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Frank R. Shivers Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: R0045-FRS
Scope and Contents The Frank R. Shivers Research Papers contains much of the publication-related work from Shivers' career. Included in the collection is the compiled research and notes utilized in both his published and unpublished work. The local subject matter of these projects ranges from architecture, geography, and education to extensive research into the life and work of Baltimore writer and satirist, H. L. Mencken. Contents include personal notes and research, correspondence, maps and photographs,...
Dates: 1929-2012

Fred E. Weisgal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: R0161-FEW
Abstract Fred E. Weisgal was an active Baltimore civil rights attorney, Israeli government official, and jazz musician. Mr. Weisgal’s career began in Baltimore in the 1940s when he fought and won a suit to admit black students to the Maryland Institute art school. He then joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) where he continued to fight for civil rights. Weisgal represented a number of noteworthy civil rights cases during his career in Baltimore before emigrating to Israel. This collection...
Dates: circa 1940-2008; Majority of material found within Bulk dates: 1940-1991

Frederick "Fritz" Bachman Correspondence

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Identifier: R0043-FFB
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 63 letters written by Frederick "Fitz" Bachman between 1917 and 1920. Bachman was an American enlisted in the Canadian Forces during the First World War. Letters were sent by Bachman from Canada, Great Britain, and Iraq where he participated in the British Mesopotamia Campaign. The correspondence from Bachman was written to Mr. and Mrs. L. Waldman, Edward Bachman, Jule, and Frank. The collection also includes a souvenir ticket and official correspondence received...
Dates: 1917-1920

French Posters and Newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: R0044-FPN
Scope and Contents

The French Posters and Newspapers collections contains newspapers, broadsides, and clippings concerning the collapse of Louis Philippe's government in France, the subsequent but futile attempts by General Covaignac to crush the popular uprising, and the national elections of 1848 that precipitated the rise of the French monarchist Louis Napoleon to power.

Dates: 1848-1849

Friends of Gwynns Falls/ Leakin Park Records

 Collection
Identifier: R0190-FGL
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activity of The Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park group as an organization. The materials include documentation of administrative meetings/Board of Directors activity, environmental cleanup, nature conservancy, education, and community events. The collection features an array of photographic material in addition to textual documents.

Dates: 1969 - 2024

Friends of the Wyman Park Dell Records

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Identifier: R0185-WPD
Content Description

The collection documents local, grassroots, citizen stewardship of a pocket park in North Baltimore City known as the Wyman Park Dell. Types of records contained within the collection include planning and fundraising documents, meeting minutes, annual reports, grant applications, drawings and photographic renderings of the park, event files, and publicity materials.

Dates: 1987-2018

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland Records

 Collection
Identifier: R0151-GLCCB
Scope and Contents This collection documents the history of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland (GLCCB) between 1979 and 2015. The bulk of the collection is a set of "Gay Life" newspapers dating from 1979 to 2014. The collection also includes GLCCB program files, GLCCB photographs and posters, Pride festival planning records and ephemera, artifacts from the former community center on Chase Street and The Hippo nightclub, and memorabilia from the...
Dates: 1979-2015

Giles Sutherland Rich Papers

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Identifier: R0049-GSR
Scope and Contents

The Giles Sutherland Rich Papers contains draft legislation, correspondence, and supporting documents dealing with design protection law. The papers were created between 1950 and 1987 and mainly relate to the period when Giles Rich headed the Coordinating Committee on Revision and Amendment of Patent Laws of the National Council of Patent Law Associations, after having come to prominence in the field through his work drafting a federal patent statute which took effect in 1953.

Dates: 1950-1987; Bulk dates: 1953-1977

Greater Baltimore Committee Records

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Identifier: R0046-GBC
Scope and Contents The Greater Baltimore Committee Records document the work of the organization between 1955 and 1972. Notably, the collection includes materials from the Poppleton Historic Survey, and the Subcommittee series includes materials related to projects including city planning, airport development, Charles Center and Inner Harbor projects, the Jones Falls Expressway development, and other urban renewal projects. Materials present in the collection include correspondence, subcommittee minutes and...
Dates: 1955-1972

Greater Baltimore Housing Development Corporation Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: R0047-GBHDC
Scope and Contents The Greater Baltimore Housing Development Corporation Records contains records documenting rebuilding housing, urban renewal, housing construction and rehabilitation between 1965 and 1975. The collection includes records that focus on efforts to rebuild "slot housing" on Carey Street and apartment houses in Shipley Hill. Also included are records on housing construction on Fulton Avenue, rehabilitation of the Gay Street urban renewal area, and relocation housing for displaced African...
Dates: 1965-1975

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Nix, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Morrow), 1964- 5
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Chapman, Robert Breck 2
Church Women United 2
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Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Economy (Baltimore, Md.) 2
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Export and Import Board of Trade of Baltimore 2
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Fite, Jim 2
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Maryland Food Committee, Inc. 2
Matthews, Dorothy 2
Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Mount Vernon Woodberry Mills, Inc. 2
Neighborhood Design Center (Baltimore, Md.) 2
People's Community Health Center (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Ready, Samuel, 1789-1871 2
Republican Party (Md.) 2
Samuel Ready Scholarships, Inc. 2
Samuel Ready School (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Shivers, Frank R., 1924-2021 2
Southeast Community Organization (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Trustees of the Samuel Ready School for Female Orphans 2
Wallace, Rob 2
Ward, Thomas H., 1927-2016 2
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YMCA of Greater Baltimore 2
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Acton, Betty Shade 1
Adrian, Marlene J., Dr. 1
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American Institute of Architects. Baltimore Chapter 1
American Lung Association 1
American Lung Association of Maryland 1
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Anderson, Alex, Commodore 1
Anderson, Catherine 1
Anderson, Eva (Dancer) 1
Andrews, Lyman, Jr. 1
Antosiak, Lucjan 1
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Apicella, Eleanor Lancellota 1
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Armstrong, William 1
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Averella, Louis 1
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Bacigalupa, Robert 1
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