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An interdisciplinary, collaborative student-centered research project that connects alumni and the wider community to the history of the university.

A collection of letters from Jewish-American infantryman Leon Bloomberg to his wife, Esther Bloomberg. Written during the end of World War II, September 1944 to February 1946.

This collection contains of clothing for men, women, and children that date back to the early- to mid-1800s. The collection numbers in excess of 1,000 items and is housed in the Towson University Center for the Arts building under the care of Cheryl Partridge, Costume Shop Manager.

The institutional yearbooks from 1919 to 2009. Each offers a retrospective of the academic year including photographs of the life on campus.

The catalogs and bulletins are from 1866 to the present. Earlier catalogs also list each year’s graduates, faculty and staff, and historical information.

The collection includes commencement ceremony programs from 1866-1987. The programs feature names of graduates; principals and presidents; notable speakers; along with other information.

The collection consists of miniature bronze sculptures with historical, mythological, biblical, satirical, or whimsical themes created by Louis Rosenthal.

A bi-monthly publication from the American Society for Yad Vashem that covers topics in Holocaust education, research, documentation and commemoration, with the goal of keeping the lessons and memory of the Holocaust alive. Materials in this collection cover from 1981 to 2006.

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.

The Ehrlich collection contains materials covering Ehrlich's service in public office as Congressman in the House of Representatives and as Governor of Maryland.

Undegraduate Honors College theses from 2003 to the present, and graduate theses and dissertations from 2012 to the present.

Select Towson University alumni and donor magazines from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. 

Historic orientation handbooks for resident students and new students.

The collection consists of three tablets from the ancient sites of Drehem and Umma in Mesopotamia, dating to about 2400-2100 B.C.E.

This collection consists of nonfiction works about popular music history, music business, and the recording industry.

Interviews led by the Towson University Retired Faculty Association discussing the life and career of retired faculty members.

Web collections feature preserved, internet-based materials related to Towson University, such as websites, YouTube videos, and social media. These collections focus on the recent history of the school, from 2017 to the present, and are available online from Archive-It.