Katherine Salant papers
Collection
0529-MDHC
This collection documents the professional activities and records of nationally syndicated real estate newspaper columnist and blogger Katherine Salant. Originally from Northern Virginia, Salant studied architecture at Harvard University and was a Fullbright scholar. Her column "Housewatch" was first published in the Washington Post in 1994 and has appeared in multiple newspapers across the United States. Topics in this collection include real estate developments in the Washington, D.C. area, Celebration, Florida, professional home building conventions, and general home improvement.
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79.5 Linear Feet (50 Bankers boxes and 3 Paige boxes)
1.5 Linear Feet (1 Oversize Box) ; 18 x 11.75 x 3
Katherine Salant's papers consist of materials documenting her career, her newspaper columns Housewatch and Your New Home, and additional written pieces. These materials include columns, column notes, book reviews, brochures, photographs, negatives, slides, electronic discs, video discs, newspaper clippings, real estate portfolios, floor plans, real estate magazines, business documents, home appliance promotional materials, and books. Newspaper clippings, and the notes and materials they derive from, appear primarily from the Washington Post, other large city newspapers, and syndication through Inman News and others. Many documents relate to real estate developments in the Washington, D.C. area, Celebration, Florida, professional home building conventions, and general home improvement.
This collection was donated to University of Maryland Libraries by Katherine Salant, on May 18, 2018.
These materials were received by the University of Maryland in 2018. No major processing work has been done. These materials mostly remain in their original order and original containers. Some items were relocated to other boxes and recorded in the preliminary inventory.
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives