Collections by Geographical Location: Baltimore City and County, Maryland
A Selected List of Holdings in the Archives and Manuscripts Department, University of Maryland Libraries
For more information about how to access materials in this guide, please visit the Maryland Room web page or fill out an information request.
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Spiro T. Agnew papers, 1953-1977. 475.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Spiro T. Agnew served as Baltimore County executive, governor of Maryland, and vice president of the United States. The bulk of the materials in the collection relate to his time as vice president. Document types primarily include correspondence, campaign materials, speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, schedules, and briefing books. The range of subjects covered includes Vietnam, drugs, race relations, campaigning, the economy, and Agnew's resignation from the vice presidency.
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Felix Agnus papers, 1861-1869. 1.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Felix Agnus (1839-1925) was a French sculptor and Austrian War veteran who achieved incredible success as an officer in the 5th and 165th New York Infantry Regiments during the American Civil War. Agnus served in several campaigns and engagements, including the Peninsula Campaign, the Port Hudson Campaign, and Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. In recognition of his gallantry, Agnus received numerous promotions, rising from the rank of private to Brevet Brigadier General. He settled in Baltimore after the war, eventually becoming business manager of the Baltimore American and later founding the Baltimore Star
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Papers of John Henry Alexander, 1824-1857. 0.75 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
John H. Alexander (1812-1867) had a varied career as a lawyer, civil engineer, surveyor, geologist, and teacher at the universities of Pennsylvania and Maryland. As Chief Engineer of Maryland, he surveyed the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad. He also conducted a coast survey for the federal government, and, as Maryland's first geologist, he mapped coal deposits in the state. Important subjects documented in the collection include the C & O Canal, slack water navigation, canal legislation, surveys, contracts, railroads, Indian tribes, real estate, and Alexander's family life. The collection consists of reports, pamphlets, essays, and correspondence.
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Authors and Poets, null. 7.25 linear feet.
Location: Literary Manuscripts
Includes correspondence from H. L. Mencken, a Baltimore native.
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Baltimore Environmental Center archives, 1969-1994. 52.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This local organization is concerned with environmental issues in the Baltimore metropolitan area, including air and water quality, solid and hazardous waste, transportation, wildlife, recycling, and the Chesapeake Bay.
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Archives of the Baltimore Federation of Labor, 1918-1969. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Baltimore Federation of Labor (BFL), an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, was formed in 1883 by delegates from industry-specific unions. The BFL's purpose was to improve the lives and working conditions of all laborers through unionization and legislative action on issues such as the eight-hour work day and eliminating child labor. The organization still exists today as the Baltimore Council of AFL-CIO Unions. The collection consists primarily of microfilmed minutes of meetings from 1918-1965, and other documents including a constitution, union publications, and two oral histories of Baltimore union members
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Baltimore Smallpox Epidemic
Collection, 1871-1882. 21 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Baltimore Smallpox Epidemic Collection comprises correspondence and financial records relating to an epidemic between 1871 and 1882. Topics of interest include smallpox vaccinations, measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, including destruction of clothing and the quarantine of afflicted patients. There is also personal correspondence on the epidemic.
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Papers of Samuel Moore Barclay, 1818-1849. 23 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Samuel Moore Barclay was a Bedford, Pennsylvania, attorney who corresponded with a number of prominent Maryland individuals and business firms on legal, political, and business matters. Among Barclay's correspondents were William Tiffany and Co., H. P. Hepburn, Jonathan M. Edgar, and C. D. Slingluff. Topics discussed include legal cases, monetary claims, and business arrangements.
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Papers of Judge Norris S. Barratt, 1911-1915. 18 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Papers of Judge Norris S. Barratt, a Philadelphia lawyer and author of Barratt's Chapel and Methodism, consist of fourteen letters he received from James H. Preston sent during Preston's first term as mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, (1911-1915) and three of Barratt's letters sent to Preston. The letters are both political and personal in nature. Also included are an invitation to a Symbolic Silver Service for James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, at Baltimore's City Hall and two pamphlets on Baltimore and Mayor Preston.
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Records of the Coalition to Preserve Black Marsh, 1988-1994. 5.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Materials collected by Polly Walker relating to Black Marsh and North Point State Park in Baltimore County, Maryland. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, drawings, maps, minutes, photographs, press releases, and reports. In 1990, a group of concerned individuals formed the Coalition to Preserve Black Marsh, Inc. (CPBM), a non-profit citizen's action group, to preserve and to conserve Baltimore County's Black Marsh, a 232-acre marsh that lies within North Point State Park, part of the Gunpowder Falls Maryland State Park system.
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Papers of R. Howard Bland, 1903-1917. 1.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
R. Howard Bland, upon receiving his law degree from Harvard in 1905, joined the Baltimore law firm of Poe, Claggett, and Bland, where he remained until 1916. He subsequently made his mark in the business world, serving variously as a director of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. and of the Consolidated Gas, Electric, Light, and Power Company and as president of the U.S. Fidelity and Guarantee Company. His papers contain correspondence relating to his years at Harvard as a law student; the Boston cultural scene; society in Villanova, Pennsylvania; and Bland's courtship with Mary Paul.
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Bock Ark papers, 1938-1972. 1.00 linear foot.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
A Chinese immigrant to the United States in 1911, Bock Ark settled in Baltimore where he became active in Chinese-American organizations. Bock's papers include documentation on his wife, Sue Bock, former president of the Chinese Women's Association of Baltimore and active member of other Chinese women's organizations. Subjects covered include the March 1910 Chinese revolution, Refugee Relief Act, war orphans, immigration law, communism, and the new life movement. Also included is some correspondence with Madame Chang Kai Shek.
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Charles E. Bowers Family Papers, 1919-1976. 9.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Charles E. Bowers Company, formerly known as the Bowers Moving Company, was founded in the late 1840s in Baltimore, Maryland. The company remained in the Bowers family through successive generations until the most recent owner, Charles E. Bowers, Jr., ("Ed") was murdered in 1973. Edward Friedland purchased the business in 1974. The bulk of documents in the collection relate to the sale of the Charles E. Bowers Company and consist of letters, licensing documents, pamphlets, meeting minutes, photographs, and accounting records. Also included are genealogical records relating to the family.
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James Bruce papers, 1734-2002. 65.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
James Bruce (1892-1980) spent most of his life in the world of business and banking, working in both New York and Baltimore. He served variously as president of the Baltimore Trust Company, director of American Airlines, and vice president of the National Dairy Products Corporation. He and his family also had ties to diplomacy and early in his life, just prior to enlistment for World War I, Bruce served as private secretary to his uncle, Thomas Nelson Page, U.S. Ambassador to Italy. Several years later, from 1947 to 1949, Bruce himself served as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. He subsequently served as the director of the Foreign Military Assistance Program, forerunner of NATO, before returning to his career in business in 1950.
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Orin M. Bullock, Jr.
papers, 1920-1986. 66.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes Baltimore historic preservation materials. This collection is unprocessed.
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Charles S. Burns papers, 1870-1911. 0.25 linear feet (129 items).
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Charles S. Burns (1846-1937) was a teacher in Maryland during the late nineteenth century; he also worked for the Customs House in Baltimore, Maryland. The Charles S. Burns Papers consist of correspondence, both letters and postcards, from family members, friends, and organizations to which Burns belonged. The subject matter includes notices for membership dues owed the Order of the Golden Chain, news of family events, crop output, and solicitations from former students seeking Burns's help at the Baltimore Customs House. In addition, there is correspondence pertaining to the Sun Mutual Aid Society of Baltimore.
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Papers of Elbert M. Byrd, 1961-1966. 1.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
A professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and at the University of Maryland, Elbert M. Byrd was also the author of publications on constitutional theory and the judicial process. In addition Byrd served as delegate and platform committee chairman at state conventions of the Young Democratic Club and as treasurer of that organization. His papers address such subjects as home rule, the expansion of the Prince George's County's Board of Commissioners, and Byrd's 1962 campaign for the United States Senate.
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Office of the Chancellor
records, 1967-1978. 97.00 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
Information on University of Maryland-Baltimore City and University of Maryland-Baltimore County. There is also unprocessed material. Preliminary inventory available. Closed pending review by the University Archivist.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation archives, 1963-1989. 5.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This non-profit organization was established to promote the preservation of the ecological well-being of the Chesapeake Bay through conserving its natural resources, combating pollution, and educating the public. Important issues documented in the foundation's records include the environment of the Bay, as well as actions proposed and undertaken to eliminate threats to this environment. Other subjects addressed are: the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Piney Point Oil Refinery, development of the Goodwin Islands, and Kent County gravel operations. Also, see Series II - Subject Files, Box 1: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant - Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
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College Park Senate
records, 1993-2000. 9.5 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
Information on University of Maryland at Baltimore and University of Maryland-Baltimore County. There is also unprocessed material. There are some restrictions.
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Archives of Colt and Donaldson, 1825-1848. 0.25 linear feet (48 items).
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The collection contains the correspondence and financial records of the mercantile firm Colt and Donaldson who supplied Baltimore and Philadelphia with agricultural and other general merchandise. Includes correspondence from agents in Baltimore.
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Papers of David Stewart Courtenay, 1787-1900. 0.25 linear feet (20 items).
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The papers of David Stewart Courtenay consist of correspondence, guardians' and executors' financial records, and biographical/genealogical materials pertaining to various family members, including the family of Courtenay's mother, Isabella Purviance. Included are documents created in the course of conducting various business transactions, such as the settlement of the estate of Dr. John Boyd, receipts of debts owed, and receipts pertaining to David Courtenay's guardianship of John Larsh. The latter documents the cost of clothing, board, tuition, and other items around 1830. David Courtenay's account book dating from 1820 to 1824 documents the estate of John H. Purviance as well as the accounts of members of the Courtenay family. Correspondence among David Courtenay and his nephew, David Courtenay, Jr., and three insurance companies discusses the transfer of stock in 1871. Also included is a certificate verifying Sarah M. Courtenay's donation of $1 to the Washington National Monument Society. Zachary Taylor signed the certificate.
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Davis Family papers
papers, 1784-1967. 4.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of the Davis family, who owned a farm in Frederick County, Maryland, for over a hundred years. The papers consist of financial records, including farm ledgers, account books, land deeds, wills, domestic receipts and bills, business correspondence, and records of investments. The collection also contains blueprints and instructions for building a dairy barn, circa 1930s. The most comprehensive records document the time of ownership by R. Lee Davis and his son Aubrey G. Davis between 1895 and 1945, concerning dairy operations and milk distribution to Baltimore. Activities surrounding milk distribution to Baltimore City well-documented in farm letters and business correspondence
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Anneke Davis papers, 1969-2004. 22.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection contains materials relating to environmental issues in and around the Baltimore area. Addenda include Acc. 2004-124 and Acc. 2004-107. This collection is unprocessed.
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Papers of the Dawkins Family, 1883-1931. 1.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Dawkins family papers consist primarily of the correspondence and diaries of James A. Dawkins (1845-1920). Dawkins, a Democrat, was a delegate in the Maryland State Legislature from Baltimore's Third Legislative District between 1903 and 1915. Significant subjects documented in the collection are Dawkins' unprecedented re-election to a sixth term in 1913, and the building of Central Station in Utica, New York, under Dawkins' supervision.
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Demorest's New-York Illustrated News Woodcut Collection, 1861-1865. 4 woodcuts with prints and 1 broadside.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection contains a Civil War-era woodcut of Federal Hill in Baltimore.
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George Du Bois Collection of Maryland Labor History, 1865-1922. 3.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Photocopies of newspapers articles from the Baltimore Sun and other Maryland newspapers relating to labor issues gathered by DuBois during work on his dissertation at the University of Maryland, Search for a Better Life: Baltimore Workers 1865-1916. This collection includes unprocessed material. Papers of H. Chandlee Foreman--20th century. This collection includes images and correspondence concerning Baltimore and Baltimore County. This collection is unprocessed.
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Papers of Gilbert Fraser, 1911-1919. 0.75 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection consists of the diaries, clippings, theatre programs, financial records, and correspondence of Gilbert Fraser (1848-1924), British Consul General in Baltimore from 1913 to 1919. Subjects include the sinking of the "Lusitania", the shooting of J. Pierpont Morgan, spy trials, the "Deutschland" submarine, the Vagabond Theatre, and his daily life as a British consul in America.
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Archives of Messrs. Freeman and Almy, 1864. 36 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
In 1864, Captain Daniel C. Childs wrote from Baltimore to ship owners Messrs. Freeman and Almy in New York City. In the letters, Captain Childs discussed the purchase of an Italian brig named Gertrude, which he repaired and loaded with cargo for the West Indies. Included in the correspondence are details of the process, from the purchase of the ship at auction, to its repairs, to loading the cargo and obtaining a crew.
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Archives of Robert Garrett and Sons, 1830-1863. 2.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection is comprised of the business records of Robert Garrett and Sons, a Baltimore firm involved in wholesale grocery, transportation, and hotel ventures. These records include correspondence, purchase orders, checks, account books, and receipts for goods and transportation. A significant portion of the collection relates to the firm's involvement in transportation concerns, among them the B & O Railroad, New Railroad Line, and the Patent Portable Car Body Line.
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Robert Gerle Papers, 1873-1992. 6 linear feet.
Location: Special Collections in Performing Arts
Robert Gerle (1924-2005) was a concert violinist, conductor, and teacher. Born in Abbazia, Italy (now Opatija, Croatia), Gerle graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and studied at the National Conservatory of Music. After World War II he began a concert career in the U.S. Teaching positions at Peabody Institute in Baltimore and the Mannes College of Music in New York followed. In 1972 Gerle began the orchestra program at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). For the next two decades, Gerle taught at UMBC and The Catholic University of America, conducted the Friday Morning Music Club, and served as musical director of the Washington Sinfonia.
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Papers of Reuben Gilder, 1815-1827. 1 linear inch.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Little is known concerning the details of the life of Reuben Gilder, other than various accounts of his military service during the War of 1812 in the Fort Niagara, Canada, theater of war, along with selected subsequent experiences in the capacity of a retired military man and unsuccessful merchant in Baltimore during the 1810s and 1820s. Reuben Gilder married an Eliza Mary Hughes in Baltimore on February 17, 1819. Gilder attempted a life in national politics, as evident from his application for the position of Doorkeeper (today Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper) of the U. S. Senate, which he failed to obtain. Gilder also suffered from various post-war ailments and health problems.
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Papers of R. Sumter Griffith, 1877-1936. 0.25 linear feet (20 items).
Location: Historical Manuscripts
R. Sumter Griffith was an early graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College who later became a physician. His papers include class admission tickets and photographs, documenting Griffith's life and studies at the Maryland Agricultural College and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore.
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Arthur J. Gutman
Collection of Menckeniana, 1882-2006. 7.75 linear feet.
Location: Literary Manuscripts
Arthur J. Gutman was born in 1911. A native Baltimorean, he graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1928 and then attended the University of Baltimore. From 1979-1999, Mr. Gutman held the position of president of the Mencken Society, an organization founded to encourage the reading of and to pursue research into the writings of Henry L. Mencken. The Arthur J. Gutman collection contains books, clippings, letters, manuscripts, newsletters, pamphlets, and photographs related to both H.L. Mencken and to the Mencken Society. A large portion of the collection consists of first editions of H.L. Mencken's works as well as a number of the most significant secondary works on the writer. The collection contains a considerable amount of correspondence between Gutman and noted Mencken scholars, manuscripts of works on Mencken, and a nearly complete series of Mencken Society newsletters. There are also a number of rare pieces of Mencken's writing that appeared in pamphlet form, as well as some original Mencken correspondence. The entire collection spans the period from 1906-2000 with the majority of the materials falling between 1979-1999.
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Papers of Charles Fleetwood Hanna, 1873-1925. 0.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Charles Fleetwood Hanna worked for the Customs Service in Baltimore, Maryland. Hanna's autobiography, dated ca. 1913, contains many references to Baltimore history, including the introduction of the first steam fire engine in Baltimore (1856) and the attempt by the volunteer firemen to destroy it; development of the water system in the city of Baltimore from street pumps to hydrants in individual homes; Baltimore street watchmen (late 1850s) taking shelter in small wooden boxes, some called calabooses; a trip from Baltimore to Loudon County, Virginia about 1874 via steamboat and train with extensive descriptions of the life and times; and Hanna's active participation in the Masonic order. Series II contains Hanna's writings on Baltimore, including references to buildings, the condition of the streets and the cost of real estate. He noted that the city was known as a "great southern gathering place and a convention city."
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Papers of George H. Hanst, 1958-1988. 6.0 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
George Hanst, a Maryland native, worked for the Baltimore Evening Sun. He served as a copy writer for the newspaper and also covered the courtroom activities of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. He is best remembered for his daily column "Court Docket." The Hanst collection consists of hand-written notebooks, as well as newspaper and headline clipping books.
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Virginia Harrold Collection, 1864-1961. 0.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Documents in this collection concern the Hamilton and Hendrix families of Baltimore, in particular their dressmaking and mercantile activities. The collection also addresses the issues of church and religion, and includes ledgers, vouchers, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia
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Elizabeth K. Hartline papers, 1951-2001. 24.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection is comprised of material documenting the activities of numerous Maryland environmental groups. Included are newsletters, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes. Large portions of the collection document the Maryland Conservation Council, the Long Green Valley Association, and the Maryland Environmental Trust. See also: Maryland Conservation Council. The collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Hepburn Family papers, 1739-1813. 18 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes an 1813 public notice advocating for small pox vaccination in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Collection, 1933-1969. 104 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes drawings of buildings in Baltimore and Baltimore County. A complete set of Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) drawings is available online at the Library of Congress.
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Papers of Clark S. Hobbs, 1925-1964. 4.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Mr. Hobbs served as the chairman of the Baltimore Redevelopment Commission. The collection contains newspaper clippings, reports, photographs, and speeches. Topics include Baltimore City public schools, fund-raising for health and welfare services, and a commencement address for Baltimore Community College. Mr. Hobbs' papers are unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Jack Hoffenberg papers, 1944-1977. 14.75 linear feet.
Location: Literary Manuscripts
Jack Hoffenberg (1906-1977) was a novelist and advertising executive in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.
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Papers of Celia M. Holland, 1861-1993. 12.50 linear feet, 3012 slides, 338 photographs.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Celia M. Holland (1911-1993), a Baltimore, Maryland, native, was a local history writer who became, through her research, the unofficial historian of Howard County, Maryland. Her most important work was the monograph entitled Old Homes and Families of Howard County, Maryland. She also produced numerous newspaper and magazine articles on Maryland history topics and conducted an extensive correspondence with many individuals sharing similar local history interests.
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Papers of Henry Powell Hopkins, 1886-1959. 3.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Architect Henry Powell Hopkins worked in Baltimore City and designed many buildings on the University of Maryland at College Park campus, and he also designed and remodeled a number of significant structures throughout the state of Maryland.
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Richard Hubbard Howland papers, 1879-2006. 3.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Richard Hubbard Howland (b. 1910, Providence, Rhode Island) was the first president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He received an A. B. from Brown University in 1931, an A. M. from Harvard in 1933, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in Classical Archaelogy in 1946. He spent five years at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (1933-1938), before returning to the U. S., where he taught at Wellesley College in Boston. He spent ten years (1946-1956) at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was chairman and founder of the Department of Art History. After serving as President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1956 to 1960, Howland went to work at the Smithsonian Institution, where he was Chairman of the Department of Civil History at the Museum of History and Technology until 1967, and then Special Assistant to Secretary S. Dillon Ripley until his retirement in 1985. Howland's papers contain correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, writings and publications, research material and lecture notes, photographs, appointment books, awards and certificates, clippings, programs and brochures, and directories documenting his career, primarily at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, as well as activities in various cultural and social organizations.
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Papers of the Pleasant Hunter Family, 1852-1890. 105 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Pleasant Hunter was born in Maryland in 1810 and lived his adult life in Baltimore County in the area of Parkton and Wiseburg along York Road. He was a farmer, an innkeeper, a Baltimore County sheriff (1853), a member of the Board of County Commissioners (1851-1852 and 1875-1876), and a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly (1860-1861). During the 1850s he also collected taxes and other monies. The papers of the Pleasant Hunter Family consist primarily of personal correspondence between Pleasant Hunter's daughter, Eliza ("Lida") Hunter, and her cousins and friends, dating from 1860 to 1870. Also included is other family correspondence, including letters to Pleasant Hunter and his wife, Margaret. Topics covered include daily activities, weather, places visited, illnesses, weddings, births, and deaths. A portion of the collection documents Pleasant Hunter's business and political activities, primarily dealing with financial matters. Correspondents include Joshua Frederick ("Fred") Cockey Talbott, U. S. Congressman from Maryland.
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Records of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, 1928-1952. 5.50 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
Information on University of Maryland-Baltimore County athletics, including video footage. There is also unprocessed material.
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Papers of the Thomas Kensett Family, 1856-1908. 26 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Correspondence between Thomas Kensett to his Baltimore fiancee, Gertrude W. Brown, during their courtship. Topics include day-to-day life, ill health, dental work, a poem about the joys of smoking, and skin problems. Also included are documents pertaining to the couple's daughter, Gertrude Kensett Vanderhoef, including her 1906 will. A sister collection may be found at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore (MS 2854).
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Papers of William C. Kerr, 1915-1927. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection relates primarily to the affairs of the Kerr family of Catonsville, Maryland. Subjects include local society, politics, and business and church affairs in Baltimore.
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George Koonce Collection, 1862-1864. 7 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Seven documents attesting to the loyalty of Harper's Ferry resident George Koonce, who defended the town against the Confederate army in 1861 and lost his business as a result. The collection includes a letter of support from Baltimore merchants and trade documents relating to the movement of goods using the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Papers of Isaiah S. and Martha Lang, 1858-1928. 0.5 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection consists of the correspondence and business records of Isaiah S. and Martha Lang, New Hampshire farmers. It includes significant groupings of letters from Lang's uncle, David M. Sanborn, a Baltimore physician, and from relatives farming on the Minnesota frontier. The letters from Sanborn are especially interesting in light of their particular references to economic and social conditions in a "border state" immediately before and during the Civil War.
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Papers of Richard Estep Lankford, 1955-1965. 97.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes subject files on Baltimore. There is a restriction that files must be prescreened before use. This collection is unprocessed.
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League of Women Voters
of Maryland archives, 1910-1985. 32.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The League of Women Voters of Maryland was founded in 1921, shortly after the passage of the twentieth amendment granting women the vote. The League has antecedents in a number of suffrage organizations, including the Just Government League of Maryland and the Women's Suffrage League of Maryland. The League of Women Voters has organized county leagues and developed a program for voicing the concerns and furthering the interests of its members. Series II: Counties Baltimore City (Boxes 1, 2, 3), Baltimore County (Boxes 3,4)
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Office of the Director
of Libraries records, 1905-1989. 48.75 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
Information on University of Maryland at Baltimore and University of Maryland-Baltimore County libraries. This collection is unprocessed
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Papers of Daniel S. Lynch, 1981-1999. 2.50 linear feet and 22 oversize items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Lynch was an environmental activist and vice president of the Coalition to Preserve Black Marsh. The papers relate to natural conservation campaigns, particularly Black Marsh and North Point State Park in Baltimore County, Maryland.
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Papers of Louise Malloy, 1894-1944. 2.00 linear feet.
Location: Literary Manuscripts
Louise Malloy (1858-1947) was the first newspaperwoman in Baltimore, Maryland, and a social and civic crusader. Her efforts led to the establishment of Juvenile Court in Baltimore and also resulted in improvements in the Fire Department. At the Baltimore American, she specialized in women's interests, did editorial and feature work, was dramatic editor for many years, and wrote a daily humor column entitled "Josh Wink."
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Mandel Family Collection, 1940-2003. 27.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes correspondence, publications, and reports relating to Baltimore. This collection is unprocessed.
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Archives of the Maryland Conservation Council, 1970-1986. 4.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes materials on environmental issues in the Baltimore area. A preliminary inventory is available. An addendum to this collection is Acc. 99-212 which includes personal files of Maryland Conservation Council members Anneke Davis and Tom Garrison concerning recycling in Baltimore. Another addendum is Acc. 2000-107, which includes information on the Baltimore Recycling Coalition, the Baltimore Environmental Center, and the Baltimore Bird Club. A preliminary inventory to Acc. 2000-107 is available.
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Archives of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, 1929-1979. 18.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Maryland Horse Breeders Association was founded in 1929 as an agency dedicated to the promotion and protection of the Maryland horse industry. Series III: Races, Pimlico ***Pimlico in Baltimore City (Subseries 1, 3), Series IV: Shows, Pimlico in Baltimore City
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Brantz Mayer papers, 1820-1853. 2 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Brantz Mayer was a prominent citizen, historian, and writer in Baltimore, Maryland, in the nineteenth century. Mayer spent a portion of his life traveling, and, as a result, this collection emphasizes two of Mayer's works on the history of Mexico: Mexico as It Was and as It Is (1844) and Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican (1851).The Brantz Mayer Papers also include diaries kept by Mayer during his travels, and other notes he kept on daily life.
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Theodore R. McKeldin papers, 1880-1980. 91.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin was born in south Baltimore in 1900 and graduated from the University of Maryland Law School with a bachelor's degree in law in 1925. McKeldin's political career in Maryland spans five decades, beginning with his political appointment as executive secretary to Mayor William F. Broening of Baltimore in 1927. McKeldin was mayor of Baltimore himself from 1943 to 1947. During McKeldin's second term as mayor, which lasted from 1963 to 1967, he embarked upon a wide ranging program of urban renewal, which included the beginnings of the redevelopment of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, construction of a new municipal building, and the planned elimination of the city's slums.
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W. Joseph Moyer papers, 1857-1986. 82.75 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes climatological data from the Baltimore area. This collection is unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Archives of the National Organizers Alliance, 1991-2004. 48 linear feet and 2 mapcase drawers.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The National Organizers Alliance (NOA), founded in 1993 by organizers working across the spectrum of progressive social justice movements, has a two-fold purpose. NOA's mission is to advance progressive organizing for social, economic and environmental justice and to sustain, support and nurture the people of all ages who do it. The Archives of the National Organizers Alliance include working papers documenting the activities of the organization, including regional organizing, meeting notes, membership information, video and audio tapes, photographs, and posters. Included is information about Baltimore-area gatherings and initiatives.
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Baltimore News American Collection, 1773-2006. 16.00 linear feet and 85 items.
Location: Marylandia
The Baltimore News American Collection consists of materials that document the long history of the News American and its predecessors. The News American traced its lineage back to Baltimore's first newspaper, the Maryland Journal and the Baltimore Advertiser, which was started by William Goddard on August 20, 1773. However, historically, the connection between the two newspapers is ambiguous. Instead, the likely origins of the News American date to May 14, 1799, when Alexander Martin launched the American and Daily Advertiser. The collection dates from 1773-2006 with the bulk of material dating 1930-1973. It includes many different types of materials, such as newspaper clippings, library files, correspondence, scrapbooks, unpublished and published manuscripts and employee newsletters. Prominent individuals documented in the collection include H.L. Mencken, Frank A. Munsey, R.P. Hariss, William Randolph Heart Sr., William Randolph Hearst Jr. and John Steadman. Additional materials of interest, include information about the News American's Bicentennial Celebration, the demise of the News American, the history of News American buildings and scrapbooks from the 1930 's to the 1940 's including items that contain the editorial commentary and perspectives of William Randolph Hearst Sr.
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Papers of the Newton Family, 1770-1873. 1.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection contains material relating to some of the Newton family members that lived in Baltimore.
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Papers of the Richard P. Newton Family, 1925-1956. 0.75 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Correspondence comprises the largest portion of the Papers of the Richard P. Newton Family and documents the daily lives of Richard Newton, Dorothy Speilman Newton, Lillian Boehm, and some of their friends in Baltimore during World War II and into the 1950s.
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Aaron Oberly, 1863-1865. 6 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes correspondence written by U.S. Navy Assistant Surgeon Aaron S. Oberly while he was in Baltimore.
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Papers of Philip Perlman, 1926-1942. 25.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Philip Perlman was a prominent Maryland lawyer and political leader during the 1930s and 1940s who served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1947 to 1952. His papers consist of files relating to Baltimore mayoral, Maryland gubernatorial, and U.S. House and Senate elections; the creation of Maryland laws and legislation; Baltimore City Government; the Great Depression; Maryland and Baltimore political campaigns; presidential campaigns of 1932 and 1940; Assessment of Maryland Zoning Ordinances; the functioning and internal politics of the Democratic National Committee; construction of Clifton Park School; construction of the Baltimore Airport; decision to construct the Chesapeake Bay Bridge; the Fairway Company's negotiations with the government; United Railways and Electric Company legal issues; and Baltimore society. Significant correspondents include Baltimore Mayor Howard W. Jackson and Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie.
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Records of the Phi Mu Fraternity, 1923-1945. 5.00 linear feet.
Location: University Archives
The records of the Phi Mu Fraternity, an engineering honor society later known as the Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, consist of research papers on various engineering topics prepared as part of initiation requirements for Phi Mu. Many of these papers deal with the history of the state of Maryland. Papers discussing Baltimore history include The history and construction of Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor, by Joseph H. Deckman; The history and construction of northern substation of the Baltimore Transit Company, by Elies Elvove; History and development of shipbuilding in Baltimore," by William F. Korff; and The Baltimore shot tower, by Kenneth F. Matthews.
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Records of the Office of the President, University of Maryland, 1868-1988. 67.5 linear feet (processed); approx. 900 linear feet (unprocessed).
Location: University Archives
Information on University of Maryland branches in Baltimore and Baltimore County. There is also unprocessed material under Harry C. Byrd that includes information on University of Maryland branches in Baltimore City and County and photographs. There are restrictions on some of the material.
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Papers of the Preston Family, 1799-1916. 3.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The Prestons were an upper middle class family in 19th-century Baltimore.
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Joseph Raynes papers, 1831-1849. 10 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Correspondence between British immigrant Joseph Raynes to his family in Bonsall, Derbyshire, England, describing Baltimore life in the nineteenth century, including buildings, prices, and Lexington Market.
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E. Roderick and Arthur
Shipley papers, 1901-1975. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
E. Roderick (1915-1984) and Arthur M. (1878-1955) Shipley, were members of an old land-owning family in Maryland; both pursued medicine as a professional career. The Shipley collection consists primarily of a materials documenting late nineteenth and early twentieth century life in Anne Arundel County and Baltimore, Maryland.
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Papers of Carlton Ralph Sickles, 1955-1967. 171.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The files of Carlton Sickles, a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, include material pertaining to both Baltimore and Baltimore County. Some of the files are restricted, but many of those do not pertain to the information on Baltimore. This collection is unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available.
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Papers of Naomi Duff Smith, 1928-1859. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Literary Manuscripts
Naomi Duff Smith (1902-1973) was a poet, author of short stories and radio scripts, and owner of a Baltimore public relations firm.
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Sterling Family papers, 1862-1864. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection consists of the correspondence of various members of the Sterling family of Annapolis. The letters discuss personal and military affairs, occurrences of note, prisoners of war, slavery, and military officers and duties. Will Sterling was in Baltimore City to muster troops during some of the time period covered by the correspondence
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Papers of James Thompson, 1808-1841. 6 items.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection contains six handwritten business letters to and from James Thompson of Pennsylvania from correspondents located in Maryland. Included is an invitation to visit a wholesale clothier, Tiffany, Fite & Co. of Baltimore. It gives a description of their latest stock. There is also unprocessed material.
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Warfield Family Papers, 1801-1960. 10.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes the papers of Edwin A. Warfield (1848-1928), Governor of Maryland, politician, and gentleman farmer, and of his son, Edwin Warfield, Jr. Topics covered include the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore, Maryland.
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Weems-Reynolds Family papers, 1713-1940. 1.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of the Weems Family, one of the oldest families in Maryland, and of the Reynolds and Petherbridge families, which were related to the Weems by marriage. One of the subjects in the collection addresses the Republican National Convention in Baltimore (1893).
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Papers of Leonard Weinberg, 1934-1945. 1.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
. The papers of Leonard Weinberg consist of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings documenting legal cases involving labor issues, especially a case involving the Baltimore firm of L. Greif & Bros. The collection is unprocessed.
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Papers of Carol Wharton, 1942-1958. 6.00 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
Carol Wharton (1907-1958) was a staff correspondent for the Baltimore Evening Sun and wrote articles on art and politics. The collection consists of her scrapbooks containing copies of her articles.
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Papers of William Wilson, 1848-1849. 0.25 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
William Wilson was an agent for the milling firm of Hoover and Frick, which was located near Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. He apparently spent much of his time at the harbor in Baltimore, Maryland, gathering the news of the day, which he then transmitted to his employers in a series of letters.
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William G. Wilson papers, 1972-2006. 57.50 linear feet.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
This collection includes materials relating to environmental issues in the Baltimore area. A preliminary inventory is available. Addendum to this collection include Acc. 89-150 and Acc. 2004-141, which both contain similar material and have preliminary inventories available.
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Archives of the Work Projects Administration in Maryland, 1933-1943. 20.00 linear feet + 50 reels microfilm.
Location: Historical Manuscripts
The collection contains the records of the Maryland Work Projects Administration (WPA) as well as those of the Maryland Emergency Relief Administration (MERA) and the Civil Works Administration (CWA), its immediate predecessors. Series II: Maryland Federal Writers' Project Subject Files ? Baltimore City and County found under the following subjects: Arts; Cities, Towns, and Villages; Commerce and Industry; Counties; Education; Military in Maryland; Social Welfare. Series III: Other WPA Projects in Maryland ? Four in Baltimore City and County. Series IV: Predecessors of WPA in MD ? Civil Works Administration activities in Maryland counties include topographical maps of Baltimore City and County.
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Asher G. Zlotnik Papers, ca. 1945-1997. 30.50 linear feet.
Location: Special Collections in Performing Arts
Dr. Asher G. Zlotnik (1915-1997) was a music scholar and teacher who spent most of his career teaching music theory and sight singing to practicing musicians, including members of the Glen Miller and Tommy Dorsey bands, and members of the radio network orchestras at ABS, CBS, NBC and the WOR radio orchestra. His academic teaching positions included the Hartford School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and Boston University. He also engaged in research and private teaching in Baltimore until his retirement in 1995. The collection consists of correspondence, scores, writings, articles, clippings, research and notes, student papers and dissertations, educational materials, notebooks, audio recordings, periodicals, and publications related to Zlotnik's work as a music educator and researcher, particularly his research on Robert Schumann and the re-orchestration of Schumann's symphonies.
Maryland Manuscripts
The Maryland Manuscripts grouping consists of a diverse array of materials such as letters, diaries, printed ephemera, and legal records, many of which relate to social, political and historical development during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries in Baltimore City and County. The following are just some of those.
- MDMS 9: Account of 19th century fight in Baltimore City.
- MDMS 31: 19th century business papers and accounts of B. H. Cook of Baltimore City.
- MDMS 3440: Information on 19th and 20th century transportation.
- MDMS 183: 19th century letter from A. M. Keller to W. Taylor concerning epidemic in Baltimore City, shipments from Liverpool, and the slave trade.
- MDMS 257: Bolgiano, L. miscellaneous papers concerning Sopia Bolgiano's moneyed holdings in Baltimore City, 19th century.
- MDMS 324: Mayer, Brantz: A Historical Sketch on Baltimore, 1727-1870, 9 parts, ca. 1870.
- MDMS 326: Theater programs, Baltimore: Ford-23, Lyric-14, Miscellaneous-12.
- MDMS 342: Maryland Institute (College of Art) building dedication, 20th century.
- MDMS 347: Baltimore Board of Trade: Articles of association and by-laws, 19th century.
- MDMS 349: Johnson, Gerald W.: Address delivered before Edgar Allen Poe Society of Baltimore, 20th century.
- MDMS 361: Monument, Confederate: unveiling and order of ceremonies in 20th century Baltimore.
- MDMS 385: Colston, F.: An Account of the Battle of North Point, the Bombardment of Fort McHenry, the Birth of the Star-Spangled Banner. Maryland Day, Jamestown Exposition, 20th century Baltimore City.
- MDMS 461: Zimmerman, L. M.: Publications-programs of Christ Lutheran Church. List of sermon topics, 20th century Baltimore City.
- MDMS 468: Baltimore Female College Catalog, sixth annual, 19th century Baltimore City.
- MDMS 626: Arnold, I.: Reprint, "The Baltimore Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln," Harpers, June 1868, Baltimore City.
- MDMS 739: The Maryland Society of the War of 1812, address of Francis Scott Key-Smith, Esq., 20th century, Baltimore City.
- MDMS 837: Tresevant and Cochran, insurance agents: Statement of losses of companies in the Baltimore Fire, 20th century, Baltimore City.
- MDMS 4158: Completed certificate of import for Port of Baltimore, 18th century.
- MDMS 5424: Two volumes of documents on the Ellicot family of Baltimore, 19th century.
- MDMS 5433: Fort McHenry in the Civil War, Fort McHenry in the Civil War. 96-page diary written by Corporal Edwin Keay (Co. C and E, 91st New York). Mention of guarding prisoners and the death of Abraham Lincoln. 19th century, Baltimore City.
- MDMS 5438: "The Following list of Families and other persons Residing in the Town of Baltimore, 1752."
- MDMS 5456: Printed account of the British attack in Ft. McHenry followed by the lyrics of "The Star Spangled Banner," n.d.
- MDMS 5472: Diary documenting political campaign of A. Earl Shipley for Baltimore County District, 20th century.
Photographs
Dry Mounted - Subject Files
- Baltimore City is the subject heading for many photographs. Subjects covered include advertising, buildings, companies, colleges, hospitals, monuments and memorials, parks, stores, and streets.
- Baltimore County is the subject heading for three photographs. Subjects include quarries, roads, and the water works and sewage.
- Towson State Normal School is the subject heading for one photograph.
Dry Mounted - Portraits
Some of the people related to Baltimore in the manuscripts have portraits, such as Theodore R. McKeldin.
Historical Manuscripts Photographs
- Papers of Spiro T. Agnew--20th century. Mr. Agnew served as Baltimore County executive
- Baltimore Scenes Collection--n.d. Photographs of Boys' Latin School fencing team, Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch, Baltimore Sun Staff.
- Burhaus Family Papers--19th century. 4 photos (one a cased ambrotype and one a miniature).
- Glass Negatives and Slides--20th century. Use extreme caution when handling.
- Papers of Dr. R. S. Griffith--19th and 20th centuries. Photographs include carte-de-visite of University of Maryland at Baltimore.
- Papers of Virginia Harrold--19th and 20th centuries. Various types of photographs, some may be of subjects in Baltimore.
- Papers of Celia Holland--20th century. 218 35mm color slides of Baltimore and Baltimore County.
- Henry Powell Hopkins Collection--n.d. Photographs of Hopkins' completed work while he worked in Baltimore as an architect.
- Hughes Company Collection--20th century. Scenes in the Baltimore City area such as businesses, churches, and public gatherings.
- Racing Collection--20th century. Pimlico Race Course and Preakness winners Master Derby and Secretariat; also Woodlawn vase.
- Papers of Gen. Milton A. Reckord--19th and 20th centuries. Possibly contains photographs of Baltimore.
- Dr. W. F. Stenger Collection--20th century. Slides of construction sites and other views of the University of Maryland at Baltimore campus.
- Structures, Non-University, Collection--n.d. Photograph of Baltimore Trust Company office building.
- Tobacco Collection--20th century. Activities in the state tobacco warehouse in Baltimore.
- "U.S.S. Constellation" Collection--20th century. Photograph with view of the ship in Baltimore harbor.
- WPA Photographs--20th century. Includes images from both Baltimore and Baltimore County. Subjects include road construction, utility construction, park improvements, and other civic engineering projects associated with the WPA.
Memorabilia
The Memorabilia Collection consists of more than 1,800 individually described pieces of realia. The following are some of the items relating to Baltimore City and County.
- #49 Bolt, Wood - Constellation, U.S.S. Pieces of bolt and wood. 5 pieces.
- #54 Francis Scott Key. Commemoration plate, tin, decorated in color, flags, Key's profile. 4 verses of Star Spangled Banner. 1814-1914.
- #293 through #311 include many plaques presented to Theodore R. McKeldin while he was mayor of Baltimore City.
- #330 Stamp - Bock Ark Collection. Chinese Women's New Life Movement Association of Baltimore, n.d.
- #335 Badge - Bock Ark Collection. On Leong Chinese Merchants Association. 49th Annual Convention, Baltimore, 1953.
- #337 Badge - Bock Ark Collection. Metal Shield, special police officer, Baltimore, 1774, n.d.
- #392 Glass - Maryland Horse Breeders Association commemorating the 100th Preakness, 1975 at Pimlico. Pimlico trophy and names of winners from 1873 through 1974.
- #414 Envelope - MHBA. Envelope with commemorative stamps, 100th anniversary of Preakness.
- #554 through 590 Ephemera - Democratic Party, Baltimore County election handouts on various topics, 1970, 1972.
- #1074 Resolution passed by City Council of Baltimore congratulating University of Maryland Terrapins for beating Clemson at Baltimore Stadium.
- #1492 Film "One in a Hundred" 16mm film from WBAL-TV.
- #1495 Ticket for October 22, 1964, Democratic Party Gala at the Baltimore Civic Center.
- #1545 Pen President Harry Truman used to sign HR 5990 for the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.