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Maryland State Normal School (Baltimore, Md.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Office of the President

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-001
Dates: Existence: 1866 - present

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