This series, composed of awards, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs, documents the life of Harold Scott Callowhill. Myrtle Callowhill, his widow, compiled and arranged by date the collection in four scrapbooks. In May of 1988 she donated the scrapbooks to the Baltimore City Archives.

Harold Callowhill retired in 1966 as Director of the Bureau of Recreation. His career in athletics and team sports dated from his youth. However, he first became associated with the Municipal Athletic Programs in 1923 when he began working with the Public Athletic League. In 1926 he became a City Field Leader in the League. In this position his assignments involved promoting boy's athletics on a city-wide basis.

When Dr. William Burdick died in 1935 Callowhill became Director of the Public Athletic League. He continued as head when the League was reorganized and became the Department of Public Recreation in 1940. In 1947 the Public Recreation Department became the Bureau of Recreation. Callowhill became Director and continued in that position until his retirement in February of 1966.

During his tenure as Director of the City's recreation and athletic programs Harold Callowhill began a number of programs. Among them were: a "Street Club Program," "Special Service to Youth," "Senior Citizens Program," "Junior and Senior Volunteer Corps," and programs for the physically handicapped.

After his retirement he organized and taught a program in recreation leadership at the Baltimore Junior College (now Community College of Baltimore). Harold Callowhill died on July 15, 1974 fourteen days before his seventy-seventh birthday.

A file folder listing is available at the Archives.