Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Elizabeth Tasker Lowndes (1842-1922)
MSA SC 3520-2283
First Lady of Maryland, 1896-1900

Sources:

Books-

Buchholz, Heinrich Ewald. Governors of Maryland From the Revolution to the Year 1908, 2d ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Company, 1908.

Caroli, Betty Boyd. First Ladies.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Holland, Celia M. Old Homes and Families of Howard County, Maryland.  privately printed, 1987.

Holland, Celia M. Ellicott City, Maryland: Mill Town, U.S.A.  Chicago: Adams Press, 1970.

Malone, Dumas ed. Dictionary of American Biography.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.

Means, Marianne. The Woman in the White House: The lives, times and influence of twelve notable First Ladies.  New York: Random House, 1963.

Thomas, James W. and Williams, Judge T. J. C. History of Allegany County Maryland, Vol. I. Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1969.

Warfield, J.D. Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.  Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1990.

White, Frank F., Jr. The Governors of Maryland: 1777-1970.  Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1970.

Newspaper/journal articles-

"Maryland Republican."  The Evening Capital, 6 November 1895.

"Maryland's Republican Governor."  The Evening Capital, 8 January 1896.

"Personal Mention."  The Evening Capital, 27 January 1896.

The Evening Capital, 28 January 1896.

"Personal Mention."  The Evening Capital, 15 February 1896.

"Reception To-Night."  The Evening Capital, 17 February 1896.

"Personal Mention."  The Evening Capital, 16 March 1896.

"Drawing to a Close."  The Evening Capital, 30 March 1896.

The Evening Capital, 22 October 1896.

"Stick to Annapolis."  The Evening Capital, 5 January 1897.

"The Governor Entertains."  The Evening Capital, 11 January 1897.

"Governor on a Peanut Stand."  The Evening Capital, 6 March 1897.

"State House Items."  The Evening Capital, 19 March 1897.

"Governor's Reception."  The Evening Capital, 4 February 1898.

"Governor's Reception."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 10 February 1898.

"Briefs."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 17 February 1898.

"The Governor's Family."  The Baltimore Sun, 31 May 1898.

"Executive Mansion Receptions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 22 December 1898.

"Executive Department."  The Evening Capital, 11 February 1899.

"Executive Department."  The Evening Capital, 13 March 1899.

"Personal Mention."  The Evening Capital, 19 May 1899.

The Evening Capital, 20 May 1899.

"For Prevention of Cruelty to Animals."  The Evening Capital, 20 May 1899.

The Anne Arundel Examiner, 1 June 1899.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 8 June 1899.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 3 August 1899.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 24 August 1899.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 7 September 1899.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 14 September 1899.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 9 November 1899.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 7 December 1899.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 14 December 1899.

"Open Houses."  The Evening Capital, 2 January 1900.

"Brief Mentions."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 4 January 1900.

"The Executive Mansion:  The Last Reception:  Mrs. Lowndes Bids Farewill to Annapolis Society..."  The Evening Capital, 5 January 1900.

"Visited By the Staff."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 11 January 1900.

"Admiral McNair's Social Call."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 18 January 1900.

"The Ex-Governor At Home."  The Evening Capital, 11 January 1900.

"Ex Governor Lowndes Dead."  The Evening Capital, 9 January 1905.

"Be Buried Tomorrow."  The Evening Capital, 10 January 1905.

"Governor Lowndes' Will."  The Evening Capital, 14 January 1905.

"Deaths: Richard T. Lowndes."  The Anne Arundel Examiner, 7 July 1905.

The Advertiser, 27 September 1906.

Johnston, Christopher. "Lowndes Family."  Maryland Historical Magazine 2, September 1907.

"Brief Paragraphs."  The Advertiser Republican, 26 January 1911.

"Mr. Lowndes Banqueted."  The Evening Capital, 23 November 1911.

"Lloyd Lowndes Sues Woman."  The Evening Capital, 26 January 1912.

"Widow of Former Governor Lowndes Dies in Cumberland."  The Evening Capital, 5 January 1922

Other Sources:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record, Counties) Elizabeth Tasker Lowndes, 4 January 1922, Allegany County [MSA S1179-3223, 02/56/01/92]

Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (The Evening Capital) January 28, 1896, MSA SC 2733

Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (The Advertiser Republican) January 26, 1911, MSA SC 2941,

Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Lowndes Collection), MSA SC 4063:

    The Herald, 9 January 1905.

    The American, 9 January 1905.

    The Cumberland News, 9 January 1905.

    The Baltimore Sun, 10 January 1905.

Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Emanuel Church Collection) 1803-1964, M849, MSA SC 2645.

Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Legislative History Project) Governor Lloyd Lowndes File, MSA SC 1138-1474, 2/11/11/9.

Maryland Historical Society MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION, MS. 956, p.184.

Allegany County Register of Wills (Administrative Accounts) MSA CM 52 CR 8615-2

Allegany County Register of Wills (Inventory) MSA CM 65 CR 8267-2


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