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.

For information on how to get started, take a look at the About page.  Use or reproduction of MdHS images without permission is not permitted. For more information, see the Terms of Use page. For reproductions or permission to use images, please visit the Rights and Reproductions page. 

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
Baltimore Album Bedcover
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Quilts--Baltimore album
Baltimore Album crazy quilt.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1848
1988.101.1


Conkling Crazy Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts;
Conkling, Olivia Hardesty Kirk
Crazy quilt by Olivia Hardesty Kirk Conkling.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1884
1987.110.3


Pieced and Appliqued Mathematical Star Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Sampler
Bird, Amelia Jane Foster Cobb
Pieced and appliqued mathematical star quilt by Amelia Jane Foster Cobb Bird.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1845
1983.18


Crazy Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts
Lloyd, Kate Henry
Victorian Crazy Quilt by Kate Henry Lloyd
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1880
1979.32.1


Captain Aust Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts
Simon, Mary
Album quilt by Mary Simon with multicolored appliqued design.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1852
1979.29.1


Baltimore Album quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Quilts--Baltimore album
Baltimore Album quilt.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1852
1979.29.1


Crazy Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts
Unknown
Crazy quilt made by grateful patient of Dr. Charles O
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1855
1974.31.1


Crazy Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts
Musselman, Hiram D.
Crazy quilt by Mrs. Hiram D. Musselman.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Unknown
1948.3.1


Quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Dorchester County (Md.)
Mitchell, Catherine
Quilt by Catherine Mitchell. Dorchester County, Maryland.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1830
1950.56.1


Baltimore Album quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Quilts--Baltimore album
Baltimore Album quilt.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1951.94.1


Baltimore Album quilt
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Quilts--Baltimore album
Goodman, Josiah
Baltimore Album quilt by Josiah Goodman. Plain and printed cottons, wool tweeds, velvet, wool, silk embroidery, quilted in diamonds.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1850
1953.36.1


Juliana Latrobe Sampler
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Latrobe Family; Samplers
Latrobe, Juliana
Sampler by Juliana Latrobe.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
July 1813
1955.92.1


Untitled [Quilt]
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Baltimore (Md.)
Unknown
Quilt by unknown maker, from Baltimore, Maryland.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
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ca. 1848
1970.19.1


Quilt by Maria Louisa Harris Key
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; St. Mary's County (Md.)
Harris, Maria Louisa
Quilt by Maria Louisa Harris Key.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1840
1942.10.22


Maria Louise Harris Sampler
Decorative Arts-Fiber; Crafts; Samplers
Harris, Maria Louise
Sampler by Maria Louise Harris.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1816
1942.10.13


Military Occupation of Monument Square in Baltimore
Newspapers and periodicals; American Civil War, 1861-1865
Harper & Brothers, Publisher
Medium Prints
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
July 20, 1861
Z24.1351


Buckler, Dr. Thomas Hepburn, 1812-1901
Photograph; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Physician; Portrait male
Unknown
Dr. Thomas Hepburn Buckler (1812-1901). Physician during the American Civil War.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Unknown
[PVF]


Fort Fisher
American Civil War; 1861-1865; Architecture--Military--Fort; Photograph
standing guard. Steamship in background left. Double-masted ship in background center. Photograph.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1861
PP230A.046


Untitled [Unidentified fort overlooking river]
American Civil War; 1861-1865; Photograph; Portrait group--Military
Unknown
Unidentified Fort Overlooking River. Not Dated. Two Union soldiers in foreground with third soldier on lookout hill. Six ships in background. Photograph.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1861
PP230A.045


Gilmor, Colonel Harry, 1838-1883
American Civil War; 1861-1865; Confederate States of America; Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers
Unknown
Colonel Harry Gilmor (1838-1883), ca. 1863. Mounted print.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1863
PP159.20