The Shoemaker Family Collection, ca. 1838-1948, MS 1973

Maryland Historical Society

Baltimore MD 21201-4674

BOX Inventory MS 1973*

PART I Correspondence

Box 1:

1838-1875

Box 2:

1876-1883

Box 3:

1884-1893

Box 4:

1894-1900

Box 5:

1901-1904

Box 6:

1905-1908

Box 7:

1909-1917

Box 8:

1918-1948

Box 9:

n.d., letters to S.M. Shoemaker

Box 10:

n.d., letters to Mrs. S.M. Shoemaker

PART II

Box 11:

Business papers which include information re the Adams Express Company, Dinsmore & Kyle Co., Walker-Gordon Co., and the Deder Electric Co. Other information re railroading and banking.

PART III Receipted Bills

Box 12:

1853-1889

Box 13:

1892-1933

Box 14:

Bills belonging to Edward Shoemaker marked “Paid by S.M.S. - July, 1894”

PART IV

Box 15:

Information re cattle raising at “Burnside Farm” includes registers, photographs, lists of the sires and dams of particluar cattle and documents re Samuel Shoemaker's (1861-1933) membership in various cattle groups.

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PART V

Box 16:

Information re family estates.

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PART VI

Box 17:

Information reflecting the Shoemakers' (1861-1933); MOSTLY 1900's interest in road construction and improvement in Maryland.

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PART VII

Box 18:

Genealogical information re the Shoemaker Family includes “Burnside” by Dawn Thomas, an early history of the family, a biographical sketch of Samuel M. Shoemaker I, an Eccleston Family genealogy, a typescript account of the death of Dr. Eccleston, and information re Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

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PART VIII

Box 19:

Miscellaneous materials including passports, awards for Samuel M. Shoemaker (1861-1933), school materials, essays, and newspaper items.

Box 20:

Miscellaneous unidentified and undated material.

PART IX

Box 21:

Printed ephemera including calling cards and invitations.

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PART X

Boxes 22-24:

Manuscripts written by Samuel Eccleston Harper.

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