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Local History Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: R0058-LHR
Scope and Contents
This collection contains subject-based vertical files that include ephemera, photographs, news clippings, and academic papers related to the Baltimore metropolitan area and its history. Subjects include architecture, genealogy, local clubs and organizations, Baltimore area commerce, business and labor, neighborhoods and communities, education, religion, transportation, LGBTQ history, historical preservation of buildings and parks, and other topics related to Baltimore history. Materials...
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
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
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Southeast Council Against the Road Records
Collection
Identifier: R0108-SCAR
Scope and Contents
The Southeast Council Against the Road Records document the activities and organization of the community coalition in their efforts to prevent the proposed East-West Highway from routing through Baltimore neighborhoods in the 1960s and 1970. The collection also includes materials related to their partnerships with other community organizations, their work related to historic neighborhood preservation, and other functions. Materials include articles of incorporation for community...
Dates:
1959-1992
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
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- Express highways 3
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- administrative records 2
- photographs 2
- Architecture 1
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- Education 1
- Ethnology 1
- Historic preservation 1
- Homosexuality 1
- Human services 1
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- Maryland--Baltimore--Bolton Hill 1
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- Parks 1
- Personal papers 1
- Religion 1
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- Mikulski, Barbara 2
- Movement Against Destruction (Organization) 2
- Aull, Gloria 1
- Fells Point Planning Council (Baltimore, Md.) 1
- Hollowak, Thomas L. 1
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