Maryland Historical Society
Library of Maryland History
Maryland Historical Society
Library of Maryland History
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Cohen Collection 1818-1945 Contact Information:
Maryland Historical Society
Manuscripts Department
Maryland Historical Society Library
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
410.685.3750
Fax: 410.385.2105
library@mdhs.org
www.mdhs.org
Descriptive Summary
Cohen Collection 1818-1945
MS 251.4
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
Scope and Content Notes
Collection contains correspondence of Eleanor S. Cohen, Jacob I. Cohen, Dr. Joshua I. Cohen, Mendes Cohen, and Mendes I. Cohen. Includes information relating to civil right of Jews in Maryland; Cohen family genealogical material; Col. Mendes I. Cohen reminiscences of the bombardment of Ft. McHenry; material to Mendes Cohen's position as Chairman of the Committee on Car Fenders in Baltimore, 1894; poem entitled Address to the Children of Israel in Maryland; receipts, certificates, newsclippings; some assorted material relating to the Maryland Historical Society ca. 1910.
Container List
BOX 1 F. B. Mayer sketch, n.d. Cohen Family correspondence Eleanor S. Cohen The Travellers Return - J[acob] I. Cohen [Mendes I. Cohen] correspondence Report on car fenders, 1894 letters re: position as reference librarian at Pratt Library The Gratz papers, 1916 Jacob I. Cohen, 1181, 1856 Certificate, tickets - Israel Cohen Reminiscences of the Bombardment of Ft. McHenry - Mendes I. Cohen Mendes Cohen correspondence BOX 2 Newspaper clippings Jews in America Dr. Joshua I. Cohen correspondence, 1844-59 Maryland Historical Society materials Miscellaneous unrelated materials Cohen Family genealogical notes Receipts, stock certificates Undated materials Address to the Children of Israel in Maryland, 1819 Undated notes on teh Jew Bill Newspaper clippings