Ernest Kempe collection

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Overview

Title:Ernest Kempe collection
Call Number:Coll025
Creator:Kempe Ernest
Dates:1865-1953
Size:3 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Abstract:This collection was compiled and collected by Ernest Kempe and includes a series of scrapbook pages from twenty binders and a ledger with clippings pasted over the original writing. It contains clippings of articles, broadsides, postcards, negatives and photographs of Baltimore, Maryland. Clippings cover various streets, forms of public transporation, notable residents of Baltimore, and buildings such as hospitals and churches. The ledger also includes handwritten original poetry.
Language:English
Citation:Ernest Kempe collection, Collection 25, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).

Administrative/Biographical Note

Ernest Kempe collected material relating to Baltimore.

Scope & Content

Organized into 2 series: Series I. Scrapbook Pages, 1885-1953. Series II. Ledger Pages, 1968-1943.

Provenance Information

MSS 2002-02; Donation included books in addition to the scrapbooks and ledger.

The books were removed from the donation and cataloged with the Arnold collection.

Access & Use

No restrictions.

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.

Subject Headings

  • Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)
  • Enoch Pratt Free Library
  • Baltimore (Md.)
  • Maryland

Series Description & Container List

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Series I. Scrapbook Pages

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Subseries I.A. Binder 1

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Enoch Pratt Library
Walters Art Gallery
Photographs/Postcards
Government Buildings
Armories

Subseries I.B. Binder 2

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Nostalgia
Dickeyville
Nostalgia
Horses
Know Baltimore?
Baltimore Theaters
Churches
Miscellaneous Photos
“Man in the Street” series

Subseries I.C. Binder 3

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Hospitals

Subseries I.D. Binder 4

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Buildings
Commerce
Great Baltimore Fire 1904
Roads/Bridges
Miscellaneous

Subseries I.E. Binder 5

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Churches
Churches

Subseries I.F. Binder 6

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Housing
Housing

Subseries I.G. Binder 7

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Horses
Maryland Penitentiary
Firehouses/men/engines
Great Baltimore fire of 1904

Subseries I.H. Binder 8

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The Baltimore Gas and Electric News, July 1912
From an Old Minute Book
Art and Archaeology, June 1925

Subseries I.I. Binder 9

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Bath Street Viaduct/Preston Gardens
Bridges
Gas and Electric publication/Misc. photos

Subseries I.J. Binder 10

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Druid Hill Park
Parks/Miscellaneous Photos

Subseries I.K. Binder 11

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Train stations
Maryland Transportation
Trolley/Streetcars and railroad engines

Subseries I.L. Binder 12

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Residential Homes
Residential Homes

Subseries I.M. Binder 13

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Noted Marylanders/obituaries
Commercial Businesses
Railroad Blow Your Horn
Waterfront

Subseries I.N. Binder 14

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Hotels
Restaurants/Clubs

Subseries I.O. Binder 15

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Colleges and Schools
Miscellaneous
Hospitals/Asylums/Retirement Homes

Subseries I.P. Binder 16

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Street Scenes
Buildings
Miscellaneous

Subseries I.Q. Binder 17

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Postcards
Photographs of Buildings
Negatives
Miscellaneous

Subseries I.R. Binder 18

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Postcards
Photographs of Buildings
Negatives
Miscellaneous

Subseries I.S. Binder 19

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Orphanages/Veteran’s homes
Miscellaneous
Transportation
Nostalgia
Business

Subseries I.T. Binder 20

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Man in the Streets
Man in the Streets

Series II. Ledger pages

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