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

• Books and Pamphlets
• Genealogical Manuscripts
• Journals and Magazines
• Microfilm

Special Collections include

• Manuscripts
• Photographs
  • Peale/Baltimore City Life Photograph Collection
• Maps and Atlases
• Oral Histories
• Ephemera
• Prints and Broadsides
  • Peale/Baltimore City Life Works on Paper Collection
• Sheet Music

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.

Some of the Maryland Historical Society’s Library collections have been digitized or featured in online exhibits. 

Collections

• Eubie Blake Collection