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African American man, undated

 File — Box: 34
Identifier: PP79.2716
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 37 boxes of more than 6,000 photographic prints and negatives. All photographs were shot by Robert Kniesche, unless otherwise noted in the container list. As a photojournalist, Kniesche captured a wide variety of subject matter in Maryland and particularly in Baltimore. The collection feature quintessential Baltimore scenes, including images of the "The Block", Arabbers, painted screens, and marble steps. There are photos of public buildings, churches,...
Dates: undated

African-American man, John Thomas Duffin, undated

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: PP183.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Berry, Edwards, Mattingly Families Photograph Collection consists of photographs, and related items connected with the Berry, Edwards, and Mattingly families, circa 1850-1890. Most depict Kate Mattingly Edwards Berry (1857-1954), the mother of donor, Mrs. Jessie Cassard.

One item, a cased tintype of Kate Mattingly Edwards as a child, has been transferred to Cased Photograph Collection: CSPH 565.

Dates: undated

African American woman outside a house, undated

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one box with two albums containing, respectively, 37 and 103 photoprints; a total of 140. The photos depict the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey in the years circa 1890s. There are many images of rivers and old mills and churches in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, including Unicorn Mills and the Sassafras River in Maryland, a mill and historic site at Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania, and scenes on Wissahickon Creek in or near...
Dates: undated

Old Sweep well, African American woman, undated

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of one box with two albums containing, respectively, 37 and 103 photoprints; a total of 140. The photos depict the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey in the years circa 1890s. There are many images of rivers and old mills and churches in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, including Unicorn Mills and the Sassafras River in Maryland, a mill and historic site at Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania, and scenes on Wissahickon Creek in or near...
Dates: undated

African-American woman & baby in Church, 1963

 File — Box: 27
Identifier: PP177.8743 - .8744
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Richard Childress Photograph Collection consists of 32 boxes of more than 20,600 photographs. The collection includes prints and film negatives dating from late 1950s before Childress joined the Baltimore Sun, to 1984, the year he died. Childress covered virtually everything newsworthy for the Sun: protests, sports, social and cultural events, politics, automobile accidents, house fires, fairs, festivals, and parades, military events, and more. The collection is broken down...
Dates: 1963

Letters from African American Music Class, Hampton Institute, 1970

 File — Box: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Eubie Blake Manuscript and Ephemera Collection consists of 72 boxes and 2 oversize folders of materials from the estate of Eubie Blake. These materials include a large amount of Eubie’s personal correspondence, legal correspondence, financial records, programs from performances, public press, lyrics and scripts for Eubie’s musicals including In Bamville and Shuffle Along, and miscellaneous music-related and travel...
Dates: 1970

African American performers and programs, 1925-1982

 File — Box: 38
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Eubie Blake Manuscript and Ephemera Collection consists of 72 boxes and 2 oversize folders of materials from the estate of Eubie Blake. These materials include a large amount of Eubie’s personal correspondence, legal correspondence, financial records, programs from performances, public press, lyrics and scripts for Eubie’s musicals including In Bamville and Shuffle Along, and miscellaneous music-related and travel...
Dates: 1925-1982

Letter to President Roosevelt from J.C. Rose regarding African American voters, 1908 June 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers in the Rose family collection span from 1877 to 1918. The materials consist of mostly letters and diaries, with a few invitations, a speech, a Confederate note, and a telegram. They have been arranged into two series: the papers of Douglas Hall Rose, and the papers of John Carter Rose. The materials of Douglas Hall Rose are mostly travel diaries. The earliest journal is dated 1884 and describes trips to Salem, Massachusetts; Hagerstown, Maryland; Niagara Falls, and...
Dates: 1908 June 1