Maryland Historical Magazine, 1981, Volume 76, Issue No. 1
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Historical Magazine Published Quarterly by The Museum and Library of Maryland History The Maryland Historical Society Spring 1981 THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS J. Fife Symington, Jr., Chairman* Robert G. Merrick, Sr., Honorary Chairman* Leonard C. Crewe, Jr., Vice Chairman* Frank H. Weller, Jr., President* J. Dorsey Brown, III, Vice President* Stuart S. Janney, III, Secretary* Mrs. Charles W. Cole, Jr., Vice President* John G. Evans, Treasurer* E. Phillips Hathaway, Vice President* J. Frederick Motz, Counsel* William C. Whitridge, Vice President* Samuel Hopkins, Past President* "The officers listed above constitute the Society's Executive Committee. BOARD OF TRUSTEES H. Furlong Baldwin Richard R. Kline Frederick Co. Mrs. Emory J. Barber St. Mary's Co. Mrs. Frederick W. Lafferty Gary Black, Jr. John S. Lalley James R. Herbert Boone (Honorary) Charles D. Lyon Washington Co. Thomas W. Burdette Calvert C. McCabe, Jr. Philip Carroll Howard Co. Robert G. Merrick, Jr. Mrs. James Frederick Colwill Michael Middleton Charles Co. Owen Daly, II J. Jefferson Miller, II Donald L. DeVries W. Griffin Morrel Emory Dobson Caroline Co. Richard P. Moran Montgomery Co. Deborah B. English Thomas S. Nichols Charles O. Fisher Carroll Co. Addison V. Pinkney Mrs. Jacob France (Honorary) J. Hurst Purnell, Jr. Kent Co. Louis L. Goldstein Calvert Co. George M. Radcliffe Anne L. Gormer Allegany Co. Adrian P. Reed Queen Anne's Co. Kingdon Gould, Jr. Howard Co. Richard C. Riggs, Jr. William Grant Garrett Co. David Rogers Wicomico Co. Benjamin H. Griswold, III Terry M. Rubenstein R. Patrick Hayman Somerset Co. John D. Schapiro Louis G. Hecht Jacques T. Schlenger T. Hughlett Henry, Jr. Talbot Co. Truman T. Semans Matthew H. Hirsh T. Rowland Slingluff, Jr. Michael Hoffberger Jess Joseph Smith, Jr. Prince George's Co. E. Ralph Hostetter Cecil Co. John T. Stinson Elmer M. Jackson, Jr. Anne Arundel Co. Mrs. W. Wallace Symington, Jr. Mrs. Thomas F. Johnson Worcester Co. Thomas D. Washburne H. Irvine Keyser, II Jeffrey P. Williamson Dorchester Co. James T. Wollon, Jr. Harford Co. COUNCIL Thomas G. Bailliere, Jr. John G. Evans Richard C. Riggs, Jr. Mrs. Calhoun Bond Arthur L. Flinner W. Cameron Slack Thomas W. Burdette Edgar G. Heyl John T. Stinson Mary E. Busch Bryden B. Hyde Dr. John Walton Thomas M. Caplan Walter D. Pinkard G. Luther Washington Mrs. Dudley I. Catzen George M. Radcliffe Mrs. Vernon H. Wiesand Romaine Stec Somerville, Director P. William Filby, Consultant Composed and printed at Waverly Press. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Second-class postage paid at Baltimore. Maryland. © Copyright 1981, Maryland Historical Society. Volume 76 Number 1 HISTORICAL March, 1981 ISSN-0025-4258 CONTENTS Lynn Cox and Helena Picture Research at the Maryland Historical Society: A Guide to Zinkham the Sources 1 David W. Jordan Sir Thomas Lawrence, Secretary of Maryland: A Royal Place- man's Fortunes in America 22 Felix Morley Pre-Revolutionary Letters to Great Britain from the Eastern Shore 45 George M. Anderson, S. J. A Captured Confederate Officer: Nine Letters from Captain James Anderson to his Family 62 William L. Marbury The Hiss-Chambers Libel Suit 70 Book Reviews Olson, Baltimore; The Building of an American City, by Joseph L. Arnold • Browne, Baltimore in the Nation, 1789-1861, by Leonard P. Curry • Greene, Baltimore; An Illustrated History, by Fred Shelley • Roller and Twyman, eds., The Encyclopedia of Southern History, by John B. Boles • Jeffries, Testing the Roosevelt Coalition, by Roderick N. Ryon • Rundell, Military Money, by Daun van Ee • Eisenberg, Learning Vacations, by Gary L. Browne • Other Books Received 93 NEWS AND NOTICES 105 COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HIGHLIGHTS 106 / , HALL OF RECORDS LIBRARY 20 184-7b ANNAPHUS, MARYLAND E 37 CAMP AT MELVILLE MD. ELLSWORTH ZOUAVES, COMP. A 87TH RGT. PA. V. OF YORK, PA. CAPT. J. A. STAHLE, COMDG. LITH. BY E. SACHSE & CO. BALTO. Gateway lettered CAMP SMALL; locomotive tender; TAYLOR; box car, 125; and two passenger cars, N.C.R.R. ** Lithograph, printed in colors. 37.9 X 60.9 cm. MdBPM, MdHi. The Zouaves were assigned to the area from Relay House below Lake Roland to Woodberry where the line of guards ended. They are shown here camped in the area known as Melvale (then also known as Melville) near Cold Spring Lane and the present Jones Falls Expressway, which was headquarters for the company. It is possible that "Camp Small" was located west of Jones Falls on rural property identified in a city atlas as belonging to Charles W. Small. Today, this area is the location of a Bureau of Parks leaf composting site and the Coldspring Station of the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. In the right center, tents are pitched in a semicircle beside the spring house and below the headquarters tents. In May 1862 the company was relieved of the monotony of guard duty and was assigned to McKim's Mansion for two months. While in camp they entertained large crowds of Baltimoreans who came to watch their colorful exhibition drills and dress parades. At the end of June they left for combat duty. Catton, The Coming Fury, pp. 390-91; Hopkins, City Atlas, 1:109; Lord, They Fought, pp. 39-41; Prowell, Eighty-seventh Regiment, pp. 3-4. (ao ^l^^^^tToLCH ESTER. R.H. Eichner's irresistible lithographed invitation to visit a popular Maryland beach, circa 1890, exemplifies the quality and variety of the Maryland Historical Society's picture resources. (Prints & Photographs Division, P243) Picture Research at the Maryland Historical Society: A Guide to the Sources LYNN COX AND HELENA ZINKHAM RiRESEARCHERS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF PURPOSES CONSULT THE MARYLAND Historical Society in search of pictures. They include historians, genealogists, teachers, architects, interior designers, businessmen, and publishers. Whether they want to study pictures as historical documents or find material to illustrate a text, or complete an exhibit, the size and complexity of the Society's collections make it difficult for the professional as well as the novice researcher to know where to begin. Although the emphasis is on Maryland subjects, the Society also has many artifacts which were made or owned by Marylanders but typify objects Lynn Cox is Curator of Prints and Photographs/Registrar at the Peale Museum, and Helena Zinkham is Curator of Prints at the New-York Historical Society. Both are former Curators of Prints & Photographs at the Maryland Historical Society. The authors wish to thank Society staff, past and present, who provided information for this guide. 1 MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE VOL. 76, No. 1, SPRING 1981 2 MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE and topics common to the pasts of many states. This article will review the kind of preparation that is essential to fruitful picture research and orient the picture searcher to the collections and finding aids available at the Society. Information on basic picture research techniques and procedures may be found in several publications. Picture Sources 3 edited by Ann Novotny (New York: Special Libraries Association, 1975) and Picture Searching: Techniques and Tools by Renata Shaw (New York: Special Libraries Association, 1973) are easy reading and a good introduction to the field. In beginning any search for pictures, however, the following questions should be considered: 1. How exhaustive a search do you plan to make, and how much time do you have to spend? 2. What institutions will you consult to do the research? (Appendix A lists basic directories of institutions with pictorial collections.) 3. How will you make your inquiries? Written requests are usually preferred and sometimes required; in some cases a visit is also necessary. 4. Do you need to see original materials or will reproductions in books, magazines, or newspapers be sufficient? 5. Will you want copies of what you find? What kinds of copies? Plain paper photocopy, slide, black and white glossy? 6. Do you have enough information about your topic to supply dates and names of specific individuals, locations, and events associated with it? 7. Do you have enough information about the topic to be able to evaluate and interpret the pictures you find? 8. What types of pictures do you want? Is the medium or format important? Should they be contemporary to the historical event or can they be an artist's reconstruction? If they must be contemporary, do you know the kinds of contem- porary media likely to contain pictures? Do you want portraits and scenes or artifacts associated with an event? Several departments of the Maryland Historical Society have pictorial material in many media and formats: the General Library, the Prints & Photographs Division, the Manuscripts Division, the Gallery, and the Maritime Museum. In this article the term pictorial material refers to artifacts associated with an event as well as scenes and portraits. Except for a few picture bibliographies in the Prints & Photographs Division and illustrated books in the General Library which contain the results of picture research on a given topic, the search for pictures on a new topic or fresh images for an old topic must be done department by department. A good starting place for any search, however, is the General Library. There, necessary background information and reproductions of pictures in books and newspapers can be found which will help in interpreting and evaluating original materials. Appendices B and C list the most important catalogues and other publications heavily illustrated with material from the Society's collections. All are available in the General Library. Picture research that begins in the General Library prepares the searcher to explore the rich diversity of materials available in other departments. For exam- ple, an exhaustive search for pictures to illustrate the history of Baltimore's Washington Monument begins with information gleaned from books and clipping files in the General Library.