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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

WMAR-TV Collection

 Collection
Identifier: R0130-WMAR
Scope and Content Note This collection contains local television news footage and special programs from the WMAR-TV station in Baltimore, Maryland which were created and aired between 1948 and 1993. The collection includes approximately 4,000 reels of 16mm film, 300 reels of 1- and 2-inch videotape, 139 linear feet of 2,185 videocassettes (including VHS, U-matic, U-matic S, VHS, and Betacam SP), and 101 DVDs. The content of this collection includes news and television programs that illustrate the social, cultural,...
Dates: 1948-1993

Jo-Ann Orlinsky Political Campaign Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: R0148-JOO
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of political campaign materials from local, state, and national elections, with an emphasis on Maryland Democratic Party candidates. Campaign materials include bumper stickers, political brochures, flyers, cards, and circulars. The collection also contains governmental reports and publications on a variety of issues, including civil rights, urban planning, highways and roads, juvenile courts and criminal justice, and state economic data from the 1960s...
Dates: 1960s-1980s

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

Betty Garman Robinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: R0157-BGR
Abstract Betty Garman Robinson was a community organizer in Baltimore, Maryland from the 1970s until her passing in 2020. She has contributed to multiple nonprofit and grassroots organizations including Citizens Planning and Housing Association (CPHA), Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative (BNC), Save Middle East Action Committee (SMEAC), Northeast Good Neighbors (NEGN), and others. In 2003, Robinson was awarded an Open Society Institute Fellowship to teach the history of social justice and community...
Dates: 1983-2017

Frank Lidinsky Political Campaign Collection

 Collection — Box: 4
Identifier: R0159-FLPC
Scope and Contents This collection contains local Baltimore, Maryland political campaign ephemera from the second half of the 20th century spanning 1940-2000. While most material relates to Baltimore elections, some state and a few national political candidates are also represented. The collection includes flyers and other textual ephemera, organized alphabetically by candidate; political campaign stickers, buttons, and campaign signs; and records of Baltimore Democratic clubs, including the Mount Royal...
Dates: 1940-2000

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

NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland Records

 Collection
Identifier: R0169-NPM
Abstract

NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland is the State affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice America. The organization advocates for women’s rights for reproductive health options through education, lobbying and supporting pro-choice political candidates, community organizing, and research. This collection documents the administrative files, projects, organizing and education initiatives, outreach work, and research initiatives regarding access to reproductive healthcare.

Dates: 1981-2020

Southeast Development, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: R0109-SDI
Scope and Contents

The Southeast Development, Inc. Records document the work of Souteast Development, Inc. between 1974 and 2013. The organization is a residential and commercial property development company founded in 1975 as an outgrowth of the Southeast Community Organization. Materials in this collection include records related to properties and projects in Southeast Baltimore, work plans, budgets, reports and studies, and SDI organization history documentation.

Dates: 1974-2013

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

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Southeast Council Against the Road (Baltimore, Md.) 3
Baltimore (Md.). Mayor (1987-1999: Schmoke) 2
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Schmoke, Kurt L. 2
Southeast Community Organization (Baltimore, Md.) 2
United States. Congress. House 2
WMAR-TV (Television station: Baltimore, Md.) 2
Acton, Betty Shade 1
Adrian, Marlene J., Dr. 1
Apicella, Benjamin 1
Apicella, Eleanor Lancellota 1
Archives of Maryland Polonia 1
Arnold, Albert 1
Aull, Gloria 1
Averella, Louis 1
Bailey, Beatrice Hawkins 1
Baltimore (Md.). City Council 1
Baltimore (Md.). Mayor (1947-1959: D'Alesandro) 1
Baltimore Committee for Political Freedom 1
Baltimore Museum of Art 1
Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project 1
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance 1
Baltimore YMCA 1
Bareska, Joan 1
Beaty, Harry C. 1
Bentley, Helen Delich 1
Berger, Allan 1
Betts, Roosevelt 1
Black, Walter Evan, Jr., 1926- 1
Block, Harry 1
Bluefeld, Louis 1
Bluefeld, Philip 1
Boitnott, Carolyn 1
Borowski, Josephine Rose 1
Boss, Helen Granger 1
Bowers, Carrie Riston 1
Bowers, Roland 1
Briggs, Eleanor Hicks 1
Brooks, Estella 1
Brown, Carrie 1
Browning, L. Jeannette Volkman 1
Bruni, Joseph J. 1
Buhrman, Melvin A. 1
Bullock, Helen Baker 1
Burke, Carl C. 1
Butler, Luther M. 1
CSX Corporation 1
Caliri, Frances Vaccarino 1
Caplan, Betty Smith 1
Cardin, Ben 1
Carr, Walter R. 1
Carroll, James F. 1
Catholic Charities USA 1
Cavacos, Lula Clentzos 1
Cavaignac, Eugene, 1802-1857 1
Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore 1
Chapman, Robert Breck 1
Chelf, Merle Martin 1
Cherigo, Charles 1
Chisholm, Octavios (Otis) 1
Church, Grace Emanuel 1
Church, Katherine 1
Citizens League of Baltimore 1
Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Economy (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Conn, Minnie Levy 1
Connor, Edward G. 1
Cook, Dick V. 1
Cookerly, William F. 1
Cox, Lucy Jane Neal 1
Cuba, John 1
Cucina, Elvira Pompa 1
Cunzeman, Marie Burns 1
D'Alesandro, Thomas J., Jr., 1903-1987 1
Daiker, Ruth Baker 1
Dannenfelser, Kathleen Ruth 1
Davis, Viola Brown 1
DeAntoniis, Reparta Castagna 1
DeFilippo, Frank 1
DeVaughn, Myrtle Bosz 1
Deitrich, Elmira Harper 1
Democratic National Convention 1
Dennis, Mary Mannis 1
Dermont, Helen (Tessie) Katofski 1
DiCicco, Michael J. 1
DiMartino, Grace Toskes 1
DiPietro, Dominic (Mimi) 1
DiPietro, Guilia 1
Douglas, Parker B. 1
Doyle, Margaret Cunningham 1
Doyle, Mary Bush 1
Duarte, Denise 1
Dubeck, Gertrude Schiff 1
Duncan, Douglas M. 1
Economic Development Council of Greater Baltimore 1
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