MAN. Manuscript Collections

This collection contains personal papers, correspondence, and publications of African American photographer Paul Samuel Henderson (1899-1988) and his wife Elizabeth Johnson Henderson (d. 1982).

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This collection contains 19 volumes of account and record books related to Peter Perine's pottery business.

This collection consists of the papers of David Maulden Perine, his sons William Buchanan Perine, E. Glenn Perine, and E. Glenn's son Washington Perine. Topics covered include legal practice, especially estate settlement in Baltimore, 1820s-1880s; Bank of Maryland affair, 1834; and Washington, Glenn, and Perine family histories.

This collection contains 14 original deeds to land on Petty Island, New Jersey, 1744-1811.

This collection consists of manuscript items, legal documents, and correspondence belonging to the Philpot and Randall families, 1726-1936.

This collection consists of photocopies from sections of the diaries of Phoebe George Bradford (1794-1840), a native of Cecil County, Maryland, and resident of Wilmington, Delaware. The diaries contain descriptions of social doings and daily activities, opinions on family matters and religion, and occasional references to national matters and local happenings.

This collection is comprised of 41 items of correspondence relating to the Pinkney family of Maryland, including William Pinkney, United States Attorney General under President Madison.

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

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.

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