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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: 1908-1973

Marion Buchman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0003
Abstract

Marion Buchman was an award-winning Baltimore poet and lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University. This collection contains personal and professional letters and correspondence; poetry drafts; magazines, anthologies, and newspaper clippings featuring the creator’s poetry; original documents and copies of memberships and awards; photographs; and an audio reel of a poetry reading by the creator.

Dates: 1942-1982

Earle T. Hawkins papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0005
Abstract

Earle Taylor Hawkins was the eighth president of Towson University from 1947 to 1969. The collection consists of documents concerning and kept by Dr. Earle Taylor Hawkins. They are papers of a personal nature that do not relate to his work at Towson State Teachers College. The collection consists of correspondence, honors, awards, speeches, event programs, and other activities that Dr. Hawkins was involved with both professionally and privately.

Dates: 1903-1972

Bill Urban and The Baltimore Alternative collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0036
Abstract Bill Urban founded the Baltimore Alternative newspaper in 1986, committing the paper to extensive coverage of the AIDS epidemic, the Baltimore, Maryland LGBTQAI+ community, and to their civil and privacy rights. Urban was a prominent activist and educator who appeared on multiple news segments and before a multitude of audiences. Urban passed from complications related to AIDS in 1992.This collection, which dates from 1964 to 2000, contains photographs, letters and cards,...
Dates: 1964-2000