About our Partners
Explore 91ÊÓƵ partners have supported the project with contributions of historic images donated from their collections to support our effort to tell the stories behind Baltimore's historic places.
Baltimore City Archives
The - in conjunction with the Maryland State Archives – is the central depository for government records of permanent value. The City Archives is pleased to host researchers, but due to staffing limitations, all visits must be by appointment.
Special Collections, Baltimore County Public Library
| | |
The was established in 1991 as part of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, Inc. It is named for former Chessie System and CSX Chairman, Hays T. Watkins. Mr. Watkins, Chairman Emeritus of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, oversaw the museum's transition to a nonprofit institution. The Hays T. Watkins Research Library is dedicated to the history and preservation of American railroading, emphasizing the legacy of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and other significant railroads located in Maryland such as the Western Maryland Railway, the Chessie System, and CSX Transportation.
Enoch Pratt Free Library Special Collections
| |
is an initiative to build an open source robotic scanner that small archives can use to digitize their photographic collections for less than $500. Project Gado is currently partnered with the archives at the Afro American Newspapers in Baltimore. Project Gado is sponsored by the Abell Foundation, the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA).
Jewish Museum of Maryland
| |
The was founded in 1844 and is the largest museum and library dedicated to the history of Maryland. Occupying an entire city block in the Mount Vernon district of Baltimore, the Society's mission is to "collection, preserve, and interpret the objects and materials that reflect Maryland's diverse cultural heritage." Starting in circa 1850, the photographic collection contains well over one million items including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, albumen prints, salted paper prints, acetate negatives, and more. Photographs are part of MdHS's Special Collections Department,
Special Collections, Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore
| |
The collects, houses, preserves, and makes accessible materials that are original, rare, unique, fragile, historical, and archival. Their diverse collections of rare books, photographs, manuscripts, archives and artifacts are available for research use by faculty, students, visiting scholars and the general public. The contain 2 million images documenting the development of photography from daguerreotypes to digital imaging.