Florence R. Bahr Collection

MSA SC 4686

Dates

1957-1992

Medium

Original

Restrictions

RESTRICTED: Contact Department of Special Collections for access.

Storage

02/45/11/42 through 02/45/11/49; 02/45/11/73; B5/17; 02/44/10/Shelf 5

Paintings, prints, drawings OR/24/22/96

Description

Artwork by artist Florence Riefle Bahr (1908-1998), including sketchbooks, drawings, paintings, and prints. A full biography of Florence Riefle Bahr written for her 1999 induction, is available on the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame site.

Includes artwork of significant events relating to civil rights and the peace movement, including the funerals of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy, the trial of H. Rap Brown, prints of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the United Farm Workers March, the trial of the Catonsville 9, and the trial of Governor Marvin Mandel. Collection also contains works by Mrs. Bahr's husband, Leonard Bahr.

Keywords: Florence E. Riefle Bahr, Florence Elizabeth Riefle Bahr, Leonard Marion Bahr

History