Maryland Center for History and Culture
The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC), originally founded as the Maryland Historical Society in 1844, is the state’s oldest continuously operating cultural institution. In keeping with the founders’ commitment to preserve the remnants of Maryland’s past, the MCHC remains the premier institution for state history. With over 350,000 objects and seven million books and documents, this institution now serves upward of 100,000 people through its museum, library, press, and educational programs.www.mdhistory.org
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Oct 5, 2026
The DoctorHOST
Because the surviving refugees had sworn a sacred blood o- oath never to utter Kedward's name or speak of the 1786 nightmare, the book was treated like a dangerously toxic contraband text.
The DoctorHOST
From what anyone can gather, a copy is currently locked down by the Maryland Historical Society, where it's treated more like a weird historical novelty than a serious scholarly artifact.
The DoctorHOST
Which answers, uh, we was gonna bring up.
The DoctorHOST
Bill Barnes did eventually give up the book and hand it back to them.
Emily JavaltGUEST
Um, but then there are this, one of my favorites is this amazing combo of a family record and a building, um, which is, we actually have a photographic representation of, of a mill building that was part of the, this girl's family's, um, uh, business sort of business complex in Maryland.
Emily JavaltGUEST
And this, this sampler comes from the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
Emily JavaltGUEST
And
Isabella RosnerHOST
it's,
Ted LinhartNARRATOR
Mr. Rideout's father was John Rideout, who was secretary to Governor Horatio Sharpe of Maryland during the French and Indian War, and thus became possessed of these valuable papers.
Ted LinhartNARRATOR
Mr. Gilmore presented them to the Maryland Historical Society.
Ted LinhartNARRATOR
Francis Parkman, Esquire of Boston, when collecting materials for his able work on border history, The Conspiracy of Pontiac, procured a copy of Gorrell's journal and has kindly communicated a transcript of it for the use of our society.
Ted LinhartNARRATOR
So interesting a memorial of the early history of Wisconsin, never before published, cannot but be received with favor.
JayHOST
And the company's surviving record just shows how complicated the business had become.
JayHOST
Shout out to the Maryland Center of History and Culture for this.
JayHOST
HK had these detailed policies covering merchandising, advertising, banking, employee discounts, markdowns, customer service, deliveries, alterations, theft prevention, and even what employees were allowed to wear during the seasons.
JayHOST
I used to work at Nordstrom Women's Shoes and it's no different from what we have now.