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

Works on Paper

Emigration & immigrationMaritimePrints
Point Lookout, Maryland.
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Lithographs; Military hospitals, Prints, Hambleton Print Collection
E. Sachse & Co.
Point Lookout Maryland, View of Hammond General Hospital and U.S. Genl. Depot for Prisoners of War, 1864. Lithograph, printed in colors by E. Sachse & Co.
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ca. 1864
H201


Union Supporters
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Photograph; Portrait group--Men
Unknown
Group Portrait Vertical File
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1861
[GPVF]


William Murray and two soldiers
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Portrait group--Military; Photograph; Confederate States of America
Unknown
Group Portrait Vertical File (Medium Photographs.) William Murray and Two Soldiers, 53rd Maryland Infantry, C.S.A. Salted paper print with applied color. Unidentified photographer.
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ca. 1861
[GPVF]


Camp Scenes Taken in Alexandria, Virginia, 1865
Alexandria (Va.); Photograph; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Occupation--Military
Unknown
Second Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Second Maryland Calvary. Camp Scenes taken in Alexandria, Virginia, 1865. Noncommissioned staff and 1st sergeants, right and left guides.
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ca. 1865
[GPVF]


Camp Scenes Taken in Alexandria, Virginia, 1865
Alexandria (Va.); Photograph; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Occupation--Military
Unknown
Second Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Second Maryland Calvary. Camp scenes taken in Alexandria. Virginia, 1865. Fife and Drum Corps in front, officers in rear.
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ca. 1865
[GPVF]


Camp Scenes Taken in Alexandria, Virginia, 1865
Alexandria (Va.); Photograph; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Occupation--Military
Unknown
Second Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Second Maryland Calvary. Camp Scenes Taken in Alexandria, Virginia, 1865. Field, Staff, and Line, 2nd Maryland
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ca. 1865
[GPVF]


The Brown Veil Club (also known as the Monument Street Girls)
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Portrait group--Women; Women's history; Photographs
Unknown
The Brown Veil Club (also known as the Monument Street Girls), ca.1860-1865. The Brown Veil Club sewed uniforms during the Civil War for local men who fled the city to join the Confederate Army. Standing left to right; Henrietta Penniman Carrington, Rebecca Lloyd Nicholson; Seated; Sophia Sargeant, Alice Wright, Rebecca Gordon, and Ida Winn.
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ca. 1860
[GPVF]


The Soldier's Record. Fifth Regiment Company D.
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Broadsides.; Occupation--Military--Soldier
Currick and Ives
The soldier's record, Fifth Regiment, Company D, Maryland Volunteer. Published by Currick and Ives. American Civil War.
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1862
[Broadside 1862]


Conduct of the War
Newspapers and periodicals; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Occupation--Military--Soldier
Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902
Conduct of War
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May 1865
E468.7.G93


Funeral Cortege of the Sixth Massachusetts (Page 52)
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Newspapers and periodicals; Occupation--Military--Soldier
Frank Leslie (March 29, 1821
Illustrated history of the Civil War by Well-known artists
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ca. 1800
E468.7.I631


Broadside for runaway slave, Phillip Adams
Slavery.; American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history; Broadsides.
Tilghman, Tench
Broadside for runaway slave, Phillip Adams, by Tench Tilghman. May 4th 1861.
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May 4, 1861
[Broadside 1861]


Proclamation of General Lee. To the People of Maryland
Broadsides.; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Occupation--Military--Soldier
Lee, Robert E. General
Proclamation of General Lee to the people of Maryland. Written from headquarters of Army, North Virginia near Frederick Town. September 8, 1862. Signed R. E. Lee, general Commanding.
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September 8, 1862
[Broadside 1862]


People of Baltimore!
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Broadsides.
People of Baltimore! The hour of actions has arrived- let not the precious time be wasted in useless talk. April 21, 1861. 7 pages.
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April 21, 1861
[Broadside 1861]


Baltimore Company American Extra, Towsontown, Maryland.
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Newspapers and periodicals; Broadsides.
Baltimore Company American; Longnecker, J.H.
Baltimore Company American Extra. Towsontown, Maryland. Civil War is in Our Midst! [signed] This is J.H. Longnecker!
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1861
[Broadside 1861]


Charleston Mercury - The Union is Dissolved
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Newspapers and periodicals; Broadsides.
Charleston Mercury, Publishers
The Union is Dissolved! Charleston Mercury Extra, newspaper extra. An ordinance to state the dissolution of the Union, South Carolina. 1:15 o'clock P.M. December 20, 1860.
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December 20, 1860
[Broadside 1860]


The Sun
American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history; Abolitionists.; Baltimore (Md.) Newspapers and periodicals; Newspapers and periodicals; Slavery.; Broadsides.
The Sun, Publishers
The Sun- Extra Baltimore. Slave Insurrection at Harper's Ferry. The Defeat of Insurgents. Probably end of the battle, orders for troops countermanded. October 18, 1859. American Civil War.
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1859
[Broadside 1859]


A Female Rebel in Baltimore, An Everyday Scene. Cover of Harper's Weekly, Volume V, Number 245.
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Newspapers and periodicals; Women's history
Harper & Brothers, Publisher
A Female Rebel in Baltimore, An Everyday Scene. Cover of Harper's Weekly, Volume V, Number 245. New York. Saturday, September 7, 1861. Medium Prints Collection.
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September 7, 1861
[74688]


Fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops Flag
American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history; Flags
Fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops Civil War Flag. Silk mounted on a wooden pole (with the eagle missing).
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1863
2004.22


Antietam National Cemetery Memorial Shadowbox, ca. 1886
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Memorials; Object
Smith, John Phelemon (1845-1912)
Antietam National Cemetery Memorial Shadowbox, ca. 1886. American Civil War.
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ca. 1886
2000.22


Pass Office. Asst. Prov. Marsha's Dept. (Page 3)
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Works on paper
Omenhausser, John I.
Illustration in John I. Omenhausser's sketchbook
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1865
1945.57.1