hornbakelibrary posted: " The Special Collections & University Archives department at University of Maryland acquires numerous archival donations every year. Our archival collections are critical to researchers around the country and the world, and our curators are alw"
The Special Collections & University Archives department at University of Maryland acquires numerous archival donations every year. Our archival collections are critical to researchers around the country and the world, and our curators are always on the lookout for interesting, important, and useful primary records that fall into these collecting focuses: University of Maryland history, State of Maryland history, historic preservation, labor and union history, broadcasting history, post World War II Japan, literature and rare books, and the performing arts and music.
Archives staff from our Access Team review the materials after curator appraisal and legal transfer. We arrange and describe the boxes and folders, and then ultimately make the materials available online in our finding aid database. Some collections may be digitized through a lengthy scanning process based on an array of factors including high research use or preservation concerns. All of this labor is dependent on the size of the collection and limited staff resources available towards reducing the backlog.
In 2023, 36 new accessions were added to the archives, and 34 finding aids were updated. These three finding aids highlight a sampling of new collections across a few of our collecting focuses.
Dorothy Ann Jarmoska (née Clark) '45 and George W. Jarmoska '43 were a married couple who met as students at the University of Maryland, College Park. George majored in Physical Education, played football and basketball, and managed the intramural sports program; Dorothy majored in Home Economics and was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Victory Council.
Eugene L. Meyer is a journalist and author based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Meyer was a reporter and editor at the Washington Post for over thirty years and has contributed to The New York Times, Bethesda Magazine, where he was a contributing editor, U.S. News and World Report, Washingtonian, Columbia College Today, CQ Researcher, and Maryland Life, where he was known for his features and "Hidden Maryland" column. Meyer also serves as editor for
B'nai B'rith magazine and is the author of numerous books about Maryland culture and history.
Donald H. Swann served in the United States Army from 1944-1946, and was posted in Tokyo and at Hachinohe Airbase, Japan during the Allied Occupation after World War II. This collection consists of 84 photographs, 135 letters and postcards of correspondence Swann wrote to his family, describing his experiences and observations in Japan.
Browse the links below to explore even more new collections that have opened for research, as well as collections that grew over the past year.
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