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Baltimore (Md.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:

Hochschild-Kohn collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2721
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, subject files, minutes, and account books from this Baltimore, Maryland department store. Records detail construction, employee policies, promotional activities, and store sales and profits, 1896-1981.

Dates: 1896-1981

Jacob F. Obrecht and Company Cigars and Tobacco records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3078
Abstract The J. F. Obrecht & Company was a candy and tobacco distributor founded in 1886 and surviving until 1971. The material within the Jacob F. Obrecht & Company records span the first several decades of the 20th Century, with the exception of some documents dating from 1886. The collection consists of general business correspondence dating from 1886 until 1942, as well as several accounting and record books, including a ledger, two catalogues of cigar labels, and two catalogues of...
Dates: 1886-1942

James Cox account book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0262
Abstract

This collection contains the account book of James Cox, Baltimore tailor, containing entries for suits, coats, breeches, etc., made for miscellaneous gentlemen circa 1768-1771. Included are types of material used, and color of garments. Customers are: Daniel Carroll of Duddington, Caleb Dorsey, Daniel Dulaney, Mordecai Gist, Capt. Charles Ridgely, and Dr. John Stevenson, among others.

Dates: 1768 - 1771

James Lewis photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0224
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of the Lewis family of Baltimore, circa 1890-1925. Images include East Baltimore neighborhoods, portraits and group portraits, and baseball teams, as well as rural and city views.

Dates: 1890-1925

Jenkins family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3308
Abstract This collection contains correspondence, genealogical materials, and miscellaneous papers related to the Jenkins family of Maryland, circa 1838-1934 and undated. The Jenkins family papers contains personal correspondence from Oliver Jenkins (1813-1869), John Joseph Jenkins (1786-1845), Michael Courtney Jenkins (1808-1877) and his wife Caroline Jenkins (1808-circa 1876), Edmund Plowden Jenkins (circa 1845-1877) and his wife Martha Lee Jenkins (circa 1846-1923), and their daughter Martha Lee...
Dates: 1838 April 14-1934 January 1 and undated

Jessie Key Habersham collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3276
Abstract This collection contains approximately 130 letters, written between 1891 and 1911, plus newspaper clippings and photographs, concerning the life of Jessie Key Habersham (a.k.a., "The Gypsy Queen of Baltimore"), as well as her younger sister, Alice, her grandmother, and her parents. The Habershams were a wealthy Baltimore family, and in 1904, Jessie ran away from home and married a Romani man, becoming the "Gypsy Queen" of her husband's clan. The early letters in the collection reveal much...
Dates: 1891 May 21-1996 July; Majority of material found within 1891 May 21-1911 December 26

John Hanson Thomas Jerome letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3233
Abstract

This collection consists of letters written to John Hanson Thomas Jerome before, during, and after his tenure as the mayor of Baltimore, circa 1849-1863.

Dates: 1849 September-1862 January 23 and undated

Johnson-Wier-Wayland family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0138
Abstract

This collection contains formal studio portraits of the Johnson, Cushing, Wier, and Wayland family members of Baltimore, Maryland. Also included are informal portraits and outdoor views in Baltimore and Tolchester, Maryland.

Dates: 1860-1960

Joseph Brevitt letter book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0137
Abstract

This collection contains the letter book of Joseph Brevitt (1769-1839) of Baltimore. Included are letters to and from Brevitt and his father, letters to English friends and newspapers pertaining to personal and family matters with some reference to Baltimore.

Dates: 1798 - 1815

Katherine Poole photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0210
Abstract

This collection consists of nineteenth century photographs taken by Maryland area photographers collected by the donor.

Dates: 1870-1900