MAN. Manuscript Collections

The collection consists mainly of letters written by or to members of the Brune family of Baltimore. The letters date roughly from 1831 to 1897. The majority of the letters concern family and personal matters rather than business affairs.

The Brune-Randall Family Papers includes papers relating to 68 members of this extensive Baltimore family. The bulk of the papers are those of 6 individuals: Frederick W. Brune (1813-78), his wife Emily [Barton] Brune (1826-1908); their daughter Susan Katharine [Brune] Randall (1860-1937), her husband Blanchard Randall (1856-1942), their daughter Elizabeth Blanchard [Randall] Slack (b. 1892) and her husband Harry Richmond Slack (1888-1957). The papers span the period 1782 to 1972.

This collection contains correspondence 1775-1938, receipted bills 1793-1813; 1862; land papers 1770-1860; shipping invoices 1840-50. The bulk of the material is correspondence of the Buckler family, principally letters to William Buckler (1804-70) from his brother, Dr. Thomas Hepburn Buckler (1812-1901), and two sisters Elizabeth Buckler (1793-1849) and Mattie Augusta Lindsay Buckler (1806-86), while William Buckler was abroad on trips to China.

This collection contains land deeds, leases, inheritance documents, and a letter pertaining to the Buzby family of Baltimore, 1850-1923.

This collection contains papers related to Byron C. Hall Jr.’s involvement in the Maryland chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. These records include materials, such as administrative files, newsletters, and correspondence, and generally date from the period that Hall was chairman of the chapter.

The collection contains various passes and permissions for Dr. Caleb Winslow in Virginia and North Carolina during the Civil War.

The Calvert C. McCabe World War II Letters consist of approximately five hundred letters written by McCabe and addressed mostly to his widowed mother, Mrs. C.C. McCabe. The correspondence, from June 1942 through October 1945, spans McCabe's entire military career.

This collection includes photostatic copies of letters written by members of the Calvert family, 1619-1709.

The Calvert papers contain various legal documents and records related to land. The documents in the collection are dated between 1621 and 1775.

This collection contains newsletters, minutes, and correspondence highlighting the Canton Improvement Association's activities, as well as grant applications, proposals, and other documents pertaining to the organization's role in community development, circa 1971-1985.