World War, 1939-1945

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Scrapbook volumes from an unknown compiler contain newspaper clippings relative to 20th century maritime history. Clippings concern world-wide shipping disasters and naval activities of America, Britain, and Germany from the Spanish Civil War through the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II. Topics include American naval defenses, German submarine activity, and shipwrecks in the Chesapeake Bay region.

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This collection contains photographs taken by Marshall B. Holland during his service in World War II.

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This collection contains photographs collected by the World War II Records Division of the Maryland Historical Society. Topics include images of awards, civilian companies and organizations, military (training centers, camps, etc.), resources useable, and volunteer organizations.

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The collection consists of materials compiled by the World War II Records Division of the Maryland Historical Society. These materials include civilian and military documents, 1910-1970.

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This collection consists of the memoirs of the veterans of the U. S. S. Maryland. These memoirs were sent to Fred R. Vreeken to be compiled into a book on the navy battleship and also include photographs, newspaper clippings and navy memorabilia. Discussion in the memoirs focuses on the U. S. S. Maryland's activities during the peace time navy of the 1920s and 1930s, in the Pacific theatre during World War II and its decommission in 1946.

Abstract This collection contains photographs made or collected by R. Sanchez Boone, Jr., many documenting damage to the city of London, England from air raids during World War II. There are also portraits of R. Sanchez Boone, Jr. during service in the United States Army, and of other individuals including Boone's family. Other subjects are unidentified group portraits that appear to be military companies, and the Mt. Vernon area of Baltimore, Maryland, including an image of the Boone-Elder Company...

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This collection consists of Ogden Gorman’s correspondence, military service records, ephemera and printed materials from his military service during World War II.

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This collection contains correspondence and ephemera from the Stude family members, including German language correspondence and ephemera during the World Wars, business papers for the Otto Stude Grain Company in Baltimore, military records, postcards and scrapbooks.

Abstract The Penn-North oral history collection is a series of interviews revolving around the residential and retail experiences in the Penn-North neighborhood of Baltimore in the early to mid-1900s. The interviews cover a range of topics, including housing developement, employment opportunities, entertainment options, ethnic makeups, the civil rights movement, political activity, and rising crime. As interviewer Elaine Eff puts it in her interview with Umberto "Bert" Correlli and Alan Christian,...

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The collection contains correspondence, certificates, awards, a scrapbook, and other materials related to Robert F. Kniesche. Robert Kniesche (1906-1976) was a longtime Baltimore Sun photographer