MAN. Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, and legal papers from members of the McLane family of Delaware and Baltimore, and the Fisher family of Baltimore. The collection is primarily McLane family materials.

The papers in the collection span more then 200 years, from 1776 to 1981. The materials consist of letters, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, business correspondence and photographs relating to the McNeal, Watters, Preston, and Munnikhuysen families.

These manuscripts, originally collected at the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, document the history of the medical profession in Maryland in the form of lecture notes, correspondence, and case records from both individual physicians and prominent medical families. Major medical organizations, especially the Baltimore General Dispensary, are represented by ledgers, minutes, patient and physician daily records.

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.

The collection is a series of letters from Henry L. Mencken, Baltimore author, to Professor Kemp Malone, Professor of Linguistics at Johns Hopkins U. during 1933-50. There is also a letter from Professor Carl Bode to Professor Kemp Malone.

The Mendes I. Cohen correspondence consists primarily of correspondence and journals dated from 1829 to 1835. The materials highlight Cohen's travels through Europe, Africa, and Asia.

This collection contains the records of the Baltimore-based shipping company, Merchants and Miners Transportation Company. Materials include correspondence, financial records, journals, ship inventories, legal records, minute books, and war shipment records.

This collection contains 72 volumes of the records of arrivals and clearances in the port of Baltimore which were maintained by the Merchant's Exchange Reading Room.

The Michael papers is comprised of a collection of letters, deeds, and maps pertaining to the family of Charles W. Michael of Harford County, Maryland. Also included is the genealogical correspondence of the Osburn family. Subjects discussed are family affairs, runaway slaves, removal of one member of the family to Indiana, and local politics.

The papers in the Mitchell-Stump-Maxwell-Magraw family papers span 75 years, from 1806 to 1881. The materials consists of correspondence, commonplace books, recipe books and sketches, which have been arranged within the framework of five series by family and chronologically.