Janson-La Palme Collection--5x8 notecards

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Janson-La Palme Collection--5"x8" notecards

Entry/Object ID

2012.007.0002

Scope and Content

3 boxes ; 12 3/8" x 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Bayly Janson-La Palme worked with Lois Green Carr on economic data about colonial Maryland. Ms. Janson-La Palme then did her own work on economic data about Saint Mary's County from 1790-1870. She relied on census data, assessment records, estate inventories, etc. Her dissertation was based on this material, although the analysis in the dissertation only went up through 1840. The voluminous handwritten data was later transcribed onto 5 1/4" floppy disks using PC WRITE. That data was run on the mainframe computer at the University of Maryland. The disks, spread sheets, and other printouts are at the Hall of Records of the Maryland Archives. 3 boxes of 5" x 8" cards with information about Saint Mary's County from sources other than those listed above. The cards are hand-written in small script. The topics covered are voluminous. There are colored metal tabs on some cards that may indicate which section of the county (lower, middle, or upper) is discussed on that card. Dividers in the boxes are as follows: Agriculture Trade Diversification Land Sales Slavery Free Blacks Industrialization--Clifton Factory Clifton Maritime Oysters/Fisheries Personal Notes Introduction Man-Made Setting Resorts Houses Education Socio-Economic Structure Health and Mortality Distribution of Wealth Classes Stocks and bonds Tenants Overseers Politics Civil War Biography Professions Business Craftsmen Apprentices Free Negroes Skilled Slaves Women Plantations Out Migration Motives for Migration Destinations There are also a few loose cards having to do with Potomac River Islands and other topics

Collection

Janson-La Palme Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1790 - 1890

Location

Container

Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 3

Shelf

Rack 11, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 11

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Container

Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 11, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 11

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Container

Small Collections, Box 4

Shelf

Rack 17, Shelf 4

Rack

Rack 17

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Janson-La Palme, Bayly