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Criminal Justice Commission Records
Collection
Identifier: R0028-CJ
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of reference files dated 1820-1973 originally established for use by the Criminal Justice Commission in Baltimore, Maryland. Materials include reports, news clippings, studies, conference proceedings, jury reports, and manuscript material related to the mission of the organization and its operation. Materials are mainly textual, but also present are microfilm records. Subjects of note include Baltimore police activities, crime activities and statistics, the...
Dates:
1820-1973; 1947 - 1970
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
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
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Mitchell Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: R0155-MFC
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three pamphlets documenting various programs, memorials, and events dated between 1979 and 1984 for members of the Mitchell family, a prominant Baltimore family of NAACP leaders, civil rights activists, and public officials and lawyers. The three programs are:
One memorial program for Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., 1984
One "101st U.S. Senator," Sixty-eight birthday dinner program, 1979
One program honoring the life of...
Dates:
1979-1984
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
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