Name/Title
Janson-La Palme Collection--Index to collectionEntry/Object ID
2012.007.0010Scope and Content
1 box ; 12 1/2" x 10 3/4" x 2 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.
This index is a typewritten version of the data in the computer. There are twenty one fields for data and a list or key to those fields filed at the beginning of most letters of the alphabet in the index. One must carefully count the spaces separated by commas. The various abbreviations are not defined and not all of them are intuitive. One would expect a 4" x 6" card to match each of the names. The index represents a tremendous amount of work. A note on the original binder said 5,953 people were in the index. Because the index was created during the infancy of computer printers, there was insufficient left margin for hole punching. The three holes were therefore punched on the right, which is a little disconcerting.Collection
Janson-La Palme CollectionArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1790 - 1880Location
Container
Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 13Shelf
Rack 11, Shelf 1Rack
Rack 11Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Janson-La Palme, Bayly