Finding Aid to the Ernest Kempe collection

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
speccoll@umbc.edu

Ernest Kempe collection, 1865-1953
Size of Collection: 850 items; 2.5 linear feet
Accession numbers: MSS 2002-02
Records collected by: Ernest Kempe

Short Description of Collection

This collection, compiled and collected by Ernest Kempe, includes a series of scrapbook pages from twenty binders and a ledger with clippings pasted over the original writing. It contains newspaper clippings of articles, broadsides, postcards, negatives and photos dealing with Baltimore, Maryland, from 1865-1953. Clippings cover various streets, buildings and notable residents of Baltimore. The ledger also includes handwritten original poetry.Collection is arranged in two series: Scrapbook Pages and the Ledger.

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Kempe, Ernest -- Archives
Enoch Pratt Free Library -- Pictorial works.
Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.) -- Pictorial works.
Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
Public institutions -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Pictorial works.
Hospitals -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Pictorial works.
Church buildings -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Pictorial works.
Transportation -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Pictorial works.



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