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Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Joshua I. Cohen scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0251.1
Abstract

This collection is comprised of three scrapbooks of newsclippings compiled by Doctor Joshua I. Cohen. These scrapbooks cover the entirety of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865.

Dates: 1861-1865
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Joshua I. Cohen scrapbooks

Mary E. W. Risteau collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2456
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal and political papers of Mary E. W. Risteau (1890-1978), the first woman elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, 1921, and the State Senate, 1935.

Dates: 1786-1978; Majority of material found in 1900-1955
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Mary E. W. Risteau collection

Maryland Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0974
Abstract

This collection includes the minutes, invitations, visitors' register, letter books, and financial accounts of the Maryland Club, an exclusive men's club in Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1857. Also included are the records of the Baltimore Club.

Dates: 1844-1925
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Maryland Club records

McHenry family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0647
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence of various members of the McHenry family of Baltimore, Maryland from 1774-1876.

Dates: 1774-1876
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / McHenry family papers

Ridgely papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0692.1
Abstract

The Ridgely papers largely pertain to Captain Charles Ridgely's career as a sea captain and planter. Other topics in the collection include convict servants, Northampton Furnace, "Hampton," and Baltimore County politics.

Dates: 1733-1817
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Ridgely papers

Ritchie papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0710
Abstract

This collection contains seventy-six scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and magazine articles collected by Maryland governor Albert C. Ritchie pertaining mainly to his public life from 1915-1936. This includes pocket notebooks, diaries, notes for speeches, and printed reports.

Dates: 1915-1936
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Ritchie papers

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
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Shriver collection

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
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Shriver family papers

Thomas Law family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2386
Abstract The Thomas Law family papers is a collection made up almost exclusively of the papers of Thomas Law and his two sons John and Edmund. Thomas Law's papers include both incoming and outgoing correspondence 1791-1834, and essays and opinions written by Law on various philosophic, economic and political topics. All of the correspondence either comes from or is written to Washington DC where Law lived after emigrating to the U.S. in 1794. Topics discussed in the letters include U.S....
Dates: 1791-1834
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Thomas Law family papers

Tilghman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2821
Abstract Papers of three sons of Richard Tilghman II (1673-1738) and their descendents, including connecting families, such as the Chew, Allen, Lawrence, and Penn families, and genealogical records. Among these materials are the papers of Edward Tilghman (1713-1785), James Tilghman (1716-1793), Edward Tilghman, Jr., William Tilghman (1756-1827), Benjamin Chew Tilghman (1821-1901), and Richard Albert Tilghman (1824-1899). The collection also includes letterbooks, day books, accounts, property books,...
Dates: 1607-1969; Majority of material found within 1760-1880
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Tilghman family papers

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