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Baltimore Teachers Training School collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0001
Abstract

The Baltimore Teachers’ Training School opened on January 5, 1901 at the corner of Lafayette Square and Greene Street in Baltimore City. It was established by the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners in response to a call for educational reform. This collection contains correspondence regarding the 1924 merger of the Baltimore Teachers’ Training School with the Maryland State Normal School in, information about student life and activities, and official student records.

Dates: 1908 - 1924

Student Publications

 Record Group
Identifier: 004-006-001-002
Dates: Majority of material found in 1922-

The Towerlight records

 Collection
Identifier: 004-006-001-001
Abstract

The Towerlight is the online independent student newspaper at Towson University. It is run by Towson students, and frequently updates the campus on events and news. This collection contains photographs used (and not) in publication as well as a full print run spanning 100 years.

Digitized copies of all volumes exist in SCUA's digital collections.

Dates: circa 1980-1999

Robert Ward papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0027
Abstract

Robert Ward is a Baltimore, Maryland native, Towson alum, and an award-winning novelist, journalist, screenwriter and showrunner. This collection contains books, articles, screenplays, and movies, as well as personal and professional letters.

Dates: 1945-2011

World War II collection of Harold S. Griswold

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0008
Abstract

Captain Harold S. Griswold served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946. His son, Harold E. Griswold, is Professor Emeritus at Towson University. This collection contains various WWII ephemera obtained by Captain Griswold while he was serving in Europe during the war. It includes books on the rise of the Nazi party, assorted periodicals, collectable cigarette cards, postcards of varying countries of origin, German medals, and artifacts believed to have come from the bunker where Hitler died.

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s