Mary Birckhead papers
Abstract
Includes: Her drawings and writings, 1959-1991, including a publication entitled Tide Pools.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1959-1991-1985-1991
Creator
- Birckhead, Mary B. (Person)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Mary Birckhead is a Quaker, often attending Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting in Maryland. She was born ca. 1914-5, and spent her life as an artist and a poet. She taught art classes, wrote and illustrated children's books, worked at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, and met with fellow poets, dramatists, and musicians on a regular basis. She occasionally wrote under the pseudonym "Babby." She retired at Friends House.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (2 folders.))
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Most of the material was originally given to Martha Nesbitt by Mary Birckhead. Martha Nesbitt urged her to supplement it as a gift to the Friends Historical Library. It was brought in by Joy Shotts, Sandy Spring representative to Baltimore Yearly Meeting Records Committee.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Martha Nesbitt. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1993.
- Description rules
- Archives, Personal Papers, And Manuscripts (Appm)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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