MAN. Manuscript Collections

Abstract The Wilson papers contains a collection of personal and business papers of members of Wilson family, principally, Reverend Franklin Wilson, a Baptist minister, and his wife Virginia Appleton Wilson; his son, John Appleton Wilson, an architect, and daughter Adelaide S. Wilson, and granddaughter, Virginia Appleton Wilson. Papers include correspondence, diaries, account books, scrapbooks, photographs, legal documents, church records and records of John Appleton's architectural firm. Topics...

Abstract Railroad engineers and inventors, Ross Winans (1797-1877) and his son Thomas Winans (1820-1878), are the principal figures around which the Winans papers are built. The collection includes the correspondence, legal papers, accounts, bills, and receipts of both men. There is also a variety of other materials such as patents, drawings, designs, and experimental data relating to steamship building. The collection is strong in documenting the business and manufacturing of Ross Winans from 1835...

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This collection spans from 1926, the charter year of the society, to 2007, and includes financial and membership records, as well as meeting minutes and scrapbooks documenting the group’s activities.

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Contains the treasurer’s records of the Woman’s Eastern Shore Society of Maryland from 1926-1979, including audit reports, financial statements, and account ledgers.

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This collection contains the minutes, reports, correspondence, financial documents, scrapbooks, and ephemera of the Woman's Eastern Shore Society of Maryland. This organization was founded by Anne Rothwell Stewart (d. 1930) in Baltimore in 1926 with the goal of social fellowship and public service for women who were born on Maryland's Eastern Shore or who had family connections in that region.

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The Woodward Family Manuscript Collection consists of publications, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and other materials related to the Woodward family’s involvement with thoroughbred horse racing.

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This collection consists of materials dealing specifically with World War I (1914-1918). Includes correspondence, diaries, personal remembrances, discharge papers, and poetry from Maryland soldiers who fought or were involved in the conflict.

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This collection contains land deeds related to the Worthington family’s holdings in Baltimore County, Maryland.

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This collection contains the papers of four generations of the Worthington family, who were prosperous landowners in Baltimore County, Maryland. Materials include correspondence, receipted bills, inventories of slaves, and land and estate records.

Abstract The collection spans two centuries and seven generations, and includes business and personal correspondence, journals, bills and receipts, and genealogical notes. Members of the family were residents of Baltimore City and Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Several were lawyers, financiers, or political figures; many traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Incoming letters provide the best guide to probable recipients of outgoing letters as most family members wrote to most other...