history RESOURCES

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East Baltimore Historical Library YouTube Page

Collection of videos including interviews with East Baltimore residents.

University of Baltimore: East Baltimore Oral History Project

Collection of 13 audio interviews with East Baltimore community activists and longtime residents, conducted by University of Baltimore students in 1997.

Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project (BNHP)

The BNHP collection contains 232 audio interviews conducted between 1978 and 1981 in seven neighborhoods including East Baltimore.

Berea/Biddle Street Historic District - Maryland Historical Trust

East Baltimore's Historic American Indian "Reservation" Self-Guided Tour

East Baltimore-Midway - Baltiimore Heritage

History of Johns Hopkins Institutions in East Baltimore

Scenes from the ’70s: The East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project

Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975 – 1980

Smithsonian American Art Museum photography survey of East Baltimore, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Baltimore Heritage 

Founded in 1960, Baltimore Heritage, Inc. is Baltimore’s nonprofit historic and architectural preservation organization. With a small staff, 33 volunteer board members, and a host of volunteers, we work to preserve and promote Baltimore’s historic buildings and neighborhoods. 

Baltimore City Historical Society

Baltimore City Historical Society promotes the study, presentation, and appreciation of history of our city.  We work with Baltimore historians to sponsor programs on city history and help museums and universities support their collections of historical documents, records, and artifacts.

The Jewish Museum of Maryland

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is a space for all people to connect with Jewish life, history, culture, and art in Maryland.

Maryland Center for History and Culture

The Maryland Center for History and Culture provides space for discovery and developing a deeper understanding of the nation’s history and culture through the lens of Maryland.

T'he National Great Blacks in Wax Museum

As one of the only wax museums in the nation dedicated to the preservation of African American history, the Great Blacks In Wax Museum offers one of the most enlightening and educational experiences around.

The Peale

The Peale is building the world’s largest digital collection of Baltimore stories and is renovating the first museum building in the United States, established by artist Rembrandt Peale in 1814. 

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture

The Lewis Museum, the largest African American museum in Maryland,, opened in 2005 and tells its story through a  permanent collection, special exhibitions, educational programs and public events.

Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures

America’s first and only children’s museum truly focused on African history and cultures. 

How to Do Oral History - Smithsonian Institution Archives

Suggestions for anyone looking to start recording oral histories based on best practices used in the Smithsonian Oral History Program at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Oral History Association

Since 1966, the Oral History Association has served as the principal membership organization for people committed to the value of oral history.

Oral History Interviews - The American Folklife Center

A guide to documenting and preserving family histories.

Preservation Week

Preservation Week inspires action to preserve personal, family, and community collections in addition to library, museum, and archive collections.