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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:

Phoebe George Bradford diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1077
Abstract

This collection consists of photocopies from sections of the diaries of Phoebe George Bradford (1794-1840), a native of Cecil County, Maryland, and resident of Wilmington, Delaware. The diaries contain descriptions of social doings and daily activities, opinions on family matters and religion, and occasional references to national matters and local happenings.

Dates: 1832-1839

Randall-Brune-Philpot family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2824
Abstract

This collection documents the Randall-Brune-Philpot families from 1760-1983.

Dates: 1760 - 1983

Redwood collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1530
Abstract

The Redwood collection includes correspondence of Mary Buchanan Coale Redwood (1879-1940), genealogical correspondence and research notes (1907-1935), estate papers (1815-1917), and diaries and notebooks (1806-1865) of members of the Buchanan, Coale, Dorsey, Proud, Hopkinson and related families.

Dates: 1694-1940

Redwood collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1530.1
Abstract

The papers in this collection belonged to Mary Buchanan Coale Redwood, and consist of some of her personal letters, letters to George B. Coale and Charles Bradenbaugh, four loose-leaf binders of copied letters and records about her son, George B. Redwood, transcribed papers of the Hopkinson, Duche, Dorsey, Coale and other families, and copies of essays and poems.

Dates: 1766-1938

Ridgely-Stewart papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0716
Abstract

This collection consists of scrapbooks, notebooks, diaries, and family papers created or collected by L. Josephine Moulton Stewart and her daughter Helen West Stewart Ridgely. Topics covered include: "Hampton," Moulton, Stewart and Ridgely families, child rearing, and the Colonial Dames of America.

Dates: 1773-1921

Robert and Jacob Franklin account book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0282
Abstract

Account book of Robert Franklin, and later Jacob Franklin (d.1819), both of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, containing farm and house accounts; births, marriages, and deaths in the Franklin Family, and of slaves owned. Robert Franklin died 1735; family record continued through 19th century.

Dates: 1702-1901

Robert Gilmor Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0387
Abstract

This is an artificial collection of manuscript material that began with Robert Gilmor, Jr.'s first donation in 1845. These include letters and journals, family histories, memorandums, and miscellaneous autographs.

Dates: 1774-1848

Robert Goodloe Harper family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0431
Abstract The Robert Goodloe Harper Family Papers consist of manuscripts belonging to the Harper, Carroll, and Pennington families. The collection begins in 1747 with a file of letters to Richard Croxall on the Baltimore Iron Works and concludes in the twentieth century with papers of various members of the Pennington family. The bulk of the collection, from 1784 to 1825, centers around Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) and his wife, Catharine Carroll Harper (1778-1861), and include correspondence...
Dates: 1747-1910; Majority of material found in 1784-1825

Shipley family genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2514
Abstract

This collection contains information on the genealogy of the Shipley family as well as related families. Records include handwritten copies of land grants, wills, inventories, birth records, obituaries, wedding announcements, family histories, bible records, and news articles.

Dates: 1695-1979

Weir collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3289
Abstract

This collection contains the personal, financial, and business papers of Robert Weir Jr. (1846-1930), of Baltimore. The bulk of the collection pertains to Weir's financial endeavors in the stock market, as well as household accounts and receipts.

Dates: 1816-circa 1940s