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Salisbury Bank Note collection
by Bank of Salisbury (1840 – 1870)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains various digital images of bank notes used by the Bank of Salisbury, 1840-1870.
Somerset County Rent Roll
by Somerset County, Md. (1744)
2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
This collection contains a ledger for the Rent Roll of Somerset County beginning in 1744; the rent roll documents the accounts or schedule of rents due from land tenants and the dollar amount received.
Spanish Ration Coupons
by Kingdom of Spain (1937 – 1953)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 12 Spanish Ration Coupons sheets each contain ten perforated individual coupon cards that date between 1937 and 1953, with the bulk dating between 1937 and 1943. Each complete sheet depicts a range of advertisements from the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, militias, youth organizations, and government social assistance programs. Locations noted on the verso of the cards include Malaga, Toledo, Valencia, Almeria, Huesca, Murcia, Galicia, Tarrega, Lerida, Avila, and Barcelona. The items that could be redeemed for these coupons also vary.
Spanish Ration Coupons (2)
by Kingdom of Spain (1936 – 1943)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 30 Spanish Ration Coupons sheets each contain ten perforated individual coupon cards that date between 1937 and 1943. Each complete sheet depicts a range of advertisements from the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, militias, Fascist and Socialist soldiers, and government social assistance programs. Locations noted on the verso of the cards include Malaga, Valencia, Tarragona, Ibiza, Almeria, Caceres, Segovia, Lleida, Madrid, Vizcaya, Cordoba, and Toledo.
Spanish Ration Coupons (3)
by Kingdom of Spain (1937 – 1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These Spanish ration coupons were used during the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War as a means to purchase rationed food. They depict scenes of the wars, in addition to religious imagery in celebration of Holy Week.
Spanish Ration Coupons (4)
by Kingdom of Spain (circa 1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These Spanish ration coupons were used during the Second World War as a means to purchase rationed food. This set of Spanish ration coupons form together to depict Adolf Hitler and lists his birth and death date.
Special Collections Pamphlet Collection
by Various (1762 – 1985)
9 cartons, 2 boxes (10 linear feet)
The Special Collections Pamphlet Collection consists of over 800 published manuscripts discussing a wide variety of national and international topics. The materials date between 1762 and 1985. Similar topics have been grouped together, but may be found throughout the collection. Some of the major topics included in the collection are: race relations, Australia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, African American history, Native American history, military history (American Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War), education, industry, labor history, agriculture, railways, government and politics, international relations, socialism, communism, economics, prisons, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, prohibition, temperance, women's history and groups, and biographies and obituaries.
The Memorial of the Merchants and Traders of the City of Baltimore
by Merchants and Traders of the City of Baltimore (1806)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This petition from the Merchants and Traders of the City of Baltimore lobbied to the President and Congress of the United States to defend American commerce with Europe following British violations of neutral rights during the Napoleonic Wars in the lead up to the War of 1812.
United States Post Office (Vienna, Md.) records
by United States Post Office (1921 – 1954)
7 boxes (3.5 linear feet)
This collection of Vienna, Maryland post office documents spans from 1921 to 1954 with a concentration of material dated between the mid 1930s through the 1940s. The collection includes internal documents issued by the United States Post Office in Vienna, Maryland located in Dorchester County. A variety of printed and handwritten entries on forms were used for documenting the issuance of postal money orders at a time when residents may have lacked individual checking accounts, carrier receipt books for selling stamps and other postal products, cancelled checks, documents for a registry of dispatched items underwritten by the USPO, including C.O.D. mail and insured mail receipts, special delivery mail receipts, “spoiled” mail order inventories, and issues of “The Postal Bulletin,” an internal advisory issued to USPO branches in 1954.
Zacharias and Christ Exchange Bank Day Book (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
by Christ, Augustus; Zacharias, Adam (1846 – 1849)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The day book of the Zacharias and Christ Exchange Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania records the transactions of the bank owned by Adam Zacharias and Augustus Christ between 1846 and 1849.