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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

Course Catalogs

 Record Group
Identifier: UA600003
Scope and Contents

Click to explore Towson University course catalogs.

Dates: 1866 - 2019

Faculty Meetings records

 Record Group
Identifier: 001-004-001
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of minutes from the Faculty Meetings, either handwritten in bound notebooks, or typed. The typed minutes from the 1928 through the 1934 meetings have two copies -- one copy is bound, the other is not. The unbound copies are organized in folders. The minutes span from September 1901 until September 1968.

Dates: 1891-1968

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

Lida Lee Tall School records

 Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-006-002-007
Abstract The Lida Lee Tall School (originally named The Model School) was primarily used as a campus demonstration elementary to help train teachers in the Maryland State Normal School. It was established with the act of 1865 by the General Assembly of Maryland which provided for a “uniform system of free public schools for the State of Maryland.” That same act stipulated that the State Superintendent create a model primary and grammar school. The Lida Lee Tall School, which was later referred to as...
Dates: circa 1919-1992

Maryland State Normal School Building Commission records

 Record Group
Identifier: 000-004
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the activities of the 1910-1915 MSNS Building Commission including the Commission’s minutes, Commission reports to Maryland General Assembly and the Public, correspondences, legal documents, financial records and statements, and miscellaneous items that relate to the MSNS’ move to Towson and the dedication of the new campus.

Dates: 1910-1916

Department of Music records

 Record Group
Identifier: 002-006-003-006
Abstract Music was one of the first classes taught to students at the Maryland State Normal School, predecessor of Towson University, when it opened its doors in 1866. The focus of the program was primarily on offering education for classroom instruction. Later, music appreciation as well as instruction in the form of vocal and instrumental lessons were added. By 1961, the State Teachers College at Towson offered a Bachelor in Liberal Arts with a Music concentration and two years later, after the...
Dates: 1866-2003

Towson University historic scrapbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0034
Scope and Contents

The Towson University historic scrapbook collection which dates from 1886 to 1990 houses the personal scrapbooks of alumni from both during their school years and reunions as well as collections of clippings and news materials kept by school staff during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These scrapbooks evidence student life, school activities, and current events over an almost 100 year period.

Dates: 1886-1980

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

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

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