How to Find Prints and Broadsides

The Library has an extensive collection of prints and broadsides.  Here are the places to look to find out what we have:

1. The best starting points are the following publications:

Lois B. McCauley, Maryland Historical Prints, 1752-1889 (available in the Reference Collection at Ref. MNE505.M123 and also in the McIlvain Special Collections Reading Room)

Laura Rice, Maryland History in Prints, 1743-1900 (available in the Rhodes Reading Room at F182.R53 2002  and also in the McIlvain Special Collections Reading Room).  To buy this book from the MdHS Press, go to the Publications catalog. Also see the related online exhibit: More Than Meets the Eye: The History of Maryland in Prints

2. A finding aid for the 500 prints from the Library's Hambleton collection is available at: Hambleton Print Collection Finding Aid

3. The following card indexes are available in the card cabinet in the Microfilm Reading Room:

Prints by subject (13 drawers)

Broadsides by subject (5 drawers)

Broadsides by date (2 drawers).