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Pleasants genealogical collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-006-LIB
Content Description

This collections contains primarily genealogical correspondence as well as manuscript materials related to the Pleasants family and related families such as Tudor, Poultney, Curzon, and Jencks.

Dates: circa 1850-1950

Plimhimmon Hotel photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0038
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of Plimhimmon Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland. Included are views of the lobby, music room, ballroom, dining room, and guest rooms. Photos of hotel guests include an 1884 bathing group and guests playing indoor badminton circa 1940.

Dates: 1884-1940

Political and presidential ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3126
Abstract

The collection of 1,250 pieces of stolen ephemera was recovered from Barry Landau’s apartment by the National Archives and Records Administration in 2011. The provenance of these remaining orphaned items was never fully traced. If your institution believes any item from this finding aid was taken from your holdings please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org

Dates: 1786 - 2001

Politico-Literary Club papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1737
Abstract

This collection contains papers read before the Politico-Literary Club of Baltimore from 1900 to 1942. Topics include American industry, politics, biography,history, Maryland history, medicine and applied science, economics, religion, European and Roman history, as well as poetry and current literature. Most of the papers are typescript, while a few are in published form from various professional journals.

Dates: 1900-1942

Portrait vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: PVF
Abstract

This vertical file contains portrait photographs of over 6,000 individuals. “Vertical file” is a term used to describe collections of photographs, clippings, etc. arranged by subject matter and housed in filing cabinets. Unlike the numbered photographs collections, items in the vertical files are not arranged in collections by source, or assigned catalog numbers.

Dates: 1800-present

Posey account books

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0665
Abstract

This collection contains the account books of the Posey family from 1824-1902.

Dates: 1824-1902

Poster collection

 Collection
Identifier: POST
Abstract

The Maryland Center for History and Culture's Poster Collection consists of over 1,300 posters from the 20th century and early 21st century. These range from propaganda posters, advertisements for cultural events in Baltimore and Maryland, political campaign posters, and more.

Dates: circa 1900-2020

Potthast Brothers photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0007
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of furniture made by the Potthast Brothers Company, unidentified family portraits, crews of the Bremen Line ships, Baltimore shipping and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Pier, and ships Lynata and Shawmut. Other subjects are the Knights of the Maccabees in regalia and soldiers of the Spanish-American war.

Dates: 1900

Power family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0083
Abstract

This collection contains two photograph albums related to the Power family of Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Images depict views of life and places on the Eastern Shore as well as scenes located in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Dates: circa 1890-1900

Pre-federal customs house records for the districts of Baltimore, Annapolis, Patuxent and Oxford, MD

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2414
Abstract

Collection of records related to customs duties. Includes manifest books, account books, and lists of vessels and cargoes entering or clearing the ports of Baltimore, Annapolis, Patuxent, and Oxford, Maryland.

Dates: 1745-1849

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Correspondence 285
Photograph collections 252
Account books 122
Financial statements 114
Portrait photography -- United States 107
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Business records 103
Baltimore (Md.) 89
Diaries 82
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 80
Scrapbooks 69
Genealogy 65
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 59
Family records 54
Social life and customs 50
Legal documents 49
Deeds 47
Land titles 47
Printed ephemera 46
World War, 1914-1918 39
Historic buildings 37
World War, 1939-1945 37
Baltimore County (Md.) 36
Corporate minutes 32
Baltimore (Md.) -- History 31
Letters 31
Portraits, Group 31
Travel 31
Land grants 26
Merchants--Maryland--Baltimore 24
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 24
Politics and government 23
Slavery -- Maryland 22
Anne Arundel County (Md.) 21
Societies and clubs 20
Maryland -- History -- War of 1812 19
Photograph albums 19
Shipping 19
Genealogical correspondence 18
Poetry 18
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century 18
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) 17
Education 17
Photography -- Negatives 17
Legal correspondence 16
Recreation 16
Women -- Societies and clubs 16
Baltimore businesses 15
Maryland -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 15
Merchants 15
Harford County (Md.) 14
Landowners 14
Agriculture 13
Artists -- Maryland -- Baltimore 13
Cecil County (Md.) 13
Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.) 12
Frederick County (Md.) 12
Speeches, addresses, etc., American 12
Agriculture -- Accounting 11
Childhood and youth 11
Inventories 11
Maryland -- Politics and government 11
Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 11
Railroads -- Maryland 11
United States. Navy 11
Court records 10
Daguerreotype 10
Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.) 10
Montgomery County (Md.) 10
Women -- Education 10
Banks and banking 9
Centennial celebrations, etc. 9
Church records and registers 9
Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.) 9
Kent County (Md.) 9
Practice of law 9
Railroads 9
Research 9
Talbot County (Md.) 9
African Americans -- Segregation -- Maryland -- Baltimore 8
Autograph albums 8
Bel Air (Harford County, Md.) 8
Essays 8
Family-owned business enterprises 8
Men -- Societies and clubs 8
Theater programs 8
Tobacco industry 8
United States -- Armed Forces -- Records and correspondence 8
Urban schools 8
Annapolis (Md.) 7
Autographs 7
Baltimore sun 7
Buildings -- Maryland -- Baltimore 7
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) 7
Child rearing 7
Confederate States of America 7
Corporation reports 7
Medicine 7
Sermons 7
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America 7
Tintype 7
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Names
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 17
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832 14
Baltimore City College 8
Howard, John Eager, 1752-1827 8
McHenry, James Howard, 1820-1888 8
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McHenry, James, 1753-1816 8
Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson, 1785-1879 6
Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891 6
Redwood, George Buchanan, 1888-1918 6
Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921 5
Carroll, Charles, 1702-1782 5
Gilmor, Robert, 1774-1848 5
Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825 5
Maryland Historical Society 5
Ridgely, Capt. Charles, 1733-1790 5
Ridgely, Charles Carnan, 1760-1829 5
Ridgely, John, 1851-1938 5
Adams Express Company 4
American Association of University Women 4
Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 4
Bonaparte, Jérôme Napoléon, 1805-1870 4
Ford's Theatre (Baltimore, Md.) 4
Ford, John Thompson, 1829-1894 4
Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884 4
Hambleton, T. Edward, 1911-2005 4
Howard, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Chew), 1791-1872 4
Hughes Company 4
Johns Hopkins University 4
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 4
Marye, William Bose, 1886-1979 4
Maryland. County Court (Baltimore County) 4
McHenry, Margaret Caldwell, 1762-1855 4
McNeal, Joshua Vansant, 1846-1917 4
Patterson, William, 1752-1835 4
Radcliffe, George Lovic Pierce, 1877-1974 4
Redwood, Mary Buchanan, 1861-1940 4
Ridgely, Eliza E. , 1803-1867 4
Ridgely, Helen West Stewart, 1854-1929 4
Ridgely, John, 1792-1867 4
Ridgely, Nicholas Greenberry, 1771-1829 4
Shoemaker, Augusta Chambers Eccleston, 1833-1907 4
Shoemaker, S. M. (Samuel Moor), 1821-1884 4
Shriver, David, 1769-1852 4
Shriver, Joseph Alexis, 1872-1951 4
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 4
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912 4
Warfield, Edwin, 1848-1920 4
Allen, Ethan, 1796-1879 3
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Department 3
Baltimore County Levy Court 3
Baltimore Iron Works (Baltimore, Md.) 3
Bank of Baltimore 3
Berry, Kate Mattingly Edwards, 1857-1954 3
Blackford, Eugene, 1839-1908 3
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 3
Brewster, Daniel Baugh, 1923-2007 3
Brown, George William, 1812-1890 3
Brune, Frederick Wm. (Frederick William), 1813-1878 3
Carroll, Anna Ella, 1815-1894 3
Carroll, Charles, 1691-1755 3
Carroll, Harry Dorsey Gough, 1797-1866 3
Chamber of Commerce of the City of Baltimore 3
Charcoal Club School of Art (Baltimore, Md.) 3
Coale, George B. 3
Cohen Family 3
College Club of Baltimore 3
Colonial Dames of America 3
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 3
Evans, Amos A., 1785-1848 3
Ford's Grand Opera House (Baltimore, Md.) 3
Howard, McHenry, 1838-1923 3
Hutzler Brothers Co. (Baltimore, Md.) 3
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 3
Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784-1860 3
Kelly, J. Reaney 3
Krause, Larry, 1945-2010 3
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 3
Lucas Brothers (Baltimore, Md.) 3
M.S. Levy and Sons (Baltimore, Md.) 3
Marine, F. E. (Fletcher E.), 1821-1889 3
Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home 3
McKeldin, Theodore R. (Theodore Roosevelt), 1900-1974 3
McNeal, Mark J., 1882-1935 3
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland 3
Municipal Art Society of Baltimore 3
Oliver, Robert, 1759-1834 3
Patapsco Female Institute (Ellicott City, Md.) 3
Paul, J. G. D'Arcy (John Gilman D'Arcy), 1887-1972 3
Pleasants, J. Hall (Jacob Hall), 1873-1957 3
Ridgely, Charles, 1830-1872 3
Ridgely, Margaretta Howard, 1824-1904 3
Shoemaker, Ellen Whitridge, 1863-1954 3
Shoemaker, Samuel Moor, II, 1861-1933 3
Shriver, Abraham, 1771-1848 3
Shriver, Andrew Keiser, 1802-1884 3
Shriver, George McLean, 1868-1942 3
Shriver, James, 1794-1826 3
Swann, Thomas, 1809-1883 3
Thom, DeCourcy W. (DeCourcy Wright), 1858-1932 3
Van Bibber, George Lindenburger, 1906-1979 3
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