MAN. Manuscript Collections

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The papers of Louis A. M. Krause, M.D. (1896-1975) document his life and career, from his education in Baltimore schools to his later speeches and articles. Abundant material is available from his years of military service in World Wars I and II. In addition to his own travel diaries and correspondence, there are papers from two sisters and a brother.

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This collection is comprised of essays concerning the Germans in North America and Maryland, written by L.P. Henninghausen for various publications and for presentation before the William Wirt Literary Association. He presents the role of the Germans in politics, education and other phases of life in Maryland. About one half of the collection is written in German.

Abstract The collection consists of two boxes of miscellaneous print ephemera that documents African American civic, political, and religious life in twentieth-century Maryland. This material is organized thematically. The majority of items are publications from Baltimore churches, institutions, schools and colleges, and civic organizations and programs from the funerals of prominent African Americans, including Clarence M. Mitchell and Justice Thurgood Marshall. The political material primarily...

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This collection contains the records of the Maryland Bicentennial Commission, as collected by Executive Director Lt. General Claire Hutchin.

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This collection includes correspondence, appointment books, awards, and certificates of musician Lubov Breit Keefer (1896-1982), as well as papers relating to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and other clubs and organizations in which Keefer was active.

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This collection contains business papers, ephemera, publications, and scrapbooks related to Lucas Bros., Inc., a stationery company in Baltimore, Maryland.

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This collection consists of family and personal papers of the Bowie, Gardiner, and Leigh families gathered by Lucy Leigh Bowie for genealogical research.

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The album contains 258 pages, including 76 poems and drawings, mostly by Baltimore friends of Lucy Holmes, contributed 1826-1848. A poem on p.55, headed, `Original' (but later known under the title `Alone') is in the hand of Edgar Allan Poe, as is another untitled poem of three stanzas on p.51, by W.H. Poe - copied at his request by E.A. Poe - . Both are believed to have been written circa 1829.

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This collection contains the family papers and genealogy records for the Lurman family of Catonsville, 1833-1945.

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This collection contains material pertaining to Lydia Howard de Roth’s career in civil service and as an air raid warden during World War II, as well as her passion for the arts, history, and Baltimore society.