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Margaret Fayerweather Meigs family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0139

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains family photographs from the Fayerweathers and includes items and images of the Doan and Kriby-Smith families. All three families have roots in New England and the Midwest. Job Parker Doan, Sr. (1799-1874) was Dr. Fayerweather’s great uncle. Some of the images are labeled, but many are not.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1860-1942

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical Information

Margaret Fayerweather Meigs (1913-1950) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 11, 1913, to Dr. Roades Fayerweather (1877-1955) of Chicago and Josephine Kirby-Smith Fayerweather (1878-1961) of Tennessee. She married Frederick Alton Meigs (1908-1980) in 1938. Meigs was from New York. Meigs served as the Librarian at Washington College from 1940 to 1957. Together, they had four children.

Full Extent

1 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Physical and Technical Access Restrictions

None.

Custodial history

Materials were in possession of the family.

Title
Finding Aid to the Margaret Fayerweather Meigs Family Photograph Collection
Author
L. Sheldon
Date
2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Washington College Archives & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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Chestertown MD 21620