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Alice W. Hood collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1318
Abstract

This collection consists of the biographical and genealogical material concerning the Hood family of Maryland. Also included are the personal letters of Alice Watkins Hood, as well as business records and correspondence of her father, John Mifflin Hood, president of the Western Maryland Railroad Company.

Dates: 1873-1951

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2003
Abstract This collection is the partial archives of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the years 1859-1880 and contains the records of the President’s Office (the President during this period was John Work Garrett, 1858-1884). The collection includes correspondence, receipts, reports, telegrams, and newspaper clippings pertaining to all phases of the company's history from 1859-1880. Topics include finance, traffic, railroad competition and combination, labor, legal questions, politics, management...
Dates: 1859-1880

Furlong-Baldwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0193
Abstract

The collection consists of letters of Sephonia Furlong Baldwin of Waterbury, Anne Arundel County from son Lewis Warrington Baldwin while employed with the Illinois Central Railroad, 1897-1901. The collection also contains letters from Mrs. Baldwin's husband and friends. Also included is the personal correspondence of Reverend Henry Furlong (1822-1886), from parishioners, family, friends, containing news of events in the Baltimore District of Methodist Episcopal church.

Dates: 1822 - 1901

Garrett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0979
Abstract

The Garrett Papers primarily concern Robert Garrett (1847-1896) and his wife Mary F. Jacobs (1851-1936), spanning 1816 to 1950, although the bulk of material is dated from 1885 to 1896. The collection is comprised of 38 boxes containing an estimated 25,000 items.

Dates: 1816-1950

John Work Garrett letter books

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3258
Abstract

This collection contains 15 letter books (ranging from 1868-1881) and 3 telegram books (1879-1882) from the office of John Work Garrett (1820-1884), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858 until his death in 1884.

Dates: 1868 - 1882

Nielson-Leary papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-001-LIB
Abstract

The Nielson-Leary papers contains correspondence, land and legal papers, family photographs, and printed ephemera collected by Edmund Leary, Baltimore resident and freight clerk of Pennsylvania Railroad, as well as Lydia Nielson, circa 1783-1987.

Dates: 1783 - 1987

Shriver collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0750
Abstract

The Shriver collection consists of daybooks, ledgers, cash books, and other accounts of the Shriver family businesses at Union Mills, Carroll County, Maryland (flour milling, saw millings, tanning, stores at Petersburgh and Big Pipe Creek). A majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence between the various members of the Shriver family concerning business and family happenings.

Dates: 1784-1944

Shriver family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0750.1
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of correspondence between the various members of the Shriver family, 1712-1876. The letters reflect land affairs, business topics, and family news.

Dates: 1712-1876

Western Maryland Railroad Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2190
Abstract

The collection consists of fragments of records from railroads in the Western Maryland Railway Company between 1857-1961.

Dates: 1857-1961

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Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884 3
Shriver, Abraham, 1771-1848 2
Shriver, Andrew Keiser, 1802-1884 2
Shriver, Andrew, 1762-1847 2