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Baltimore (Md.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Associate Reformed Congregation of Baltimore records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1742.1
Abstract

This collection contains the records for the Asssociate Reformed Congregation of Baltimore, including registers of adult members, occasional communicants, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and removals.

Dates: 1812-1865

Baltimore Chamber of Commerce ship records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0058
Abstract The Baltimore Chamber of Commerce was established in 1856 for the commercial regulation of the Port of Baltimore. Material in this collection includes: Merchants' vessels of the United States, 1916-1938; Lloyd's Register, 1949, 1950; scrapbooks of Baltimore shipping news, 1924-1931; 32 volumes of Arrivals and Clearances; indexes for names of ships, 1928-1943; misc. records and financial accounts of the maritime department of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, 1926-1930; "Baltimore Journal of...
Dates: 1886-1943

Baltimore Town Commissioners' account book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0103
Abstract

This collection consists of a ledger with accounts of special commissioners; numerous entries of miscellaneous nature including data on streets, pavings, etc.

Dates: 1786 - 1797

Battle Monument papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1198
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence and accounts of expenditures by the committee in charge of the erection of the Battle Monument in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dates: 1814-1820

Brune family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1921.1
Abstract

The collection consists mainly of letters written by or to members of the Brune family of Baltimore. The letters date roughly from 1831 to 1897. The majority of the letters concern family and personal matters rather than business affairs.

Dates: 1831-1897

Brune-Randall family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2004
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1782-1972

Carter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1228
Abstract

This collection contains the business correspondence of Robert Carter of Nomini Hall, Virginia. Most of the letters concern Carter's investment in the Baltimore Iron Works and the day-to-day running of the company.

Dates: 1769-1827

Carter photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0022
Abstract This collection contains photographs made or collected by William M. Carter, many depicting Baltimore scenes : businesses, churches, fires, harbor, houses, parks, neighborhoods including Fells Point and Waverly, railroads, schools, streets, and waterways. There are Carter family scenes showing friends and pets, with general domestic scenes and family celebrations. Other subjects include holidays (July 4, Christmas), Baltimore parades and festivals such as the 1906 Homecoming, the 1912...
Dates: 1906-1916

Ellicott family deeds and land papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1825
Abstract

This collection concerns the Ellicott brothers purchase of land in Baltimore County and in Baltimore City.

Dates: 1782-1814

Glass plate negatives photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0011
Abstract

This collection contains glass plate negatives that depict various aspects of Maryland social, political, and economic history, including. These aspects include buildings, monuments, cemeteries, schools, businesses, industry, recreation, scenes, streets, transportation, residences, and parks. Maryland locations documented include Baltimore City, Annapolis, Ellicott City, Baltimore County, Harford County, Prince Anne's County, and Somerset County.

Dates: 1890-1930