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1420 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201

Contact: Thomas Hollowak, Associate Director of Special Collections

Phone: 410-837-4268

E-mail: archives@ubalt ubarchives@gmail.educom

Web: http://archiveslangsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/

Finding Aids:  http://archivescdm16352.contentdm.ubalt.edu/collectlist.htmoclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16352coll2

Access to Collections: The archives
Special Collections is located on the 4th floor of Lansgale Library and is open by appointment only.   Please
To schedule an appointment using the online research request form: http://archiveslangsdale.ubalt.edu/requestspecial-collections/make-an-appointment.cfm.

Hours of Service

Open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. by appointment only

Overview

For a quarter century the University of Baltimore has collected the records that document the making of the modern city of Baltimore. These include 134 distinct archival collections such as: civic organizations, the built environment, and public and nonprofit agencies. Added to these are scores of oral histories, photographs, architectural plans, and the papers of prominent Baltimore citizens.The mission of Langsdale Library Special Collections is to collect, preserve, and provide access to archival, printed, and digital resources that support the research and instructional needs of students, faculty, scholars, and the general public. Our primary collection units are: University Archives, the Baltimore Regional Studies Archives, and Lineage Collections. 

Special Services

• Cameras permitted (at curator discretion)
• Digital cameras (at curator discretion)
• Microfilm/microfiche printouts
• Photo print service
• Scanning without flash)
• Scanning of documents upon request
• Duplication of architectural plans (fee for service)
• Digital transfer of audio, video, and film (fee for service)
• Research consultations & classroom instruction available

Type of Materials

• Architectural Documents
• Artifacts
• Audiovisual Materials
• Books and Monographs
• Digital CollectionsDigital Exhibits
• Government Documents
• Institutional Records
• Maps
• Microforms
• Newspapers
• Oral Histories
• Personal Papers
• Photographs
• Primary Resources
• Printed Ephemera
• Prints and Drawings
• Serials
• Vertical File Material

Detailed Description of Collections

• Architectural Documents:  Unprocessed collections include drawings from the firms of Alexander Porter, Palmer & Lamdin, and Fisher Nes Campbell.  Collections on the Baltimore neighborhoods of Roland Park, Guilford, Homeland, the Orchards, and Original Northwood, including architectural blueprints, have been listed.   A fee is charged for copies of blueprints. 
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/architect.htm
• Audiovisual Materials: Television News Archives from Baltimore stations WJZ and WMAR.  There is a fee for digitization of film and video and film footage is available for viewing only as it is digitized. The WJZ archive is currently being processed but information on the WMAR archive is now available. 
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/wmar/table.htm
• Books and Monographs: The University's Pullen Collection of rare books, the Society of Colonial Wars Collection,
  the Magruder Library of American Clan Gregor Society, and publications in the Schafran Jazz Collection are found by searching: location=Special Collections in the library catalog: http://catalog.umd.edu/F/?func=file&file_name=find-c&local_base=ub
• Digital Collections:  Some collections have been digitized in whole or in large part.
  see:  http://archives.ubalt.edu/digital.htm
• Digital Exhibits: Extensive documentary material was collected and made available for the University's 2008 conference Baltimore '68: Riots & Rebirth. 
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/bsr/index.html
• Government Documents: Material accessioned from Baltimore City Planning, Baltimore Economic Development Commission (BEDCO), Baltimore Industrial Development Commission (BIDCO), Baltimore Urban Renewal & Housing Authority (BURHA) Commission on Government Efficiency & Economy, Criminal Justice Commission, Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration Project, and from non-government organizations.
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/urban.htm
• Institutional Records: The University Archives (note that all student records are held by the University Registrar).
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/ub_collection/table.htm
• Oral Histories: The Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project and other projects on various Baltimore neighborhoods, on Negro League professional baseball and on the 1968 Baltimore Riots. 
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/oral.htm
• Personal Papers: Politcal Figures such as Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.,  U.S. Congressmember 
  Helen Delich Bentley and State Senator Mary Watters Risteau;
  literary figures such as Mary Owings Miller, Roderick Seidenberg, John Van Alstyn Weaver, and radio commentator Don Spatz;  Social activists such as Judge Thomas Waxter and the Rev. Chester A. Wickwire. 
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/pubfig.htm
• Photographs,
  Printed Ephemera,
  Prints and Drawings,
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/photographs.htm
• Vertical File Material:
  see: http://archives.ubalt.edu/history.htm