Baltimore City Archives Record Groups, Manuscripts, and Miscellaneous Transferred Collections

Baltimore Record Groups

• BRG1: Baltimore Town Commissioners (1729-1797)
• BRG2: Early Records of Baltimore (1729-1875)
• BRG3: Baltimore City Commissioners (1797-1899)
• BRG4: Baltimore City Property Tax Records (1797-1991) - see research guide for Property Tax Records here
• BRG5: Appeal Tax Court (1841-1914)
• BRG6: City Auditor (1853-1859, 1917-1935)
• BRG7: Civil Service Commission (1919-1985)
• BRG8: Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (1923-2024)
• BRG9: Mayor's Office (1797-2023) - see research guide for the Mayor's Office here
• BRG10: Court House Commissioners (1835-1840)
• BRG11: Voting Records and 1868 Census (1802-1994)
• BRG12: Map Collection (1730-1964)
• BRG13: Law Department (1819-2024) - see research guide for the Law Department here
• BRG14: Baltimore Aviation Commission (1928-1950)
• BRG15: National Star Spangled Banner Centennial Commission (1913-1915)
• BRG16: City Council (1797-2020) - see research guide for Ordinances and Proceedings of the City Council here
• BRG17: Burnt District Commission (1904-1907)
• BRG18: Economic Development Commission (1963-1983)
• BRG19: Health Department (1798-1996, 2018)
• BRG20: Fire Department (1862-2001)
• BRG21: Municipal Museum (1830, 1931-1997)
• BRG22: War of 1812 Records (1812-1826) - Digitized online here
• BRG23: Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission/Citizens Emergency Relief Committee (1930-1936)
• BRG24: 1964 Charter Revision Commission (1962-1967)
• BRG25: Water Supply Records(1829-1923)
• BRG26: Baltimore Municipal Journal (1912-1939, 1960-1992)
• BRG27: 1969 Commission on Amendments to the Baltimore City Charter (1969-1971)
• BRG28: 1973 Charter Revision Commission (1970-1976)
• BRG29: Department of Legislative Reference (1916-2019)
• BRG30: Electrical Commission (1894-1938)
• BRG31: Department of Education (1810-2004)
• BRG32: City Register (1797-1985)
• BRG33: Redevelopment Commission (1945-1956)
• BRG34: Public Bath Commission (1905-1959)
• BRG35: Contracts and Bonds
• BRG36: Board of Estimates (1900-1993, 2004-2006)- see research guide for the Board of Estimates here
• BRG37: Board of Awards (1869-1870, 1900-1946)
• BRG38: Civil Defense Records (1941-1978)
• BRG39: Harbor Records (1797-1959)
• BRG40: Collector of Taxes (1804-1860, 1873-1898, 1915-1969)
• BRG41: Miscellaneous Administrative Records (1798-1939)
• BRG42: Market Records (1818-1955)
• BRG43: Comptroller (1842-1951)
• BRG44: Municipal Harbor Belt Railroad (1913-1966)
• BRG45: Jones Falls Commission (1868-1886)
• BRG46: Harlem Park Commission (1874)
• BRG47: Department of Public Works (1794-2016)
• BRG48: Department of Housing and Community Development (1878, 1900-2005)
• BRG49: City Hall Construction Records (1867-1875)
• BRG50: Central Payroll Division (1930-1978)
• BRG51: Department of Recreation and Parks (1864-2008)
• BRG52: Commission on Efficiency and Economy (1926-1932)
• BRG53: Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals (1923-2010)
• BRG54: Bureau of Accounting Operations (1943-1955, 1967-1980)
• BRG55: Passenger Arrival Records (1832-1875)
• BRG56: Civil War Records (1861-1867)
• BRG57: [Enoch Pratt Free Library] NOTE: This is a placeholder; the Pratt Library maintains its own records.
• BRG58: Street Improvement Records (1828-1927, 1953-1980)
• BRG59: State of Maryland Papers Pertaining to Baltimore City (1812-1910)
• BRG60: Department of Planning (1929-2009)
• BRG61: Department of Audits (1926-1944, 1959-1984, 2020-2025)
• BRG62: Charles Center- Inner Harbor Management, Inc. (1959-1982)
• BRG63: Sewerage Commission (1893-1911)
• BRG64: Baltimore City Jail (1900-1910, 1925-1935)
• BRG65: Bureau of Treasury Management (1907-1974)
• BRG66: Model Cities Agency (1972-1974)
• BRG67: Supreme Bench of Baltimore City (1942-1974)
• BRG68: Agency Reports and Publications (1822-1985, 1996)
• BRG69: Community College of Baltimore (1961-1964)
• BRG70: City Fair (1970-1985)
• BRG71: Easter Sunrise Service (1930-1971)
• BRG72: Baltimore City Trustees Records (1982-1983)
• BRG73: War Memorial Commission (1921-1934, 1961-1978)
• BRG74: Traffic Commission of Baltimore City (1951-1953)
• BRG75: Government Publications (1848-1919)
• BRG76: Reference Indices and Resources (1854-2011)
• BRG77: Baltimore City Archives and Records Management Administrative Files [Placeholder]
• BRG78: Board of Liquor License Commissioners
• BRG79: Baltimore Center for Urban Archaeology (1750-1995)
• BRG80: Topographical Survey Commission (1893-1910)
• BRG81: Manumission Records - Digital Copies (1806-1864)
• BRG82: Department of Transportation (1915-1970)
• BRG83: Council Services (1974-1998)
• BRG84: Office of Equity and Civil Rights (1934-2017)
• BRG85: Office of the Labor Commissioner
• BRG86: Board of Finance (1871-1961)
• BRG87: Curator of City Hall (1974-2017)
• BRG88: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts (1958-2005
• BRG89: Baltimore City Police Department (1993)
• BRG90: Employees' Retirement Systems (1997-2019)
• BRG91: [Placeholder]
• BRG92: Department of General Services (2011-2025)

Baltimore Manuscript Collections

• BMS1: New Marsh Wholesale Produce Market (1955-1975)
• BMS2: Walter Ireland Dawkins Papers 1912-1951)
• BMS3: The Baltimore Monumental Subscription Book (1815)
• BMS4: Bouldin Family Survey Records (1659-1880)
• BMS5: Baltimore Sesquicentennial Celebration Records (1880)
• BMS6: Mayor Joshua Vansant Memoirs (1880)
• BMS7: Whetstone Point Land Sale Records (1794-1795)
• BMS8: John W. Kratz Papers (1886-1898)
• BMS9: Joseph Robinson Book Auction Record (1842)
• BMS10: Safeco Title Company Map Collection (1729-1960)
• BMS11: Association of Veterans of the Mexican War (1876-1895)
• BMS12: Baltimore Equitable Society (1794-1900)
• BMS13: Wisner Photographic Collection (1906-1930)
• BMS14: Classified Municipal Employees Association (1929-1989)
• BMS15: Chapman Family Papers (1822-1904)
• BMS16: Walter Sondheim Jr. Papers (1948-1987)
• BMS17: Baltimore City Firefighters Monument Committee (1984-1990)
• BMS19: Robinson & Cox Insurance Brokers
• BMS20: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (1890-2015)
• BMS21: Miscellaneous Microfilm
• BMS23: [EMPTY] Morgan University Research Collection
• BMS24: Afro-American Newspaper Digitized Microfilm Collection (1898-2011)
• BMS25: Michael Tepper Ship Manifest Collection (1791)
• BMS26: Baltimore City Archives Miscellaneous Photograph Collection
• BMS28: Antoinette “Toni” Ahrens Fells Point Shipbuilding History and Research Collection
• BMS29: Sidney Brower Collection- Urban Renewal Plans and Studies
• [Transferred to Maryland State Archives, Special Collection 6003, Jenifer Family Papers Collection (1890-1980)]
• BMS31: Baltimore City Directories Collection (1800-1940)
• BMS32: Baltimore City Historical Society Collection (1914)
• BMS33: "History of the Baltimore City Police Department" Gifts and Acquisitions (1851-2016)
• BMS34: William M. Hackley Police History Collection (1849-2009)
• BMS35: William F. Coye Sr. Photographic Collection (1937)
• BMS36: Jones Falls-Union Station Railroad Plan (1958)
• BMS37: Richard J. Cox and Edward C. Papenfuse Map & Atlas Collection for Baltimore City
• BMS39: James and Chris Bready Collection
• BMS40: Cropps and Corrie Murder Trial Scrapbook (1859)
• BMS41: The Builder's Exchange of Baltimore City Pen
• BMS42: Olmsted Drawings and Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks & Landscapes (FMOPL) Collection (1880-1930, 1986-2024)
• BMS43: Baltimore City Historical Society Map Collection (1926-1954)
• BMS44: Neighborhood Design Center Records (1968-2018)
• BMS45: Marie Bauernschmidt Scrapbook Collection (1926-1950)
• BMS46: City-Wide Young People's Forum 1935 Program
• BMS47: Terry Levering Newspaper Collection (1904-2017)
• BMS48: Judge James F. Schneider Reference Collection (1857-2010)
• BMS49: Judge John Carroll Brynes Collection (1999-2017)
• BMS50: Robert (Bob) Tennenbaum Collection (1979-2009)
• BMS51: Alumni of Eastern High School Collection (1879-1985)
• BMS52: Sun Newspaper Library Collection (circa 1905-2003)
• BMS53: Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell's Point Collection (1970-2010)
• BMS55: Baltimore City Historical Society Clippings Files (2000-2019)
• BMS57: John L. Cain Collection (1797-2008)
• BMS58: Heather Dorst Photographs (1973)
• BMS59: Doris E. Hortop Papers (1915-1922)
• BMS60: Read Drug Company Photograph and Letter Collection (1945-1955)
• BMS61: David McDonald Baltimore Pride Collection (1984-1988)
• BMS62: Wayne Schaumberg Topical Files (circa 1980-2017)
• BMS63: Highlandtown Public School Graduate List (1912)
• BMS64: Port of Baltimore, Tricentennial Planning Collection (2005-2007)
• BMS65: Gayety Theatre Plans Collection (1971-2010)
• BMS66: Police Sergeant Thomas B. Crooks Collection (1871-1897)

Baltimore Transferred Collections

• BTR21: Provident Hospital Archives Collection (1924-2010), part of Maryland State Archives Special Collection #5971
• BTR31: Maryland Architectural Drawings Collection (on loan from the Maryland Historical Society)
• BTR40: The Peale Center Architectural Reference Collection