A Look Back at 2016

With 2017 right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to reminisce on all the happenings that shaped Special Collections and University Archives in 2015!

We’ve posted stories on new acquisitions, exhibits and events like Alice 150 and Maryland Day, and also UMD class visits to Special Collections and University Archives.

Take a trip back in the year with the top 10 blog posts with the most views in 2016:

1. Heavy Metal Parking Lot and the Jeff Krulik Collection
2. Explore ‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot’ at UMD!
3. AFL-CIO Merger
4. 130 Years of Progress: The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, 1886-2016
5. LGBT Advocacy and the AFL-CIO
6. AFL-CIO Artifact Project: Summer 2016
7. Spotlight on Wonderland: The March Hare
8. Minikins Miss Dot Sr. and Miss Dot Jr. Return to Campus after a Half-Century
9. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Speech to AFL-CIO
10. Spotlight on Wonderland: The Dormouse

Here’s a shout out to posts that were published in previous years, but still rank among our most viewed posts this year:

1. William Morris, Walter Crane, and Socialist Art
2. Books Published Before 1850
3. Featured Novelist from Special Collections: Ferdinand Reyher
4. Achievements and Milestones in UMD Athletics
5. Edgar Allan Poe in Special Collections

Is there something you want to learn about Special Collections and University Archives in 2017? Let us know in the comments!