Collection finding aids of Photograph Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library
HARVEY FAMILY COLLECTION
Prints and Photographs Division, Maryland Historical Society201 W. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Finding aid created by Katherine Cowan with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon, December 1999
Rose Lindsay Hopkins Harvey (1897-1980) was the daughter of Isabel Luke Hopkins (1864-1946) and Robert Dixon Hopkins (1847-1921). She grew up at Beechfield, her familys home in Catonsville, and graduated from St. Timothys School. Her husband was F. Barton Harvey (1891-1977), a Baltimore native and a graduate of the Calvert and Hill Schools, and of Harvard University in 1914. The two were engaged prior to World War I, in which F. Barton served as an army lieutenant in France, and married in 1919. They had seven children, and lived near Lake Roland in north Baltimore.
Among other activities, Rose Harvey was a board president of Union Memorial Hospital, a trustee of St. Timothys School, a congregation leader at the Church of the Redeemer, and a Red Cross volunteer. She travelled widely, as had her mother, and kept diaries of her many trips to many continents. F. Barton Harvey, a founder of the insurance firm Stump, Harvey, Gavin, Inc., also served in many other capacities, including president of the Calvert School, and trustee of the Hannah More Academy, Church Hospital, and the Family and Childrens Society.
Rose devoted much attention to raising her seven children four daughters and three sons, many of whom had achieved prominence in their careers at the time of her death. For example, F. Barton Harvey, Jr. (b. 1921) became a managing director of Alex. Brown and Sons, Alexander Harvey II (b. 1923) a judge of the U.S. District Court, and Jean Baker (b. 1933) a professor of history at Goucher College. All three Harvey sons served in the military during World War II, with Robert Dixon Hopkins Harvey (b. 1920) going to the China-Burma-India theater.
Rose Hopkins Harveys maternal grandfather William Luke was from a Scottish family who made a fortune in paper-making. Among William Lukes ancestors were John Luke and his son James, elders in the Fossoway Parish Church in Scotland. In ca. 1910, William Luke made a substantial donation to the parish.
9. Rose Hopkins Harvey.
10. Rose Hopkins Harvey and David Luke Hopkins.
12. Kennedy Cromwell Rice (?).
13. Card from Barton Harvey to Rose L. Hopkins.
Folder 2: Hopkins, Rose.
1. Wedding picture of Rose Hopkins and F. Barton Harvey, June 1918.
2. From left: Isabel Luke Hopkins, Rose Lindsay Hopkins, and (?) Luke, Atlantic City, n.d.
3. From left: Rose Lindsay Hopkins and Beth Cromwell Bosley, n.d.
4. From left: Charlotte Cromwell Harvey, Beth Cromwell Bosley, and Rose Lindsay Hopkins, n.d.
Folder 3: Beechfield.
Beechfield house and gardens, n.d. 3 items.
Folder 4: Harvey, Barton.
1. From left: Robert Dixon Hopkins Harvey, Frederick Barton Harvey, Jr.
2. Frederick Barton Harvey.
3. Frederick Barton Harvey.
Photograph (noted) found in Isabel Luke Hopkins travel diary, 1906-1907. 2 unidentified people, man in uniform and woman. 1 item.
Photograph (noted) found in Frederick Barton Harveys diary, 1918. Close-up snapshot of unidentified woman, probably Rose L. Hopkins. 1 item.
WWII. Pictures from China during World War II. 44 items. Folder also contains several envelopes from which the photoprints were removed and one handwritten note.
Photograph (noted) removed from 1915 diary of Rose Lindsay Hopkins. 4 unidentified people. 1 item.
Photograph (noted). Man in uniform (captioned, Lieut. Bigbi?). 1 item. Removed from Jan. 19, 1919 letter from F. Barton Harvey to Rose Lindsay Hopkins.
1. Man in uniform in front of tent (captioned: Sgt. Wisor?). Removed from Jan. 12, 1919 letter from F. Barton Harvey to Rose Lindsay Hopkins.
2. Men in uniform (captioned: Capt. Jurddell and Lieut. Landers?). Removed from Jan. 12, 1919 letter from F. Barton Harvey to Rose Lindsay Hopkins.
3. Street scene with soldiers (captioned: "Hotel du Commerce at Longwy. Two German officers standing outside. Taken while they occupied the city.") Removed from Jan. 12, 1919 letter from F. Barton Harvey to Rose Lindsay Hopkins.
19 x 27 x 7 cm. Contains 30 photoprints, ca. 1910. Inscribed: "To William Luke Esquire of Baltimore from the Minister and the Elders of Fossoway Parish Church, Scotland. As a token of esteem and regard and in recognition of Mr. Lukes generous kindness to Fossoway Parish Church. 1910."
Fossoway Parish Church: interior and exterior views and manse; plaque recognising John, James and William Luke; portrait of Rev. P.B. Thom, Minister.