20 10 274 https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/ee7f27175c13e101028ccba5558b4bc0.jpg 706e7d2dbcfcaa6170d60440a4dd253c Person An individual. Name Ellsworth, Elmer Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83219725.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83219725.html</a> Birth Date 1837 Death Date 1861 Birthplace Malta, NY Deathplace Alexandria, VA Occupation military soldier Biographical Text Ellsworth was a law clerk and United States Army soldier, best known as the first conspicuous casualty and the first Union officer killed in the American Civil War, though, in reality, the first casualties of the war occurred more than a month earlier during the Baltimore riots. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_E._Ellsworth" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_E._Ellsworth</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elmer Ellsworth military soldier https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/8dd58fb9addd90deeb222b930fc60b36.jpg 2e067fa3fcb4a41c4a550ddcb962291c Person An individual. Name Farrington, Dorothea A. Birth Date 1913 Birthplace CT Occupation illustrator; designer; cabinet maker Biographical Text A resident of Suffolk, Virginia, Dorothea Ann Farrington first received word in January 1936 that she would be employed by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Project to produce pen-and-ink illustrations for the Virginia Commission of Conservation and Development's publications. Farrington became involved in the Index of American Design, another Federal Art Project funded by the WPA. One of Farrington's furniture plates was displayed in an exhibition of the Index of American Design's Virginia Unit held at the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. The original drawings are now in the collections of the National Gallery of Art. Source <a title="https://lva.omeka.net/exhibits/show/wpa_drawings/artists/farrington" href="https://lva.omeka.net/exhibits/show/wpa_drawings/artists/farrington">https://lva.omeka.net/exhibits/show/wpa_drawings/artists/farrington</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dorothea A. Farrington cabinet maker designer illustrator women https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/a87b0738801153e7df15133e45398fd7.jpg 9e2ecaa0f238bff02bbea724c86d5dac Person An individual. Name Ferguson, Alice Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb99031440.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb99031440.html</a> Birth Date 1880 Death Date 1951 Occupation artist; painter Biographical Text Alice Lescinska Lowe Ferguson, wife of Henry Gardiner Ferguson, was a dynamic, creative artist who trained as a painter at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. When Alice and Henry Ferguson bought Hard Bargain Farm in 1922, little did they imagine that it would become a place where children from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area would come to learn about the environment, agriculture and history. The purchase of Hard Bargain Farm changed the course of Alice’s life as she transformed it into a unique, remarkable center that is still alive with the mark of her creative touch. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://fergusonfoundation.org/history/history-of-the-fergusons/" target="_blank">http://fergusonfoundation.org/history/history-of-the-fergusons/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alice Ferguson artist painter women https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/f958ffc40de11e6be6e4c85c73a4d535.jpg b207c03c2a15227c2fddfb182b60abfd Person An individual. Name Ferguson, Henry Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98120240.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98120240.html</a> Birth Date 1882 Death Date 1966 Birthplace San Rafael, CA Deathplace Washington, DC Occupation civil servant; geologist Biographical Text Henry Gardiner Ferguson worked for U.S. Geological Survey, 1911-1958, and specialized in geology of Western United States. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_290957" target="_blank">http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_290957</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Henry Ferguson civil servant geologist https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/dfa2cd476e13d4acb6720f5d04518e21.jpg 1a190b9ef3e735d0b7bccaa4421b43a5 Person An individual. Name Fergusson, Robert Charles Lawrence Birth Date 1943 Death Date 1967 Deathplace Camp Drake, Japan Occupation military soldier Biographical Text Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson was elected to the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia in 1966, representing Capt. Benjamin Biggs of the Virginia Continental Line. The following year, as a first lieutenant in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army, he was fatally wounded while commanding an infantry company in combat in Vietnam. For his valor and sacrifice, Lieutenant Fergusson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Purple Heart. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.societyofthecincinnati.org/collections/collections_highlights/fergusson" target="_blank">http://www.societyofthecincinnati.org/collections/collections_highlights/fergusson</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson military soldier https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/787e7117ca81873722a5b7504c2061b6.JPG 97d058e3d03aeddd866a4c72b9709e3d Person An individual. Name Fowler, Laurence Hall Authority Sources <a title="http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Fowler%2C+Laurence+Hall&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500100093" href="http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Fowler%2C+Laurence+Hall&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500100093">http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Fowler%2C+Laurence+Hall&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500100093</a> <a title="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83127872.html" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83127872.html">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83127872.html</a> Birth Date 1876 Death Date 1971 Birthplace Catonsville, MD Deathplace Baltimore, MD Occupation architect Biographical Text Baltimore architect Laurence Hall Fowler made his name designing houses for well-heeled clients in Homeland, Guilford, Blythewood, Gibson's Island and the Greenspring Valley. He was born in 1876 in Catonsville, Maryland, and attended the Johns Hopkins University. After graduation, he studied architectural history and drafting at Columbia. After a brief apprenticeship in two New York architectural firms, he left for Paris in spring 1904 for further studies at the École des Beaux-Arts and in the atelier of Godefroy and Freynet. He remained abroad for less than a year, returning to Baltimore in the fall. Fowler's non-residential commissions include the War Memorial and the Calvert School in Baltimore, the Hall of Records in Annapolis, and additions to St. Timothy's School and the Greenwood School. He also advised on civic architectural matters through his appointments to the Municipal Art Commission, the Committee on Buildings and Grounds of the Baltimore Museum of Art, and various committees at Hopkins. Upon his retirement, Fowler left to the Johns Hopkins University his library of over 450 architectural treatises dating before 1801, as well as a reference library of 300 titles published within his lifetime. From Alberti, Vitruvius and Palladio to Pugin, Hamlin, and periodicals such as Pencil Points and Brickbuilder, these publications served as Fowler’s source material. Source <a title="http://old.library.jhu.edu/collections/specialcollections/fowler/architect.html" href="http://old.library.jhu.edu/collections/specialcollections/fowler/architect.html">http://old.library.jhu.edu/collections/specialcollections/fowler/architect.html</a> <a title="http://baltimorearchitecture.org/biographies/laurence-hall-fowler/" href="http://baltimorearchitecture.org/biographies/laurence-hall-fowler/">http://baltimorearchitecture.org/biographies/laurence-hall-fowler/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Laurence Hall Fowler architect https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/d8fd6f90b55a78ba8018a7c7514fe6c7.jpg 42b7b48e8d71cf9d0ca7586cccbce40f Person An individual. Name Franklin, Benjamin Authority Sources <a title="http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Franklin%2C+Benjamin&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500331804" href="http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Franklin%2C+Benjamin&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500331804">http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Franklin%2C+Benjamin&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500331804</a> <a title="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043402.html" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043402.html">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043402.html</a> Birth Date 1706 Death Date 1790 Birthplace Boston, MA Deathplace Philadelphia, PA Occupation politician; inventor; diplomat; dignitary; ambassador Biographical Text Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Benjamin Franklin ambassador dignitary diplomat inventor politician https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/940d7291e234f4ebc0a97922b1ee5a32.jpg d462069fbcc8217ae5496b492c417092 Person An individual. Name Gaither, John Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Gaither%2C+John&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500087454" target="_blank">http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Gaither%2C+John&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500087454</a> Birth Date 1784 or 1788 Death Date 1819 Birthplace Anne Arundel, MD Deathplace Anne Arundel, MD Occupation silversmith Biographical Text He worked from 1807 to 1809 as a silversmith in Alexandria VA as a journeyman in various shops. He was a partner from 1809 to 1812 with Greenbury Griffith in Alexandria VA as Griffith & Gaither. He worked from 1812 to 1817 as a silversmith in Washington DC. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/123030.htm" target="_blank">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/123030.htm</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Gaither silversmith https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/8313c298f57ccff7dca71a9a49f1a77f.jpg 249509ccf87a302521142b93d7094ec9 Person An individual. Name Galt, James Death Date 1800 Occupation silversmith; jeweler; clockmaker Biographical Text Founder of the oldest consecutively run jeweler in the nation. Galt was a native of Carroll county, but established a jewelry hous in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1802. He moved his business to Washington, DC, in 1826. The business finally closed in 2001. Not only was the company a jeweler to US presidents, the widow of his grandson, Edith Bolling Galt, married President Woodrow Wilson and was First Lady until 1921. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Galt clockmaker jeweler silversmith https://berd.artinterp.org/files/original/d1d05afdfa6f97f681cdc95925238e35.jpg 74e9d46b92c53897ab5cf9ee467d9f6b Person An individual. Name Garrett, John Work Authority Sources <a class="in-cell-link" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90656930.html" target="_blank">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90656930.html</a> Birth Date 1820 Death Date 1884 Birthplace Baltimore, MD Deathplace Deer Park, MD Occupation businessman; ambassador; diplomat; philanthropist Biographical Text Garrett was an American banker, philanthropist, and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In 1855, he was named to the board of the B. & O., and in 1858, became its president, a position he held until the year he died. Source <a class="in-cell-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Garrett" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Garrett</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Work Garrett ambassador businessman diplomat philanthropist