OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker
Title: Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker Collection
Dates: circa 1840s-1930s
Quantity: 147 digital images
Location: As of 2008, original photographs are in the possession of Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker. Scanned images are stored electronically by Greene Connections administrator, Candice Buchanan (63 W. Franklin St.; Waynesburg, PA 15370), and are available to view online at www.greeneconnections.com.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MARGARET LEAH (WADDELL) BAKER

Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker descends from the Crago, Divers, Hedge, Hoge, Hughes, Rinehart, Spencer, Waddell, Woods and related families of Greene County, Pennsylvania.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker Collection includes one painted portrait, one ambrotype, two carte-de-visite size photograph albums and numerous tintypes, cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards.

The collection has been divided into three series: Album 1, Album 2 and Various. The two album series have been maintained in original order. The Various Series was initially arranged by family; however, additional photographs continue to be added to the end of this series as they are shared for scanning. Consequently, it is best to use the BAKM Collection Index to look for specific individuals or subjects.

*The Album 1 Series (Catalogue Code: AN001) photographs are in a Carte-de-Visite size photograph album that may have once belonged to Abigail (Woods) Hoge [1835-1932] - wife of George Hoge [1832-1884], daughter of Samuel Woods [1803-1887] & Leah Divers [1805-1885]. The album appears to have been passed from Abigail (Woods) Hoge [1835-1932] to her daughter Margaret Leah (Hoge) Crago [1872-1966], after which it is known to have passed to her daughter Leah Abigail (Crago) Waddell [1902-1962] and then to her daughter Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project between 2006 and 2008.

Photographs in this series with unidentified or unverified subjects are as follows, if you can help to identify them, please email Candice Buchanan: # BAKM_AN001_0001, # BAKM_AN001_0002, # BAKM_AN001_0004, # BAKM_AN001_0009, # BAKM_AN001_0010, # BAKM_AN001_0011, # BAKM_AN001_0012, # BAKM_AN001_0013, # BAKM_AN001_0014, # BAKM_AN001_0015, # BAKM_AN001_0017, # BAKM_AN001_0018, # BAKM_AN001_0019, # BAKM_AN001_0020, # BAKM_AN001_0021, # BAKM_AN001_0022, # BAKM_AN001_0023, # BAKM_AN001_0024, # BAKM_AN001_0025, # BAKM_AN001_0026, # BAKM_AN001_0027, # BAKM_AN001_0031, # BAKM_AN001_0032, # BAKM_AN001_0034, # BAKM_AN001_0035, # BAKM_AN001_0037, # BAKM_AN001_0038, # BAKM_AN001_0039, # BAKM_AN001_0040, # BAKM_AN001_0043.

*The Album 2 Series (Catalogue Code: AN002) photographs are in a Carte-de-Visite size photograph album that may have once belonged to Permelia (Spencer) Crago [1835-1910] - wife of John N. Crago [1832-1907], daughter of William John Spencer [1805-1889] & Elizabeth Hedge [1806-1883]. The album was passed from Permelia (Spencer) Crago [1835-1910] to her son Thomas Spencer Crago [1866-1925] and his wife, Margaret Leah Hoge [1872-1966], to their daughter Leah Abigail (Crago) Waddell [1902-1962] to her daughter Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project between 2006 and 2008.

Photographs in this series with unidentified or unverified subjects are as follows, if you can help to identify them, please email Candice Buchanan: # BAKM_AN002_0003, # BAKM_AN002_0005, # BAKM_AN002_0006, # BAKM_AN002_0008, # BAKM_AN002_0010, # BAKM_AN002_0011, # BAKM_AN002_0012, # BAKM_AN002_0014, # BAKM_AN002_0017, # BAKM_AN002_0021, # BAKM_AN002_0022, # BAKM_AN002_0025, # BAKM_AN002_0036.

*The Various Series (Catalogue Code: AN003) photographs represent several families, as well as friends, schools and organizations. Perhaps as many as six generations are displayed from the 1840s to the 1930s, each generation having added to the collection with photographs from their own family and social ties. The photographs were passed from Louis Morton Waddell, Jr. [1900-1963] and his wife, Leah Abigail Crago [1902-1962], to their daughter Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project between 2006 and 2008.

Photographs in this series with unidentified or unverified subjects are as follows, if you can help to identify them, please email Candice Buchanan: # BAKM_AN003_0002, # BAKM_AN003_0003, # BAKM_AN003_0018, # BAKM_AN003_0029, # BAKM_AN003_0049, # BAKM_AN003_0050, # BAKM_AN003_0051, # BAKM_AN003_0063, # BAKM_AN003_0065, # BAKM_AN003_0066, # BAKM_AN003_0067, # BAKM_AN003_0068.

RELATED MATERIALS

None.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession Information
Digital scans were made between 2006 and 2008 for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project, but the original photographs in this collection remain in the possession of Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker, as of 2008.

Processing Information
Processed by Candice Buchanan, 2008. Indexed by Candice Buchanan, 2008.

Preferred Citation
See each photograph for specific citation.

Restrictions
Photographs may be reproduced and used for family and genealogical/historical purposes. The only request made in exchange for this service is that the appropriate citation information be included with any photo reproduction, this includes both digital and physical presentations. See each photograph for specific citation.

INDEX

The Margaret Leah (Waddell) Baker Collection has been indexed. The index provides detailed listings for all known photograph subjects. Unidentified photographs are not included in the index.