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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
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