Correspondence schools and courses; Journalism--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing the first page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's "student's test" for the Associated Newspaper Bureau School of Journalism. Completed but never sent, this document provides a glimpse into the 19-year-old Mencken's aspirations for a...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Correspondence; Figure skating officials; United States Figure Skating Association; Winter sports;
Letter from Sherwin C. Badger to the Honorable William C. Coleman, eliciting the Judge's opinions concerning the advisability of appointing or electing an executive secretary or assistant secretary to take on duties at the office of the United...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Sanctions, Administrative; Winter sports;
Letter from a member [Frederic C. Lee], Board of Managers, and Co-Chairman of Carnival Committee, the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., to Mr. George W. Pepper, Jr. of the United States Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.) concerning payment of a...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Cost; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.; James Lawrence Kernan Hospital (Baltimore, Md.); Money; Winter sports;
Letter from R. E. Lee Taylor to Mr. Frederic C. Lee concerning a proposal to increase the proceeds for Kernan Hospital from the revenues to be brought in by an upcoming carnival to be sponsored by the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., and to be held at...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Cost; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.; James Lawrence Kernan Hospital (Baltimore, Md.); Money; Winter sports;
Letter from R. E. Lee Taylor to Mr. Frederic C. Lee concerning visiting amateur skaters and carnival expenses. In his letter Mr. Taylor, a member of the board of directors of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., agrees with Mr. Lee that entertainment...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Figure skating officials; Sanctions, Administrative; United States Figure Skating Association; Winter sports;
Letter from G. W. [George W.] Pepper, Jr. of the United States Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.) to Mr. Frederic C. Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. concerning Lee's earlier letter and payment of a sanction on an upcoming carnival to be...
Letter from Cecil [Smith] to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., telling Mr. Lee what music she and the other skaters will use in their upcoming skating program. Referring to the music as "Scotch on Ice" she lists "The...
Letter from Eleanor O'Meara to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., concerning travel plans to an ice carnival sponsored by the club. In her letter Miss O'Meara acknowledges receipt of a $200.00 check from Mr. Lee to cover...
Letter from Cecil [Smith] to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., discussing travel plans to an ice carnival sponsored by the club. In her letter Cecil [Smith] (who also skated under her married name, Cecil Gooderham) informs...
Correspondence; Costumes; Ice dancing; United States Figure Skating Association; Winter sports;
Letter from H. L. Garren, Chairman, Carnival Production Committee, United States Figure Skating Association, to Mrs. Frederic C. Lee, the secretary of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., informing Mrs. Lee that the President of the United States...
Letter from Theresa Weld Blanchard, the editor of Skating magazine, to Mrs. [Frederic C.] Lee, the secretary of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. In her letter Mrs. Blanchard asks Mrs. Lee if she would be interested in writing an article for Skating...
Letter from Norman A. Falkner to the gentlemen of the Ice Club of Baltimore. In his letter Mr. Falkner promotes his one-legged skating act, advertising the combination of the primary elements of the International Style of figure skating and special...
Letter from Cecil [Smith] to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., discussing the routines for the upcoming [ice] carnival sponsored by the club. In her letter she details lighting arrangements and the music to be used for...
Letter from Peggy Fahy to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., about a misunderstanding with Bill [O'Brien], a promoter, concerning confusion over whether she and her partner Richard [Toucey] of the New Haven Skating Club had...
Correspondence; Cleveland Skating Club; Figure skating; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.; Skating rinks;
Letter from Howard P. Eells, Jr., president of the Cleveland Skating Club, to the president of the Ice Club of Baltimore. In this letter Mr. Eells announces the opening of the Cleveland Skating Club and ice rink, inviting representatives of the Ice...
Letter from Pete Noble to Mr. F. C. (Frederic C.) Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., containing a handwritten response from Mr. Lee on the back. In this letter Mr. Noble reminds Mr. Lee of their conversation at the Hotel New Yorker about the...
Letter from Bill O'Brien of World-Wide Sports, Inc., to the Ice Club of Baltimore. In his letter Mr. O'Brien, a promoter of ice skating shows such as "Gay Blades" and "The Icicles," lists some of the performers involved in those successes,...
