Glass plate negatives photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains glass plate negatives that depict various aspects of Maryland social, political, and economic history, including. These aspects include buildings, monuments, cemeteries, schools, businesses, industry, recreation, scenes, streets, transportation, residences, and parks. Maryland locations documented include Baltimore City, Annapolis, Ellicott City, Baltimore County, Harford County, Prince Anne's County, and Somerset County.
Dates
- 1890-1930
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
The reproduction of materials in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine and satisfy copyright clearances or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information visit the MCHC’s Rights and Permissions page.
Biographical / Historical
In 1980-1981, the Maryland Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Division received funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to create descriptive inventories of their many collections of glass and nitrate film photographic negatives. The grant also provided for the printing of all the negatives, for the creation of copy negatives for the images, and for the rehousing of the original negatives. Among the glass negatives were many collections with well established provenances, however a large number of negatives were present without clear provenance. These were assembled into this Glass Plate Negative Collection, PP11, circa 1890-1930.
Extent
2.50 Linear Feet (6 full Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The modern photoprints are arranged according to PP catalog number. The original glass print negatives are arranged according to negative catalog numbers, the scheme for which incorporates the size of the negative. Duplicate/copy negatives are stored in the Photographic Services department of the Maryland Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection assembled from various sources.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 6 boxes, five of which contain 734 modern photoprints made at the Maryland Historical Society in the 1980s from glass plate negatives created ca. 1890-1930. For the majority of the images a duplicate/copy negative is available.
Box 6 contains roughly 790 prints identified as "non-archival", with items numbered PP11.1011 through PP11.1800. There is no descriptive inventory for these numbers, although some of the prints have descriptions written on the verso, and most have negative numbers. The set seems to directly duplicate the images in Boxes 1-5, although the reason for this duplication with different numbering is not known. Likewise, the whereabouts or existence of items PP11.735 through PP11.1000 is not known.
The images in this collection encompass all aspects of Maryland social, political and economic history, including: buildings, monuments, cemeteries, schools, businesses, industry, recreation, scenes, streets, transportation, residences, and parks. Maryland locations documented include Baltimore City, Annapolis, Ellicott City, Baltimore County, Harford County, Prince Anne's County, and Somerset County.
Source
- Maryland Historical Society (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Glass plate negatives photograph collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Katherine Cowan
- Date
- 1999-09
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2020-01-15: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org