Collection: Aubrey Land papers | Archival Collections

Dr. Aubrey Land, a member of the History Department at the University of Maryland at College Park from 1958 to 1968, authored several books on colonial Maryland, including The Dulanys of Maryland and Bases of the Plantation Society. His papers contain extensive late colonial and early federal documentation on various shipping companies.

Dates

1755-1881
Majority of material found within 1785-1810

Language of Materials

Materials in this collection appear in four language: English, French, German, and Spanish.

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Extent

2.50 Linear Feet

Inventories/Additional Information

Finding Aid for Aubrey Land papers, Collection Number 0093-MDHC

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

The Aubrey Land papers cover the years 1759 to 1881 with the bulk of the collection ranging from 1785 to 1810. The Papers contain bookkeeping records, invoices, legal statements, and correspondence of various American and European shipping companies, mainly based in Philadelphia, PA.

This collection is minimally processed. For a complete inventory of folders in the collection, see the "Inventories/Additional Information" section of this finding aid.

Biographical / Historical

Aubrey Christian Land was a professor of history at the University of Maryland from 1958-1968; he also served as head of the department during that period. He was born September 2, 1912 in Panola County, Mississippi and died January 14, 1993 in Athens, Georgia. Following his tenure at the University of Maryland, he was a research professor at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. He was married to Helen Augusta Larabee (1911-1947) and following her death married Anne W. (1920-1998), a librarian.

Dr. Land received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Southern Illinois Teachers College in 1934 and a M.A. in 1938 and a Ph.D. in 1948 from the University of Iowa. Prior to his tenure at the University of Maryland, he served as an assistant professor of history at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1946-1949, associate professor at Vanderbilt University from 1950-1955, and full professor at the University of Nebraska from 1955-1957. In 1957-1958, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the London (England) School of Economics.

Dr. Land authored several books including Colonial Maryland (1981), a history, Bases of the Plantation Society (1969) and The Dulanys of Maryland (1955).

Arrangement

This collection is arranged as four series.

Series 1: English Documents
Series 2: French Documents
Series 3: German Documents
Series 4: Spanish Documents

Custodial History

The Aubrey Land papers were donated to the University of Maryland Libraries in September 1972.

Related Materials

Land, Aubrey C., Bases of the plantation society. Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 1969. (UMCP Off-Site Shelving, HN79.A13L35)

Land, Aubrey C., Colonial Maryland, a history. Millwood, NY, KTO Press, 1981. (UMP HBK Maryland Room, Maryland Stacks F184.L34)

Land, Aubrey C., The Dulanys of Maryland; a biographical study of Daniel Dulany, the elder (1685-1753) and Daniel Dulany, the younger (1722-1797), Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society, 1955. (UMCP HBK Maryland Room, Maryland Stacks F184.D8L3)

Processing Information

The materials have been placed in acid-free folders in acid-free boxes and arranged into four series.

Administrative Information

Title: Guide to the Aubrey Land papers
Status: Minimally Processed
Author: Processed by H (1975) and Terry Ann Sayler (2015)
Date: 1975-03
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: Finding aid written in English.

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Aubrey Land papers

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Inventories/Additional Information

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Custodial History

Related Materials

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Administrative Information

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