What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
Ship’s Bell of U.S. Cruisers Maryland and Baltimore Returned to Library – Along with Scholarship Over four years ago it was announced that “The great bronze bell that has stood at the center of the John and Frances Angelos Law Continue reading The Bell is Back!
Librarians Bob Pool (Law) and Tom Hollowak (Langsdale) played an integral role is rediscovering UB’s song, entitled only Alma Mater, and introducing it to the class of 2013. The story was recently featured in Baltimore’s Daily Record.
Tom Hollowak, Associate Director for Special Collections, appeared on WYPR’s Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast on Tuesday, August 4. He talked with Kast about Maryland’s connection to Casimir Pulaski, the man honored by Maryland’s Pulaski Highway and Baltimore’s Pulaski monument. Continue reading Tom Hollowak appears on WYPR’s Maryland Morning
Langsdale’s Project Archivist Aiden Faust has received the Laurence B. Heilprin Award for student research at the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies. Aiden will accept the award at tonight’s commencement ceremony in College Park. Aiden’s Archives Trouble: The Continue reading Staff member Aiden Faust wins UMCP award
The National Council of Public Historians awarded the Baltimore ’68 Riots and Rebirth Conference with the 2009 NCPH Outstanding Project Award for excellence in work that contributes to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past and that serves Continue reading Langsdale and Baltimore ’68 honored by National Council of Public Historians
Citizen Schaefera Maryland Public Television documentary on UB Alumnus and former Mayor and Governor William Donald Schaefer aired last Monday and will air again Wednesday, April 8 at 9 PM on MPT. (see: www.mpt.org/schedule/series.cfm?series_id=17520#201592 ) This documentary makes excellent use Continue reading Langsdale’s Special Collections are being put to good use
The Baltimore Sun’s Saturday, February 21st issue featured astory on Rosemont’s community activist and archivist Mary Rosemondwho has preserved her community’s history in 55 notebooks from 1952 through 2008.This history is now a part of Langsdale Library’s Special Collections Department.It Continue reading Baltimore Sun article features Special Collections material