ARCHIVES
Edward C. Papenfuse State Archives Building, 350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, 1997. Photo by James Hefelfinger
(Hefelfinger Collection, MSA SC 1885-734-7, Maryland State Archives).
Dating from 1634 through the 1990s, records of Maryland State and local government are housed at the State Archives in the Hall of Records Building, Annapolis. The State Archives' Guide to Government Records describes these records. Additionally, the State Archives holds special collections of business records, government publications and reports, maps, newspapers, photographs, records of religious denominations, and private papers. Through the Internet, electronic access to information about Reference and Research, and Education and Outreach also is provided by the State Archives. Of special interest to teachers and students are the Documents for the Classroom series, and Archives of Maryland Online. Access to exhibits and speeches relating to Maryland history is available through the Museum Online.
Major collections of manuscript and published materials relating to Maryland are held by the Maryland Historical Society and the Maryland Division of Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, and the libraries of Maryland's colleges and universities. Many federal government records are at the National Archives at College Park (Archives II). Additional archives of interest include:
- Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (410) 955-3043
- Baltimore City Archives (410) 396-0306
- Columbia Archives (410) 715-3103
- Cumberland Archives (410) 722-8422
- Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr., Archives (University Archives) of The Johns Hopkins University (410) 516-8323
- George Meany Memorial Archives (records of American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)), Silver Spring (301) 431-5451
- International Piano Archives at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park (301) 405-9224
- Lovely Lane Museum & Archives, Baltimore (410) 889-4458
- National Public Broadcasting Archives, University of Maryland, College Park (301) 405-0800
- Archives of the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University (records of musicians & musical organizations), Baltimore (410) 659-8257
Lovely Lane Museum and Archives, 2200 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland, April 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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