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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
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
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
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Thomas H. Ward Papers
Chester L. Wickwire Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0031-CLW
Abstract
Chester L. Wickwire (b. 1913 – d. 2008) was a social and political activist who advocated for civil rights and social welfare and fought against segregation in twentieth-century Baltimore, Maryland, and who was a Chaplain emeritus of Johns Hopkins University. This collection documents his work with Levering Hall YMCA at Johns Hopkins University, his position as Chaplain, and his social advocacy work.
Dates:
1886-2002
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
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Chester L. Wickwire Papers
A. Robert Kaufman Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0135-ARK
Scope and Contents
The A. Robert Kaufman Papers primarily document Kaufman’s involvement in left-wing political organizing in Baltimore, 1967-2006. The papers include copies of extensive FBI files recording Kaufman’s political activities from his time as a student at Goddard College in the 1950s to his participation in various political movements during the 1960s. Other significant documentation covers a broad range of political issues, including opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam, Iraq and...
Dates:
1955-2008; Bulk: 1967-2006
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
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A. Robert Kaufman Papers
Movement Against Destruction Records
Collection
Identifier: R0062-MAD
Scope and Contents
Collection documents the activities of the Movement Against Destruction (MAD) coaltion of community groups between 1968 and 1988 as they organized against the proposed construction of expressway highways through neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. Materials are mainly textual and include publications, meeting minutes, correspondence, legal briefs, newspaper clippings, press releases, newsletters, brochures, research files, records documenting public hearings and testimonies, reports. Also...
Dates:
1968-1988
Citizens League of Baltimore Records
Collection
Identifier: R0029-CLB
Scope and Contents
The Citizens League of Baltimore Records contains materials documenting the activities of the Citizens League of Baltimore between approximately 1964 and 1974. The collection materials are mainly textual and include development files, minutes, planning reports, correspondence, reader files, proposals, newsclippings, and newsletters. Some significant topics represented in this collection include urban design, zoning, the environment, taxation, housing, education, police, and other subjects...
Dates:
circa 1964-1974
Commission on Government Efficiency and Economy Records
Collection
Identifier: R0026-CGEE
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Commission on Government Efficiency and Economy in Baltimore, Maryland between 1929 and 1974. Materials are mainly textual and include organizational records and articles of incorporation, meeting minutes of the board of trustees and the executive committee, correspondence, adminstrative files, financial records, research reports, newspaper clippings covering Baltimore local issues and related national topics, and publications.
Dates:
1929-1974
Helen Delich Bentley Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0051-HDB
Scope and Contents
The Helen Delich Bentley Papers span the dates 1945-1995. The collection documents the activities of Helen Delich Bentley, who was a maritime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, a television show producer, Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission between 1969 and 1975, and U.S. Congresswoman between 1985 and 1995. It also contains materials documenting Bentley’s political campaigns and materials related to Bentley’s time in international maritime business. Materials are mainly...
Dates:
1945-1995
League of Women Voters of Baltimore City Records
Collection
Identifier: R0061-LWV
Abstract
The League of Women Voters of Baltimore City is a nonpartisan political organization which works to research and educate the public of local, state, and national policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League provides Voters Services and education through its programs. This collection documents the history and administrative functions of the League of Women Votes of Baltimore City. It includes administrative files, annual meeting materials, research...
Dates:
1919-2019
Southeast Community Organization Records
Collection — Box: 5
Identifier: R0110-SECO
Scope and Contents
The Southeast Community Organization Records collection documents the history and advocacy work of the community organization in Baltimore City between 1972 and 1996. Materials are mainly textual and include the organization's articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, annual reports, financial records, newsletters, personnel files and publications. A notable subject is the interstate highway construction plans proposed to be built through...
Dates:
1972-1996
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- D'Alesandro, Thomas J., Jr., 1903-1987 1
- Democratic National Convention 1
- Fells Point Planning Council (Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Baltimore 1
- Johns Hopkins University. Levering Hall YMCA 1
- Kaufman, A. Robert, 1931-2009 1
- League of Women Voters (Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Legg Mason Realty Group (Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Maryland Committee to Uphold the Public Accommodations Law 1
- Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1
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- Ward, Thomas H., 1927-2016 1
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