Woman’s Club of Catonsville Collection The society accepted and accessioned a collection consisting primarily of documentary materials related to the operations of the Woman’s Club of Catonsville (WCC). The club…
Woodlawn Replaced Powhatan Mill & Town By: Martha Hendrickson March 31, 2015 Today we know Woodlawn as a community, the national headquarters of the Social Security Administration and the previous…
Hidden Treasures: The HSBC Cemetery Transcription Files By: Ann Royston Blouse March 10, 2015 In the 1970s, HSBC members undertook the project of locating every cemetery in Baltimore County and…
Does History Matter? What locals in Baltimore County have to say about history… By: Justin Albright (Towson U. History Student & HSBC Intern.) Over the past week I have…
Historical societies... play a unique role in both preserving and promoting local history... Unlike museums that primarily focus on education through objects, or historic preservation groups whose aim is directed to buildings and structures, or an archive focused solely on documentary sources, the historical society's mission requires it to engage all these diverse fields and more....
Game of the District Messenger Boy: A Boundary Object Bridging Two Eras of American History By: Kathleen Black Intern, Historical Society of Baltimore County, 2014 Oh, the games we play…
We’ve just updated our website with a new page and research tool! We posted our ever-growing collection of vertical files! These files may be one of the most used research…
History Trails is the Historical Society of Baltimore County’s semi-academic, popular history publication, in production since 1966. SUBMISSIONS: To have your research or narrative considered for publication, please follow this…
(Brief preview and excerpt from History Trails 43, no. 3 & 4. To read more become a member of the society today!)) “The Montebello Water Filtration Plan I: Clean Water for City…
'"Best Cultivated Farm": The Backstory of Hayfields, Nicholas Merryman Bosley, and the Lafayette Premium of 1824' (Excerpted from History Trails 43, no. 1 & 2) By: Teri Rising 2011-2012 …
