On-line Collections

• Eubie Blake Collection: The definitive collection of jazz-pioneer Eubie Blake. Born in Baltimore in the 1880s, went on to become one of the most popular ragtime composers of his era.
• Star-Spangled Banner Sheet Music Collection: In 1953 the MdHS acquired the earliest extant manuscript of The Star-Spangled Banner. Together with one of the two known copies of its earliest printing, it is one of the world's best collections of printed and manuscript material relating to the song.
• Obsolete Currency: The collection represents a cross-section of the many interesting ways the citizens of Maryland have sought to fill the gap created by the prior lack of a strong federal currency system.
• Cross Section of Photograph Collection: A selection from the 800,000 photographs owned by the Maryland Historical Society sorted by subject.
• Painting Collection: More than 1,500 images of MdHS paintings dating from the 17th century to the present are accessible on Maryland ArtSource.