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Contains 49 Results:

The Harford Democrat, Volume LXIV, No. 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

"The 1931 Legislative Session Ends; Many Bills Die." In the 1931 session of the Maryland Legislature, several important statewide laws were enacted. Mary Risteau, one of the Houses hardest workers, was concerned with agricultural legislation and was instrumental in the decisive defeat of the Woman Jurors Bill.

Dates: 1846-1990

Magazine clipping, The Delineator, Page 86, 1925-11

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Mary Risteau served as Chairwoman for Harford County at a Better Home demonstration in Belair, Maryland. Belair was awarded an honorable mention for its labor- saving equipment of its demonstration home. This was all for the 1925 campaign for Better Homes in America.

Dates: 1925-11

Picture Postcards, 1934 - 1951

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

There are thirty-two postcards from California; Riverside and Santa Barbara. Also included are: One from the White House November 6,1951 to Mary from Marian; one from the New York Aquarium in Battery Park, N.Y. mentions Lillian and Bert September 16, 1934; One from St. Judes Episcopal Church, Nov 13, 1951; Walterboro, South Carolina.

Dates: 1934 - 1951

Newspaper Clippings and Speeches, 1851 - 1882

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

The Sun:

Wednesday, 1851 December 3
Thursday, 1874 September 24
Thursday, 1881 September 29
Tuesday, 1881 October 18
Saturday, 1881 October 22
Saturday, 1882 April 1

Dates: 1851 - 1882

Pamphlets, 1846 - 1858

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Risteau Papers document aspects of Risteau's life and memory through the collection of clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, and other materials dating between 1846 and 1990. This collection includes correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, travel souvenirs, articles by Risteau, a poster, yearbook, photographs, and books. Formats are primarily textual, but also include still image materials.

Dates: 1846 - 1858

Speech of Mr. Johnson of Maryland on the tariff, 1846-07-25

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15, Page: 1
Scope and Contents

The Tariff delivered in the Senate July 25, 1846 (57 years since the constitution was adopted).

Dates: 1846-07-25

A sketch, The Life and Public Services of General Zachary Taylor, the People's Candidate for the Presidency, 1848-07

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15, Page: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Mary Risteau Papers document aspects of Risteau's life and memory through the collection of clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, and other materials dating between 1846 and 1990. This collection includes correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, travel souvenirs, articles by Risteau, a poster, yearbook, photographs, and books. Formats are primarily textual, but also include still image materials.

Dates: 1848-07

Speech of Honorable A.K. Marshall of Kentucky, 1856-08-07

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15, Page: 3
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On the General Politics of the Country delivered in the House of Representatives

Dates: 1856-08-07

Speech of Honorable Henry Winter Davis of Maryland, 1858-03-30

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15, Page: 4
Scope and Contents

Against the admission of Kansas under the LeCompton Constitution

Dates: 1858-03-30

Booklet of Tours to the California Expositions, 1915

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

With notes by Mary Risteau; Riverside, California is circled for a special Expositions tour.

Dates: 1915