Behind the Green Baize Door with Riversdale’s Enslaved House Servants
Prepared by Joyce White Spring 2022 Joyce White is the foodways historian for Riversdale House Museum, as well as many other places in...
Spotlight On... Archive
Past "Spotlight On" features.
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Documenting Riversdale
Now that Riversdale House Museum has re-opened to the public after being closed for so long during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Community Engagement
Taken from May 2022 RHS Newsletter | Written by Howard Menaker Those of us who support Riversdale, contribute to fund our important...
Past and Present in the Garden
Gardening has always been a part of Riversdale’s story. Rosalie Calvert and her father, Henri Stier, frequently mention their shared love...
Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924–2017)
“I think I’d like to be remembered as a black woman scientist who cared very much about what happens to young folks, particularly women...
Descendant Connections
"“Among Miss Sallie’s slaves were great grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, children, grand children, and great grand children, for she...
...New Donations from a Calvert Descendant
Often, images of our ancestors are difficult to come by. Before the invention of the camera, paintings were the only way of preserving...
...New Work at Calvert Memorial Park
If you make your way to Calvert Memorial Park, you'll find a beautiful public park next to the Riverdale Park Town Center. Climbing those...