Labor

Scope and Contents The collection contains materials documenting the history and work of the Baltimore Voices Company, a theatre project connected to the Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project (BNHP), between 1977 and 1982. The Baltimore Voices Company's theatrical play was performed in Baltimore in 1980. Materials in the collection include oral history audio recordings, transcripts of interviews, biographical sketches, publications, posters, correspondence, writings, musical sheets, and brochures. The...

Content Description The collection includes a box of personal papers; a box of research materials for the article on Fells Point in The Baltimore Book; notes from tours; copies of talks Shopes gave on The Baltimore Book; research materials for unfinished dissertation; six file card boxes with handwritten census data; one long file with notecards of census data on women in Fells Point, 1880-1910; and eight boxes of other research materials, including government documents on canneries. Among the topics in the...

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...