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E.J. Gallagher Realty Company Records
Collection
Identifier: R0039-EJG
Scope and Contents Note
This collection documents the E. J. Gallagher Realty Company, a real estate business located in Baltimore City, which began in June 1909. The company was active between 1915 and roughly 1950, and is well known for developing Ednor Gardens in Northeast Baltimore. The neighborhood is known for its Tudor, Norman, and Colonial-style rowhouses and detached houses. Materials include correspondence, financial papers, ledger books, house cards, inventories, mortgage papers, loan applications,...
Dates:
1886-1964; Bulk dates, 1920-1955
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Esther Lazarus Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0040-EL
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the work of Esther Lazarus (b.1900-d.1980). Lazarus began working at the Baltimore Department of Social Services in 1938, and she served as the director from 1953 until her retirement in 1968. The majority of the collection documents Lazarus' time with the Baltimore Department of Social Services, but it also documents her positions with and contributions to various others organizations and programs. The collection includes a photograph dated 1915-1920 of Esther...
Dates:
1915-1980; Bulk: 1950-1979
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Eva Anderson's Baltimore Dance Theater Collection
Collection
Identifier: R0163-BDT
Abstract
Eva Anderson was the artistic director of the Baltimore Dance Theater, which later became Eva Anderson Dancers, Ltd. Anderson’s choreography aimed to perpetuate American dance with a special emphasis African-American dance forms. The Dance Theater performed primarily in Baltimore and the Maryland area, but also traveled around the U.S. and the world. One of Anderson’s dances, “The Elephant,” was originally performed at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This...
Dates:
circa 1970-2016
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
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
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Greater Baltimore Committee Records
Collection
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
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Hans Froelicher Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0052-HF
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of personal and working papers of Hans Froelicher, Jr., as well as the papers of his wife, Frances Morton Froelicher. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, writings, and photographs; topics include The Park School and the Citizens Planning and Housing Association.
Dates:
1912-1976
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
J. Brough Schamp Photographs
Collection
Identifier: R0177-JBS
Content Description
The collection contains photographic transparencies (negative and positive film), a corresponding set of scanned DNG files, and photogravure copper plates and prints. The images document Baltimore City's architectural history through the built environment from 1979 to 2020 as well as Schamp's personal fine art photography from 1988 to 2004.
Dates:
1979 - 2020
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Jacques Maroger Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: R0056-JM
Scope and Contents
The Jacques Maroger Papers includes one oversize box containing collected photographs, French and English art magazines, several portfolios containing prints of artwork, and other print materials. The collection includes facsimiles of news clippings and facsimiles of Maroger art exhibit brochures and events in Baltimore during the the 1940s and 1960s. Also present are two books of medical French anatomy drawings [Anatomie Artistique] circa 1910.
Dates:
Other: circa 1940-1970
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Jo Ann Robinson Research Files
Collection
Identifier: R0050-GW
Scope and Contents Note
Jo Ann Robinson, Professor of History at Morgan State University, collected the materials in this collection while active as a parent volunteer at Barclay Elementary-Middle School. A major portion of the material informed oral interviews conducted by Robinson with Gertrude Williams and Williams’ associates, resulting in the book, "Education As My Agenda: Gertrude Williams, Race and the Baltimore Public Schools" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). This collection consists of reports,...
Dates:
1970-2009
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
John A. Ahlers Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0055-JAA
Scope and Contents
The John A. Ahlers Papers contains personal papers, photographs, artwork and architectural drawings for a variety of private and commercial buildings in the Baltimore area. Examples of architectural plans and materials in the collection include and drawings for homes, building alterations, churches, apartment buildings, business buildings, and other sites. There are also photographs and visual materials present in the collection documenting the Bethlehem Steel building, Northwood Apartments,...
Dates:
1895-1971; Bulk: 1935-1957
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives