Box 1

Abstract This subseries includes letters to and from Swann beginning with a list of the members of the Emergency Committee who were appointed on February 12, 1904. Other pieces of correspondence include a letter from W. H. Buckler, member of the Emergency Committee, and a letter from City Solicitor W. Cambell Bruce. Also included is a letter containing financial information from Swann to Mayor E. Clay Timanus and a response letter to George Corey, Esq. who was apparently critical of the Burnt...

Abstract This subseries includes various types of notes ranging from field notes regarding property sales, plat sketches and mathematical computations made by Swann to working copies of what would eventually become the Report of the Burnt District Commission. Also included are meeting minutes, sub-committee reports, statements made by other committee members, ordinance copies and notes regarding docks, piers and street improvements as well as a chart concerning street improvement located in the...

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This subseries contains a map showing improvements and street widening plans dated February 7-8, 1904 (Oversize Folder). Also included are plat sketches of Hopkins Place and another property.

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This subseries contains a pamphlet of an act that gave birth to the Burnt District Commission, as well as, Annual and Semi-Annual Reports of the Burnt District Commission from 1904 to 1907. Many of Swann’s handwritten and typed notes regarding the redevelopment of the area destroyed by fire culminate in these reports.

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This subseries contains magazine pages and newspaper clippings. A page from Collier’s dated February 13, 1904 shows some of the damage to the city (Oversize Folder). Newspaper clippings range from articles of intent of the Burnt District Commission to auction notices for public sale of land destroyed in the fire. Of particular interest are two articles from The Baltimore Sun regarding City Solicitor W. Cambell Bruce’s drive to legislate the Commission out of office.

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This subseries contains letters to and from Swann as well as copies of correspondence between other parties involving issues that Swann as Police Commissioner had an interest in. Letters to Swann include those from Senator J. Charles Linthicum, City Councilman Charles H. Heintzman, Deputy Marshal of Police James Manning, John Sonderman, J. Frederick Talbot, F. A. Zimmerman and a particularly warm letter of appreciation from a group of newspapermen.

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This subseries contains copies of a bill from 1888 regarding crime and punishment for illegal gambling, Ordinances No. 135 dated August 11, 1891, No. 279 dated May 14, 1907 and No. 156 known as the “Swann Cocaine Ordinance”.

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This subseries contains speeches and statements made by Swann to organizations such as the Police Department and the City Delegation.

Abstract This subseries contains charts, field notes and drafts of reports, letters and ordinances. Included are two handmade charts: one comparing various city populations to number of patrolmen and another titled “Pay of Police Force of Baltimore.” Report drafts include the following titles: “Hotels,” “A Patrolman Must” and “Oath of Police Commissioners.” Letter drafts consist of three pages to an unnamed official regarding police salaries, a letter draft to Marshal Farnan regarding the...

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This subseries consists of a map titled “Municipal Art Society Plan Showing Armory Circle and Parkway” located in the Oversize Folder. Printed reports include: Report of the Board of Police Commissioners 1908-1909, Report of the Board of Police Commissioners 1911, Maryland Motor Vehicle Law Act of 1910, Laws of New York, and Pennsylvania State Highway Department Automobile Law.