Dent Family Collection--Nettie Blakistone

Archive

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

Name/Title

Dent Family Collection--Nettie Blakistone

Entry/Object ID

1991.001.0006

Scope and Content

1 correspondence case; 1 25 1/4 x 19 3/8 x 2 1/2 flat box This collection includes samples of the material collected by Nettie Blakistone, who lived in Washington, D.C. from late childhood until her death. She was a cousin of Fannie Dent--Fannie's mother was a Blakistone. Miss Blakistone was very interested in events in Washington and collected newspapers and magazines for years. Her family at one time owned Blakistone/St. Clement's Island, so there is a little material about that. One of her brothers, Zachariah Blakistone, was a florist in Washington, and lived to an advanced age, so there is material about him. There are many political cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman of the Washington Star--Miss Blakistone was very distantly related to him. Many rotogravure sections about the World War I have been retained as photocopies and the first sections of a few issues of the Washington Post have also been retained as examples of World War II journalism. There is also a rotogravure section featuring the sculptor Felix de Weldon, who created the altar sculpture in St. Nicholas church at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and who planned a piece for the Shrine of Tolerance at Historic St. Mary's City.

Collection

Dent Family Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1917 - 1982

Location

Container

Oversize Series Box 8

Shelf

Rack 14, Shelf 5

Rack

Rack 14

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dent, Lillia Blakistone (1815-1884)

Person or Organization

Dent, Frances Lillia (1858-1938)

Person or Organization

Blakistone, Nettie

Person or Organization

Blakistone, Zachariah (1871-1982)

Person or Organization

Berryman, Clifford K. (1869-1949)

Person or Organization

de Weldon, Felix