Whitney, Anne Weston (1849-1909)

whitney.pngAnne "Annie" Weston Whitney was born in Massachusetts in 1849. She moved to Baltimore and was an extremely active Club member from 1892-1908, holding office as a Vice President and Chairman of many committees during those years. Whitney was also the secretary of the American Folk-Lore Society, and she published multiple collections of Maryland folk beliefs and superstitions. A volume of her writings, compiled with fellow member Caroline Canfield Bullock, was published posthumously in 1925, under the title Folk-Lore in Maryland. 

News articles were published about Whitney’s curiosity for folklore and passion for research, and she remained a prominent Club member, even after her move to New York in 1908, until her death the following year.
Captain's "Harnt"

"The Captain's 'Harnt'" (New England Magazine Sept. 1888); folklore.

Southern Cousin, The

The Southern Cousin (1892); fiction. page images

Items of Maryland Belief and Custom

"Items of Maryland Belief and Custom" (Journal of American Folklore, Oct.-Dec. 1899). full-text

Negro American Dialects, Part I

"Negro American Dialects, Part I" (Independent, Aug. 22, 1901); essay. 

Negro American Dialects, Part II

"Negro American Dialects, Part II" (Independent, Aug. 29, 1901); essay. 

Folklore from Maryland

Folklore from Maryland (1925)

Whitney, Anne Weston (1849-1909)