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Family and Children's Society records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0360
Scope and Contents
The collection spans the years, 1849-1977, and is a study of the Family and Children's Society and its predecessor agencies in Baltimore, MD. The history materials, office files, and financial records provide a remarkable record of more than a century of charity work in an American city. The collection does not include any references to the most recent merger completed in 1985 from which the Society became known as Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland. The collection...
Dates:
1849-1977
Found in:
Special Collections
George B. Coale letters
Collection — Box: BW-13
Identifier: MS-0269
Abstract
George B. Coale (1819-1887) was an insurance executive in Baltimore. This collection consists of ten letters to George B. Coale ranging in date from 1832 to 1881.
Dates:
1832, 1852, 1853, 1877, 1878, 1881
Found in:
Special Collections
Keyser family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0082
Abstract
Papers produced and collected by the Keyser family of Baltimore, Maryland. The Keysers accumulated wealth in the 19th and 20th centuries through mercantile businesses, inheritance, and a variety of industries, including the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, copper and iron works, and investments in land and real estate. They used some of this wealth to finance Baltimore’s public and private institutions, including Johns Hopkins University.
Dates:
approximately 1784-1985; Majority of material found within 1870s-1950s
Found in:
Special Collections