Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

UMBC Archives and Records

Records Management Program

• UMBC Records Management Program

  
  Read the UMBC Policy on Records Management. Supplementary pages include guidelines, procedures, tips and an online form for transferring records and other material to the University Archives.

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University Archives

This collection contains university publications, the administrative records of the university, photographs, and oral histories of former faculty members and staff. The university publications collection includes campus catalogs, newsletters, annual reports, brochures, the Retriever (the campus newspaper), and student publications as well as scientific and technical reports published by the research organizations within the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Collecting Guidelines for the University Archives (From the Library's Guidelines and Procedures)

• University Publications

  Coverage: 1966-2008. Publications produced by various departments of the University. **This database is being converted and does not reflect donations after December 2008. Please contact Special Collections for additional information**

Digitized Selections:

"A Campus Is Born." The Maryland Magazine, (Fall 1966): 10-13

Dissertations and Theses

UMBC doctoral dissertations and masters' theses are stored here. All of the dissertations and 50% of the theses are catalogued by author and title in the Library Catalog (catalogusmai). Second copies of dissertations are available in the circulating collection on the 5th floor with call numbers FOLIO LD3231. The Special Collections Dissertations and Theses database (below) contains a complete listing of all university dissertations and theses from 1976 to the present.

• UMBC Dissertations & Theses

  Coverage: 1976-present. Find Masters' degree theses and PhD dissertations submitted by UMBC doctoral candidates.

Papers of University of Maryland Administrators and Faculty.

These collections document the careers of many significant individuals who played key roles in the history of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. The papers of faculty and administrators serve to complement research resources available in the University Archives. Contact the Archivist with questions about these collections.

• Albin O. Kuhn papers

  Coverage: 1950-1980. The collection documents Kuhn's employment in the University System of Maryland including his involvement with the College Park, Baltimore County, and Baltimore campuses. Kuhn served as a professor, administrator, chancellor, and advisor during his tenure and this collection reflects the breadth of his involvement. The development of UMBC was overseen by Kuhn and he served as the campus's first chancellor and both of these roles are extensively covered.