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Asian Arts & Culture Center Art Collection
Established in 1971, this collection includes historic and contemporary art objects from China, Korea, Japan, India, Thailand, Tibet, and other Asian countries.
Baltimore Hebrew Institute Special Collections
The collection includes artifacts, rare books, Jewish Cultural Reconstruction books, course catalogs and syllabi, Holocaust survivor testimonies and Yizkor (memorial books).
Commencement Programs
The collection includes commencement ceremony programs from 1866-1987. The programs feature names of graduates; principals and presidents; notable speakers; along with other information.
Course Catalogs
The catalogs and bulletins are from 1866 to the present. Earlier catalogs also list each year’s graduates, faculty and staff, and historical information.
David A Sherbow Popular Music Collection
This collection consists of nonfiction works about popular music history, music business, and the recording industry.
Faculty and Staff Publications
Publications by Towson University faculty and staff, including books, book chapters, and articles.
Historic Clothing Collection
The Historic Clothing Collection began under Professor Georgia Baker and includes articles of clothing dating back to the early– to mid-1800s.
Honors College Theses
A collection of department directed research work used as final projects for students in the Towson University Honors College.
Joan Jacobson Dance Collection
The books in this collection span the 20th century and include biographies and memoirs of many dance legends.
Lena C. Van Bibber Collection of Cuneiform Clay Tablets
The collection consists of three tablets from the ancient sites of Drehem and Umma in Mesopotamia, dating to about 2400-2100 B.C.E.
Louis Rosenthal Miniature Sculpture Collection
The collection consists of miniature bronze sculptures with historical, mythological, biblical, satirical, or whimsical themes created by Louis Rosenthal.
Martyrdom & Resistance
Martyrdom & Resistance is a bimonthly newsletter published by the International Society for Yad Vashem, Inc.
Paul H. Gantt Nuremberg Trial Papers
The Paul H. Gantt Nuremberg Trial Papers contain bound volumes of Gantt's working papers and a series of photographs related to the Nuremberg trials which took place in occupied Germany.
Photographs
Over 12,000 photographic prints, slides, and negatives documenting nearly all facets of campus life from 1881 through 2010.
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr Collection for Public Leadership Studies
The Ehrlich collection contains materials covering Ehrlich's service in public office as Congressman in the House of Representatives and as Governor of Maryland.
Student Newspapers
Complete run of the student newspaper (The Oriole, now The Towerlight), starting with the first issue in 1922.
Teacher Education Oral History Project
The interviews are personal accounts of participants’ experiences at Towson University and their careers in education.
Theses and Dissertations
Theses and dissertations includes the department directed research work completed as final projects for graduate and doctoral candidates.
Towson Yearbooks
The institutional yearbooks from 1919 to 2009. Each offers a retrospective of the academic year including photographs of the life on campus.
Towson and WWII
During World War II, alumni of STC at Towson maintained correspondence with college representatives. These alumni sent letters, postcards, photographs, and Christmas cards while in the service.
Towson University Retired Faculty Association Oral History Project
Interviews undertaken by the Towson University Retired Faculty Association to discuss the life and career of retired faculty members.
Towson University Theatrical Productions
The collection includes programs, posters, photographs, and other promotional materials created for theatre productions performed at Towson. This collection is still growing.