Maryland State Archives
Special Collections
July - December 1996
MSA SC 4684: Pearre Collection
1913-1925
Architectural plans, Balmuckety, Pikesville, BA, prepared by Wilson Smith, 1913, including plans of the garden designed by Thomas Sears, Philadelphia, 1921-1925. Also included are plans for an addition to expand the kitchen by Smith and May 1922, which was not executed; plans for a tenant house which was not built designed by Robert L. Harris, Baltimore, 1918; and additions to the garage, Smith & May, 1926. Collection also includes plans for the "Pearre Homestead", Carroll County, prepared by Jackson C. Gott, 1904; subdivision of the Lyon Property, 1950; original topographical survey 1913; and two plans of Homewood House, Baltimore, 1929 and undated.

Balmuckety and its related garden are located in Pikesville, Maryland. The house was constructed by Aubrey and Fanny Lyon Pearre and was designed by Wilson Levering Smith. The garden was designed by Thomas Sears. Balmuckety was the last house constructed on the Lyon property, which was a land grant from 1753. An earlier house known as "Wester Ogle" exists approximately .2 mi to the northwest, and is the residence of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Lyon. An additional structure of allied style to Wester Ogle is "Trentham" of the Cradock family, on Cradock's Lane, Owings Mills. A third house, known as "Forest View" and belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy G. Rogers, was known as the superior of the three, and was replaced by an academy building in the 1950s. The name "Balmuckety" belonging to one of the farms is an assemblage of Lyon property in Scotland. This name, along with Wester Ogle, Easter Ogle, Glen Ogle and Cossins Woods were all appropriated for the Pikesville properties. The original phone number - "Pikesville 213." At least one additional Pearre construction exists on Skipper's Row, Gibson Island, and an additional residence is located in Union Bridge, Maryland, of which Jackson Gott drawings are included in the collection. The Pearre family retains exceptional slide documentation on the garden, and additional movie extracts of 1920-30s vintage. Its uniqueness to the Baltimore area is that it is an installation of an integrated landscape plan by a landscape architect of national renown. The garden is a direct reflection of Colonial Revival interestes which reached a high point in the 1920s, and is reflected in several aspects of social interest including gardens, homes, travel, and the motion picture industry from 1922-1929. Thomas Sears was a 1908 graduate of Harvard, which offered landscape design as a new course of study at that time. Excessive photo documentation of Sear's work is located in the Smithsonian collection of American landscape design, and a primary, surviving garden is located at Reynolda Village, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Vellum, blueprints.
Gift, Fanny Pearre Johnston, Ann Pearre Pardee, Aubrey Pearre, Elizabeth R. Pearre, and Sarah W. Pearre

MSA SC 4685: Leonard Collection
1736-1908
Materials relating to the documentation of "Rosehill", AA. Includes MHT Historic Sites Inventory Form and history.
Original.
Gift, Kenneth C. Leonard

MSA SC 4686: Florence R. Bahr Collection
1957-1992
Sketchbooks, artist Florence Bahr. Includes sketches of significant events relating to civil rights and the peace movement, including the funeral of Senator Robert Kennedy and the trial of the Catonsville 8.
Original.
Gift, Florence Bahr

MSA SC 4687: Republican Central Committee Collection
1960s-1970s
Correspondence, minutes, treasurer's reports, press releases, newsletters, bylaws, directories, campaign literature, volunteer and preceinct organization files, club material, photos, and other records of the Republican Central Committee for Prince George's County. Includes rules and results of the Prince George's Republican Assembly 1970, press releases and position papers (1966, ca. 75 items) of the Agnew for Governor Committee, and programs 1959-76 of the annual Lincoln Day Dinner. Bulk of collection is dated 1962-72.
Original.
Gift, Alan Virta

MSA SC 4688: Henry Maynadier Fitzhugh Family Collection
1698-1902
Papers of the Henry Maynadier Fitzhugh family, including letters, journals and various items from Ellicott and Tyson families of Baltimore. Collection microfilmed prior to being sold at auction through C.G. Sloan & Co. and includes materials from the following lots: 847: Ledger, Ellicott & Co., listing entries of purchases and payments, 1774-1775, including William Tyson, Charles Fox, Charles Carroll, Benjamin Banneker, Nathan Magruder, Samuel Riggs, and many others. 850: [Ship's Log] "Journal Onboard the Ship Latham, John Prince Commander Ona Voyage to Bencoolen and China, 1770" written by George Lee Mason Fitshugh and listing the 113 officers, servants and crew of the Latham during its voyages from Bencollen to ports in China and St. Helena, during which seven sailors "run," four died, and one drowned before reaching home port in England. 851: Letterbook. On cover: "J.B. Ellicott", 1815-1816; Genealogy of the Maryland Branch of the Tyson Family by Malcolm Van Vechten Tyson, 1902; guestbook, Includes names of visitors at "Jerico," 1841-1849; letterbook, "Letters and papers perserved in the desk of Elizabeth Ellicott who died 29th of 11th mo. 1853 age more than 92 years." Martha E. Tyson 1856, ca. 1750s-ca. 1850s, including the wills of James Beall and James Brooke, Jr. and letters of James, Elizabeth and Hannah Brooke, Andrew Ellicott, Deborah Pleasants, James and Evan Ellicott, Henry Tucker, Elizabeth Tyson, Henry Brooke, Lucy Fitzhugh, Mary (Farquhar?), Maria Bloom, Henry Tyson, and Elizabeth R. Dorsey; Journal, Martha Ellicott, 1813; letterbook, "Letters of various dates and from various persons", 1804-1851; letterbook, "Letters of Rachel Masan", 1698-1840s, including letters to Nathan and Martha Tyson and Elizabeth Ellicott; letterbook, "Letters from George & Elizabeth Ellicott, 1811-1851"; letterbook, "Letters from Nathan Tysan his wife & children", 1844-1850; letterbook, "Letters from Mary Ellicott", 1819-1838; letterbook, on cover: "James Brooke" in pencil in later hand, including letters of Margaret Carroll, Elizabeth Ellicott, Moses Sheppard, Roger Brooke, and John H.B. Latrobe 867: Travel journal/North American Indians. Manuscript journal, possibly secretarial copy. "Some account of the North American Indians extracted froma journal kept by George Ellicott during a journey in company with the Committee on Indian Affairs appointed by the Yearly Meeting of Baltimore in 1798." Two quartos, one octavo, 1798 868: 17 manuscript pages by Martha E. Tyson describing her grand-uncle, Joseph Ellicott and his sons, and mentioning Banneker in relation to the Federal Territory
Original, microfilm [M 11758- M 11760]
Deposit, Mrs. Charles Edward Wilde III

MSA SC 4689: Robert Cole Collection
1654 [18th c.]
Transcript, deed, Thos. Gerard, St. Clement's Manor to Robert Cole, 17 December 1654. Collection includes transcript and history of "Oakley."
Photographs.
Photographed by the Maryland State Archives courtesy of James D. Stone

MSA SC 4690: White Collection
1778-1986
Church history, "Christ Church Parish, Kent Island: Oldest Established Congregation in Maryland" includes "Vestrymen, Wardens and Officers of Christ Church Parish Kent Island from the Vestry Minute Books 1925-1952, 1953-1960 and Sunday Bulletins 1961-1986" compiled by Mary J. White, 1986; transcript, sheriff's book, upper and lower Kent Island 1775-1778.
Copies.
Gift, Mrs. Mary J. White

MSA SC 4691: Taylor Collection
various dates
Greta Taylor, "Notes on Whaley Genealogy."
Copy.
Gift, Greta Taylor

MSA SC 4692: Governor William Donald Schaefer Collection
1987-1995
"Administration of Governor William Donald Schaefer 1987-1995: Timelines of Major Departments, Offices and Programs" prepared by Vicki Lathom.
Copy.
Gift, Vicki Lathom

MSA SC 4693: Massachusetts State Library Collection
1915
Maps, Office of Chief Engineer, The Baltimore and Ohio System Railroads and Terminals Baltimore, Md., October 1915. 2 copies.
Original.
Gift, Massachusetts State Library

MSA SC 4694: Moses Shepherd Newspaper Indices Collection
1775-1794
Newspaper indices: Index to Maryland Gazette [Baltimore] 1786-1789; Index to American Newspapers 1775-1777 (3 vols.), including Maryland Journal (Baltimore) and other newspapers; Index to Maryland Gazette 1790-1791; Index to Maryland Journal 1778-1783, 1786-1791, 1793-1794.
Original.
Deposit, Enoch Pratt Free Library

MSA SC 4695: Fletcher Collection
1653-1863 [1986]
Maps: North American Indian Tribes, 1653 [1986]; North American in the Mid-Eighteenth Century, 1753 [1986]; The Original Thirteen Colonies, 1776 [1986]; The (Thirteen) United States of America, 1787 [1986]; American Heritage emerges from European Migration: The People Who Become Americans, 1790 [1986]; The Louisana Purchase, 1803 [1986]; The (Seventeen) United States of America, 1803 [1986]; The (Twenty four) United States of America, 1823 [1986]; The Republic of Texas: Annexation and Statehood, 1845 [1986]; The (Twenty Eight) United Sates of America, 1845 [1986]; The Pacific Coast and the Gadsden Purchase, 1853 [1986]; The (Thirty One) United States of America, 1853 [1986]; The (Thirty Five) United States of America, 1863 [1986].
Facsimiles.
Gift, Harvey Fletcher

MSA SC 4696: Lord Baltimore Video Collection
1996
Videos: "Voyages of the Ark, the Dove, and the Pride of Baltimore II," "Reverend Taylor's interview regarding the discovery of Lord Baltimore's grave"
original.

MSA SC 4697: Edwin Barry Collection
1945 circa -1976 ca.
Slides of scenes in Annapolis and the U. S. Naval Academy, and two binders of reports, clippings, and other materials related to the Severn River Watershed
original, slides.
Gift, Edwin Barry

MSA SC 4698: Valley News Echo Collection
1859-1865
Newspaper, Valley News Echo

(Hagerstown, Washington County: Potomac Edition Co.) The Valley News Echo began publication October 25, 1859 [v. 1, no. 1] and ceased April 1865 [v. 6, no. 4]. It was published monthly.
Facsimile.
Gift, Orwin Talbott

MSA SC 4699: Thomson Collection
1787 ca. [1996]
Don Thomson, comp. Cecil County, Maryland Land Owners Residing in the Nottingham Lotts. Based on Surveys ca. 1787 as Contained in Files from Index 114 at the Maryland Archives, Annapolis, Maryland, 1996.
Typescript.
Gift, Don Thomson

MSA SC 4700: Hoff Collection
various dates [1988]
Herve Douxchamps, "How Peter Paul Rubens has Numerous Descendants in the U.S.A." Includes information on the Stier family and the Calverts and the art collection that once hung in Paca House, Annapolis.
Copy.
Gift, Henry B. Hoff

MSA SC 4701: Maryland State Archives Collection
1955-1969
Guest book, Maryland Hall of Records. Book was used at the old Hall of Records building located on the campus of St. John's College, Annapolis.
Original.
Gift, Maryland State Archives

MSA SC 4702: Fredericktown Bank Collection
1860 circa - 1890 ca.
Photographs, most taken by J. Davis Byerly, of Frederick, Maryland, and the surrounding area. Photographs include laying of cornerstone of the Maryland Institute for the Deaf and various floods and street scenes.
Copy prints and negatives.
Photographed by the Maryland State Archives courtesy of the Fredericktown Bank

MSA SC 4703: Bennett Collection
1852-1870
Bennett Family Papers. MS 35.2
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4704: Brown Collection
1852-1897
Brown Family Papers. MS 41
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4705: Byerly Collection
Byerly Family Papers. MS 40
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4706: Potomac Home Brigade Collection
Civil War (Potomac Home Brigade) MS 35
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4707: Dennis Collection
Dennis Family Papers. MS 35.4
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4708: Kemp Collection
Kemp Family Papers. MS 39
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4709: Markell Collection
Markell Family Papers. MS 9
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4710: Maulsby Collection
Maulsby Family Papers. MS 9
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4711: Nelson Collection
Nelson Family Papers. MS 37
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4712: Ritchie Collection
Ritchie Family Papers. MS 37
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4713: Saylor Collection
Saylor Family Papers. MS 37
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4714: Staley Collection
Staley Family Papers. MS 37
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4715: Steiner Collection
Steiner Family Papers. MS 37
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4716: Weinbrenner Collection
Weinbrenner Family Papers. MS 37
Original.
Deposit, Historical Society of Frederick County

MSA SC 4717: Murphy Collection
1696-1996 [1996]
Emily A. Murphy, "A Complete & Generous Education": 300 Years of Liberal Arts St. John's College, Annapolis (Annapolis: St. John's College Press, 1996).
Published volume.
Gift, Emily A. Murphy

MSA SC 4718: Cook Collection
1777 [1996]
Eleanor M. V. Cook, "Index to 1777 Tax List and Court Records - Montgomery County, Maryland"
Copy.
Gift, Eleanor M. V. Cook

MSA SC 4719: First Baptist Church Collection
1785-1901
Church records, First Baptist Church, Baltimore: cash book 1894-1902; financial ledger 1824-1836; minutes, Temporal Committee 1839-1845; proceedings 1844-1847, 1870-1903; minutes 1785-1834.
Deposit, First Baptist Church of Baltimore

MSA SC 4720: Burch Collection
n. d.
Pedigree chart, Burch family.
Copy.
Gift, Mr. Whistler Burch

MSA SC 4721: Maryland State Archives Clean-Up Day Photograph Collection
09/11/96
Photographs of the staff clean-up day in preparation for Judge Murphy's retirement party.
Photographs.

MSA SC 4722: Wiley Bates Collection
n.d.
Copy negatives of a photograph of Wiley Bates
Copy Negatives.

MSA SC 4723: USS Maryland Collection
var. dates
Photographs, scrapbooks and other memorabilia relating to the U.S.S. Maryland battleship.
Photographs, original, copy.
Gift, U.S.S. Maryland Veterans

MSA SC 4724: Claggett Collection
1837
Map, I. Smith, Railroad Routes between New York and Washington
Original.
Photographed by the Maryland State Archives courtesy of Laurence Clagett

MSA SC 4725: Petrie Collection
1878-1939
School certificate, Augusta Wilhelmina Gradetzki, Sep. 1878; marriage certificate, Augusta and Carl Bartell, 1889; baptism certificate, Emma Margaretha Bartell, born Feb. 1889; baptism certificate, Mary Jane Kahne, 1939.
Original.
Deposit, Mary Jane Petrie

MSA SC 4726: Kelbaugh Collection
1864
Newspaper, Annapolis Gazette, 16 June 1864.
Original.
Gift, Jack Kelbaugh

MSA SC 4727: Labrot Holly Beach Farm Photograph Collection
1930 ca. - 1950 ca.
Ten photographs of Holly Beach Farm, S. W. Labrot, and the racehorses he owned during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, including Tred Avon and Sir Greysteel.
Original Photographs.
Deposit, Mrs. Leonie Lebrot Gately

MSA SC 4728: Annapolis High School Class of 1929 Collection
Information relating to Annapolis High School class of 1929 reunions
original.
Gift, Ann Jenson

MSA SC 4729: Upperco Collection
var. dates
Plats, deeds, and other land records relating to the Upperco family.
Original.
Gift, Mr. Leslie Upperco and the Baltimore County Genealogical Society

MSA SC 4730: Pride of Baltimore Collection
1996
Final report, Pride of Baltimore, Inc., Calvert Memorial Project, 1996.
Copy.
Gift, Pride of Baltimore, Inc.

MSA SC 4731: Chaney Collection
1996
William Franklin Chaney, Duty Most Sublime: The Life of Robert E. Lee as told through the "Carter Letters" (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1996).
Library book.
Gift, William Franklin Chaney

MSA SC 4732: Maryland Manual Collection
1996
Maryland State Archives, Maryland Manal 1995-1996.
CD.
Gift, Maryland State Archives

MSA SC 4733: Baldwin Memorial Church Collection
Letter found in time capsule and bible
Original.
Deposit, Baldwin Memorial Church

MSA SC 4734: General Federation of Women's Clubs Collection
1889-1895
Publications, The Cycle, The Woman's Cycle, The New Cycle. 2 vols. 1889-1893, 1894-1895.
Original.
Deposit, General Federation of Women's Clubs

MSA SC 4735: Goldman Newspaper Collection
1814-1859
Newspapers, broadsides and broadsheets of the National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.) for the year 1814: Aug. 24, Sep. 1, Sep. 4 (two copies), Sep. 10, Sep. 14, Sep. 21, Sep. 23 (2 copies); Mississipian Extra (Jackson, MI) 14 Jan. 1846; Petersburg Intelligencer (Virginia) Extra, 21 Mar. 1859.
Original.
Gift, Dr. Stephen Goldman

MSA SC 4736: Packman Newspaper Collection
1810-1881
Newspapers, National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.) 1810-1814 (270 issues); Poulsons Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) 1812-1813 (310 issues); New York Daily Herald 1867-1868, 1872 (420 issues); Forney's Sunday Chronicle (Washington, D.C.) 1881 (60 issues); Harpers Weekly 1871 (26 issues); Grange Advance (Red Wing, MN) 1875 (52 issues); Denver Republican (Colorado) 1881 (148 issues); Desert News (Salt Lake City, UT) 1857-1859 (100 issues).
Original.
Gift, Dr. Harold Packman

MSA SC 4737: Spiro Agnew Jigsaw Puzzle Collection
1970
A complete jigsaw puzzle depicting "Spiro Agnew: Friend of the Silent Majority"
Original.
Gift, David Chase

MSA SC 4738: Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland Collection
1899
Statement of financial conditions, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, 30 Mar. 1899.
Original.
Gift, Plainfield Public Library

MSA SC 4739: Yuill Collection
1650-1996 [1996]
Nancy Yuill, "Cedar Hill Cemetery, Brooklyn, Anne Arundel County, MD and David Engel, Founder" 1996; Nancy Yuill, "The Sheriffs of Anne Arundel County 1650-1996" 1996.
Copy.
Gift, Nancy Yuill

MSA SC 4740: Prevas Collection
1906-1996 [1996]
Nicholas M. Prevas, "Tracing 90 Years of Progress" [Cathedral of the Annunciation, Baltimore].
Published.
Gift, Nicholas Prevas

MSA SC 4741: Richard Richardson Collection of McKeldin-Jackson Civil Rights Oral History Project
n. d.
Notes compiled by Richard R. Richardson, McKeldin-Jackson Oral History Project.
Original, copies.
Gift, Richard R. Richardson

MSA SC 4742: Young Collection
various dates [1993]
Wafel Ann Nunamaker Smith, Retracing Roberts Roots: A Brief History of the Robert Morgan Roberts Family, The Ancestors, Descendents, and Kin, 1993.
Copy.
Gift, Linna Young

MSA SC 4743: Padgett Collection
1913
Letter, Blair Lee to August Thiel, concerning candidacy to U.S. Senate, support of President Woodrow Wilson, and importance of Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, 31 October 1913.
Original.
Gift, Margot Padgett

MSA SC 4744: Historical Society of Talbot County Map Collection
1858
Map, William Dilworth, Map of Talbot County with farm limits, 1858.
Original.
Gift, Historical Society of Talbot County

MSA SC 4745: Flowers Collection
1884-1930
Court records: FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Docket) 1868-1869, 1875, 1880, 1892-1893, 1898-1899 [MSA T 175] (9 vols.); FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Releases and Assignments) 1909-1913 [MSA T 2201] (1 vol.); FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Licenses on Hand) 1909-1913 [MSA T 2801] (1 vol.); FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Tax Collection Record) 1884, 1895, 1898 [MSA T 2802] (3 vols.); FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Grand Jury Witness Docket) 1909-1914 [MSA T 2803] (1 vol.); FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Judgment Record) 1903-1930 [MSA T 2804] (1 vol.); FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Test Book, Index) 1880-1884 [MSA T 2805] (1 vol.).
Original.
Gift, Susanne Flowers

MSA SC 4746: Middleton Collection
various dates
Research notes, Arthur Pierce Middleton, Tobacco Coast: A Maritime HIstory of the Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era. First edition, The Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA, 1953. Second edition, The Johns Hopkins University Press and the Maryland State Archives, 1984.
Original.
Gift, Arthur Pierce Middleton

MSA SC 4747: Wing Collection
1670-1676
Log-book of six voyages to and from Virginia, kept by Edward Rhodes: Duke of York, capt. John Purvis commander, 11 Sep.-5 Nov. 1670, and 12 Apr.-23 May 1671. ff. 1-6; Constant Friendship, Will. Wheatley commander, 25 Oct. 1671-7 Jan. 1672, and 27 Apr.-17Jul. 1672. ff. 7-16; Baltimore, John Dunch commander, 16 Dec. 1672-14 Apr. 1673, and 10 Aug.-21 Sep. 1673. ff. 18-28; Johanah John Holmes commander, 14 Mar.-30 May, and 16 Aug.-7 Oct. 1674. ff 29-36; Johanah, now commanded by the writer Edw. Rhodes, 12 Jan.-24 Apr., and 10 Jul.-11 Aug. 1675. ff. 38-43; Johanah, 10 Oct. 1675-21 Jan. 1676, and 1 Jun.-18 Jul. 1676. ff. 44-52.
Microfilm [M 11768]
Gift, John Wing

MSA SC 4748: Gadd Collection
1789-1842
Family bible, Gadd family. Pages with recorded family genealogy.
Original.
Deposit, John Gadd


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