Since the spring, we have had the pleasure of working with Cora McDaniel who is a TU student and part of the library’s A-LIST program. She has written this celebration of archives in honor of American Archives Month which is every October. American Archives Month So what exactly is an archive? The word evokes memories
In the twelve years I’ve worked in Towson University’s Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), I am certain the four words I’ve heard most often are “What is this place?” What This Place Is University Archives I typically begin my spiel about we hold with the words “We hold the history of Towson University, beginning
We’re celebrating this month by sharing some favorite images and resources to tell the story of how campus was established and how it’s grown for over 100 years. You can read part one here and part two here. The Pause After two decades of steady growth of campus, Towson University’s rate of expansion slowed significantly
We’re celebrating this month by sharing some favorite images and resources to tell the story of how campus was established and how it’s grown for over 100 years. You can read part one here. The Baby Boom Effect By 1954 school officials projected that undergraduate enrollment would double and reach 2,000 students by 1970. (Spoiler
We’re celebrating this month by sharing some favorite images and resources to tell the story of how campus was established and how it’s grown for over 100 years. How It Started, 1913-1915 In January 1913, Maryland bought five farms outside the town of Towson. These five farms were sold to the state by John J.
While looking for ways to incorporate more art in everyday places for the students of Towson State College [TSC], President James Fisher and Vice President Paul Wisdom approached a local businessman, Frank G. Roberts, about donating his collection of ivory to the school in 1971. This donation and a matching grant the same year from
Allyn Lawrence is a Student Researcher for the Unearthing Towson’s History Project, a collaboration between the History Department and the Special Collections and University Archives. A senior History major, Allyn worked over the summer of 2021 to research and investigate Towson’s history of diversity. Her research focuses on the African American Studies Major that once
Have you ever Googled your own name? Of course you have, what a silly question. When I search my name in Google it usually only spits back my own life at me, but sometimes I glimpse another Felicity Knox, living my alternate life in Australia. For Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg who teaches at UMBC, a
The history page of the Towson University Marching Band (TUMB) begins “In 1979, Dr. Marchand, the Towson State Music Department, and the Towson State administration brought Mr. Robert Doster to Towson State to create a marching band.” Prior to establishing the band that would become known as TUMB, the school often hired high school bands
In 2016, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Towson University, the book Towson University: The First 150 Years was created. This blog post is based on the section about the history of school colors as well as the alma mater from that publication. The first official school song, or alma mater, drew its inspiration from