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Collection Holdings List 

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 American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland (ACLU) 

  • 157 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1947-2000
    Case files, correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and programs.

American Clan Gregor Society Collection (ACGS) 

  • 47 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1909-2000
    Yearbooks, artifacts, photographs, genealogies, proceedings, publications, and books.

American Lung Association (ALA)

  • 15 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1920-1979
    Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, photographs, film.

American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA) 

  • 4 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1947-1980 
    History, procedures, and records of the American Society of Pension Actuaries.

Archives of Maryland Polonia (AMP) 

  • 116 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1875 - 2001 
    Newspaper clippings, brochures, correspondence, photographs, books, and other artifacts documenting the Polish Community in Baltimore and Maryland.

Bachman, Frederick "Fritz" (FFB)

  • 3 Boxes

    Dates (Inclusive): 1917-1920
    Letters written by Frederick Bachman to family members and friends during his service in World War I.
    He was medically unfit to serve with the American forces so he joined the Royal Expeditionary Forces in 1917. The collection consists of 63 letters he wrote from Canada, the United Kingdom, and "overseas."

Baltimore Association of Commerce (BAC) 

  • 12 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1908-1975 
    Minutes, reports, audits and membership lists.

Baltimore '68: Riots & Rebirth Collection

  • Oral histories, timeline, driving tour, information on 40th Anniversary Commemoration of the Assassignation of Dr. Martin Luther King, the Baltimore Riots that followed, and the rebirth efforts that took place when the civil disturbances ended.

Baltimore City Department of Planning (BCP) 

  • 274 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1929-1979 
    Maps, case files, federal grant applications, correspondence and working papers related to all phases of the City planning process.

Baltimore City Fair, Inc. (BCF)

  • 1 Box
    Dates (1970 - 1990)
    Accounting and tax records.

Baltimore Council for Equal Business Opportunity (CEBO)

  • 6 Boxes
    Dates (1968 - 1975)
    By-laws, correspondence, minutes, financial records.

Baltimore Economic Development Corporation (BEDCO) 

  • 34 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1971-1976 
    Financial records, projects reports, minutes, correspondence, and administrative files. Collection includes records of the Baltimore Industrial Development Corporation.

Baltimore Heritage (BH)

  • 58 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1961-2004
    Minutes, agenda, correspondence, publications, photographs, articles and newspaper clippings related to the organization's efforts in historic preservation.

Baltimore Industrial Development Commission (BIDC)

  • 14 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1972-1975
    Minutes, correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, and financial records.

Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project (BNHP) 

  • 255 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1977-1979 
    Oral history interviews with older residents of six Baltimore neighborhoods. Topics include: migration, immigration, racial and ethnic identity, national and local events, neighborhood and family life, work and religion.

Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA)

  • 16 Boxes
    Dates(Inclusive):
    Neighborhood Study Questionaires.


Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated (BNI) 

  • 8 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1958-1980 
    Minutes, reports and financial statements, surveys, tenants' manuals, correspondence, and newsletters. Also included are papers of the Research Advisory Committee and the Leadership Council for Fair Housing in Maryland.

Baltimore Recycling Coalition (BRC)

  • 8 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1985-1994
    Newsletters, publications, reports, newspaper articles, by-laws, minutes, etc    .

Baltimore Urban Renewal & Housing Authority (BURHA) 

  • 23 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1962-1967 
    Materials for Commission meeting, correspondence, community renewal programs, reports,reference materials, pamphlets, etc.

Baltimore Voices Company (BVC) 

  • 205 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1977-1980 
    Oral history tapes, transcripts of interviews, biographical sketches, publications, posters,and brochures.  See also: Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project.

Belvedere Hotel Corporation (BHC) 

  • 62 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1904-1970 
    Correspondence, minutes, contracts, financial records, appraisals and operational records (includes guest ledgers, banquet records, etc.).

Bentley, Helen Delich (HDB)

  • 569 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1945-1995
    Papers documenting her years as Maritime reporter for the Baltimore Sun through her five terms as a U.S. Congresswoman. The Collection her post electorial career as a consultant on port related issues.

Black, Walter E. Jr. (WEB) 

  • 18 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1949-1970
    Correspondence; campaign brochures, buttons, bumper stickers, broadsides and literature; publications; financial records; minutes; speeches and talks; etc.

Blakeslee-Lane, Incorporated (BLI) 

  • 4 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1930-1966 
    Photographs of Baltimore skyline, statues, monuments, museums, churches, parks, etc.

Board of Trade of Baltimore City (BOT) 

  • 3 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1878-1909 
    Constitution, by-laws, minutes, and annual reports.

 

Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore (CCMB) 

  • 69 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1960-1980 
    Minutes, correspondence, reports, financial statements, and statistics. 
    [Formerly Chamber of Commerce]

Church Women United of Greater Baltimore (CWU)

  • 6 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1926-1996
    Newsletters, brochures, correspondence, reports, financial statements, and statistics.

Citizens for Environmental Planning Today & Tomorrow (CEPT) 

  • 5 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1975-1984 
    Engineering design standards for housing and traffic.

Citizens Housing Council of Baltimore (CHCB) 

  • 4 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1940-1941
    Minutes, Resolutions, correspondence. (see also CPHA)

Citizens League of Baltimore (CLB) 

  • 27 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1964-1974 
    Assessments, design, coordination, conservation, adoption technique, plan promotion,planning program, etc.

Citizens Planning & Housing Association (CPHA) 

  • 128 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1941- 
    Correspondence, minutes, administration records, reports, publications, directories, and reference materials.

Commission on Government Efficiency and Economy (CGEE) 

  • 233 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1929-1974 
    Minutes, correspondence, administrative files, financial records, research reports and publications. The collection also contains an extensive newspaper clipping file for the years 1929-1969.

Community Economic Development Program (CED) 

  • 5 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1972 -1978 
    Plans for economic development in the Baltimore area.

Concerned Citizens for Butchers Hill (CCBH)

  • 4 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1977-1997
    articles of incorporation, minutes, correspondence, financial records, publications, deeds, grants, etc.

Conrad Schafran Jazz Plus (CSJ)

  • Over 6,000 jazz, blues, rock, folk, show tunes, etc. recordings.

Cooperating Libraries of Central Maryland (CLCM) 

  • 5 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1972 -1979
    Correspondence, display descriptions, reports, policy statements and photographs. 

Criminal Justice Commission (CJ) 

  • 83 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1917-1973 
    Materials on the criminal justice system in Maryland.

D'Alesandro, Thomas J. Jr. (TJD)

  • 63 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1927-1969
    Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, speeches, publications, artifacts covering Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr.'s years serving as U. S. Representative and Mayor of Baltimore.

Denny, John F., Inc. (DENNY) 

  • 10 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1848-1969 
    Records of the J.F. Denny & Sons Funeral Home. Includes: expense and sales records,ledgers and indexes, photographs, journals, and history.

Donaho, John A. & Associates (DA)

  • 7 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1950-1969
    Preliminary and finished reports of the John A. Donaho & Associates consulting firm. The organization worked primarily for state, local and internationl governments

Dugan, Pierre C. & Company (PCD) 

  • 81 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1873-1975 
    Realty company records containing correspondence, financial and other related records. 
     

East Baltimore Oral History Collection (EBOH) 

  • 13 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1997-1998 
    Oral history Interviews with twelve East Baltimore residents. 

Emmart Memorial Award (EMA) 

  • 12 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1974- Annual award named for the late local journalist, A.D. Emmart (1902-1973). 
    The collection contains correspondence, lists of recipients, winning articles, etc.

French Posters and Newspapers (FPN) 

  • 1 Box
    Dates (Inclusive):1848-1849 
    Newspapers and broadsides concerning the collapse of the government of Louis-Phillipe and the ensuing revolution.

Froelicher, Hans (HF)

  • 57 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1890-1976 
    Personal and working papers on his activities including: correspondence, newspaper clippings, writings, photographs, Park School, Citizens Planning and Housing Association,etc.

Gallagher, E.J. Realty Company (EJG) 

  • 61 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1886-1964 
    Correspondence, financial papers, ledger books, house cards, inventories, mortgage papers,loan applications, insurance certificate contracts, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, deed restrictions, and photographs.

Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) 

  • 255 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1955-1972 
    Subcommittee minutes and reports, correspondence, cartographic records, case files, federal grant applications, and special project files.

Greater Baltimore Housing Development Corporation (GBHDC) 

  • 58 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1965-1975 
    By-laws, correspondence, minutes, contracts, legal papers, accounting records, cost estimates, newspaper clippings, mailing lists, membership lists, speeches, and housing plans. GBHDC was established to assist the development of low and moderate income housing in metro Baltimore.

Guilford House Plans (RPCL) 

  • 58 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1913-1976
    See: Roland Park Civic League Collection.

Health & Welfare Council of Maryland (HWC) 

  • 155 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1933-1992 
    Pamphlets, reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and newsletters on the needs and problems associated with human services throughout Maryland.

Homeland House Plans (RPCL) 

  • 46 Boxes
    See: Roland Park Civic League Collection.

Howard, J.D. & Company (JDH) 

  • 14 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1912-1972 
    Records of the investment banking and stock brokerage firm including correspondence, financial ledgers, transaction files, and journals.

Lafayette Square Community Center Collection (LSC)

  • 6 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1958-1969
    By-laws, constitution, reports, correspondence, minutes, and publications.

Lazarus, Esther Papers Papers (EL)

  • 5 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1900-1980
    Collection includes, biographical, photographs, speeches, correspondence, etc.

League of Women Voters (LWV) 

  • 79 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1922-2000 
    Correspondence, administrative files, minutes, biographies, research reports, directories, publications, and reference materials.

Light Rail Collection (LRC) 

  • 20 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1965-1996 
    Correspondence, publications, reports, and newspaper clippings. 
    See also: Movement Against Destruction Collection.

Local History Research Collection (LHRC) 

  • 26 Boxes
    Research papers, videos, photographs and slides by University of Baltimore students as well as historians on a variety of topics focusing on Baltimore and Maryland subjects.

Maritime History of the Chesapeake Bay (MHCB) 

  • 1 Box
    Fifty taped interviews with specialists on various aspects of Chesapeake Bay history from the colonial period to present day.

Maroger, Jaques Collection (JM)

  • 1 Box
    Photographs, books, other printed matters.

Maryland Churches United (MCU) 

  • 9 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1971-1975 
    See: Maryland Council of Churches.

Maryland Committee for Children (MCH) 

  • 23 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1958-1978 
    Publications, press releases, correspondence, and reports.

Maryland Conference of Social Welfare (MCSW) 

  • 48 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1929-1973 
    Minutes, general correspondence, memoranda, general reports, committee reports, case files,directories, programs, and other publications.

Maryland Council of Churches (MCC) 

  • 147 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1904-1971 
    Minutes, correspondence, annual reports, studies, staff reports, juvenile court cases, maps, photographs, posters, publications, financial records, etc.

Maryland Food Bank (MFB)

  • 64 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1979-2005
    Minutes, correspondence, reports, photographs, and financial records, etc.

Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame (MSC)

  • 13 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1987-2002
    Minutes, correspondence, reports, photographs, and publications.

Maryland Sports Complex Authority (MSCA)

  • 1 Box
    Dates (Inclusive): 1972-1975
    Correspondence and financial records.

Maryland State Poetry Society (MSPS) 

  • 16 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1960-1975 
    Correspondence, publications, and newsletters about Maryland poets and their poetry.

Maryland Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program (MVVLP) 

  • 11 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1981-1988 
    Reports, newsletters, correspondence, financial records, grant applications, newspaper clippings, and press releases.

Mash Photograph Collection (MASH) 

  • 7 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1903-1908 
    Photographic prints and glass negatives of scenes in and around Baltimore.

McDonald, Gerald (MCDO) 

  • 2 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1932-1964 
    Publications, prints, articles, broadsides, and brochures.

McDonald, Patricia Research Papers (PM)

  • 12 Boxes
    Disertation research materials on women in 19th century Baltimore.

Merchants and Manufacturers Association (MMA)

  • 2 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1904-1919 
    Minutes and reports.

Miller, Mary Owings (MOM) 

  • 15 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1918-1972 
    Correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and photographs.

Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration (MUND) 

  • 26 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1967-1971 
    Policy papers, master plan, budget proposals, area socio-economic surveys, project status reports, personnel records, press releases, photographs, graphics and reference material.

Mount Royal Improvement Association (MRIA) 

  • 8 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1928 -1979 
    Minutes, correspondence, newsletters, membership lists, financial records, flyers, legal briefs, newspaper clippings, maps, blueprints, and scrapbook.

Mount Washington Improvement Assocation (MWIA)

  • 48 Boxes
    Minutes, correspondence, Baltimore City Council ordinances, newspaper clippings, reports, legal briefs and newsletters.

Mount Washington Parent-Teacher Organization (MPTO)

  • 2 Boxes
    Minutes, correspondence, financial records and newsletters.

Mount Washington Preservation Trust (MWPT)

  • 2 Boxes
    Minutes, correspondence, etc.

Movement Against Destruction (MAD) 

  • 54 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1968-1988 
    Publications, minutes, correspondence, legal briefs, newspaper clippings, press releases, newsletters, brochures and reports. See also: Light Rail Collection.

National Association of Social Workers - Maryland Chapter (NASW)

  • 80 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1927-1990 
    Press releases, financial records, minutes, reports, newsletters, and library materials.

National Katyn Memorial Committee (NKMC)

  • 18 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1990-2001
    Minutes, financial records, correspondence, reports, newsletters, photographs and videos.

Negro League Oral History Collection (NLOH)

  • 8 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1999
    Deed of Gifts, tentative questions, transcripts, interview index, biographical information and taped interviews.

North Avenue Collection

  • 1 Box
    Dates (Inclusive): 1988-2005
    Oral histories, slides, student research papers, newspaper articles.

Northeast Community Organization (NECO) 

  • 21 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1969-1979 
    Minutes, correspondence, subject files, financial records, flyers, newsletters,and photographs.

Northwood House Plans (RPCL) 

  • 20 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1930-1955
    See: Roland Park Civic League Collection.

Orchards House Plans (RPCL) 

  • 9 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1936-1967
    See: Roland Park Civic League Collection.

Planned Parenthood Collection (PP) 

  • 79 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1927-1966 
    Minutes, correspondence, policy papers, client social economic statistics, evaluations, status reports, fundraising, scrapbooks and reference materials.

Poe, Edgar Allan Society (POE) 

  • 25 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1923-2002 
    Organizational records including meeting minutes, publications, clippings, photographs, and financial records.  

Polish Heritage Association of Maryland (PHA)

  • 18 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1974-2002
    Organizational records including: bylaws, correspondence, publications, clippings, and financial records.

Porter, Alexander Gibson (AGP)

  • 22 Architectural Plans of residential and commercial properties.

Post Card Project at the University of Baltimore (PPB)

  • 4 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1900-2001
    Postcards from the collection of Bert Smith, Greg Otto, Great Blacks in Wax Museum, etc. depicting Baltimore people and places.

Print Collection

Risteau, Mary Collection (MR) 

  • 1 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1920-1970 
    Articles, newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, etc.

Jo Ann Robinson/Gertrude Williams Collection (GW)

  • 13 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1970-2004
    Reports, correspondence, clippings, interview tapes, transcripts, photographs, etc.

Roland Park Civic League (RPCL) 

  • 57 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1903-1959
    Minutes, ledgers, blueprints, correspondence, membership cards, financial records and houseplans for the communities of: Roland Park, Guilford, Homeland, the Orchards, and Northwood.

Samuel Ready Scholarships, Inc. (SSI) 

  • 19 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1977-2000 
    Minutes, correspondence, reports, student files, and publications.

Samuel Ready School (SRS) 

  • 151 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1864-1977 
    Minutes, correspondence, reports, student and teacher files, publications, photographs and newspaper clippings.

Schaefer Political Cartoon Collection (SPC) 

  • 3 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1972-1992 
    Original pen and ink drawings covering William Donald Schaefer's years as Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland.

Seidenberg, Roderic/Dwight, Mabel (RS) 

  • 14 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1917-1974 
    Correspondence, personal files, news clippings, publications, short stories, and manuscripts.

Society of Colonial Wars - General (GSCW) 

  • 162 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1892 -2006 
    Minutes, by laws, yearbooks, membership applications, and publications for the General Society and individual State Societies.

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maryland (MDSCW) 

  • 28 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1893 -2000 
    Minutes, speeches, obituaries, membership applications, colonial court records, and publications.

Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Maryland (SWE) 

  • 30 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1889-2000 
    Newsletters, correspondence, publications, and membership papers.

Sondheim, Walter, Jr. (WS)

  • 6 Boxes (Inclusive): 1942-1994
    Correspondence, photographs, reports, publications, newspaper clippings, etc.

Sons of the American Revolution - Maryland Society (SAR) 

  • 39 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1889-2001
    Minutes, correspondence, by-laws, membership applications, quarterly and annual reports,photographs, newspaper clippings, and publications.

Sons of Veterans, U.S.A. - Maryland Division (SOV) 

  • 12 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1886-1916 
    Minutes, correspondence, flyers, by-laws, membership applications, quarterly and annual reports. This organization was formed by male descendants of Civil War Veterans.

Southeast Community Organization (SECO) 

  • 18 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1972-1996
    Articles of Incorporation, minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs,annual reports, financial records and publications.

Southeast Council Against the Road (SCAR)

  • 20 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1959-1992
    Articles of Incorporation, by-laws, correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, photographs, and clippings.

Stone Hill in Hampden (SH) 

  • 8 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1988-1993 
    Oral interviews with long-time residents of Hampden who reside in the stone houses known as Stone Hill. The collection includes taped interviews and transcripts.

Tenants Union Group (TUG) 

  • 4 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1910-1975 
    Posters, scrapbook, vacant house surveys, correspondence, rent control literature, and complaint sheets.

United Fund (UF) 

  • 25 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1927-1949 
    Scrapbooks.

University of Baltimore Collection (UB) 

  • 308 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1925-2001 
    Minutes, correspondence, financial and administrative records, yearbooks and other publications, newspaper clippings, construction and renovation records, photographs, etc.

Waterfront Coalition (WC)

  • 7 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1986-2004
    Correspondence, reports, plans, clippings, minutes, and publications, etc.

Waxter, Thomas J. (WAXTER) 

  • 8 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1929-1976 
    Correspondence, files, reports, publications, and notes.

Weaver, John V. A. (WEAVER) 

  • 1 Box
    Transcripts of manuscripts, plays and poems.

Wickwire, Chester L. Collection

  • 22 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1886-1985
    Correspondence, brochures, clippings, photographs, articles, reports, etc.

WMAR-TV News (WMAR) 

  • Dates (Inclusive):1948-March 1987
    Stock footage and special programs from this local Television station. Over 6,000,000 feet of film and videotape.

Woodbridge Valley Improvement & Civic Association, Inc. (WVI)

  • 9 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive): 1970-2000
    Minutes, contracts and agreements, newsletters, directories, photographs, case files, correspondence, reports, by-laws and rosters.

Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland (YMCA) 

  • 111 Boxes
    Dates (Inclusive):1835-1976 
    Annual reports, minutes, correspondence, membership books, financial records,  newspaper clippings, photographs, and publication