Collections Online

Welcome to the Maryland Historical Society’s Collections Online Database. Browse through both Museum Department collections and the Special Collections Department of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library by subject or by medium. Here you will see paintings, photographs, manuscripts, decorative arts pieces, lithographs, and more.

With well over one million items housed at MdHS, this database contains merely a fraction of what can be found in the combined collections. Information contained in the records of the Collections Online Database is subject to change as a result of ongoing research.

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Browse by subject using these links or enter a term in the search boxes below (scroll down for results):

American Civil WarAfrican American HistoryPhotographs
War of 1812Women's HistoryBenjamin Henry Latrobe
PaintingsMining the Museum (exhibit)

Works on Paper

Emigration & immigrationMaritimePrints
Unidentified man and two women at voting booth.
Politics & government, Baltimore (Md.), African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Paul Henderson
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Unidentified man and two women at voting booth. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa May 1951.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1951
HEN.00.A2-163


Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (1890-1976) speaking at unidentified event.
Politicians, African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Paul Henderson, Politics & government
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (1890-1976) speaking at unidentified event. Mayor Theodore McKeldin seated second from right. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), undated.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Undated
HEN.00.A2-171


Protest demonstration. Paul Robeson (left) and Dr. John E.T. Camper (right) protesting Ford's Theatre Jim Crow admission policy.
Celebrities, Entertainers, Business, Baltimore Theatre, Theater, African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Civil rights, Women's History, Baltimore (Md.), Street scenes
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Street scene. Protest demonstration. Paul Robeson (left) and Dr. John E.T. Camper (right) protesting Ford's Theatre Jim Crow admission policy. Shows protestors with NAACP signs. 314-320 West Fayette Street, Baltimore. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa March 1948.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1948
HEN.00.A2-178


Frontiers Club of America, Baltimore, Maryland chapter.
Fraternal organizations, Clubs and organizations, Baltimore (Md.), African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Paul Henderson
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Frontiers Club of America, Baltimore, Maryland chapter. Group gathered around automobile. Paul Henderson, fourth from right. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson, circa July 1952.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1952
HEN.00.A2-200


Board members of the Cheltenham School for Boys.
Governor, African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Paul Henderson, Annapolis, Politicians, Politics & government
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Board members of the Cheltenham School for Boys, appointed by Governor Preston Lane, Jr. Willard Allen, far left; Violet Hill Whyte, seated second from left; Bertha Proctor, seated in center; Edward Wilson, standing far left; John T. Colbert, standing far right; Governor Preston Lane, Jr., seated second from right. Governor's house, Annapolis, Maryland. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa February 1951. Note: Exhibited on-site in "Paul Henderson: Baltimore's Civil Rights Era in Photographs, ca. 1940-1960," February 2012.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1951
HEN.00.A2-206


Protest demonstration. Men and women protesting Ford's Theatre Jim Crow admission policy.
Street scenes, Business, Baltimore Theatre, Theater, African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Civil rights, Women's History, Baltimore (Md.)
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Street scene. Protest demonstration. Men and women protesting Ford's Theatre Jim Crow admission policy. Shows protestors with NAACP signs. 314-320 West Fayette Street, Baltimore. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson, circa September 1948.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1948
HEN.00.A2-211


Two unidentified Harlem Globetrotter basketball players posing with unidentified woman in formal dress.
Sports, African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Two unidentified Harlem Globetrotter basketball players posing with unidentified woman in formal dress. One man and one Harlem Globetrotter in background. Possibly backstage dressing room. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa January 1957.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1957
HEN.00.A2-263


Marian Anderson (1897-1993) on left with unidentified woman.
Civil Rights, Celebrities, Entertainers, African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Women's history
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Portrait. Marian Anderson (1897-1993) on left with unidentified woman. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa January 1954.
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Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1954
HEN.00.A2-268