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Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Shoemaker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1968
Abstract This collection relates chiefly to the Shoemaker family of Baltimore, Maryland. While there are some business papers related to the Adams Express Company and various financial receipts and land documents, most of the collection is comprised of correspondence between the various members of the Shoemaker family. For the most part the correspondence is personal in nature and consists chiefly of family news exchanged between members of the Shoemaker clan (including related Ecclestons and...
Dates: 1824-1955

Shriver family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2085.6
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of George M. Shriver, Vice-President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and his family, 1873-1908.

Dates: 1873-1908

Spafford family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1788
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence to and from the Spafford family of Fells Point, Baltimore. Also included are miscellaneous legal and financial papers.

Dates: 1785-1934

Treva Walkling collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2979
Abstract

This collection consists of the diaries, photographs, correspondence, financial records, address books, and ephemera belonging to Treva Walkling (1909-1997), a Baltimore career woman.

Dates: 1893-1998

William Faris diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2160
Abstract

Diary covering the last thirteen years of silversmith and clockmaker William Faris' (1728-1804) life in Annapolis, Maryland.

Dates: 1792 January 1 - 1804 August 9

William M. Hayden collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0140
Abstract

Large collection of material on many aspects of social life, mainly of the early 19th century. Subjects include transport (mail, coaches, steam boats), hotels and inns, social functions, education, and various trades. Material consists of advertisements, tickets, accounts, certificates of stock, and broadsides.

Dates: 1750 - 1920

William N. Kolb Jr., photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0296
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of the Kolb family. It holds several portraits of family members, as well as photographs of places they visited and events they attended, circa 1939-1945.

Dates: 1939-1945

William P. Preston collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0978
Abstract The William P. Preston Collection contains primarily three groups of material: papers of William P. Preston, prominent Baltimore criminal lawyer; correspondence of his wife Margaret Smith Preston; and correspondence as well as other material related to their daughter May Preston McNeal. The items pertaining to William P. Preston are nearly all connected with his legal practice. Included are accounts, bills, and receipts associated with insolvency and debt collection cases; case note; court...
Dates: 1799-1913

Worthington photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0023
Abstract This collection contains photographs made or collected by Thomas Chew Worthington, III. Subjects are Baltimore scenes, including architectural details, businesses, dhurches and cemeteries, government and public buildings, historic houses, monuments, museums, warehouses, and waterways. Documented events include a 1913 Advertising Men's Convention and the 1912 Democratic National Convention. Documented locations include numerous Baltimore city streets and neighborhoods, and Maryland counties...
Dates: 1899-1930