ARCHIVES
The contents of this archival inventory have been organized by repository. The following chart allows you to search the inventory both by repository and by type of archival material. Clicking on either "HTML" or "Word" under the name of a repository will open a page that lists its holdings. Click on "HTML" to open a web page; click on "Word" to access the same information in a Microsoft Word document. If you are interested in a particular type of material -- photographs, for example -- scan down the "Photographs" column and click on the repositories that have an "X" in that column. Then look through each repository's entires for photograph collections.
See the ARCHIVE INFORMATION page for information about each of the repositories listed below and about the various sources used to find the archival materials included in this inventory.
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| Mules towing boats down the canal. Courtesy of the National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, NPS Historic Photograph Collection. |
Click here to open the following table in Microsoft Word for easier printing.
Repository |
Total Number of Entries
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Business Papers
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Letters and Diaries
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Misc. Textual Records
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Photographs
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Maps
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Newspapers
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Drawings and Plans
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Films
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Visual Art
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Objects
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| Delaware | ||||||||||||
| Hagley Museum and Library | 3 |
X |
X |
X |
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| Maryland | ||||||||||||
| Brunswick Railroad Museum | 4 |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| C&O Canal National Historical Park Headquarters | 9 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Frederick County Public Libraries (Maryland Room, C. Burr Artz Public Library) | 2 |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Historical Society of Frederick County | 12 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Maryland Historical Society | 3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Maryland State Archives | 12 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD | 5 |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Pepper Scotto, Private Collection | 10 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| University of Maryland | 2 |
X |
X |
X |
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| Washington County Free Library (Western Maryland Room) | 21 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
| Peabody Essex Museum | 1 |
X |
X |
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| Radcliffe Institute | 1 |
X |
X |
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| Smith College | 1 |
X |
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| New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| New Jersey Historical Society Library | 1 |
X |
X |
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Repository |
Total Number of Entries
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Business Papers
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Letters and Diaries
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Misc. Textual Records
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Photographs
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Maps
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Newspapers
|
Drawings and Plans
|
Films
|
Visual Art
|
Objects
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| New York | ||||||||||||
| New York Public Library | 1 |
X |
X |
X |
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| North Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Duke University | 6 |
X |
X |
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| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 2 |
X |
X |
X |
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| Ohio | ||||||||||||
| Ohio Historical Society | 1 |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Western Reserve Historical Society Library | 1 |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Alexandria Library | 1 |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| University of Virginia | 9 |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Virginia Historical Society | 1 |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Virginia State Library and Archives | 5 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||
| George Washington University | 9 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Historical Society of Washington, D.C. | 2 |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Library of Congress -- Detroit Publishing Co. Photograph Collection | 1 |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Library of Congress -- Edison Co., Film and Sound Recordings | 1 |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Library of Congress -- HABS/HAER | 6 |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Library of Congress -- Manuscript Division | 6 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| Library of Congress -- Map Collections | 4 |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. | 13 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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| HTML | Word | |||||||||||
| National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution | 1 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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