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201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Contact: JenniferNamsiriwanEben Dennis, Special Collections Librarian
Phone: 410- 685-3750 ext. 310321
E-mail: special_collections@mdhs.org
Web: http://www.mdhs.org/library/index.htmllibrary-overview
Finding Aids: *http://www.mdhs.org/library/findaid.htmlresearch-resources/finding-aids*
Access to Collections:
Hours of Service
The library is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm and closed for lunch 12:00 pm - 15:00 pm.
Overview
The H. Furlong Baldwin Library of the MdHS makes available to the public some of the nation's most extensive and important historical resources. Among the 7,000,000 items in the library's collections are Francis Scott Key's original manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner," papers of Maryland's colonial governors and signers of the Declaration of Independence; over 700,000 photographs, and extensive genealogical resources. The library maintains an extraordinary collection of books, journals, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, prints, obsolete currency, oral histories, ephemera, and microfilm reflecting the history of Maryland and its people.
MdHS strives to make its collections even more accessible through on-line resources that include more than 6,000 photographs and detailed finding aids. The library enables researchers, students, teachers, and others to have access to the records of the past while preserving irreplaceable historical materials for future generations.
Special Services
- Personal Cameras (at curator discretion)Digital cameras (at curator Library discretion)
- Microfilm/microfiche printoutsPhoto print service
- Photocopies
- Photoduplication servicesScanning
Type of Materials
- Architectural Documents
- Artifacts
- Audiovisual Materials
- Books and Monographs
- Digital CollectionsDigital Exhibits
- Exhibitions
- Government Documents
- Institutional Records
- Maps
- Microforms
- Musical Scores
- Newspapers
- Oral Histories
- Personal Papers
- Photographs
- Primary Resources
- Printed Ephemera
- Prints and Drawings
- Serials
- Vertical File Material
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- Architectural Documents
- Artifacts
- Audiovisual Materials
- Books and Monographs
- Digital CollectionsDigital Exhibits
- Exhibitions
- Government Documents
- Institutional Records
- Maps
- Microforms
- Musical Scores
- Newspapers
- Oral Histories
- Personal Papers
- Photographs
- Primary Resources
- Printed Ephemera
- Prints and Drawings
- Serials
- Vertical File Material