Maryland History: Baltimore

General Baltimore History Resources

Directories

Maps and Spatial Data

• Baltimore City Archives 

  The Baltimore City Archives, with help from the Maryland State Archives, is the central depository for Baltimore City government records. Contains some online resources and links to other resources like land records and vital statistics.
• Digital Sources for Baltimore Local History Research 

  This resource, provided by Baltimore Heritage gives links to online collections around Maryland about Baltimore city.
• Baltimore Research Resources

  This resource, provided by Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University gives links to online collections about Baltimore. city.From the 
• University of Baltimore Oral History Collections

  This resource contains descriptions of oral histories collected from individuals an organizations around Baltimore and links to audio recordings and transcripts.

• Baltimore City Directories

  This guides provides a overview of print and digital Maryland City Directories available in the Special Collections at the University of Maryland from 1810 to 1930.  
• Coleman Directories for Baltimore City

  The Coleman Directories were directories of African-Americans in Baltimore published from 1813-1946

Johns Hopkins Maps and GIS Data for Baltimore 

A collection of digitized maps and GIS data for Baltimore provided by Johns Hopkins Libraries.

Johns Hopkins 1930 and 1940 census data.

CSV files containg all individuals enumerated in the 1930 and 1940 census.

Maps of Historic Districts in Baltimore City