Name/Title
J. Roy Guyther Collection--The Plains and Its CemeteryEntry/Object ID
2014.009.0022Scope and Content
1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 9 1/2"
The Jowles and Sothoron families lived at Orphan's Gift, later called The Plains. The house was destroyed in the 1950s, but members of the community of Golden Beach, which was developed on the former plantation, worked hard to restore the cemetery on the property.
No date Hand-drawn map of the plantation
No date Letter requesting funds from the community to restore the cemetery, landscape the area, and build a period correct fence
No date A Request for Funding Assistance, perhaps to Maryland Historic Trust, to continue restoration work on The Plains' cemetery
October 1971 Chronicles of St. Mary's article about The Plains
February 1972 Application for National Register of Historic Places for the The Plains site
December 1989 Washington Diocese article about the reconstruction of The Plains cemetery
April 20, 1990 Application for an historic marker for The Plains site
Summer 1992 Photocopy of an article in Chronicles of St. Mary's about John Henry SothoronCollection
J. Roy Guyther CollectionArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1971 - 1994Location
Container
Dr. J. Roy Guyther Collection, Box 1Shelf
Rack 13, Shelf 3-BackRack
Rack 13Wall
East wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Dr. J. Roy Guyther Collection, Box 1Shelf
Rack 13, Shelf 3-BackRack
Rack 13Wall
East wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Fistick, Robert E.Person or Organization
Guyther, J. RoyPerson or Organization
Richardson, JuliaPerson or Organization
Sothoron, John H.Person or Organization
Zseleczky, Jeanne