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Women’s History Month: New display!
As women’s history month comes to a close, we’ve changed our display case to feature more of the amazing women whose legacies fill our collections. The display will be extended through April 7 because of the University of Maryland’s Spring Break last week. Come back after that for a display in honor of Maryland Day, […]
A Hidden Beauty in the Broadcasting Archives
16” RCA Victor “Orthacoustic” transcription disc, made for the NBC’ Thesaurus label (“A Treasure House of Recorded Programs”). Recorded programming was prohibited on the national radio network but RCA/NBC didn’t mind getting into the business of producing transcriptions and providing canned programs to local stations… Read the full article here!
The World’s Fair Ephemeral and Graphic Material Collection
The World’s Fair Ephemeral and Graphic Material Collection is now available at the Maryland Room, 1st floor Hornbake Library. To celebrate, we are featuring four blog posts about World’s Fair history and the collection. Read the next post Friday, February 8, 2013. Part 1 of 4 Before the internet, World’s Fairs gave people the chance […]
Transmitter
This just in: the latest news from Special Collections in Mass Media and Culture! Read the Winter 2013 edition of Transmitter, the official bulletin of the Broadcasting Archives. Revisit television’s early days with Max Morath… Learn about the family-friendly character of Pick Temple from his correspondence… Suit up in sequins with “Queen of Super Circus” Mary Hartline… celebrate with the 2012 […]
Featured Novelist from Special Collections: Gertrude Stein
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – occurs annually every November. Each week this November, we wrote a post to celebrate the life of a novelist represented in the University of Maryland Special Collections. This is our last post for 2012, but we encourage any readers to continue their research of these fantastic writers–whether that […]
Featured Novelist from Special Collections: Jack Hoffenberg
Writing: “the most fun you can have with your clothes on.” –Jack Hoffenberg NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – occurs annually every November. Join us each week as we celebrate the life of a novelist represented in the University of Maryland Special Collections! This week’s novelist is Jack Hoffenberg. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, […]
World’s Fair Collection Now in Hornbake
An important collection has moved across campus and is now available at the Maryland Room, in Hornbake Library’s Special Collections. You can visit us anytime during our open hours to learn more about the history of the World’s Fair. If you want to take a look before you visit, you can browse the digital version […]
Featured Novelist from Special Collections: Ferdinand Reyher
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – occurs annually every November. Join us each Monday as we celebrate the life of a novelist represented in the University of Maryland Special Collections! This week’s novelist is German-American Ferdinand Reyher. Ferdinand Reyher’s fiction includes The Man, the Tiger, and the Snake (1921), published by Putnam, and I […]
