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Thomas H. Ward Papers

 Collection
Identifier: R0167-THW
Abstract

The collection documents the life and career of Thomas H. Ward, a former Baltimore Circuit Court judge, Baltimore City Councilman, president of Mount Royal Democratic Club, and founder of the Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fells point. The collection includes materials related Urban Renewal in Baltimore and Ward's opposition to the proposed East-West Expressway in the 1960s.

Dates: 1952-2009

Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: R0121-TJD
Scope and Contents The Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr. Papers document the work and activities of Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr. and covers his public career serving as U. S. Representative and Mayor of Baltimore between 1927 and 1969. The collection includes biograpical materials, speeches, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and artifacts. Also present are publications and other items related to D'Alsandro's public life in Baltimore City and Maryland politics.The collection covers D'Alesandro's...
Dates: 1927-1969

Thomas J. S. Waxter, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: R0125-WAXTER
Scope and Contents

The Thomas J. S. Waxter, Jr. Papers include correspondence, files, reports, publications, and notes. The pre-1962 papers include professional correspondence, a social welfare book draft, anonymous history of Baltimore city hospitals, scrapbooks, tapes and transcripts, research note cards, and annual reports. Most of the papers after 1962 concern an unpublished draft of a biography of Waxter by David Bremner.

Dates: 1929-1976

United Fund of Central Maryland Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: R0123-UF
Scope and Contents

The United Fund of Central Maryland Records contains 30 oversized scrapbooks with clippings, publicity, and and index of associated charities. The collection documents the work of the predecssor organizaiton, the Community Fund of Baltimore or the Community Chest of Baltimore.

Dates: 1925-1949

Urban Renewal Files

 Collection — Box: 2
Identifier: R0124-URF
Scope and Contents

The Urban Renewal Files collection contains 2 boxes that include correspondence, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, community flyers and pamphlets, community organizing materials, and legislation related to the issue of urban renewal at the municipal, state, and national levels between 1960 and 1970. Urban renewal efforts and neighborhood preservation initiatives were prominant community concerns in Baltimore City throughout this time period.

Dates: 1960-1970

Walter E. Black, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: R0128-WEB
Scope and Contents

The Walter E. Black, Jr. Papers consist primarily of records concerning Judge Black’s involvement as an officer of the Baltimore City Republican Party between 1949 and 1970. Materials are mainly textual and include correspondence, campaign brochures, buttons, bumper stickers, broadsides and literature, publications, financial records, minutes, speeches, and talks. Visual materials include photographs and maps.

Dates: 1949-1970

Walter Sondheim, Jr. Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: R0131-WS
Abstract

Walter Sondheim, Jr. Papers document the work of Walter Sondheim Jr. (b.1908 – d. 2007) who was a Baltimore civic leader known for his roles in the redevelopment of downtown Baltimore City and the desegregation of Baltimore City schools.

Dates: 1942-1994

Waterfront Coalition Records

 Collection
Identifier: R0126-WC
Abstract

The Waterfront Coalition was a citizens community group that formed in 1987 and monitored waterfront development in Baltimore City and its effect on Baltimore neighborhoods, communities, and businesses. It represented the interests of homeowners and businesses in Fells Point, Canton, Butchers Hill, and other neighborhoods. This collection contains materials documenting the activities and interests of the Coalition throughout the late 1980s until it dissolved in approximately 2015.

Dates: 1985-2017

Waxter Center Oral Histories Collection

 Collection
Identifier: R0172-WCO
Abstract

This collection is the result of an oral history project and partnership with the Waxter Center for Senior Citizens in Baltimore that was conducted in February 2019 as part of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant awarded to the University of Baltimore.

Dates: February 2019

White Lung Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: R0156-WLA
Scope and Contents The White Lung Association Records document the history and work of the non-profit Baltimore-based organization between 1979 and 2005. Materials in the collection include organizational correspondence, WLA Newsletters, WLA training manuals and 8x10” transparencies, legal case files and related documents, project file notebooks, subject file/clipping notebooks, and audiovisual materials, including photos, VHS tapes, and DVD discs. Topics of note documented in the collection include labor...
Dates: 1979-2005

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Boitnott, Carolyn 6
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Citizens Planning & Housing Association (Baltimore, Md.) 5
Elfenbein, Jessica I. 5
Nix, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Morrow), 1964- 5
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Baltimore Association of Commerce 4
Greater Baltimore Committee, Inc. 4
Merchants and Manufacturers Association (Baltimore, Md.) 4
Mikulski, Barbara 4
Schaefer, William Donald 4
Schmoke, Kurt L. 4
Baltimore (Md.). Mayor (1971-1987: Schaefer) 3
Democratic Party (Md.) 3
Hollowak, Thomas L. 3
Movement Against Destruction (Organization) 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
Republican Party (Md.) 3
Southeast Council Against the Road (Baltimore, Md.) 3
Ahlers, John Allan, 1895-1983 2
Baltimore (Md.). City Council 2
Baltimore (Md.). Economic Development Commission 2
Baltimore (Md.). Mayor (1987-1999: Schmoke) 2
Baltimore (Md.). Model Cities Agency 2
Baltimore (Md.). Urban Renewal and Housing Agency 2
Baltimore Board of Trade (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Baltimore City Public Schools 2
Baltimore College of Commerce 2
Baltimore Development Corporation 2
Baltimore Economic Development Corporation 2
Baltimore Heritage, Inc. 2
Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project 2
Baltimore YMCA 2
Barry, Bill (Labor activist) 2
Bullock, Helen Baker 2
Chapman, Robert Breck 2
Church Women United 2
Citizens Housing Council of Baltimore 2
Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Economy (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Community Economic Development Program (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Export and Import Board of Trade of Baltimore 2
Fells Point Planning Council (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Fite, Jim 2
Industrial Bureau of Trade 2
Johns Hopkins University. Levering Hall YMCA 2
Maryland Council of Churches 2
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
Ready, Samuel, 1789-1871 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
United States. Congress. House 2
WMAR-TV (Television station: Baltimore, Md.) 2
Wallace, Rob 2
Ward, Thomas H., 1927-2016 2
Waterfront Coaltition (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Waxter Center for Senior Citizens 2
Westinghouse Corporation 2
Wickwire, Chester 2
YMCA of Greater Baltimore 2
AIDS Legislative Committee 1
Acreage Land Company (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Action for the Homeless 1
Acton, Betty Shade 1
Adrian, Marlene J., Dr. 1
Albright, Ken 1
Alfriend, Barbara 1
Alfriend, Hunter 1
Allen, Billy 1
Almoney, Leon C. 1
American Institute of Architects. Baltimore Chapter 1
American Lung Association 1
American Lung Association of Maryland 1
American Society of Pension Actuaries 1
American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries 1
Anderson, Alex, Commodore 1
Anderson, Catherine 1
Anderson, Eva (Dancer) 1
Andrews, Lyman, Jr. 1
Antosiak, Lucjan 1
Apicella, Benjamin 1
Apicella, Eleanor Lancellota 1
Archives of Maryland Polonia 1
Armstrong, James W. 1
Armstrong, William 1
Arnold, Albert 1
Aull, Gloria 1
Averella, Louis 1
Bachman, Frederick 1
Bacigalupa, Robert 1
Bailey, Beatrice Hawkins 1
Baker, Dora 1
Balicki, John 1
Baltimore (Md.). Commission for Historic and Architectural Preservation 1
Baltimore (Md.). Department of Housing and Community Development 1
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