Carson, Marian S., collector.

Biographical Note

• 1905: Born
• 1923: Married William Macpherson Hornor (1897-1969) (divorced circa 1935)
• 1935: Assisted her husband, William Macpherson Hornor, in the compilation and publication of Blue Book, Philadelphia Furniture (Philadelphia. 340 pp.) (Revised and reprinted, 1977)
• 1941: Published "Early Photography and the University," General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, XLIII (Jan. 1941), pp. 144-153
• 1942: Married Joseph Carson (died 1953)
• 1952: Published "Philadelphia: A Century Ago," American Philatelist, LXV (Sept. 1952), p. 909
• 1954: Published "Early American Water Color Painting," Antiques, LIX, no. 1 (Jan. 1954), pp. 54-56
• 1967: Published "Benjamin Hornor Coates, M.D. (1797-1881): A Study Based on His Manuscripts," Transactions and Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 4th ser., no. 35 (Oct. 1967), pp. 63-68
• 1979: Published "The Duncan Phyfe Shops by John Rubens Smith, Artist and Drawing Master," American Art Journal, XI, no. 4 (Autumn 1979), pp. 69-78

From the guide to the Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995, (bulk 1700-1876), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)