Historic preservation -- Maryland

This collection consists of papers from the Citizens Committee for the Preservation of Assateague Island, regarding the effort to make Assateague Island a National Seashore.

This collection consists of nine boxes of more than 2400 photographs taken as part of an architectural survey of Baltimore neighborhoods by the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) in the 1960s. The photographs, almost all 3 ½" x 3 ½" or 3 ½" x 5” black and white photographic prints, are exterior views of buildings identified by street and street number. There are also twelve 35mm negatives.

Contains predominantly project files of Laurence Ewald’s architectural work in Baltimore and Harford Counties and Baltimore, Maryland from the 1930’s to the 1970’s. Ewald’s work was mainly residential, and documentation for most projects consists of specifications, contracts, and correspondence.