World War, 1939-1945

This collection contains manuscripts, ephemera, and photographs related to the family of Emma Collenberg Hale (1913-2012), Le Roy Mitchell Hale (1913-1990), and Augusta Dorothy Collenberg Wise, all Baltimore City and Baltimore County residents. Included are mostly identified photographs of family members, as well as correspondence and miscellaneous ephemera saved by Emma Hale beginning in World War II. Also included are indentures, deeds, and surveys for Baltimore County, dated 1787-1862.

The Glenn L. Martin oral history collection contains interviews with four women who worked for the Glenn L. Martin aircraft company during World War II. Interviewed between 1995-1996, the narrators discuss how they came to live in Baltimore, their housing communities and jobs in the plant, and the overall effect of World War II on the home front.

This collection contains photographs of the Harvey and Hopkins family members at home and around the world. The dates of the collection spans 1906-1945.

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, and newspaper clippings related to Bradburn H. Hess' World War II service, circa 1964-1965. Also included are letters and greeting cards sent and received during his deployment in Europe.

This collection contains the correspondence, diaries, and memorabilia of the Hopkins and Harvey families of Maryland

This collection consists of letters to and from Howard J. Whelan, Jr., who was a World War II infantryman who saw action during the closing months of the war in Europe.

This collection contains World War II memorabilia and personal papers of John K. Ruppert.

This collection contains photographs from the service of Kenneth Elsworth Stewart, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Civilian Conservation Corps who saw service in World War II and the Korean War.

This collection contains the public and private papers of Baltimore artist Lawrence C. Rodda (1902-1989).

The Little Italy oral history collection oral history collection consists of 16 interviews with Italian Americans or Italian immigrants from Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood, circa 1979-1980.