| Country lane in the New Market area
of Frederick County, MD circa 1890.
Special Collections, Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 5349 |
The following is a list of 21 of the photograph
collections at the Maryland State Archives out of approximately 500 special
collections containing photographs. These collections have been selected
on the basis of accessibility, popularity, and quality. As time progresses,
more collections will be added to this page, so it is advisable to check
back here every once in a while. Computer indexes to these collections,
except when noted, are in the search room of the Maryland State Archives.
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| MSA SC 182 -- George Forbes Collection
MSA SC 985 -- Mame Warren Collection
MSA SC 1406 -- Hayman Collection
A short biography of Howard Hayman [in progress]
MSA SC 1887 -- Maryland State Archives Collection of Donated Photographs
MSA SC 1890 -- Marion E. Warren Collection
MSA SC 2140 -- The Annapolis I Remember Collection
This collection consists of approximately 100 copy photographs made by Marion Warren for his and Mame Warren's book Baltimore When She Was What She Used To Be, published in 1983. The original photographs date between 1850 and 1930, and document the changes that came to the city during those years, including those wrought by the Civil War and the Great Fire of 1904.
MSA SC 3544 -- Thomas Baden Collection
A short biography of Thomas Baden [in progress]
MSA SC 4702 -- Fredericktown Bank Collection
A short biography of J. D. Byerly
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This
collection contains almost 2000 images, mainly of Annapolis, MD and the
United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. These images, which are a combination
of glass plate negatives, film negatives, glass lantern slides, and prints,
were used by Mr. Forbes for lectures and other history related events in
Annapolis in the early years of the twentieth century. The images, most
of which were taken by professional photographers, date from circa 1870
to the 1920s, but most of them were taken between 1890 and 1910. Detailed
lecture notes belonging to Mr. Forbes are also part of this collection,
and contain information on individual photographs.
This
collection consists of about 700 photographs taken by the Works Project
Administration in the 1930s for a book entitled Maryland: A Guide to the
Old Line State, published in 1940. The photographs were taken in every
county in Maryland, and cover not only historic sites and scenery, but
also business and industry.
This
collection of copy photographs compiled by Mame Warren and photographer
Marion E. Warren for their book The Train's Done Been and Gone: An Annapolis
Portrait 1859-1910, first published in 1976. The 300 photographs are
high quality copies made by Marion E. Warren of originals dating between
1859 and 1910. There are some cross references between this collection
and the Forbes Collection, MSA SC 182. The photographs are of street scenes,
buildings, people and views from the State House Dome in Annapolis, Maryland
The
bulk of this collection consists of 300 glass plate negatives produced
by Maryland amateur Maria Baldwin (1869-1962). Her work dates from
approximately 1890 to 1910. Baldwin's images are set mostly in Baltimore
and the Anne Arundel County areas of Millersville and Indian Landing.
Subjects range from rural landscapes to family events and portraits of
relatives. A few images of African-Americans are also featured within
the collection.
This
collection consists of photographs taken between c. 1920 and c.1932 by
Edgar H. Pickering, a well-known photographer in Annapolis, MD. They are
architectural views of historic houses in Annapolis, MD as well as Anne
Arundel, Baltimore, Charles, Dorchester, Harford, Howard, and Prince George's
Counties, Maryland. Some of the historic homes this collection includes
are the Hammond-Harwood House, the William Paca House, Habre De Venture,
Belair, Cedar Park, Homewood, and Whitehall. Some photographs have copies
in MSA SC 1804, the Hayman Jr, Donor Collection and in MSA SC 1754, the
E. H. Pickering Collection and there are also some negatives in MSA SC
1936, the Pickering Negative Collection.
The
Merrick Collection was put together by Marion and Mame Warren for their
book and subsequent exhibit Maryland Time Exposures 1840-1940.The
collection consists of approximately 1800 copy photographs made by Mr.
Warren from original photographs dating between 1840 and 1940. The photographs
illustrate a cross section of life and culture throughout the State of
Maryland during those years, including industry, watermen, transportation,
education, resorts, family life, sports, and agriculture. All the counties
in Maryland are represented, to a greater or lesser degree.
This
collection consists of approximately 60 photographs of street scenes and
historic homes in Annapolis, Maryland, along with the U. S. Naval Academy
taken by Henry Schaefer between 1888 and 1895.
This
collection contains photographs donated to the Archives individually or
in small groups. The images are very miscellaneous and include scenes in
Annapolis, Baltimore and Anne Arundel, Carroll, Frederick, and Garrett
Counties.
This
collection, which forms the bulk of the photographs held by the Maryland
State Archives, dates from 1939 to the present, and is entirely the work
of Marion E. Warren, a photographer in Annapolis, MD. There are some views
of the midwest in the late thirties and Washington, DC and Europe during
World War II, but the majority of photographs are of Maryland since 1947.
The photographs are almost entirely black and white, with a few color slides,
color negatives, and color tranparencies. The Maryland photographs cover
the entire state, and the subjects include sailing, skipjacks, watermen,
fishing, crabbing, and oystering on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries;
tobacco farming and other agriculture, urban renewal in Baltimore City,
street scenes, state and national parks, historic homes in Annapolis and
throughout the state, aerials, and businesses and industry, including the
work of Maryland architectural firms. The people of Maryland, at work and
at play, are a major subject of the photographs in this collection, not
only through the portraits and weddings Mr. Warren has photographed, but
also through the candid shots he has done over his 60 year career. The
collection also contains many copy photographs made by Mr. Warren both
during his years as a professional photographer and during the work he
did on the books he and his daughter Mame published. Since Mr. Warren is
still actively photographing Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay, the collection
will continue to grow over the years. An exhibition of his work was assembled
in 1989, and the world wide web version of 
This
collection consists of approximately 450 stereographs dating betweenc.1870
and c. 1920. The stereographs contain some very early views of Annapolis,
Maryland, and other views around the state. There are also a number of
stereographs of Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, and scenes in Florida,New
York, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New England, the National Parks
and other views of the Western U. S. The Columbian Exposition is represented,
as well as the Philadelphia Centennial Expo, the Pan American Expo, and
the World's Fair. There are also international scenes, such as World War
I and the Sino-Russian War, and scenes in England, Canada, France,and the
Philippines, among other places.
Copy
photographs made by Marion E. Warren for Mame Warren's book Then Again
. . . Annapolis 1900-1965, published in 1990. The original photographs
fall between those dates and provide a wonderful cross-section of life
in Annapolis for both the African-American and white communities during
those years. The collection also contains many oral history interviews
with long time residents of Annapolis.
This
collection consists of 39 copy photographs of postcards, stereographs,
and photographs of Baltimore City during Old Home Week in 1906, Ellicott
City, Elkridge, Riverview Park, Greenmount, La Plata, Goucher College,
Easton, and other scenes in Baltimore City, including schools, hospitals
and Camden Yards.
Copy
photographs made by the Archives of 60 photographs taken by Thomas Baden.
These photgraphs, taken between 1945 and 1975, document the African-American
community in Annapolis during those years. Subjects include weddings, birthday
parties, black midshipmen, street scenes, parades, Carr's Beach, and the
visits of such notable African-Americans as Joe Louis and Ella Fitzgerald.
Approximately
200 photographs taken between 1920 and 1950 documenting the work of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, the Park Service, and the Boy Scouts towards
planting and caring for trees in Maryland's State Parks, towns, cities,
and rural areas.