, France-Merrick irectorD of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library
n March 2020, the Maryland Center for History The initiative is categorized into “Letters from and Culture, like so many businesses across the the Homefront”—personal stories, recollections, Istate, had to close its doors to the public due to drawings, and accounts of life through email the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost immediately, staff submissions—and “Business Unusual”—digital began to brainstorm how to help, how to serve the images of the ever-changing social and economic public, and how to document this unique time. After landscape through the pandemic. all, personal accounts are some of the most powerful Read examples of contributions to Collecting tools we have in understanding historic events. in Quarantine on the library’s underbelly blog at Letters, diaries, and photographs of important mdhistory.org/blog-updates. Now that we have reopened, we are also moments like the Civil War, World Wars I and II, collecting physical donations. Face masks, locally MHC NEWS the Spanish flu of 1918, and the Annapolis yellow made hand sanitizer bottles, journals, and other fever epidemics of 1793 and 1800, help to provide material culture are being added to our collection. glimpses of life during these times. Rapid-response
| collecting proved effective in the past, as with MDHISTORY.ORG Preserve the Baltimore Uprising, but how were we Submit your stories to lettersfromthehomefront@ going to collect with the museum and library closed? mdhistory.org, and your photos to Our Collecting in Quarantine initiative [email protected]. Visit asks Marylanders to digitally submit stories mdhistory.org/collecting-in-quarantine to documenting life in Maryland during COVID-19. learn more about Collecting in Quarantine. 19 COMMUNITY
JOSHUA JOHNSON PORTRAIT COLLECTION TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON COUNTY
By Mark B. Letzer, President & CEO
hen the Maryland Center for History understood Maryland artist. The story of Johnson is and Culture received the large family significant on several fronts. The most interesting Wgrouping of the James McCormick fact of his work in the early republic was the family in 1920 by Joshua Johnson, it was to be patronage he received. the foundation of one of the most important Johnson was born to a white father and an and nationally significant groupings in American enslaved African American mother. After his art. Johnson, long recognized as the first African manumission, he set up a painting practice and American portrait artist in the United States, referred to himself as a “self-taught genius.” More created canvases of the new emerging merchant importantly, as a free black man, Johnson painted SPRING 2021 SPRING
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century and the beginning years of the at the same time. This fluidity is extremely 19th century. interesting in Johnson’s early Baltimore and
MHC NEWS MHC The institution at that time already knew of warrants further study. A large population of free Johnson’s significance and actively encouraged blacks lived in Baltimore at this time and it was 20 the addition of more works by this poorly interwoven with the fabric of the community. Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), oil on canvas, c.1817-1825
Charles Burnett (1768-1812), by Joshua Johnson, c.1812. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Purchased through a fund established to honor Stiles T. Colwill, from the Estate of Francis Travers Singleton Brown, 2002.1.1
Rebecca Myring Everette (Mrs. Thomas Everette) and her Children, by Joshua Johnson, c.1818. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Bequest of Miss Mary Augusta Clarke, 1976.96.4
McCormick Family, by Joshua Johnson, c.1805. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Thomas C. McCormick, 1920.6.1
Historian J. Hall Pleasants first examined Johnson in 1942 and published Joshua Johnston, the First American Negro Portrait Painter (historical documents show that Johnson’s name was sometimes spelled Johnston). He examined Johnson and reattributed portraits that had long been attributed to different artists, from Charles Willson Peale and Charles Peale Polk to Jeremiah Paul. Once these stylistic differences were examined and evaluated, a larger body of work and new evidence began to emerge and form the nucleus of what we recognize today as a very important painter. JOSHUA JOHNSON PORTRAIT COLLECTION The MCHC collection is the largest grouping of Joshua Johnson portraits in a public institution. TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON COUNTY With a total of nine paintings in our holdings, we are pleased to take this collection of portraits statewide to areas where they have not been seen or studied before, beginning this spring at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. The MCHC continues to collect the work of Joshua Johnson and grow our understanding of his world beyond the knowledge we have amassed to date. Mary Ann Jewins Burnett (1776-1838), by Joshua We hope stories about the sitters and their painter
Johnson, c.1812. Maryland Center for History and MHC NEWS form connections to a larger community that will Culture, Purchased through a fund established to honor the 50th birthday of Stiles T. Colwill, from the Estate of shed new light on this important period of our Francis Travers Singleton Brown, 2002.1.2 collective history.
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VIEW THE SELECTION of Joshua Johnson portraits from the Maryland Center for History and Culture at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown.
Joshua Johnson: Portraitist of Early American Baltimore will run from April 11, 2021, to October 25, 2021. 21 HERITAGE ORGANIZATIONS PIVOT IN 2020 USING PATHWAYS GRANTS COMMUNITY
By David Belew, Director of Grants & Government Affairs
IN SPRING 2020, the Maryland Center for History and Culture celebrated the statewide winners of the inaugural Pathways Grant Program. Out of 43 eligible applications, 12 organizations received a total of $200,000 in funding for projects ranging from marketing and audience development to neighborhood oral histories. The MCHC administers this competitive grant program using state dollars from the Preservation of Cultural Arts Fund. The goal is to support capacity-building projects that build the long-term resiliency and efficacy of Maryland’s many heritage organizations. Pathways grantees have two years to complete their projects. Unfortunately, just as the first grantees were launching their projects last year, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Many organizations had to pivot their projects, but the MCHC worked with each to ensure project success. Despite these challenges, we are pleased to share two examples of how grantees used their Pathways funding to respond to the current moment.
THE C&O CANAL TRUST The C&O Canal Trust is the official nonprofit partner of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park—20,000 acres of land nestled between the Potomac River and the historic canal that ferried goods between Washington, D.C. and the Appalachians throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Based in Hagerstown, the Trust supports this Maryland treasure that spans 184.5 miles, 1,300 historic structures, and four Maryland counties, and provides outdoor recreation for millions. Today, the canal and its towpath are a gateway to the past with many extant lock structures. As the National Historic Park approaches its 50th anniversary in 2021, the MCHC awarded the Trust $20,000 to overhaul its donor and communications database. This project will help the Trust’s fundraising and outreach efforts during its anniversary when they expect greater visitor interest. That surge, however, came one year early with the COVID-19 pandemic. Parks statewide reported record-breaking visitation in 2020, and the C&O Canal was no exception. Heidi Schlag, the Trust’s Director of Marketing and Communications, estimated that 6 million people visited the park in 2020.
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things we could do, but we’ve found that the visitation has remained high throughout the year,” Schlag said. The Trust’s new database and communications tools will help them meaningfully MHC NEWS MHC engage with its growing audience and inspire long-term supporters. Follow the Trust’s 22 work at canaltrust.org. THE BALTIMORE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION FUTURE PATHWAYS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) is By the time of this publication, the second round another heritage organization on the rise that of MCHC Pathways Grant Program winners will benefited from MCHC Pathways funds. Many know have been announced, representing a cumulative Baltimore City for its historic built environment $400,000 investment in Maryland’s network of and the city boasts upwards of 65,000 buildings heritage sites. The MCHC will continue to grow on the National Register for Historic Places, but this program as an extension of its mission to Baltimore is also home to a thriving contemporary inspire critical thinking, creativity, and community architecture industry. through Maryland’s history and culture. Look for BAF encourages people to explore Baltimore more information about the third application cycle architecture, be mindful of the area’s history, opening in September 2021. recognize its architectural heritage, and appreciate design innovations. On October 30, Learn about the Pathways Grant Program at 2020, BAF opened its new 3,600 square foot mdhistory.org/about. Baltimore Center of Architecture & Design in One Charles Center in the city’s downtown. The opening capped a busy time for BAF, which VISIT US STATEWIDE AND organizes Doors Open Baltimore every October, STEP INTO HISTORY welcoming hundreds of visitors to tour Baltimore’s In fall 2020, we invited the public to step into architectural treasures. history, literally, in life size frames depicting BAF used its $20,000 in Pathways funds to hire a scenes from the MCHC collection. A frame of Paul consultant to refine Doors Open Baltimore and serve Henderson’s 1948 photograph, “Protesting Jim its growing number of participants. Limited indoor Crow Admissions Policy at Ford’s Theatre,” was capacity and social distancing recommendations placed in the MCHC’s courtyard, and a frame of the painting By Dawn’s Early Light, by Edward Percy were obvious obstacles to producing an event this Moran, visited North Point State Park. year, but the Pathways funding helped BAF maintain Look for new frames in new locations in flexibility, innovate, and produce 42 online talks and 2021, including the C. Burr Artz Public Library virtual tours throughout October. in downtown Frederick. Learn more at Nathan Dennies, BAF Associate Director, was mdhistory.org/step-into-history. Then step in, take a photo, and tag #StepIntoHistory! MHC NEWS concerned virtual visitors would not engage in the same way, but he was pleasantly surprised.
“So much of the program is about getting | people inside the building and letting them see it MDHISTORY.ORG firsthand, but what we found is that each program was still getting between 50 and 200 people and that they were returning,” he said. Check out BAF’s Spring 2021 virtual lecture series at baltimorearchitecture.org. 23 DIALOGUE
LOSING WINTER: Q&A WITH ARTIST OF PARTICIPATORY EXHIBITION OPENING JULY 2021
Interviewed by Martha Oster-Beal, Community Engagement Manager
osing Winter is a participatory art project how frigid I felt at that moment. All the other details and archive of memories about the season of that afternoon came rushing back to me. Lof winter. At the heart of the project are The photograph also made me think about participants’ memories—the wooly smell of wet how the lake doesn’t reliably freeze anymore and mittens, a carrot for a nose, snowflakes sparkling how winter has gradually warmed within my own on marble steps. These recollections of weather lifetime. I also thought of my nephews who live intersect with individual lifetimes and places near there, how they have a radically different found in the film and photograph collection at the perception of what is “normal” for winter. This Maryland Center for History and Culture. Memories moment eventually led to my conception for and images intertwine, providing a window into Losing Winter. I wanted to gather other people’s personal loss in the face of a changing climate. memories about winter—to preserve those Lynn Cazabon, a Baltimore-based artist memories but also to reflect on what is being and professor of art at University of Maryland, lost with climate change on the small scale of Baltimore County, is the artist behind Losing individual lifetimes. Winter. Learn about her work, which has been Can you tell us more about your Losing Winter exhibited internationally, at lynncazabon.com. installation in Romania? We asked Lynn to tell us more about the concept of Losing Winter. LC: I received a commission from the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest,
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inspiration come from? Winter. In summer 2018 I spent three months LC: I was inspired by a photograph of myself that creating it on location. We advertised a series of my father took when I was about 14 years old, sitting public events hosted with local businesses and MHC NEWS MHC beside frozen Lake St. Clair in Michigan, where I also with a senior community. At each event, 24 grew up. The image brought up a vivid memory of people shared memories connected to the Shoppers waiting for trolley in snow, Howard Street and Lexington Street, Baltimore, archival print, unknown photographer, January 28, 1922. Maryland Center for History and Culture, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, MC1909
season of winter—the audio was recorded—and in What do you hope people will take away from exchange they received ice cream donated by a the exhibition? local ice cream company. LC: Sadly, climate change is still abstract to many About 130 memories were gathered and I worked people. One of the goals of Losing Winter is to with a local ice sculptor to realize 10 memories as make it tangible by asking people to reflect on ice sculptures, which were featured in a video I what they remember. I also hope the project draws made. The resulting video, Melt, shows the melting attention to the intricate connection between sculptures positioned in key locations in and around every aspect of our lives and the climate. The the museum. The final exhibition of the project project is not so much focused on the causes of at the MNAC included Melt and headphones for climate change as it is on the lived experience of listening to the recorded memories. it. In fact, I conceived of the project in a way that circumvents the topic of climate change altogether. How will images in the MCHC collection I deliberately use the clichéd conversation starter of complement the collected memories of winter? the weather to approach and include anyone in the LC: For this version of Losing Winter, I want to focus project, even those who might disagree with me on Maryland, asking for memories from people about the reality or causes of climate change. from Maryland or who have lived here a long time. I also want to preserve these memories for I feel it makes perfect sense as a complement to younger generations so they can understand what these memories to display archival photographs has been lost and to inspire action. and films from the MCHC collection, representing places across the state during the season of winter over time. Share your memories of winter in the Losing Winter Participatory Virtual Workshops, How can people share their memories of winter Thursdays: March 18, April 29, and May 27 at 6 with you? p.m., and Fridays: February 26 and March 26 at LC: We will host virtual public sharing workshops noon. Register at mdhistory.org/events. when people can share a memory and it will be recorded on video. People can also record and upload a memory using a mobile app created for the project in collaboration with the Imaging Research Center at UMBC. MHC NEWS
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Participants will be able to upload and share their memories of winter using a mobile app created for the exhibition, in collaboration with the Imaging Research Center at UMBC. 25 RECOGNITION OF SR. LIBRARIAN FRANCIS O’NEILL
By Jennifer Michael, Director of Communications & Marketing DIALOGUE KIND. PATIENT. ENTHUSIASTIC. DILIGENT. KNOWLEDGEABLE. These are some of the best qualities a librarian can have, and all of these words were used to describe Francis O’Neill during a virtual celebration of his 40th work anniversary as Senior Reference Librarian at the Maryland Center for History and Culture’s H. Furlong Baldwin Library on July 3, 2020. Staff, volunteers, and members enjoyed picking Francis in 1982. Francis’ brain about all he has experienced over four decades in and among the stacks of What is a favorite memory of providing Maryland history. We share some of the questions “reference under pressure”? and answers here. FO: One Friday afternoon the telephone rang, and In all your 40 years at the MCHC, what reference it turned out to be somebody from WBAL [TV]. question stumped you? This was maybe 30 years ago, and they said they wanted to know the history of St. Patrick’s Church FO: There were a lot of them. Too many to count. on Broadway [in Baltimore]. I said, “Oh yeah, we My favorite one was, “How many cobblestones have stuff on St. Patrick’s Church, can you give did it take to cover Pratt Street [in Baltimore]?” me a few minutes?” They said, “Well no, we really I guess they could have figured this out using can’t because it is burning down right now, and we advanced math, but for some reason this was are covering it live so we were hoping for some important to someone writing a history of the background material on it.” I gave them what I 1861 riots. I told them I did not think it was feasible had. The church didn’t burn down completely. It’s for us to take it on. still there, but it was badly damaged.
What is the strangest question you’ve ever received? FO: There are a lot to choose from. The strangest was from the people who wanted the measurements of the Battle Monument and the Washington Monument [in Baltimore] because they claimed they were set up in an alignment that was intended to give directions to interstellar space travelers who were going to arrive in Baltimore. I told them how tall they are, but I couldn’t set up any kind of alignment they could SPRING 2021 SPRING |
use. But they were nice about it and said that they would talk to somebody in city government.
How many patrons do you think you have MHC NEWS MHC worked with? 26 FO: I couldn’t begin to guess. A lot. RECOGNITION OF INTRODUCING SR. LIBRARIAN FRANCIS O’NEILL NEW BOARD CHAIR, CLINTON DALY
Interviewed by Hilary Chiang, Director of Individual Giving
WE ARE PLEASED TO INTRODUCE Clinton R. Daly, elected as Board Chair on July 1, 2020. Clinton has served on the board for three years and not only has deep Maryland roots, but also family ties to the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
What drew you to the MCHC’s team? CD: I have always had a great interest in history and in community service. I remember as a young child, my father was involved as a board member with the then named Maryland Historical Society, now the Maryland Center for History and Culture. Looking back, I admired the board for their commitment to helping sustain and grow an organization dedicated to history and the official state history museum; complete our preservation. Going back farther, my great- capital campaign; achieve financial sustainability; grandfather, Adjutant-General Clinton Levering implement Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, Riggs, served as the President of the organization and Inclusion training for the staff and board from 1935 to 1938. I was asked to join the board members; undertake our first comprehensive in 2017 and, as I was winding down on other membership drive in 20 years; and continue to board commitments and transitioning to a Senior expand and evolve our educational programming. Advisor position at Brown Advisory, the time was right for me to join the team. I have truly enjoyed If you could have dinner with any historical my time on the board and am excited to be figure, who would it be? involved at this pivotal time. CD: Let’s see, I would have to say Abraham Lincoln. On a recent road trip I enjoyed listening What are you most looking forward to John Meacham’s historical narratives and I am to accomplishing? always in awe hearing Lincoln’s quotes. Lincoln CD: I take the responsibility of board chair was an incredible orator with a “searching mind very seriously. Louise Lake Hayman, the most and cool judgment.” He remained very balanced recent past-board chair, did so much to lay the and level-headed while dealing with a country in
groundwork for all that is coming to fruition now. moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He truly MHC NEWS I am most looking forward to building on her rose to the occasion and felt a burden—both real success and working with the MCHC staff to think and emotional—of moving the country forward.
broadly and deeply about the impact the MCHC I believe he said, “The best way to predict your | MDHISTORY.ORG can have on its community. Our primary goal is to future is to create it,” and I hope to help create do no harm—my hope is that the MCHC remains a a bright future for the MCHC that is not only trusted resource for history education, research, relevant but impactful. and preservation. We must be responsible stewards of our resources, first and foremost. I also want to secure the MCHC’s designation as Contact Clinton at [email protected]. 27 HONORING OUR DONORS JULY 1, 2019 – JUNE 30, 2020 DEAR FRIENDS, Reflecting back on our previous fiscal year, we accomplished so much despite facing our own unique challenges. This is in large part thanks to you – our members, donors, and supporters. Because of your contributions to the Maryland Center for History and Culture, we reached more people than ever before through our virtual resources – exhibitions, programs, publications, and collections. Your generosity has enabled the MCHC to continue to work towards its mission, and collect, preserve, and share authentic stories and content that connect the world to Maryland’s unique place in the American experience. From all of us at the MCHC, thank you! Sincerely,
MARK B. LETZER, PRESIDENT & CEO
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MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE Published since 1906, the Maryland Historical Magazine is the MCHC’s biannual, peer-reviewed journal. With a circulation of 3,500 per issue, it serves a wide readership from diverse backgrounds, featuring innovative articles on all periods and aspects of Maryland social, political, and cultural history. We are looking for new submissions to the Maryland Historical Magazine: visit mdhistory.org/publications/mdhs-magazine for guidelines and how to submit.
EXPLORE THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE All issues are available for free at mdhistory.org/publications/maryland- historical-magazine-online. For your own collectible print copy of the journal, become a member of the MCHC. More information at mdhistory.org/join. Martina Kado, Ph.D., Director of Publications CONTACT [email protected] » mdhistory.org 410.685.3750, ext. 335 Non-Profit Org U.S. Postage PAID Baltimore, MD 21201 Permit No. 3810 610 Park Avenue Baltimore, MD 21201
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OUR MISSION The Maryland Center for History and Culture collects, preserves, and interprets the history, art, and culture of Maryland. By exploring multiple perspectives and sharing national stories through the lens of Maryland, the MCHC inspires critical thinking, creativity, and community.
OUR CORE VALUES Understanding history and culture is integral to the MCHC’s fulfillment of its mission. Our core values of Community, Authenticity, Dialogue, and Discovery help frame our activities and realize the potential of history and culture as a positive force for Marylanders and all the people we serve.
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