Access from I-95 to UMBC Campus
Kuhn recognized that having an interchange at I-95 and Route 166 would be critical for UMBC, so he approached Governor Tawes in 1966 and asked for the interchange to be put into the I-95 plans. When Tawes asked John B. Funk, Chairman of the Maryland State Roads Commission, to make the change, Funk resisted by saying: We’re just about done, we don’t want any more projects.” Tawes replied: You’re going to have to put one in to have access to UMBC.” The final plan included right-of-entry for the State Highway Administration to construct a section of Metropolitan Boulevard across the corner of UMBC’s property, connecting the access to I-95 to Rolling Road. A letter from Dr. Calvin B.T. Lee to Dr. Elkins requests a letter to be written to the Maryland Department of General Services granting the State Highway Administration the necessary legal right-of-entry.
Kendig, R.E.
President's office records, Collection 50
3/9/1972
correspondence; 11 x 8.5 in.
50UMBC-009a_b
Letter from Norman V.A. Reeves and Howard Rawlings to Albin Kuhn
Norman V.A. Reeves, Counselor, and Howard Rawlings, Instructor of Mathematics, co-chairs of the UMBC Caucus of Black Faculty and Staff, were in contact with Dr. Kuhn about ways to further diversify UMBC. The goal of the Caucus was the creation of a truly egalitarian university.” Reeves later served on the Baltimore City Council and Rawlings became a powerful member of the Maryland House of Delegates whose daughter, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, became Mayor of the City of Baltimore in 2010.
Reeves, Norman V.A.; Rawlings, Howard P.
President's office records, Collection 50
2/10/1970
correspondence; 11 x 8.5 in.
50UMBC-011
Letter from Albin Kuhn to Norman V.A. Reeves and Howard Rawlings
Dr. Kuhn wrote a ten-page response to the February 10, 1970 letter from the UMBC Caucus of Black Faculty and Staff, setting out his views and offering advice for pursuing solutions to the problems outlined by Reeves and Rawlings. Your discussions and your statement… refer to appropriate representation of blacks and, obviously, this is a problem which must receive immediate and continuing action.” He said that of the 2,286 students then attending UMBC, 74 students identified as African American. Up to that time UMBC did not recruit any students, instead relying on information supplied to high school guidance counselors and personal appearances by counselors at high school college nights. During the current year,” Kuhn stated, an attempt is being made to develop active recruitment of black students under the able leadership of a black official in administration.”
Kuhn, Albin Owings, 1916-
President's office papers, Collection 50
3/17/1970
correspondence; 11 x 8.5 in.
50UMBC-012
State of Maryland Commission on Human Relations, Public Information Document No. 7, Discrimination at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County
Members of the Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff pursued their concerns to the State of Maryland Commission on Human Relations, which issued a report that stated: The statistical data presented to the Commission at the time this investigation was initiated, combined with additional statistical data gathered during the investigation, clearly suggest that operational policies and procedures at the University of Maryland Baltimore County are discriminatory, in effect.” The report made specific recommendations, many of which were also recommended by Dr. Kuhn in his March 17 letter.
State of Maryland Commission on Human Relations
Albin O. Kuhn papers, Collection 44
ca. 1971
documents; 11 x 8.5 in.
50UMBC-041
The Red Brick, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1970)
University Publications, UPUB R6-001.
Campus unrest continued to stimulate the expression of diverse views and airing of grievances not only in person, but also in print. The Red BricksandThe Red Brickwere published by student leaders to protest a range of concerns, from the lack of student government influence in campus affairs to the quality of the offerings of the food service. Discussions of musical groups, social injustices, women’s liberation, politics, black power, racism, revolution, and birth control, at the national and local level, were also included. With each issue of the paper, the language became more profane and passionate. Students wrote some of the articles but many were borrowed from national publications. Some community members and students were displeased and complained to Dr. Kuhn, who also criticized the publication but ultimately defended the rights to free speech. Financial problems shuttered the publication after just three issues.
University Publications
1970
newspapers; 17.75 x 11.5 in.
UPUB R6-001
The Red Bricks, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall 1969), UPUB R6-001.
Campus unrest continued to stimulate the expression of diverse views and airing of grievances not only in person, but also in print. The Red BricksandThe Red Brickwere published by student leaders to protest a range of concerns, from the lack of student government influence in campus affairs to the quality of the offerings of the food service. Discussions of musical groups, social injustices, women’s liberation, politics, black power, racism, revolution, and birth control, at the national and local level, were also included. With each issue of the paper, the language became more profane and passionate. Students wrote some of the articles but many were borrowed from national publications. Some community members and students were displeased and complained to Dr. Kuhn, who also criticized the publication but ultimately defended the rights to free speech. Financial problems shuttered the publication after just three issues.
University Publications
May-70
newspapers; 17.75 x 11.5 in.
UPUB R6-001
Annual Report 1971-72 to the President if the University of Maryland from UMBC by Calvin B.T. Lee
In his first report to Dr. Elkins, the head of the university system administration, Dr. Lee presented a vision for UMBC that was characterized by rapid growth. Already he could say that the number of full time students had risen substantially in just one academic year. Moreover, the diversity of the student body as well as the ranks of faculty and administration were also expanding. He touted the interdisciplinary curriculum that was being developed and singled out the Afro-American Studies program for special attention. Unlike…other programs, UMBC combines African Studies and the African Diaspora, i.e., the Black Experience in the Americas and African Heritage,” he said. In summary, he was: Appreciative of the past six years, optimistic in the present, and carefully planning for the future…” He was looking thirty years into the future toward the year 2000.
Lee, Calvin B.T.
University Publications
1972
annual reports; 11 x 8.5 in.
UPUB C18-005
Project 2000: Toward Higher Learning for the 21st Century
In the several addresses delivered on April 26, 1972, Calvin B.T. Lee, Morton Baratz, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Sanford Greenberg, Political Science Research Professor and Consultant on Project 2000, used contemporary data to provide a vision of education in the future. The project served as a UMBC vision statement, and Lee took a fundamentally optimistic view of the future,” in which there would be control of the human condition and the University can and must play a role in the development of this ability.” The report reflects on a future overloaded by technology.
Lee, Calvin B.T.; Baratz, Morton S.; Greenberg, Sanford D., 1940-
University Publications
4/26/1972
reports; 11 x 8.5 in.
UPUB C18-009
Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Report for 1976, 1986, 1996, 2001. Reports, multiple years. UPUB P12-007
Accreditation of colleges and universities in Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware is the jurisdiction of the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The conclusion of the 1976 Middle States report was: In the ten years since it opened for its first freshman and a small group of graduate students, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County has made impressive progress.”
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Commission on Higher Education
University Publications
1976
reports; 11 x 8.5 in.
UPUB P12-007
tnt Festival! [The New Theatre Festival]
The New Theater Festival, which came to UMBC in 1976, had its origins in alternative theatre such as Herbert Blau’s and Jules Irving’s San Francisco Workshop and Philip Arnoult’s Baltimore based Theatre Project. In 1974, Blau became the Dean of UMBC’s Division of Arts and Humanities, and brought Kraken,” his experimental theatre group to campus as the resident company. He immediately partnered with Arnoult to begin the process of bringing the third iteration of the New Theatre Festival from University of Michigan to Baltimore. Arnoult and Blau were co-directors of the festival which included 33 theatre companies, more than 250 performers, and more than 120 performances. Besides attending performances, UMBC students also participated in workshops and discussions led by leaders in experimental theatre.
The New Theatre Festival
President's office records
6/7/1976 to 6/12/1976
brochures; booklets; theater programs; 10.5 x 7.5 in.
UPUB T1-006