Name/Title
St. Mary's County Historical Society Map of the CountyEntry/Object ID
2012.007.0049Scope and Content
1 sheet ; 42" x 35 1/8"
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.
Ms. Janson-La Palme had made numerous notes on the large map of the county produced by the St. Mary's County Historical Society. Using what must have been the finest point of a Rapidograph pen, she noted 1801 roads and places in red, 1824 roads in green, places and roads from the 1820s and 1830s in blue, and notes from the Martinet map of 1866. Some items were whited out, presumably because of new information.Collection
Janson-La Palme CollectionArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1963 - 1972Location
Drawer
Drawer 3Cabinet
Map CaseRoom
BasementBuilding
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Janson-La Palme, Bayly