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Alice Warder Garrett Papers
Anne Arundel County, Md. court records
A minutebook of the court proceedings of Anne Arundel County, MD, 1725-1792.
Apache playing cards collection
The collection consists of four playing cards hand painted on skin prepared by the rawhide method and used by the Native American Apache tribe in the Southwest. An exact date for the cards cannot be established, but most likely they were created approximately 1880.
Butterfly classification manuscript in the Johann Siegfried Hufnagel schemata tradition
Johann Siegfried Hufnagel (1724-1795) was a German parson and entomologist (lepidopterist). This item is a manuscript on the classification of butterflies and moths, in the tradition of the schemata proposed by Hufnagel and illustrated with ten original hand-coloured illustrations of butterflies. The item was once owned by Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau or Cordula [?] Ponickau, or both. This manuscript was approximately created in 1780. The creator is unknown.
Evergreen map collection
This collection consists of maps ranging in date from 1880 to 1930 and of areas all over the world, including Antarctica. The maps feature basic geography, as well as representations of war-time strategy, public buildings, and automobile maps.
Garrett autograph collection
The Garrett autograph collection contains signed letters and documents that record U.S. history and culture, including presidents, statesmen, and military figures.
George Washington letters
This collection includes six letters, two printed certificates, and an inscribed set of two volumes of Buffon's Natural History Abridged, all signed by George Washington between 1776 and 1798.
Historical Newspapers and Broadsides
Jacobean Manuscript Collection
James Teackle Dennis collection of artifacts
James Teackle Dennis (1865-1918) was a volunteer assistant on several archeological digs in Egypt and traveled extensively through Europe. This collection consists of a wide variety of artifacts collected by Dennis and dating from the ancient world to approximately 1914.
John Work Garrett Library records
The John Work Garrett Library was assembled by two generations of the philanthropic Garrett family. This collection consists of records spanning the 1800s-1940s pertaining to the collection of works in the John Work Garrett library, including correspondence with book and manuscript dealers, book presses, museums, and individuals.
John Work Garrett Papers
Collection consists largely of correspondence and professional papers of American banker and diplomat, John Work Garrett. Included are items from Garrett's foreign service in Venezuela, Argentina, the Netherlands, and Italy. Other materials relate to political events, locally and internationally (1920-1940). Also in the collection is extensive personal correspondence of Garrett and his wife, Alice, which describes personal friendships, travels, entertainments, and cultural interests.
Laurence Hall Fowler autograph collection
Laurence Hall Fowler (1876-1971) was a prominent Baltimore architect. This collection consists of approximately 50 letters written between 1613 and 1925 by famous architects, primarily English.
[MANUSCRIPT LETTER, SIGNED, FROM MARYLAND GOVERNOR JOHN SEYMOUR TO ONE OF THE LORDS OF TRADE, DISCUSSING ISSUES IN THE COLONY]. Maryland. March 10, 1709.
Map Collection of the John Work Garrett Library
Maryland State House architectural plans
The Maryland State House is located in Annapolis, Maryland and is the oldest U.S. state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772. The collection consists of an undated elevation and ground plans of the State House, two contracts for plastering and carpentry dating from 1792, and an eight-page "House Account Book" from 1818.
Narcissus Luttrell Ephemera
Parks Collection of A. W. N. Pugin Manuscript Collection
Political memorabilia collection
This collection consists of American political memorabilia dating from approximately the 1840s through the 1980s. Materials include bumper stickers, pins, banners, placemats, signs, hats, and various other items.
Sachs, Jean. Projexts, Esquisses, Concours. 1ere et 2eme Classe
Sarah Elizabeth Freeman papers
Sarah Elizabeth Freeman received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke in 1928, and her Ph.D. in Archaeology from Johns Hopkins in 1934. From 1935 until 1944, she worked as a research assistant in the Johns Hopkins Archaeology Department; in 1944 she was named Curator of Fine Arts for the university. The collection documents Freeman’s work on the Johns Hopkins University coin and medal collection with material dating from 1944 through 1969.
Signers collection
The collection consists of holographic letters and documents of signers of the Declaration of Independence. Many of the letters describe the proceedings in Congress and some contain information relaitng to the progress of the Revolutionary War. One signer, Lewis Morris (1726-1798), is not included in the collection.
"The History of the Ancient and Honorable Tuesday Club: From the earliest ages down to this present year"
The Tuesday Club, a colonial music club, was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in 1745 by Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1712-1756), a Scottish-born doctor and writer. The collection consists of a two voume history of that club written in 1755.