Maryland State Archives
Special Collections
May-October 1997


MSA SC 3910: Cade Collection
n. d.
Lithographs, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Limited editions, used to raise money for the Lee and Jackson memorial in Richmond, VA. Gift of Ardath Cade, in memory of Senator John A. (Jack) Cade and in commemoration of his abiding interest in the history of the Civil War and Maryland.

MSA SC 4775: Chester River Month Meeting Collection
1997
Cecil Burial Ground Handbook, prepared by the Trustees of the Cecil Burial Ground for members of Chester River Monthly Meeting, Chestertown, Maryland and for interested Friends, February 1997. Includes cemetery

MSA SC 4776: Belt Collection
various dates
Walter E. Belt, Jr. and Nancy Belt Vincent, "Some Descendants of Charles Tilman Belt...." Fall 1995.

MSA SC 4777: Maryland State Archives Illustrations Collection
1855 c. - 1911
Illustrations and maps from 19th century newspapers and atlases, most relating to the Civil War.

Illustrations from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper include: "President Harrison Duck-Shooting at Bengies, Maryland"; "Invasion of Maryland -- General Kilpatrick Repulsing the Rebel Stuart at Boonsboro, July 8."; "Uncle Sam -- 'There, Bub -- There's a quarter for you, and now go and let that poor black bird loose.'"

Illustrations from Harper's Weekly include: "Execution of Private Lanahan, of the Regular Army, for Murder, at Washington"; "Embarkation of Part of General Burnside's Expedition at Annapolis, on Board the Hussar"; "Seventh Regiment on Board the Boston, En Route for Annapolis"; "The Men of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment Repairing the Bridges on the Railroad from Annapolis to Washington"; "General View of Annapolis, With the Constitution in the Foreground"; "The Practice Battery at Annapolis"; "Target Practice from the Naval Battery"; "The Burning of the United States Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M. April 18, 1861"; "The March of the Virginians on Harper's Ferry, 9:30 P.M. April 18, 1861"; "The Statue of Baron De Kalb at Annapolis, Maryland."

Illustrations from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Campanion include: "Duck Shooting on the Potomac"; "Interior of Canfield, Brother & Co.'s Jewelry Store, Baltimore."

Illustrations from the New York Illustrated News include: "Shooting a Rebel who was Caught Tampering with the Rails of the Annapolis Road."

Illustrations from the Saturday Evening Post include: Harry Snowden Stabler, "His Succulency -- the Oyster: Showing how the Oysterman has Made His Own Bed." With illustrations of packing tubs and packing room.

Illustrations from The Illustrated London News include: "The Civil War in America: Attack on the Pickets of the Garibaldi Guard on the East Branch of the Potomac."

Illustrations from The New York Illustrated Times include: "Enthusiastic Reception in Maryland of the Author of those Affecting Lines, 'My Maryland.'

Other illustrations include the reinterment of John Paul Jones at the Naval Academy, "Chaplain H.H. Clark, of the Naval Academy, officiating at the Services attending the Interment of the Body"; "The Body lying in State under Guard on the U.S. Cruiser Brooklyn, which brought it from France to America"; "The Body being placed in the temporary Vault where it will lie until the Completion of the Crypt now being Built for it" and the House of Delegates, State House.

Maps include: "Survey of the Coast of the United States, "Patapsco River and the Approaches."

Plates the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865 include: U.S. Corps Topographical Engineers, "Map of the Battle of the Antietam fought on the 16th and 17th September 1862..." Accompanying report of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan U.S. Army, Series 1 Vol. XIX Part 1 page 36; "Engagement at Deserted House or Kelly's Store near Suffolk, VA, January 30th 1863" found among the offical reports Series 1 Vol. XVIII page 132; Thomas Peters, "Battlefield of Gettysburg July 1-4, 1863" To accompany report of Brig. Gen. Geo. H. Steuart, C.S. Army, Series 1 Vol. XXVII Part 2 Page 509; "Map of the Position of the Cavalry during the Engagement of April 4th 1863" Series 1 Vol. XVIII Part 1 page 3; "Map of that portion of the Battle-field of Antietam Occupied by the Troops Under Maj. Gen. Burnside" Accompanying report of Maj. Gen. A.E. Burnside, U.S. Army Series 1 Vol. XIV Part 1 Page 418; "Map of the Battle of Antietam Fought on the 16th and 17th September 1862" To accompany reports of Surg. J. Letterman U.S. Army and Maj. A.J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer U.S. Army; "Map of the Battle-Fields of Harper's Ferry and Sharpsburg with Position of Troops, Routes of Army &c Sept. 13 to 17, 1862."

MSA SC 4778: Fletcher & Boeselt Cartographic Collection
n. d.
Fletcher & Boeselt, U.S. Historical Series, "The Original 13 Colonies, Colonial America."

MSA SC 4779: First Day Cover Collection
1987
First day stamp covers commemorating the Bicentennial of the Constitution and the Federalist. Collection includes 5 covers canceled July 19, 1987, Concord, NH with 22 cent USA stamp; 5 postcards with 14 cent Constitutional Convention stamp canceled July 19, 1987; 49 covers, canceled June 13, 1987, Annapolis, for the Federalist with 22 cent USA stamp; 17 covers with 22 cent USA stamp and 3 cent Annapolis Tercentenary stamp,

MSA SC 4780: Frese Collection
1976
Posters, historic sites in Somerset County, done for the American Revolution bicentennial. Includes Reward, Sudler's Conclusion, Williams Conquest, Makepeace, Rehobeth Presbyterian Church, Kingston Hall, Washburn House, Tunstall Cottage, Harrington, Whitehall, Liberty Hall, and Almodington.

MSA SC 4781: Tuerke-O'Meara Collection

Painting, Charles Bridges, attr., A Member of the Calvert Family. With frame: 30"x25."

MSA SC 4782: DuPont Collection
1997
Photographs, graves of Governor Samuel Stevens and family, Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, MD. Includes Governor Stevens (1778-1860), his wife Elizbeth (1787-1834), and their children Robert (1813-1831) and Rebecca (1805-1854) and his mother Elizabeth (d. 1791).

MSA SC 4783: Rowe Collection
various dates
Personal Papers, Ms. Ruth Rowe. Formerly from the collections of The Archives, The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, accession no. 1997.8.

MSA SC 4784: Bradshaw Collection
various dates
Information from the Bradshaw family bible, Smith Island, Maryland.

MSA SC 4785: Emily Peake Collection
var. dates
Electronic files, complete transcriptions of tombstones in St. Anne's Cemetery

MSA SC 4786: Merrill Collection
1947
A photograph by Aubrey Bodine of the Bethlehem Steel Mills

MSA SC 4787: Reginald Davis Collection
1996/08
Color negatives taken at the 1996 Intern Party at Mimi Calver's House by Reggie Davis

MSA SC 4788: Vietnam Memorial Collection
1988
Plans, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Rash Field, Baltimore. 2 sheets.

MSA SC 4789: Albaugh Collection
various dates
"History of the Albaugh Family"

MSA SC 4790: McNeal Collection
1778-1869
Commission, William Berry, Ensign of Captain Thomas's Company in the fourth Battalion of Militia, TA; Photograph, Elizabeth Benny McNeal (1817-1870), wife of Senator James Hector McNeal (1807-1868); Photograph, Senator James Hector McNeal (1807-1868); Newspaper, Easton Gazette, reporting death of Senator James Hector McNeal; Letter, David Kerr, Jr. to Hon. James H. McNeal; Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of Maryland Annapolis: Haverstick & Longneckers, 1866; "List of household goods belonging to J.H. McNeal"; Telegram, Edward Woodall to J. B. McNeal, Senator McNeal's oldest son, informing him of his father's death; Receipt, Jas. H. McNeal, "for Hire of Negro man Horace Thomas for the year 1842."; Receipt, Estate of Jas. H. McNeal, "Medalia Mahoganey Coffin finished in the best Stile."; Receipt, Estate of William McNeal, "Coffin & Carring Courps to Talbot County."; Promissory note, J.H. McNeal to Philadelphia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, certificate of scholarship in Dickinson College; Receipt, James H. McNeal, postage; Receipt, James H. McNeal to Henry H. Goldsborough, "for servant Mary Jane's wages for year 1851 belonging to Miss Elizabeth Goldsborough"; Letter, J. H. McNeal to [Elizabeth Benny]; Letter, J. H. McNeal to his wife,

MSA SC 4800: Baltimore City Hospital Collection
1756-1919
Materials relating to the history of hospitals in the city of Baltimore, including the Baltimore Infirmary, now University Hospital, the Maryland Hospital, the Baltimore Almshouse, and U.S. General Hospital No. 2 (Fort

MSA SC 4801: Nations Bank Collection

Financial materials relating to Bank of Baltimore County, Fidelity Trust Company, Fidelity & Deposit Company, Fidelity Tourist Company, and Whitehall Bank.

MSA SC 4802: Sarikas Collection
1935 ca. -- 1970 ca.
approximately 5000 photographic prints depicting Maryland Bridges and surrounding areas, 1935-1970, produced by the division of Bridge Inspection and Remedial Engineering of the Maryland State Highway Administration

MSA SC 4803: Wiegard Family History Collection
1992-1996
Geneaology of the Wiegard and Wheeler families: two copies, one spiral bound and one in a three-ring binder, of "An Incomplete Compilation of Research on the Ancestors and Descendents of John Augustine Wiegard and his Wife, Dorothy Wheeler Wiegard, Volume I: Narrative; one copy in a three-ring binder of Volume II: Appendicies; one copy of "A Compilation of Research in the American Descendents of Johannes George Wiegard of Daesburg, Westphalia, Germany, and approximately 230 copy photographs of the Wiegard Family

MSA SC 4804: Apfelbaum Collection
1960s-1970s
Administrative papers of Arthur Sohmers, chief of staff to Governor Spiro Agnew

MSA SC 4805: Noble Collection
1896-1921
Ledgers, Dr. Sewell S. Hepburn, 18 State Circle (now 54 State Circle), Annapolis. First volume includes notes from medical school. Dr. Hepburn was the uncle of actress Katherine Hepburn.

MSA SC 4806: Government House Research Collection
various dates
Research relating to the Government House, Annapolis.

MSA SC 4807: First Presbyterian Church
1838-1981
Church records, First Presbyterian Church, Howard County

MSA SC 4808: Metzger Collection
[1951]
Jan Westcott, Captain Barney Crown edition, 1951. Fiction novel based loosely on Captain Joshua Barney

MSA SC 4809: Stiverson Collection
1994
Drawing, Maryland Memorial at Gettysburg, dedicated November 13, 1994. Drawing signed by artist, Charles R.

MSA SC 4810: Bill of Rights Collection
1789
Bill of Rights

MSA SC 4811: Maryland At the Beginning Collection
n. d.
Publication materials, Maryland at the Beginning

MSA SC 4812: Miller Collection
1989
Publication materials, Christmas card, Senator Miller

MSA SC 4813: Maryland Newspaper Collection
1992
Microcat tape, Maryland Newspaper Project, holdings from Maryland Union List as of fall 1991.

MSA SC 4814: Gubernatorial Proclamation Collection
1988-1994
Gubernatorial proclamations, Governor William Donald Schaefer: Bill of Rights Bicentennial Day, December 15, 1991; Governor Francis Nicholson Day, September 16, 1994; Maryland Ratification Celebration - U.S. Constitution

MSA SC 4815: Lloyd Family Collection
various dates
Family Tree, Lloyd Family. Compiled by Arlene Palmer, 1969-1970.

MSA SC 4816: Swann Collection
n. d.
Etching, "St. Ignatius Church, St. Inigoes, Maryland" by Don Swann

MSA SC 4817: Conroy Collection
1794-1829
Form book, probably created in 1794 with manuscript transcriptions of colonial era legal forms, possibly used for the instruction of law students; Laws Made and Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, 1828 (Annapolis: Jonas Green, 1829), copy presented to the sheriff of Prince George's County. Collection is given by Delegate Mary Conroy in memory of her husband, Senator Edward Conroy.


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