SMSC Archival Finding Aids

Archival Finding Aids

The SMSC has about 250 collections. We are currently working hard to process those collections and add new finding aids to this page!

• Baseball Collection, Dr. Close, 1938-1988
• Business and Professional Women's Club Collection, 1973-1993
• Chapman Family Papers Collection, 1765-1910
• Charles County Courthouse Centennial Collection, 1896-1997
• Charles County Fair Collection, 1939-1995
• Charlotte Hall School Collection, 1774-1986
• Compton, Ruel Keith & Racheal Dement Compton Collection, 1823-1895
• Daughters of the American Revolution, Port Tobacco Chapter Collection, 1965-2005
• Durham Church Collection, 1772-1993  
• Edelen, Mary K. Collection, 1859-1990
• Friendship House Collection, ca. 1650-1980
• Hammack Family Collection, 1930-1972
• Hanson, John Collection / John Hanson Society of MD, Inc., ca. 1932-1982 
• Historic Land Surveys Collection, 1714-1884
• Historic Site Files(maintained by the Historical Society of Charles County)
• Jones, Thomas A. Collection, ca. 1850-1991
• Kemp, Catherine "Polly" Wills Collection, 1796-1918
• Lackey High School Collection, 1917-1975
• Marbury-Linton, Emily / Nanjemoy Grange Collection, 1912-1967
• Matthews, Louise Stone Collection, 1651-1966 
• Mitchell Family of Hanson Hill Collection, 1875-1898
• Mitchell Family of Thainston Collection, 1784-1971
• Mitchell, John Wilson Collection, 1840-1937 
• Moyaone Collection, 1945-2001
• Parran, John Thomas, Jr. Collection, 1892-1976
• Piccowaxen Middle School Collection, 1984
• Post, George Howard Collection, 1886-1979
• Simpson, James Collection, 1963-1994
• Slater, James T. Collection, 1922-1969
• Slot Machine Collection, 1910-1983
• Smallwood Foundation Inc. Collection, 1939-2000
• Tilp, Frederick Collection, 1877-1987
• Ward, Samuel Collection, 1836-1969
• West Hatton Farm Collection, 1939
• Wenzel, Emily Collection, ca. 1970-1990 
• Women's Club of Southern Maryland Collection, 1954-1993

Genealogical Research Collections

• Beary, Bernard Collection, ca. 18th-19th Centuries
• Colcord, Timothy A. Collection, ca. 18th-19th Centuries
• Family Bibles at SMSC, 1732-1955
• Genealogical Research Files(maintained by the Historical Society of Charles County)
• Gray Family of Port Tobacco Collection, 1741-1941
• Hamilton, F. Lamar Collection,  ca. 1975-1993
• Jameson-Penn-Murphy Collection, ca. 1790-1860
• Jenkins, Edward F. Collection, 1945-1985
• Jenkins, Eugene A., Jr. Collection, ca. 1800-1990
• Newman, Harry Wright Collection, ca. 18th-19th Centuries
• Stone Collection, 1800s-1900s
• Wright Family Bible Collection, 1815-1927 
• Wyvill-Ward-Hawkins-Connick Collection, 1812-1977

Oral History Collections

• SMSC Oral History Collection(Alphabetical Listing), 1969-1993
• Tenant Farming in Calvert County: Wilson Road Collection, 2008-2009
• Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Collection, 1996-2007

Photographic Collections

• Admiral Fletcher Photo Collection, ca. 1942-1945
• Cooksey-Jones Collection, ca. 1880-1920
• James C. Wilfong Collection, 1920-1987
• Timothy Bladen Collection, Portraits of Southern Maryland, 1998