Linda Shopes Papers
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Content Description
The collection includes a box of personal papers; a box of research materials for the article on Fells Point in The Baltimore Book; notes from tours; copies of talks Shopes gave on The Baltimore Book; research materials for unfinished dissertation; six file card boxes with handwritten census data; one long file with notecards of census data on women in Fells Point, 1880-1910; and eight boxes of other research materials, including government documents on canneries. Among the topics in the files are: Oyster shuckers, black labor, women who packed fruit, Knights of Labor, local can makers, and the canning industry.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1970s - 1990s
Conditions Governing Access
Collection will be open for research once processing is complete.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that they own copyright, the donor has assigned the copyright of this collection to the University Foundation. However, copyright for some items in this collection are held by their respective creators.
Extent
6.0 Linear feet (11 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The collection was donated to the University of Baltimore Foundation by Linda Shopes on January 27, 2025.
Processing Information
Collection is being processed by Linda Shopes in 2025.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Linda Shopes Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Aiden Faust (2025). Revised by Thomas Dettling (2025).
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository