Childhood and youth

Abstract This collection contains photographs probably made by a Mr. Brown of Baltimore, Maryland, depicting the Brown Machine Shop and Brown family, homes and neighborhoods. Other subjects include Baltimore harbor boats, fruit sellers, oyster schooners and other water craft, fire stations and policemen, childhood activities, horses and cars, bicycles, ping pong, phonographs, lacrosse, Bay Shore Park and Druid Hill Park, fishing, beach and snow scenes, domestic servants, Sunday School groups, girls'...

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The Brune-Randall Family Papers includes papers relating to 68 members of this extensive Baltimore family. The bulk of the papers are those of 6 individuals: Frederick W. Brune (1813-78), his wife Emily [Barton] Brune (1826-1908); their daughter Susan Katharine [Brune] Randall (1860-1937), her husband Blanchard Randall (1856-1942), their daughter Elizabeth Blanchard [Randall] Slack (b. 1892) and her husband Harry Richmond Slack (1888-1957). The papers span the period 1782 to 1972.

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This collection contains newsletters, minutes, and correspondence highlighting the Canton Improvement Association's activities, as well as grant applications, proposals, and other documents pertaining to the organization's role in community development, circa 1971-1985.

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This collection contains the administrative and financial records of the Child Study Association of Maryland as well as documents related to activities of the society. These records provide a clear picture of the functions of both the overseeing organization and the individual chapters.

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This collection contains photographs of events held by the Child Study Association of Maryland. Subjects include the annual closing luncheon/dinner meetings, fundraisers, such as fashion shows and cookie sales, and other events.

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This collection contains the correspondence of the Dulany family. The bulk of the collection is composed of letters to and from Catharine (Kitty) Dulany Belt. The letters discuss personal matters of family and friends, such as illness, new marriages, and babies born, as well as business related estates and finance.

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This collection contains two bound volumes of letters to and from Mary Diana Harper, the eldest daughter of Robert Goodloe Harper.

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This collection contains photographs of the buildings and children at the Nursery and Child’s Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland

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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.

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...