{"id":4309,"date":"2026-08-17T21:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll025\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:14","slug":"coll025","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Kempe collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h1>\n
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Title:<\/td>\nErnest Kempe collection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Number:<\/td>\nColl025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creator:<\/td>\nKempe, Ernest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates:<\/td>\n1865-1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size:<\/td>\n3 boxes (2.5 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract:<\/td>\nThis 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>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation:<\/td>\nErnest Kempe collection, Collection 25, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n

Ernest Kempe collected material relating to Baltimore.<\/p>\n

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Scope & Content<\/h1>\n

Arrangement<\/h2>\n

Organized into 2 series: Series I. Scrapbook Pages, 1885-1953. Series II. Ledger Pages, 1968-1943.<\/p>\n

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Provenance Information<\/h1>\n

Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n

MSS 2002-02; Donation included books in addition to the scrapbooks and ledger.<\/p>\n

Processing Note<\/h2>\n

The books were removed from the donation and cataloged with the Arnold collection.<\/p>\n

Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access & Use<\/h1>\n

Finding Aids<\/h2>\n

Finding aid available.<\/p>\n

Finding Aid: \/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll025\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Access Conditions<\/h2>\n

No restrictions.<\/p>\n

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n

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Subject Headings<\/h1>\n

Creators<\/h2>\n

Kempe, Ernest<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/h2>\n

Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)<\/p>\n

Enoch Pratt Free Library<\/p>\n

Baltimore (Md.)<\/p>\n

Maryland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Series Description & Container List<\/h1>\n

Series I. Scrapbook Pages<\/h2>\n
Date: <\/strong>1885-1953<\/div>\n
Extent: <\/strong>1054 items (2.25 linear feet)<\/div>\n
Description: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Clippings, photographs, postcards, sketches, minute book, broadside, tax bill, and memorabilia arranged by subject and organized into twenty Subseries by original binder groupings.S<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Subseries I.A. Binder 1<\/h3>\n
Date: <\/strong>1885-1938<\/div>\n
Extent: <\/strong>5 folders<\/div>\n
Description: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Articles, postcards, and photographs on a variety of buildings, such as the post office and court house, the Fifth Regiment Amory and on subjects like ice cutting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n