The Special Collections Department of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery University of Maryland, Baltimore County includes those materials that due to rarity, condition, form, or source are best handled separately from the General Collection. The collections of rare books, photographs, artifacts, manuscripts and archives housed in this department are available for research use by faculty, students and visiting scholars.

Special Collections Hours

Fall & Spring Terms:
Monday - Wednesday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday, 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Intersession (Winter Term), Summer Term, and other hours by appointment

Contact:

Phone: (410)-455-2353
Email: speccoll@umbc.edu
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Video tutorials about Special Collections

Special Collections Overview
Visiting Special Collections

Special Collections Staff

Curator and Head of Special Collections: Beth Saunders, bethsaunders at umbc.edu  (x53827)

Special Collections Librarian:  Susan Graham, sgraha1 at umbc.edu  (x55825)

Reference and Instruction Archivist:  Lindsey Loeper, lindseyloeper at umbc.edu  (x56290)

Processing Archivist: Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare, lojoohi1 at umbc.edu (x52353)

Curator of Exhibitions:  Emily Hauver, emily.hauver at umbc.edu  (x52270)

Special Collections Library Specialist: Robin Martin, rmartin5 at umbc.edu  (x53075)

Graduate assistants:

Mark Breeding

Annyah St. Louis

Staff Procedures 

Special Collections Procedures 

Annual Report

Preservation Training

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