"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."
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Collections Overview
The Library maintains an extraordinary collection of materials reflecting the history of Maryland and its people.
General Collections focus on family and local history and include
Special Collections include
- Manuscripts
- Photographs
- Maps and Atlases
- Oral Histories
- Ephemera
- Posters
- Prints and Broadsides
- Sheet Music
- Architectural Drawings
For an in-depth tutorial on searching the library collections, please click here. To request Special Collections material, please contact us at specialcollections@mdhs.org, or speak to the Special Collections librarian at the desk in the library.
Search available finding aids here.
