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http://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/UMBC_50th_Online_Exhibit/50umbctimeline/PDFs/50UMBC-005.pdf
Several bills were introduced into the Maryland Senate and the House of Delegates in the 1950s and early 1960s, and each approached the need for changes to public higher education from a different direction. Senate Bill No. 73, introduced by Senator…

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Several bills were introduced into the Maryland Senate and the House of Delegates in the 1950s and early 1960s, and each approached the need for changes to public higher education from a different direction. Senate Bill No. 73, introduced by Senator…

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A group of the founding faculty and staff gathered for a portrait by photographer Tim Ford on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of UMBC. Just a few of their stories include: David Lewis, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, was a native of…

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During the 1940s into the 1950s, dramatic increases in the number of Marylanders seeking a university education motivated State officials to begin planning for expansion of the University of Maryland. Beginning in 1955, a series of state commissions…

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During the early planning stages for the expansion of the University of Maryland, one possible location for the new campus was the Inner Harbor of Baltimore City. Consideration of the site went as far as making a Diagrammatic Scheme as a Proposal for…

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http://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/UMBC_50th_Online_Exhibit/50umbctimeline/PDFs/50UMBC-007.pdf
Making the new campus one devoted to research was on Kuhn’s mind as he began thinking about a campus Master Plan.” Extensiveness of Research—Kinds of research…and Balance of Govt. sup[port] vs commercial [support]” and Short term vs long term…

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While flying home from New Orleans, Dr. Kuhn noted more classrooms” and Block programs to keep st[udents] in certain areas of campus.” Further down the page, he wrote: move prof[essors] to students,” and Place classrooms on lower floors.” He was…

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Once the Catonsville site was selected for the expansion of the University of Maryland, Dr. Kuhn quickly began working on specifications for the new campus. He visited universities across the country to get ideas for the construction of both…

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A portion of the property on which UMBC is built previously was owned by the Baltimore Manual Labor School. Also known as the Farm School, it operated from 1839 to 1922 with the purpose of instructing and supporting poor or orphaned boys from…

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Dressed for the occasion of the photograph, some of the young men who lived and worked at the Baltimore Manual Labor School posed on the porch of a school building.
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