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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
Francese Hubbard Litchfield Turnbull papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0229
Scope and Contents
This small collection gives a glimpse of the literary life of Baltimore in the late nineteenth century. Francese Turnbull was an author and patron of the arts. This collection is not her complete papers but deals with two of her interests: the patronage of Sidney Lanier and her membership in the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore. The material on Lanier briefly describes the Turnbull's friendship with Sidney and Mary Day Lanier and details some of the activities the...
Dates:
1870-1927
Found in:
Special Collections
Harrison L. Winter papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0195
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the slip files for cases heard before the court while Winter was as an associate judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The papers span the years 1966 to 1981, and are arranged numerically by case file number. These are appellate court records which deal with interpreting points of law which may have been violated by a lower court. The information in the slip files documents the judges' re-action to and final decision on the briefs presented before...
Dates:
1966-1981
Found in:
Special Collections
Harry Fielding Reid papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0367
Abstract
Harry Fielding Reid was professor of geology at Johns Hopkins University and a geologist known for his contributions in the fields of seismology and glaciology. The collection consists of a small group of his professional writings and correspondence, personal items, reprints, and a large selection of photographs and negatives spanning 1894-1944.
Dates:
1894 - 1944
Found in:
Special Collections
Howard-Ridgely-Maynard Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0076
Abstract
The papers consist of land records, legal documents, family correspondence, family bibles, diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs of multiple families dating from 1684 to 1972. The families represented include the Maynard-Owen-Eastman families, the Ridgely family, and the Howard family.
Dates:
1684-1972
Found in:
Special Collections
Joyce MacIver papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0429
Abstract
Georgette Scott (1904-1999) was a novelist and playwright who wrote under the name Joyce MacIver; she was born and raised in Baltimore and began her writing career at the Baltimore Sun. The collection consists of writings, personal materials, printed material, and photographs dating from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Dates:
1940s-1990s
Found in:
Special Collections
Kenneth Lasson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0275
Scope and Contents
Collection consists largely of research notes, interview tapes, drafts and correspondence relating to seven of Lasson's books and legal articles. The material dates from 1966 to 1990.
The material in this collection relates almost entirely to Lasson's writings, especially his books, and reflects his interest in the interaction between U.S. citizens and their government. Most of the articles appeared in law journals (1985-90) and deal with racism and free speech, racism in higher education,...
Dates:
1966-1990
Found in:
Special Collections
Ladies State Sanitary Fair register
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0328
Abstract
Collection consists of one bound volume that served as a register for visitors to the Ladies' State Sanitary Fair held at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore, April 1864. Notable signatures include Abraham Lincoln; Mary Todd Lincoln; Treasury Secretary, Salmon P. Chase; Secretary of State, William Henry Seward; Maryland Governor, Augustus W. Bradford; and Major General Robert C. Schenck.
Dates:
1864 April
Found in:
Special Collections
Lucy Rebecca Buck diary
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0159
Abstract
This collection consists of a copy of a diary (1861-1865) of Lucy Rebecca Buck written during the American Civil War. In 1973, the diary was published under the title of Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven. Lucy Rebecca Buck was born in 1842 and resided near Front Royal, Virginia.
Dates:
1861-1865
Found in:
Special Collections
Margaret Donaldson Boehm papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0044-a
Abstract
Margaret Donaldson Boehm was born in Baltimore, MD in 1894. She attended Roland Park Country School and later The Johns Hopkins University where she was a student of Arthur O. Lovejoy, professor of Philosophy. The collection consists of 47 diaries (1910-1956) of Margaret Donaldson Boehm; one diary (1883) of her father, G. Herbert Boehm; letters (1928-1951) of Henry Woodd Nevinson and his wife, Evelyn Sharp; and a copy of Miss Boehm's master's essay (1925), "The Conception of Pride in 17th...
Dates:
1883-1956
Found in:
Special Collections
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