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From the desk of

Burt Kummerow

Volume 2 Issue 3

Ark and Dove, John Moll, MdHS, M1955.44.1

Maryland at the Beginning

March 5, 2013

Dear Edwin,

Maryland Day has always been about beginnings. After a long,difficult Atlantic winter crossing, the shipsArk and Dove,bearing their precious cargo of adventurers, sailed up thePotomac River in March of 1634.

The March 25th mass on St. Clements Island celebrated thebeginning of spring and the planting season, the Feast of theAnnunciation and a fragile but hopeful escape from thereligious bigotry that was rampant in 17th century Europe. In 1903, Maryland leadersset aside March 25 as a day devoted to remembering Maryland history.

Thirteen years later, as the United Statesentered a world war, the Old Line Stateturned Maryland History Day into an officialholiday.

Just three years shy of Maryland Day'scentennial, the Maryland Historical Societyis pausing for some fascinating stories and a

reception with drinks and edibles as wehonor Maryland's brave and hopeful firstsettlers. Almost four centuries and twentygenerations of dramatic history havefollowed those humble beginnings. Dr. Henry Miller, Historic St. Mary's City's directorof research and a great storyteller, will be on hand to bring the tale of Maryland's firstcentury to life.

Other surprises are also in store.

Come welcome the arrival of spring and an evening devoted to "Maryland at the


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"Elizabeth Patterson

Bonaparte," Firmin Massot,1823, MdHS, XX.5.69.

Beginning" on Thursday, March 21, at 6pm. The cost is $25.00 for MdHSmembers and $35.00 for non-members. You can get more information by calling410-685-3750 Ext. 377 or going towww.mdhs.org/events.

The 'Year of Betsy'

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was one of thefemme fatales of the War of 1812generation.

As a gorgeous 18-year-old, Betsy set the gossipmongers all

atwitter with her revealing empire dresses at local society

events. Her marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte's younger

brother Jerome became an international drama. Even at

ninety-four, Betsy was still making news as one of America's

richest women. See the image above for a snapshot timeline

of Betsy's dramatic life. For the complete story, we have

volunteer Barbara Meger to thank. You can view her

exhaustive timeline of Betsy 's life byclicking here.

With over 800 objects and reams of documents, the Maryland Historical Society

is the official keeper of Betsy 's memory. This will be our Year of Betsy with a

major exhibit, entitled "Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson

Bonaparte and the Quest for an Imperial Legacy" that will open on June

9.

And while we're preparing for our June 9th opening, we would like to fill you in

on the fascinating behind-the-scenes details of our exhibit making process. Our

Chief Curator Alexandra Deutsch just returned from Brooklyn, New York, whereshe oversaw the creation of custom mannequins to exhibit one of Elizabeth's

gowns and one of her mother's. Alexandra has all of the details below.

Bringing Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte ToLife:
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Original gown worn by Dorcas Spear

Patterson (MDHS XX.5.152) on atemporary form with Colleen

Callahan who is determining the

original shape of the gown when it

was worn.

At StudioEis In BrooklynBy Chief Cura tor, Alexandra Deutsch

You just never know what you might have to do as a curator! In the past month, Ihad to "strike a pose" twice, all in the name of my curatorial duties for our newexhibition,Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and theQuest for an Imperial Legacy, opening in June, 2013.

For this exhibit, StudioEis in Brooklyn, New York is creating two life-likemannequins. The first mannequin is of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte as she wouldhave stood in an elegant salon in Paris.

The second is of her mother, Dorcas Spear, in herelegant embroidered silk gown, the one she may haveworn for her wedding to William Patterson. This wasthe first step of many in customized mannequinproduction.

Next StudioEis needed muslins (a sort of mock-up) ofall original garments to help them recreate thecorrect body shape for the mannequins.

Using the original garments could damage them, sowe enlisted the help of Colleen Callahan of Costumeand Textile Specialists, Inc. She created a muslinreproduction of the dress worn by Elizabeth and ashift that would have been worn underneath theoriginal. The dress Colleen copied is simple, yetincredibly elegant with a long train and exquisiteopenwork and embroidery on the arms.

In the process of making the reproduction ofElizabeth's original gown, we learned someinteresting details about her. Most published sources

described her as very small. In our minds, this meant she was as short, somewherearound 4'11". In fact, her dress indicates that she was 5'3" or 5'4", not short at all forthe period. The proportions of the dress attest to her very small frame. With a 28" ribcage and arms the size of a modern adolescent girl, Betsy was indeed petite in sizethough not in stature. Perhaps the most striking measurement revealed by the

original gown was her overall bust size, a notable 35". Voluptuous is definitely an aptdescriptor for Betsy.

Colleen is about to begin the muslinreproduction of Dorcas Spear's dress and hasalready examined the original to determinehow it may have looked when she wore it.Curiously, Betsy's mother seems to have hada similar figure, although she was an inch orso shorter than her daughter. Dorcas's gownwas a stunning ivory patterned silk with
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Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, Gilbert Stuart,

1804, Private Collection

"Unidentified and untitled," Paul Henderson,

Maryland Historical Society, HEN.01.09-23.

polychrome floral and foliate embroidery. Theoriginal loops sewn into the interior of theskirt document that the gown could havebeen drawn up in the back and worn"polonaise-style."

The last step was choosing an image for thefaces that seemed to best represent written

descriptions. Elizabeth and her likeness arebased on the Gilbert Stuart triple portrait andDorcas Spear is modeled after a portrait byRobert Edge Pine. Here is a look at the earliestversion of the Elizabeth mannequin. The finalversion will not be revealed until theexhibition opens, but here is a sneak peek.

Stay tuned for the next installment on these show-stopping mannequins!

Our Curatorial Department isn't the only part of MdHS making news this month. I'mvery proud to announce that selections from our Paul Henderson PhotographCollection will soon be on view at City Hall!

The Henderson Photograph Collection:Heading To Baltimore's City Hall

A selection of Paul Henderson'sphotography will be on display

in the Rotunda at BaltimoreCity Hall beginning in earlyMay. Henderson (1899-1966)was an African-Americanphotographer who worked inBaltimore from the 1930s to1960s. Most of his career wasspent at theAfro-Americannewspaper where hedocumented significant eventsand everyday life in Baltimore's

African-Americancommunities, leaving behind acollection of over 6,000photographs.

MdHS acquired Henderson's collection from the Baltimore City Life Museum (alsoknown as the Peale Museum) when it closed its doors in 1997. The collection came tothe Society unprocessed and with little useful description. In 2010, TowsonUniversity's Historic Preservation class began reprocessing and over the past threeyears interns, volunteers, and staff have worked to complete the project. The final
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Bracelet, circa 1850-1865, probably Scottish,

Maryland His torical Society, Gift of EllenChanning Day Bonaparte, xx.5.276

phase of processing is to identify the people and places in Henderson's pictures.

The exhibit Paul Henderson: Baltimore's Civil Rights Era in Photographs, ca. 1940-1960 has been on display in the Hackerman gallery since February 2012. Originallyintended as a temporary exhibit, its run was extended when the Educationdepartment began to integrate the photos into its Civil Rights programs and publicinterest in the collection grew stronger. The next phase of the exhibit is to send ittraveling throughout the state where Marylanders can learn about this important and

unparalleled visual record of African-American life in Baltimore during the CivilRights era.

Baltimore's City Hall is located at 100 N. Holliday Street, Baltimore MD 21202.

Other March 2013 Events:"These gems have life in them"The Jewelry Collection at MdHS

The agate and silver link bracelet in thephotograph at right is part of the BonaparteCollection. On Thursday, March 7th at 6pm, Chief Curator Alexandra Deutsch willintroduce the audience to the museum's rarelyseen jewelry collection, highlighting jewelsowned by Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte aswell as other prominent Marylanders.

Examples from the collection will also be onview for that evening only.

Although we do not know who in Betsy's family owned this bracelet, it would havebeen the height of fashion in the 1850s and 1860s. When Queen Victoria purchasedBalmoral Castle in 1848, proclaiming her love of the Scottish countryside, designersfollowed her cue and created Celtic-style jewelry like this example. The bracelet'scharm holds a lock of blonde hair which may have belonged to donor Ellen ChanningDay.

This event is part of the Francis Scott Key Lecture Series. Tickets are $40 per lecture,

or $175 for the complete series (couples series for $300). See our website for moreinformation and to register. Call 410-685-3750 Ext. 399.

Road to Emancipation:Reflections on Slavery and Emancipation

On Thursday, March 14th at 6 pm, we will begina two-year journey walking the road to emancipation
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"Harriet Tubman," Maryland

Historical Society, Z24-1136

in Maryland. To slaves in Maryland, the promise ofthe Emancipation Proclamation was just out of reach- as a state loyal to the union, Maryland slaves werenot included in the promised freedom of January,1863.

It took almost two years before slaves in Marylandwere officially freed from bondage. The last years of

the Civil War were an intense, distressing, andliberating time that we want to truly understand bywalking in the footsteps of those who struggled eachday to achieve the promise of freedom and the manyroads they took to get there.

Reflection on Slavery and Emancipation is the first ofa series of programs that will start us on this road.Please join historians Kate Larson, author ofBoundfor the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero, SteveWhitman, author ofChallenging Slavery in Maryland and Antietam 1862: Gatewayto Emancipation, and archivist Chris Haley, director of the Legacy of Slavery projectat the Maryland State Archives.

Tickets are $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers;visit our website to register orcall 410-685-3750 Ext. 377.

This program is organized in partnership withFreedman and Southern SocietyProjectat UMD College Park and the National Park Service - Hampton NationalHistoric Site.

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Trivia Time!

Congratulations are in order! We received many correct answers to last month'squestion. The Copycat Building has presided over the 1500 block of GuilfordAvenue for over a century and has hosted a variety of tenants in its long life.
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The Copycat Building, courtesy David Belew

After the Crown Cork and Seal Companyrelocated to Philadelphia, the building beganhosting several manufacturers and businessesat any given time. Its new moniker "TheCopycat" is derived from a billboardadvertising the Copycat Printing Companythat sat atop its roof. In 1983, the buildingwas purchased by Charles Lankford and the

industrial spaces were converted to artiststudios. Artists began living in their studiosand the building was rezoned for mix use. Ithas been a vital hub for Baltimore's art andmusic culture ever since.

Ready for this month's question?

Question: This German-immigrant decided to make a home for himself in WesternMaryland when it was still wild frontier. Within three years of stepping on Americansoil, he was building a homestead on top of a cool Maryland spring. The house soonled to a trading post and by the 1770's, what was once untamed frontier was abustling town with more than a hundred dwellings. When he wasn't founding townshe was serving the Colony of Maryland, earlier in life as scout-captain in the French-Indian War and later as a delegate to the General Assembly. A staunch patriot, hewas a major advocate of American I ndependence in the years leading up to the war.Unfortunately he would not live to see the Revolution. On November 6, 1775, he was

struck dead by a wooden roof beam at a church construction site.

Name that Marylander!

Email us your answer, and best of luck!

And Now... A Word from our Friends

We frequently partner with the folks at the National Park Service, the Star Spangled200 Committee, and the Baltimore National Heritage Area, to name just a few. So tomake sure you know all of their going's on, as well as ours, listed below is a'thumbnail' list of their upcoming events.

We thank you, as always, for your support in making History come alive inMaryland!

Until next month,
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Burton KummerowPresident, The Maryland Historical Society

From Enemies to Allies

Commemorates the bicentennial

of the War of 1812 and the

resulting two-century special

relationship between the United

States, the United Kingdom and

Canada. This three-day

conference will feature the most

current and distinguished

scholarship on the causes,

conduct and consequences of

the War of 1812.

Navigating Freedom:The War of 1812 in the

Chesapeake

This is an exhibit opening on

May 11 at Chesapeake Bay

Maritime Museum and includes

interactive components such as

a 3D virtual flyover of the Battle

of St. Michaels, as well as maps

highlighting the cultural

landscapes of the area.

Maryland's Civil War

Photographs - The

Sesquicentennial Edition

Learn more about Ross

Kelbaugh's acclaimed work, and

pick up your own limited-edition

hardcover or softcover copy

today!

Founded in 1844, The Maryland Historical Society Museum and Library occupies

an entire city block in the Mount Vernon district of Baltimore. The society's

mission is to "collect, preserve, and interpret the objects and materials that reflect

Maryland's diverse cultural heritage." The Society is home to the originalmanuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner and publishes a quarterly titled

"Maryland Historical Magazine." The Society is located at 201 W. Monument

Street and open to the public Wednesday-Saturday from 10 am-5 pm, and

Sunday (library only) 12 pm-5pm.

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