Name/Title
00. Overview: Barbara Lawrence Photographs and Oral HistoryEntry/Object ID
2014.011.0000Scope and Content
The Barbara Lawrence Photographs and Oral History collection contains photographs, largely of Tudor Hall, a historic house in Leonardtown, MD, that houses the St. Mary's County Historical Society, and an oral history interview with waterman and businessman Samuel Matthew ("Captain Sam") Bailey. Collection items span the years 1935-2012, with the bulk of material dating from 2003 to 2012.
Barbara Lawrence’s Tudor Hall photographs focus primarily on the building's exterior and grounds, and depict in part renovations and repairs to the building in 2008, 2010, and 2012. Also included are large aerial photographs of Tudor Hall and its surrounding area in Leonardtown from the 1930s and 1940s. Other photographs are of the James Adams Floating Theatre, likely from the 1930s; St. Mary's County Historical Society's board of directors, board president, administrator, and volunteers in 2003-2004; and a boat owned by Samuel Matthew ("Captain Sam") Bailey. A cassette audio recording of an oral history interview with Captain Sam Bailey conducted by Michael H. Humphries, director the St. Clement's Island Museum, Coltons Point, MD, in 1979 completes the collection.
The collection is arranged in the following groupings:
02. Tudor Hall renovation photographs, 2008-2012
03. Old Jail and cannon from the Ark (ship) photographs, 2006-2009
04. St. Mary’s County Historical Society board of directors, administrator, and volunteers, 2003-2004
05. Tudor Hall and Captain Sam Bailey’s boat, compact disc of photographs
06. Captain Sam Bailey oral history interview, 1979
07. Tudor Hall exterior photographs, 2003-2007
08. Tudor Hall and surrounding area aerial photographs, 1935-1945Context
Mary Barbara Cecil Lawrence (1933-2021), a native of St. Mary’s County and resident of Leonardtown, Maryland, was the daughter of Francis G. Cecil and Alma Marie Raley. She worked at the St. Mary's County Historical Society as a volunteer, and her husband Edward C. Lawrence (1931-2013) was a member of the board of directors.Collection
Barbara Lawrence Photographs and Oral HistoryArchive Details
Restrictions
Open to research.Primary Language
EnglishRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Bailey, Samuel Matthew ("Captain Sam")Person or Organization
Humphries, MichaelPerson or Organization
Adams, JamesPerson or Organization
Lawrence, Barbara Cecil (1933-2021)Person or Organization
Lawrence, Edward C. (1931-2013)Person or Organization
St. Mary's County Historical Society