Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense; Air raid wardens
Booklet dating from January 1943 titled "A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens," which was one of a series of handbooks published by the United States Office of Civilian defense instructing civil defense workers in their duties. The handbook includes...
Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Mephistophiles K. G. S.; Morris, Thomas Hollingsworth, 1817-1872; Political ballads and songs; United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1863); United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "To the Baltimore poet, Thomas H. M-rr-s, author of 'How They Act in Baltimore'." "Thomas H. M-rr-s" is Thomas Hollingsworth Morris, author of "A.D. 1862, or How They Act in Baltimore" (by a Volunteer...
Autobiographies; Baltimore (Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing first typescript page of the preface to H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Happy Days (1940), the first volume of his autobiographical trilogy. These books contain some of the most delightful prose of this American journalist.
Postcards--Maryland--New Windsor; New Windsor College (New Windsor, Md.); Universities and colleges--Maryland--New Windsor; New Windsor (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
In 1849, Andrew H. Baker, a graduate of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg and later a teacher, built two buildings on a land he bought in New Windsor, Carroll County. The following year, he opened Calvert College there under the auspices of the...
In this letter dated December 8, 1864 and written from Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison answers Maria Clemm's recent letter, a response it appears to his letter to her of December 1 (see item scpc022). Having been informed of her situation,...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Land titles; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Travel;
In this letter dated February 19, 1861 and written from Alexandria, Virginia, Maria Clemm again raises the issue with Neilson Poe of the sale of the land warrant inherited from her late husband. She is anxious to sell it and, having found someone...
In this letter dated October 12, 1864 and written from New York City, Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor of the family magazine entitled Home Journal, tells Maria Clemm about his plan to help her raise funds for a gravestone or memorial for Edgar...
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Monuments; Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Authors, American --19th century --Correspondence;
In this letter dated October 27, 1864 and written from New York City, Nathaniel Parker Willis, author and editor of the family magazine entitled Home Journal, sends money to Maria Clemm for a gravestone for Edgar Allan Poe's grave. This...
Letter from Pete Noble to Mr. F. C. (Frederic C.) Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., containing a handwritten response from Mr. Lee on the back. In this letter Mr. Noble reminds Mr. Lee of their conversation at the Hotel New Yorker about the...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to Aberdeen Proving Ground workers on September 28, 1942. Included in the program is a listing of the award ceremony activities, such as addresses by Governor...
White armband with "C.D. Officer" printed in red at the top. Below is a blue circle with a white triangle inside of it. In the triangle, the letters "CD" appear in red. The word "Maryland" appears below the white triangle. The armband is connected...
