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Andrew Wallace Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3272
Abstract This collection consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Col. Andrew Wallace Evans, a native of Elkton, Maryland. Evans was an 1852 graduate of West Point Military Academy, and served in conflicts in Indian Territory and the Civil War. In addition to incoming correspondence, the collection includes genealogical notes having to do with the following families: Evans, Alexander, Wallace, Hodgson, Oliver, Tuite, and more. Also included are papers related to Dr. Amos Alexander Evans, a...
Dates: 1792 - 1905

J. Thomas Scharf collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1999
Abstract The collection consists of the personal papers and the documents collected by John Thomas Scharf, an historian. Also included are the papers of Philadelphia historian Thompson Westcott. Topics covered in Scharf's personal papers are methods of historical research and the Baltimore Sesquicentennial in October 1880. The collected documents owned by Scharf include Confederate States of America naval records, 1863-64, Maryland state documents, 18th-19th century, and other original manuscripts....
Dates: 1730-1892

Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0833
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...
Dates: 1790-1952