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Descriptive Summary
Lydia Howard de Roth Collection, 1904-1970
MS 1906
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
Scope and Contents
This description should [UNK] types of papers (e. g., correspondence, letters, diaries, documents, etc.); dates, subjects, and types of groups of materials that bulk largest; relationship of the material to specific phases of the career or activity of the principal named in item 2; full names and biographical identification of other persons and names of corporate bodies significant (by quality and quantity of material) to the collection, showing dates, types, and subject matter; geographical areas covered; specific events, topics, and historical periods with which the materials deal; and particular items of extraordinary interest.
1. Diary of Lydia Howard de Roth from August, 1939 to July 28, 1941
(196 pages)
2. 10 Church bulletins, 1965-1970
3. Approximately 260 poems (mostly religious) by Lydia Howard de Roth, Nancy Venable, Hilda Reid and others.
4. 15 photographs, 9 of which are of Lydia Howard de Roth
5. Papers on the London Blitz including:
a. On the Civilian Front by H. C. de Roth
(13 typed pages)
b. Bomb Damage by the R.A.F.
(8 printed pages)
c. Raid on London
(3 printed pages)
d. The Attack on the Arms Towns (7 typed pages of statistics on number of air raids, number of civilian casualties and number of houses damaged.
e. London Nocturne 1940
f. Experiences of an Air-Raid Warden
(8 typed pages)
g. A Handbook for Wardens, by Lydia H. de Roth
(32 typed pages)
6. 3 letters of miscellaneous nature
7. Approximately 200 newspaper clippings reflecting Lydia Howard de Roth's interests as a member of a prominent Maryland family who grew up in [UNK] married a Bostonian and lived in England and Boston, and reflecting her activities as an air raid warden during the London Blitz and as a civilian defense worker.
8. 2 recipes
9. Howard Coat-of-arms
10. Collier's Baltimore Fire Extra, February 13, 1904
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11. Maryland History Notes, Vol. 17, November, 1959.
12. Baltimore Municipal Journal, Vol. 10, June 9, 1922.
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13. The Daily Record, November 23, 1942.
14. Rhodes, Harrison. Baltimore. Published in Harper's Monthly Magazine, n.d
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15. Mencken, H. L. Good Old Baltimore. May, 1913
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