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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