University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library Special Collections

Mailing Address

1420 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201

Contact: Thomas Hollowak, Associate Director of Special Collections

Phone: 410-837-4268

E-mail: archives@ubalt.edu

Finding Aids: http://archives.ubalt.edu/collectlist.htm

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

Special Services

Cameras (at curator discretion)
Digital cameras (at curator discretion)
Microfilm/microfiche printouts
Photo print service
Scanning

Type of Materials

Architectural Documents
Artifacts
Audiovisual Materials
Books and Monographs
Digital Collections
Digital 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