OAKLAND LYCEUM MINUTES, MS.625
Minutes of the Oakland Lyceum, a literary society at Oakland, Harford
County. Give details of papers read and other transactions of the society.
1 vol., 1865-1883.
O'BRIEN PAPERS, MS. 2356
Letters to and about Mrs. R. Sanchez Boone, a teacher at Miss
O'Donnell's School in Baltimore, and a 1958 reception in her honor;
a
letter from the Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Warfield Simpson), a former
student.
9 items, 1937-70
HERBERT R. O'CONOR COLLECTION, MS. 1922
Two letters from Governor O'Conor (1896-1960) to Joseph D. Mish
about the appointment ofJ. H. Gambrill, Jr. as a member of the Maryland
State Game and Inland Fish Commission; five letters from O'Conor to
William Preston Lane, Jr. about the appointment of Gambrill; the rec-
ommendation to appoint J. Andrew Cohill as a substitute trial magistrate
of Washington County; a reply to an invitation to attend a Purple Heart
decoration.
7 items, 1939-43
ODEN PAPERS, MS.178
Correspondence of Benjamin Oden (1762-1836) of Upper Marlborough,
Maryland, on business and general matters. Family letters to Benjamin
Oden. Letters to Stephen West concerning London commerce, 1772-1775.
Bowie family material. Subjects of the correspondence in the collection
include tobacco trade, sale of Negro slaves.
1 box, 1755-1836. Available on microfilm (no. 505)
ODEN, WEST, BOWIE COLLECTION, MS. 2380
Three related Maryland families. Oden papers: correspondence, 1780-
1830, of Benjamin Oden (1762-1836) about the sale of land and tobacco,
personal debts, loans, and creditors. West papers: correspondence,
1766-
90, of Stephen West, Jr. (I 727-90) about the sale of land and tobacco,
and
strained relations between England and the American colonies just prior
to the Revolution. Bowie papers: general family correspondence and
a
manumission document, 1840-70; an inventory of the goods and chattel
of George French; genealogical notes on the Claggett and Williams
families; a scrapbook maintained by Mildred Carter on farming, women,
social gatherings, and blacks in Maryland.
Pedley, 1 180 1 box, 1766-1900
O'DONNELL, ELLIOTT, PAPERS, MS.727
Extracts from the diary of the Rev. Henry O'Donnell on his voyage to
New
York and describing the places he visited in America (including Baltimore),
1870, edited by Elliott O'Donnell. Death or Glory-John O'Donnell of
Balti-
more, by Elliott O'Donnell (great-grandson). Typescript, My Memoirs-
The Life Story of Elliott O'Donnell.
3 vols., 1870-1965.
OTERRALL, ALFRED J., SR., COLLECTION, MS.1575
Collection of material made by Alfred J. O'Ferrall, Sr. Includes letters
(personal and business) of Randall H. Moale (1782-1864), John Moale
(1731-1798), Ellin North Moale (1741-1835), Thomas Moale (d. 1832).
Letters concerning Joshua Johnson, a Negro portrait painter owned by
the
Moale family. Indentures and legal papers of Maybury (Mayberry) Helm,
Sr. and Jr., c. 1765. Plats, bills of sale, and receipts concerning
land in
Baltimore City and County, 1787-1836. Miscellaneous autographs, mainly
of Marylanders.
50 items, 1762-1888.
OGLE COPYBOOKS, MS.984
Copybooks containing problems in mathematics, natural philosophy, and
other subjects. Writer unknown ( ? member of the Ogle family, donors
of
the volumes).
2 vols., c. 1800.
OLD TOWN MERCHANTS' AND MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION MINUTE BOOKS, MS.627
Proceedings of organization of wholesale and retail merchants, formed
to
promote the interests of East Baltimore; deal with problems involving
welfare of the people, including trade dollars, public libraries, horse
cars,
"barking," street openings, pure food labels, Sunday observance, market
houses. Full data on excursions to Chicago, Boston, New Orleans, Atlantic
City, Jamestown. Vol. 3 includes copy of constitution of 1904.
6 vols., 1883-1933.
OLDHAM PAPERS, MS.1380
Papers of Colonel Edward Oldham (d. 1798) include copies of deeds,
indentures and wills concerning his inheritance of Bohemia Manor, Cecil
County, formerly owned by Augustine Herrman. Several items relate to
the mortgage of Bohemia Manor held by Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
14 items, 1680-1824.
OLIVER PAPERS, MS.626
Collection of ledgers, journals, vouchers, check books, bank books
and other
materials relating to the business affairs of Robert Oliver ( 1757-1834),
Baltimore merchant. Relate mainly to administration of Oliver's estate
(David Maulden Perine, administrator) with holdings in England, Ireland,
South America, Mexico, India, and Cuba. Include wills of Oliver, Roswell
Lyman Colt (1811-1856). Business correspondence of Oliver with Alex-
ander Baring, Nicholas Biddle, Richard Caton, R. M. Gibbes, Robert
Goodloe Harper, Michael Hogan, Benjamin Chew Howard (1791-1872),
Robert H. Goldsborough, J. L. Kerr, T. Law, James McHenry, John Mercer,
E. C. Pinkney, William Pinkney, J. R. Poinsett, J. Randolph of R.,
T. S.
Skinner, B. Stoddert, Roger Brooke Taney, L. W. Tazewell, J. C. White,
William White. Volumes of papers and accounts of Robert Oliver's estate.
Books of accounts of Robert Oliver's daughters.
95 vols. and 11 boxes, late 18th-early 19th centuries.
OLIVER RECORD BOOKS, MS.626.1
Ledgers, letterbooks, daybooks and journals of the commercial activities
of
Robert Oliver (1757-1834), first in partnership with Henry Thompson
as
Oliver & Thompson, 1785-1796, then as Robert Oliver & Brothers,
1796-
1803, and Robert & John Oliver. Vols. 1-2, Oliver & Thompson
daybook
and journal; remaining volumes include letterbooks, waste books, bills
payable and receivable, and notes payable, 1796-1834. The volumes provide
information on trade with England, Ireland, France, Holland, Germany,
the Baltic ports, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and the East and
West
Indies. Letterbooks have copies of correspondence with agents, ships'
cap-
tains and others in these areas.
30 vols., 1785-1835.
OLIVER FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 626.2
Papers of lawyer David M. Perine, agent for the administrators and
trustees of the Oliver family's estate: Robert Oliver (ca. 1759-1834)
estate
and trusts he established for his daughters Emily 0. Gibbes (1805-70)
and
Margaret 0. Colt (I 790-1856); a special trust for his sisters and
illegitimate
sons of John Oliver; estate of Robert's brother-in-law, Robert M. Gibbes
(d. 1864).
Register available; originally part of MS. 626, Pedley, 1186.
55 boxes, 1789-1883
ONEILL SCRAPBOOK, MS.1525
A scrapbook based on a questionnaire sent out by O'Neill's Department
Store, covering various aspects of Baltimore history and asking for
a slogan
to describe the store and its place in the life of Baltimore. The questions
are illustrated by clippings and typed answers given by Mrs. William
V.
Albaugh, compiler of the volume.
1 vol., 1938.
OREGON ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.629
Workbook, 1851-1858, of the Oregon Furnace (founded 1837 and later
incorporated as the Ashland Iron Company); includes names of employees
and number of days worked by each. Account book, 1851-1858, of lime-
stone and pig iron hauled to and from the Oregon Iron Furnace. 12 vols.
of daybooks of Thomas Kurtz, manager of the Oregon Bank, 1872-1890,
listing sales of groceries and other commodities to customers. The
Oregon
Iron Furnace was located at Cockeysville, Maryland.
14 vols., 1851-1891.
OREM AND WEST FAMILY PAPERS, MS.630
Letters, indentures, and receipts of Hugh S. Orem, William West, and
W. H. West (c. 200 items). Four plats of Auchentoroly, the Orem family
home near Druid Hill Park, Baltimore. Miscellaneous family receipts.
Petition, November 21, 1859, to try to prevent the filling in of the
harbor
basin, Baltimore. Menu of a dinner given by W. A. Marburg, December,
1904. Letter from Henry Clay to the John C. Orem Company, 1848. Letter
of Roger Brooke Taney to William West, 1831. Passports, memo book,
and
two family bibles belonging to various members of the Orem family.
1 box, 1821-1934.
ORIOLE FESTIVAL SCRAPBOOK, MS.634
Volume of clippings describing the Oriole Festival in Baltimore to
celebrate
the 250th anniversary of the original Maryland grant, 1882; also items
concerning the 200th anniversary of William Penn's establishment of
Pennsylvania.
1 vol., 1882-1883.
ORRICK NOTEBOOKS, MS.1483
Medical account book, 1859-1861, of Dr. Orrick of Baltimore. First
seven
pages have newsclippings of home remedies for common illnesses. Scrap-
book of Frank D. Orrick with miscellaneous clippings, editorials, items
of general interest, 1877-1879.
2 vols., 1859-1861, 1877-1879.
OTTERBEIN CHURCH RECORDS, MS. 1771
German Protestant Reformed Church of Baltimore: business and orga-
nizational records including the church's charter, constitution and
by-
laws, church council minutes, financial statements, trustee and elder
election records, churchyard plats, and lists of churchyard plot owners;
membership lists, member removal lists, and registers of births, baptisms,
marriages, and deaths; a history of the church by Paul E. Holdcraft.
6 boxes, 1785-1965
OUDESLUYS, CHARLES L., PRIVATE MEMORANDA, MS.1105
Volume of miscellaneous items, mainly newspaper clippings. Also includes
accounts for sums paid to various individuals and firms, especially
for
personal items and household repairs. State of Maryland certificate
appoint-
ing Oudesluys as Paymaster of the 2nd Regiment of Artillery, Maryland
Militia, August, 1846. Certificate of Oudesluys's membership of the
Mary-
land Historical Society and miscellaneous programs of the society.
MS.
excerpts from private correspondence, 1842.
1 vol., 1840-1865.
OWEN, RICHARD, ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.632
Account book of Richard Owen (1745-1822), Methodist minister and
teacher of writing and mathematics at St. John's College, Annapolis
(from
1784). The accounts date from 1810 and show books and supplies pur-
chased by students at the college and at Owen's Easton Seminary.
1 vol., 1810-1817.
OWENS, E. B., PAPERS, MS.1510
Business papers, cancelled drafts, and payments of the E. B. Owens
Com-
pany, Baltimore commission merchants, 1883. Basis of a proposed agree-
ment between the New York Central, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore
&
Ohio Railroads, 1859. Legal opinion, 1875, on State vs. Baltimore &
Susque-
hanna Railroad. Two letters concerning plots in Greenmount Cemetery,
1904, 1915, and letter, 1944, on removal of Cassard family bodies from
the
cemetery, 1848. Copy of records of St. James's Parish, Anne Arundel
County, up to the birth of Marie Owens in 1883. Miscellaneous letters
on
Cassard genealogy. Martinet sketch of lot on Mount Royal Terrace, 1897.
E. B. Owens genealogy and Cassard coat of arms. Statement to the Balti-
more American on early Owens family in the United States. Personal
cor-
respondence of members of the families, 1863-1869, 1915, 1932. The
bulk
of material in this collection dates from between 1859 and 1915, with
single items 1932, 1944.
34 items, 1859-1944.
OWINGS FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2241
Baltimore county family: wills of Rachel Owings, Solomon Choate,
Philip Reister; deeds of Samuel Tagart, Philip Beckley, John H. Ing,
James Berryman, Silas W. Conn, C. Howard Shipley, Henry D. Loney.
15 items, 1828-97
OWINGS MILLS POST OFFICE RECORDS, MS.631
Record and postal account books, July, 1887-june, 1902, January, 1897-1899,
January, 1900-December, 1902. Postmaster's account and record book,
North Branch and Owings Mills, June, 1909-March, 1912. Domestic money
order cash book, January, 1892-September, 1894. Register of money orders
issued, January, 1892-October, 1908. Register of domestic money orders
issued at Guynnbrook, January, 1908-june, 1926. Register of registered
matter received at North Branch, January, 1886-March, 1906. "Advices
received of money orders," January, 1892-April, 1921.
8 vols., 1887-1926.
OXFORD PORT OF ENTRY ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.638
Account books of Oxford Port of Entry, Thomas and Samuel Cbamberlaine,
Collectors (Samuel being Naval Officer of Oxford). One volume, 1759-
1773, shows vessels entering the port, with data on type of vessel,
cargo,
owner, master's name, tonnage, crew, number of guns, place and date
built, place and date registered, destination, home port. Two volumes,
1731-
1732, 1740-1742, 1747-1775, show fees received from masters of vessels
clearing for other ports. The second of these volumes has a list of
bonds
taken, 1757-1763, and copies of commissions as Collector and Naval
Officer.
3 vols., 1731-1775.
OYSTER SELLEWS ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.835
Volume records prices of oysters and other seafood sold in Baltimore,
1871-1876. Keeper of accounts unidentified. Poetry clippings are pasted
over many of the accounts.
1 vol., 1871-1876.