Maryland guide file, 1935-1976.

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Maryland guide file, 1935-1976.

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Materials compiled by the Maryland Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration in creating a comprehensive travel guide to the state, published in 1940. Includes correspondence, chamber of commerce questionnaires, reports, histories, catalogues and brochures, park folders, tour lists, field notes, maps, historical fact sheets, newspaper articles, newsletters, index cards of counties, research materials, galley proofs, rough drafts for articles, and photographs. Also includes additional materials compiled for a revision of the guide, published in 1976. Arranged by subject or county.

39.5 cubic ft.

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The Hall of Records, predecessor of the Maryland State Archives, was created as an independent agency in 1935, charged with the collection, custody, and preservation of the official records, documents, and publications of the state (Ch. 18, Acts of 1935). Impetus for its development can be traced to the state's tercentenary celebrations of 1934. The Maryland Tercentenary Commission made a modern, centralized archives a key feature of the commemoration of the state's 300th anniversar...