Helen Avalynne Gibson Tawes (1898-1989)
MSA SC 3520-2292
First Lady of Maryland, 1959-1967
Maryland State Archives -
Excerpts from SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (The
Lillian Nutt Collection) MSA SC 4956.
Governor and Mrs. Tawes' holiday greeting card on Government House
stationary
From the Lillian Nutt Collection, MSA SC 4956
Letter from Helen Avalynne Tawes to Lillian Nutt, undated
From the Lillian Nutt Collection, MSA SC 4956
Letter from Helen Avalynne Tawes to Lillian Nutt of 30 September 1988
in which Mrs. Tawes comments on Government House. She writes,
"I and
everyone I talk to are so disgusted with what they are doing to Gov.
House
and the terrible waste of money, they must be crazy."
From the Lillian Nutt Collection, MSA SC 4956
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Letter from Helen Avalynne Tawes to Lillian Nutt of May 1989
...rise up in protest. The three governors Agnew, Hughes and
in which Mrs. Tawes comments on Government House. She
Schaefer should be held responsible. One person can't do it,
writes, "Lillian! It makes me so mad when I read and see what
you have to have a groupe [sic]."
they have done to Gov. House. They have ruined it inside and
From the Lillian Nutt Collection, MSA SC 4956
outside. Someone should be sued for allowing that to be done.
The people should...
Undated letter from Helen Avalynne Tawes to Lillian Nutt
..."I never did like that name either. They should never [have]
in which Mrs. Tawes comments on Government House.
changed the name from Governor's Mansion. McKeldon [sic]
She writes, "I try not to think too much of what they have
did that. It makes me sick, why can't they leave things alone?
done to Gov. House."...
If they would just spend that time doing something worth while."
From the Lillian Nutt Collection, MSA SC 4956
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