Byron Family papers

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Byron Family papers

circa 1860s-1993 (majority circa 1880s-1920s; 1938-1942; circa 1960s-1970s)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/15843

The Byron Family papers cover the period from the 1860s through the 1990s, with several sections of materials with bulk dates of the 1880s to the 1920s, 1938-1942, and the 1960s-1970s. The collection consists of personal and professional papers of the family and ancestors of William Devereux Byron II (1895-1941) and Katharine McComas Edgar Byron (1903-1976). The personal papers of this collection include correspondence, photographs, sheet music; memorabilia, blueprints of and information about Byron family properties, and newspaper clippings of social activities, birth and wedding announcements, and obituaries of Byron family members. The professional papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, business papers, and memorabilia and photographs related to the Byron family's political careers, the W. D. Byron & Sons Tannery, and the W. H. Edgar & Sons Sugar Company.

66.00 linear feet

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326367

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Byron, Beverly B. (Beverly Barton), 1932-

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Beverly Barton Butcher Byron (born July 27, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. Congresswoman representing the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1993. Born Beverly Barton Butcher in Baltimore, she grew up in Washington, D.C., graduating from the National Cathedral School in Washington, DC, in 1950 and earned a two-year degree from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland in 1962. She married Goodloe Edga...

Byron, Katharine Edgar, 1903-1976

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Katharine Edgar Byron (October 25, 1903 – December 28, 1976) was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from May 27, 1941 to January 3, 1943. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman elected to Congress from Maryland. Born Katharine Edgar in Detroit, Michigan, she attended independent schools during her youth, such as the Liggett School in Detroit, the Westover School of Middlebury, Connecticut, and the Holton-Arms School of Bethesda, ...

Byron, William Devereaux, 1895-1941

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Byron, James Edgar, 1927-2011

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Edgar, Clinton Goodloe, 1873-1932

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Byron, Goodloe Edgar, 1929-1978

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Byron Family

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The Byron family was involved in the political and business worlds western Maryland, particularly in Williamsport, throughout much of the twentieth century. W. D. Byron & Sons Tannery: Joseph Byron (1809-1886) was a "prentice" to a tanner in Halifax, Nova Scotia, until the age of eighteen. After "keeping a store" for a few years and spending sometime in debtor's prison, Joseph and his young family moved to Massachusetts (circa 1832) where he started the l...

Edgar, Mary McComas

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Wilson, David, 1825-1906

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Humrichouse, Leah McComas, 1851-1904

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McComas, Louis E. (Louis Emory), 1846-1907

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Byron, Jane Frances Wilson, 1869-1946

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Byron, Lynne Regrave Kerwin

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Humrichouse, Charles William

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Byron, Jospeh Charles, 1860-1932

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Hagerstown Shoe & Legging Co.

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W. D. Byron & Sons, Inc.

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