Skip to main content

Family records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the various kinds of personal records kept by household members, such as financial and medical documents, to facilitate the conduct of their individual and joint affairs.

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Helen West Stewart Ridgely family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0715.1
Abstract

This collection consists of papers pertaining to members of Helen Ridgely's family. Included are papers of her grandparents Leonice Sampson and Joseph White Moulton, her parents Josephine Moulton and John Stewart, her husband Captain John Ridgely, and their son Julian White Ridgely.

The papers span the years 1840-1918.

Dates: 1840-1918

Henry Steele papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0761
Abstract

The Henry Steele papers contain deeds, leases, correspondece and other papers of Henry, Anne, and James Steele, with lists and photostatic and typed copies of documents in the collection.

Dates: 1730-1941

Hollingsworth-Partridge-Gilpin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0642
Abstract

This collection includes correspondence, business papers, land deeds, and plats of the Hollingsworth, Partridge and Gilpin families of Cecil County, Maryland. There are also two deeds of Charles Carroll dated 1713 and 1737.

Dates: 1687-1935

Howard-Gilmor papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2619
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of the Benjamin Chew Howard family, relations of Robert Gilmor (1748-1822). Included are genealogies, newspaper clippings, property inventories, auction catalogs, and correspondence.

Dates: 1696-1935

John H. B. Latrobe family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0526
Abstract

This collection consists of John H. B. Latrobe's writings as well as materials related to the Civil War military careers of John's sons Osmun Latrobe and R. Steuart Latrobe; and one item relating to R. Steuart's son Osmun Latrobe (1874-1939).

Dates: 1828-1947

John M. Gordon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0404
Abstract

This collection contains the family papers and accounts of John Montgomery Gordon, president of the Union Bank of Baltimore.

Dates: 1834-1914

John Stratton Gilman manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3183
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence from John Stratton Gilman to his brother Eliphalet Gilman. The letters discuss family matters as well as their business in the iron industry.

Dates: 1846 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1853 - 1859

John Thomson Mason, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2224
Abstract

This collection primarily contains the correspondence of John Thomson Mason, Jr. (1815-1873), a lawyer and congressman from Hagerstown, Maryland. Topics of interest in the letters include law, medicine, tobacco and flour merchandising, and slavery.

Dates: 1744-1882

Johnson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2500
Abstract

The Johnson family papers span the years 1726-1955, covering five generations of the family centered around the Rockland estate, near where Falls Road and the Jones Falls expressway now meet. Some of the main subjects in this collection include the Falls Road Turnpike Company, Fells Point properties, and the daily operations of the Rockland mill and farm from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

Dates: 1725-1955; Majority of material found in 1780-1950

King family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0519
Abstract

This collection contains the papers, deeds, correspondence, and receipts of various members of the King family and others.

Dates: 1686-1898