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Baltimore (Md.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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

Leon Bloomberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0037
Abstract The Leon Bloomberg papers contains letters, postcards, and other correspondence from Leon Bloomberg to his wife, Esther Bloomberg, during his time in basic training and serving overseas with the United States Army, 1944 to 1946. Leon was drafted into the United States Army in 1944, during the Second World War. At the time he lived in Baltimore and worked for the Glenn L. Martin Company in Middle River, Maryland. In September 1944, Leon reported to basic training in New...
Dates: 1944-1946

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

Joan Jacobson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0029
Abstract

Joan Jacobson has been a Baltimore journalist for more than 40 years. This collection consists of programs, schedules, digitized newspaper clippings, and photographs, showcasing the evolution of Maryland dance companies during this period as well as Jacobson’s writings as a crime reporter.

Dates: 1975-1989

Mary Daniels Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0007
Abstract Mary Daniels Taylor was an associate professor at Towson State College from 1964 until 1979 (then Towson State University) when she retired. This collection contains items relating to Mary’s time spent as an associate professor in the Department of Education. It includes her notes, speeches, administrative documents and work of her students. The collection also contains information on Mary’s service outside of TSC: her tutoring programs; her involvement with UNICEF, Brown Presbyterian...
Dates: 1942-2001

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