{"id":4103,"date":"2026-08-05T20:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll025\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:40:48","slug":"coll025","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Kempe collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Title:<\/strong><\/td><td>Ernest Kempe collection<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Call Number:<\/strong><\/td><td>Coll025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Creator:<\/strong><\/td><td>Kempe Ernest<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Dates:<\/strong><\/td><td>1865-1953<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Size:<\/strong><\/td><td>3 boxes (2.5 linear feet)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/td><td>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.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Language:<\/strong><\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Citation:<\/strong><\/td><td>Ernest Kempe collection, Collection 25, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biography\">Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernest Kempe collected material relating to Baltimore.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"scope\">Scope &#038; Content<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized into 2 series: Series I. Scrapbook Pages, 1885-1953. Series II. Ledger Pages, 1968-1943.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"provenance\">Provenance Information<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MSS 2002-02; Donation included books in addition to the scrapbooks and ledger.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The books were removed from the donation and cataloged with the Arnold collection.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"access\">Access &#038; Use<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No restrictions.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"subjects\">Subject Headings<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)<\/li><li>Enoch Pratt Free Library<\/li><li>Baltimore (Md.)<\/li><li>Maryland<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"folder\">Series Description &#038; Container List<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"expand-all\">Expand all<\/a> | <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Series I. Scrapbook Pages<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.A. Binder 1<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Enoch Pratt Library<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Walters Art Gallery<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Photographs\/Postcards<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Government Buildings<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Armories<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.B. Binder 2<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Nostalgia<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dickeyville<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nostalgia<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Horses<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Know Baltimore?<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Baltimore Theaters<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Churches<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miscellaneous Photos<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&#8220;Man in the Street&#8221; series<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.C. Binder 3<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Hospitals<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.D. Binder 4<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Buildings<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Commerce<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Great Baltimore Fire 1904<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Roads\/Bridges<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miscellaneous<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.E. Binder 5<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Churches<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Churches<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.F. Binder 6<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Housing<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Housing<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.G. Binder 7<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Horses<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maryland Penitentiary<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Firehouses\/men\/engines<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Great Baltimore fire of 1904<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.H. Binder 8<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>The Baltimore Gas and Electric News, July 1912<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>From an Old Minute Book<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Art and Archaeology, June 1925<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.I. Binder 9<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Bath Street Viaduct\/Preston Gardens<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bridges<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gas and Electric publication\/Misc. photos<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.J. Binder 10<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Druid Hill Park<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Parks\/Miscellaneous Photos<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.K. Binder 11<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Train stations<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maryland Transportation<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trolley\/Streetcars and railroad engines<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.L. Binder 12<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Residential Homes<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Residential Homes<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.M. Binder 13<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Noted Marylanders\/obituaries<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Commercial Businesses<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Railroad Blow Your Horn<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Waterfront<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.N. Binder 14<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Hotels<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Restaurants\/Clubs<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.O. Binder 15<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Colleges and Schools<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miscellaneous<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hospitals\/Asylums\/Retirement Homes<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.P. Binder 16<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Street Scenes<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Buildings<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miscellaneous<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.Q. Binder 17<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Postcards<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Photographs of Buildings<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Negatives<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miscellaneous<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.R. Binder 18<\/h3><table class='folder-table'><thead><tr><th>Title<\/th><th>Date<\/th><th>Box<\/th><th>Folder<\/th><th>Info<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Postcards<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Photographs of Buildings<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Negatives<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miscellaneous<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3 class=\"series-title wp-block-heading\">Subseries I.S. 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