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Maryland -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Carroll Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-090602
Scope and Contents

This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.

The collection consists of materials related to the Carroll family that were assembled or created by Charles V.P. von Luttichau, a direct descendent of Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

Dates: 19th century

Richard X. Evans Collection 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-811201
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, and newspaper clippings by and about the Smith, Mills, and Dimitry families. The bulk of the collection consists of correspodence.

Dates: 1787-1967

Alexander McWilliams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830808
Content Description Materials relating to the Broad Neck tract located at St . Clement's Manor, St. Mary's County. Includes boundary disputes, indentures, depositions. The property was originally granted to Thomas Gerard, whose daughter married the noted rebel leader of 1689, Kenelm Cheseldyne or Cheseldine [sp. var.]. The collection also includes a list of deaths in St . Mary's County from 1806-1844 as well as miscellaneous material. Copies of this collection are available at the Manuscripts Division of the...
Dates: 1678 - 1844

Plowden Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-400531
Scope and Contents

The collection contains property leases, deeds, legal briefs, copies of wills, letters, family records, warrants, land surveys, charts, notes, and "fragments". The records primarily relate to property in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

See the External Documents section below for the collection's inventory.

Dates: 1660 - 1916

Records of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus from the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI)

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-160224
Scope and Contents The collection consists of copies (both digital and microfilmed) of documents related to the Jesuit's mission in Maryland that are held by the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI), also known as the Archives of the Jesuit Curia in Rome.One portion of the collection was provided by ARSI (on DVDs). The other portion consists of copies of ARSI documents that were obtained by Francis X. Curran, S.J. sometime prior to 1960.Digital copies of documents from both portions...
Dates: 1805 - 1887

Carolyn Smith Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: GTM-140106
Content Description Articles, monographs and printed source material relating to history of Catholic families in Maryland, and Southern American history including American Civil War.Folder list1. Browning, Sister Mary Carmel, OSU. Think Big: A partial biography of Reverend Tong, SJ. (1970). Inscribed by the author to Smith. 2. Smith, Lancaster. “Impeaching a ‘National Expert’ in a Catastrophic Collision Case.” For the Defense, vol. 23, no. 6, June 1981. 3. St. Ferdinand’s...
Dates: 1789 - 1981

Tilghman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-720803
Scope and Contents Correspondence, financial records, daybooks, ledgers, clippings and photographs pertaining to the Tilghman family of Eastern Shore, Maryland. References to noted members of the family, including Colonel Richard Tilghman and Matthew Tilghman, occur among the records. Also contained in the papers is a journal kept by Stedman R. Tilghman, describing his travels through the West in 1843, including detailed accounts of American Indian culture and language.See the External Documents...
Dates: 1712 - 1843