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By Jessica Riley, Special Collections graduate assistant
In the fall of 2019, I started my graduate program at UMBC and my new job as a graduate assistant for UMBC Special Collections. I was elated that as a first-year student I was tasked with curating...
November 12, 2020
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9:54 AM
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Add your voice to the University Archives
The Special Collections department of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery is documenting the experiences of UMBC students, staff, faculty, and other members of the campus community during the...
April 27, 2020
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9:24 AM
Honoring the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day
This Veteran’s Day marked the one hundred year anniversary of the armistice signed between Allied and Central Powers of World War I at Compiègne, France to end fighting on the Western front. The...
November 13, 2018
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10:19 AM
Visit the Archives Month exhibit in the Library Rotunda!
The 2018 American Archives Month exhibit will be on display until November 2. It includes selections from: Edward L. Bafford Photography book collection Die-cut, V.K. Findlay, and John...
October 1, 2018
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9:02 AM
It's October, and you know what that means - American Archives Month! This year the Library will be sharing highlights from the Special Collections department on our social media accounts. Get a...
September 29, 2017
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9:48 AM
Scan Special Collections books yourself for free!
This post was written by Special Collections Student Assistant Jagruti Chinchwadkar. Special Collections is pleased to introduce the new Scannx Book ScanCenter to our researchers....
September 7, 2017
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9:52 AM
The collection dates to the Society's founding in 1947
Special Collections is excited to announce that processing of the Society of Protozoologists records (Collection 13) has recently been completed to include new materials. An updated record of the...
July 13, 2017
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3:59 PM
Over 1500 audio reels of folk, gospel, and traditional music
In partnership with Maryland Traditions and the Maryland State Arts Council, the Special Collections department is excited to make available the Jason Pate collection. Special Collections student...
May 10, 2017
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8:39 AM
Stanley B. Burns donates 252 daguerreotypes
Stanley B. Burns, M.D., historian, collector, and physician, recently donated a part of his daguerreotype collection to the Photography Collections of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County...
February 22, 2017
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4:09 PM
Street Scenes & African American Churches of the D.C. area
The Special Collections at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery is very pleased to announce that our Brian V. Jones photographs have been described and the finding aid* is now available online!...
October 19, 2016
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5:30 PM