by Rosemarie Fettig Welcome to the second installment in our series featuring the Labor audiovisual collections! In our last post, we followed the collection materials on their journey across campu…| Special Collections & University Archives
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by Rosemarie Fettig The Labor collections in UMD’s Special Collections and University Archives hold miles and miles of paper records, but did you know that this collection includes archival materials in other formats, too? When the George Meany Memorial Archives was transferred to UMD in 2013, their holdings also included thousands of films, videotapes, and … Continue reading Labor AV Blog Series: Post #1| Special Collections & University Archives
By Divya Vashisht During my time at Special Collections and University Archives, I’ve had the opportunity to observe archival collections in action, utilized in instruction sessions to promote both research skills and the importance of curiosity. I continue to learn more about the preservation and process behind our materials, which inspires me to grow as an … Continue reading Special Collections Spotlight: Bastille Day| Special Collections & University Archives
by Noah Foster Over the course of the spring 2025 semester, I worked as an intern with Special Collections as part of my College Park Scholars capstone project. I became interested in Special Colle…| Special Collections & University Archives
by Divya Vashisht At the end of April, the Hornbake Library Letterpress Printing Studio opened its doors to Students Archivists at Maryland (SAM) and students from UMD INFO College to set type, ink, and press their very own print from one of the Library’s newly acquired printing presses. Along with this hands-on experience, SAM learned … Continue reading Printing at SCUA’s New Hornbake Library Letterpress Studio!| Special Collections & University Archives
When you visit the reading room to view an archival collection, have you ever stopped to consider all the steps it took to get the materials into your hands? The truth is, collections don’t arrive in Special Collections in those clearly labeled, folder-filled boxes that you see on your cart. There are a lot of … Continue reading Notes from the Processing Table: The Welford D. and Carole W. Taylor Collection| Special Collections & University Archives
by Willow Whitaker On April 29th, SCUA held a closing reception to celebrate the Homegrown exhibit and the hard work of the exhibit’s primary curators Scotty Beland and Elinor Berger. From the wide…| Special Collections & University Archives
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 Katherine Anne Porter Research Award! 2025 marks the inaugural year for the Katherine Anne Porter Research Award. This award supports research …| Special Collections & University Archives
by Divya Vashisht and Willow Whitaker Time sure does fly by! It’s been almost a year since Homegrown: An Introduction to the Environmental Justice Movement opened to the public last September in th…| Special Collections & University Archives
by Jasper Nash and Rosemarie Fettig Did our previous post about the Tobacco Workers’ International Union collection spark your interest? Read on for some insights into how we brought it out o…| Special Collections & University Archives
By Dorothy Tang, Maryland Historical Collections (MDHC) student assistant and MLIS student in UMD’s College of Information The Capital Centre was an indoor sports and music venue in Landover, MD th…| Special Collections & University Archives
by Jasper Nash and Rosemarie Fettig In Summer 2024, SCUA published a brand-new finding aid for over 260 linear feet of materials from the Tobacco Workers’ International Union (TWIU) records. Here’s…| Special Collections & University Archives
The fall semester is upon us! In honor of the start of the new school year, Special Collections is releasing a new subject guide on Artists’ Books from the Literature and Rare Book collection…| Special Collections & University Archives
A new exhibit is opening September 9th in the Special Collections exhibit gallery, located on the 1st floor of Hornbake Library North. Homegrown: An Introduction to the Environmental Justice Moveme…| Special Collections & University Archives
This is the third post in a continuing series about the processing of the Lawrence Joseph Hogan papers at University of Maryland.| Special Collections & University Archives
By Christian Folk, Project Archivist, American Bandmasters Association Research Center The papers for conductor and music educator Don R. Marcouiller (1925-2018) have recently been acquired and are…| Special Collections & University Archives
I occasionally search eBay at home for vintage photographs of unheralded women in broadcasting. For example, I’ve previously purchased photos of two early NBC television producers. (More abou…| Special Collections & University Archives
Caption: “SIGNS TELL STORY – Signs carried by Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union pickets on December 22 in front of the home of Lorenz Neuhoff in Roanoke, VA., Dec. 22 tell his neighbors just what some…| Special Collections & University Archives
This is the third post in a continuing series about the processing of the Lawrence Joseph Hogan papers at University of Maryland.| Special Collections & University Archives
By Kira Cronin-Hennessy With a large series of production boards demonstrating the stages of fanzine production, the newly processed Daisy Rooks collection makes a unique contribution to Special Co…| Special Collections & University Archives
