The 2014 Program Consisted of the Following Baltimore History Evenings:

January 16, 2014

Remington: The History of a Baltimore Neighborhood

Presented by Kathleen Ambrose
Historian, author, and Remington resident and activist

The new book by Kathleen Ambrose draws on oral history, printed resources, old photographs, her own photographs, and a lot of walking in this old and rapidly-changing Baltimore neighborhood.

February 20, 2014

Insiders and Outsiders: Baltimore Jews in the 1920s and 1930s

Presented by Deborah R. Weiner
Former Research Historian, Jewish Museum of Maryland; now working on a book on Baltimore Jewish history

In the period between the two World Wars, Jews were rapidly Americanizing, even as antisemitism rose and the Depression threatened their entry into the middle class. This talk explores how Baltimore Jews dealt with some of the opportunities and challenges of the era.

March 20, 2014

Baltimore: Persons and Places

Presented by Mark N. Ozer
Author of several books on Washington history, Ozer's new book focuses on Baltimore

Mark Ozer's new book offers an engaging view of Baltimore history, from the larger forces (geography, immigration, trade, and industrialization) to the large personalities that made it what it is today.

April 17, 2014

Researching Maryland’s Polonia: Challenges and Rewards

Presented by Thomas L. Hollowak
Retired Associate Director for Special Collections, Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore

Tom Hollowak will share the insights he has gained from over 30 years of researching the history of Baltimore's Polish community.

May 15, 2014

Baltimore's Historic Places: Now What?
The Grace Darin Memorial Lecture

Presented by Johns Hopkins
Executive Director, Baltimore Heritage

The cash-strapped City of Baltimore owns nationally important historic structures such as the Peale Museum, the Shot Tower, and the H. L. Mencken House. What will be the fate of these irreplaceable treasures?

June 19, 2014

Tinged with Hostility: Competing Agendas and Social Justice Reform in Baltimore, 1930-1950

Presented by David T. Terry
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Morgan State University

The 1930s and 1940s were a time of competition between civil rights organizations as groups tested their organizational resolve and tactical philosophies in meeting an evolving "race problem" in the city. Differences in class, locale, ideology and resources also played roles.