MAN. Manuscript Collections

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This collection consists primarily of correspondence between the various members of the Shriver family, 1712-1876. The letters reflect land affairs, business topics, and family news.

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This collection concerns the history of the Shriver family residing at Union Mills Homestead in Carroll County Maryland, from 1797 to 1957, the bulk of which is correspondence.

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This collection mainly relates to the careers of three generations of the Shriver family: James, Samuel S., and George M.

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This collection of Shriver family papers focuses mainly on the correspondence of David Shriver Sr., David Shriver Jr., Abraham Shriver, and James Shriver of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Topics generally focus on Maryland politics, business, and engineering projects on roads and canals.

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This collection consists of the papers of George M. Shriver, Vice-President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and his family, 1873-1908.

Abstract This collection contains correspondence, legal documents and business papers, travel itineries, and family memorabilia of the Shriver-Foster family. George M. Shriver and his son Charles Shriver worked for the B & O Railroad Company. Other family members served in the army and the navy during World War I and World War II and during the 1950s. The Shriver-Foster family lived in Baltimore City and in Garrison Forest. The collection also includes family information concerning schooling,...

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This collection contains photocopies of the diaries written by Sidney George Fisher (1809-1871) of his life at Mount Harmon, a plantation located in Cecil County, Maryland. Some of the topics Fisher wrote about in his diaries include agriculture, slavery, the South, and his social life.

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This large collection deals almost exclusively with Sidney Hollander's long career as a social activist and reformer, a career which spanned 1938-1971 and which led Hollander to grapple with a wide variety of American social problems. The dates of the collection span 1926-1972.

Abstract Lawson, Slater, and Slater & Roy were merchants who sold general sundries including hardware, lumber, clothes, and household goods which for the most part were imported from England. Various businesses operated from the late 1700s through the 1820s. This collection encompasses 1 company and three of those merchants as well as family members. Thisincludes Lawson, Slater, and Slater & Roy. The collection contains business correspondence, bills and receipts, promissory notes, shipping...

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This collection contains records of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Maryland from 1892-2007 and includes membership applications, annual reports, minutes, programs, correspondence, Secretary’s papers, publications, and miscellaneous items such insurance data and roster cards.