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More Prohibition stories

The sooner prohibition is done away with the better it will be for the people of theUnited States. All the wickedness existing now among Americans is indirectly traceable to prohibition.

MS 113 Lena Barber Midwife Records

Not long ago I posted the finding aid for MS 180 the Rosa Fineberg midwife records.  Midwife records are a rich resource for genealogists.  Besides the expected birthdates, the books

MS 37 Rabbi Benjamin Szold Papers

Over the fifty years that the Jewish Museum of Maryland has been in existence we have received a large number of materials related to Benjamin Szold and his descendents, which

MS 198 The Straus-Hecht Family Collection

A large portion of the collections at the Jewish Museum of Maryland document families and organizations centered around the city of Baltimore.  But we do have objects, photos and archives

MS 199 Gussie Levin Family Papers

We are only one manuscript collection away from 200!  This collection is small, but includes documents from two generations of the same family — Gussie Levin and her daughters Gertrude

MS 132 and MS 182

Two for the price of one!  The following post has two related collections: MS 132 and MS 182 both of which contain materials related the Joseph M. Zamoiski Co. and