Blackistone Family Collection--Miscellaneous

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Blackistone Family Collection--Miscellaneous

Entry/Object ID

2004.008.0284

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 14 3/4" w x 9 1/2" h This folder has many news clippings about family members: Elliott E. Dent, William Gardiner, and Z. D. Blackistone. There is an application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution from Mary Peterson Turner Dent as a descendant of Alexander Somerville. There is an envelope of news clippings about Governor Mandel's affair with a St. Mary's County woman. There is an envelope of material about the Dent and Blackistone families. The program for Mrs. Lettie Dent Gough's banquet for her selection as woman of the year also has clippings inside. There is another large envelope with Blackistone family information and lists of the Dent and Blackistone slaves. Another large envelope has the correspondence associated with filming the collection at the Archives.

Collection

Blackistone Family Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1915 - 1981

Location

Container

Blackistone Collection, Box 4 (gray)

Shelf

Rack 06, Shelf 3

Rack

Rack 06

Wall

South wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dent, Lettie Marshall (1894-1982)

Person or Organization

Blackistone, Zachariah D. (1871-1982)

Person or Organization

Dent, Mary Peterson Turner