Bready Marylandia Collection

MSA SC 6011

Dates

1839-2007

Medium

metal, postcard, book, paper, photograph, wood, glass, ceramic, aluminum

Restrictions

Storage

00/22/13/47 - 00/22/13/53 [Series 1 & 2], B5/17/01/Drawer 6 [Oversized, flat Ephemera, Series 1]; 00/22/12/shelf 8, 00/22/14/71, 00/22/14/64, 00/22/14/73 [Series 1]; [Library, Series 3 located at Rolling Run Library]; 00/09/01/18; Postcards - Series 2 located at 303/01/01/74 - 80.

Description

Books, postcards, buttons, and ephemera relating to Maryland, as well as the personal library of James H. Bready (1919-2011). Mr. Bready wrote as an editorial writer and book review editor for the Baltimore Evening Sun for over 40 years. He was advocate for civil rights and labor rights in the city of Baltimore.

In addition to this fine collection of Marylandia bequeathed to the Archives after his death, James Bready also donated his entire collection devoted to the history of Maryland Rye Whiskey and Maryland distilleries to Special Collections, see MSA SC 5646. List of additional titles in Series 3 added to Library: Library of James Bready

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Maryland Ephemera
Series 2: Postcards
Series 3: Library of James Bready
Series 4: Unaccessioned Material

Microfilm Inventory