Helen Bradley Lang papers consists of five scrapbooks and one trophy. The collection spans the years 1931 to 1984, with the bulk of the material dating between 1931 and 1935. The scrapbooks document events at the University of Maryland during Lang's years as a student. The majority of the clippings in this collection can also be found in campus publications such as the Diamondback, Reveille, and also in local newspapers, including the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Herald, and the Washington Star. The scrapbooks primarily document the University's men's sports teams. Only a handful of articles contain personal information about Lang.
Included in the scrapbooks are a handful of newspaper clippings that correspond to the period after Lang's graduation from the University of Maryland in 1934. Also included in the collection are two pieces of mail addressed to Irene Knox, dated 1984. The articles addressed to Knox are not of a personal nature.
Topics covered include men's athletics, particularly football, basketball, lacrosse, baseball, track, boxing, letterman list, athletic board; campus events, such as the junior prom and the May Day Festival; "M" club banquets; the Women's Rifle Team; Alpha Lambda Delta installation; women's honorary and social societies; student deaths; Margaret Brent Hall; Co-ed Debate Team; 1932 Graduation; and Lang's work at Maryland State Teacher's College in Salisbury.
This collection is open for research.
Series I consists of five scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, publication clippings, printed matter, correspondence, and marksmanship sheets. The envelopes and letters addressed to Irene Knox are located in the "Blue Scrapbook with Tie Binding 1933-1984." Topics include men's athletics, campus activities, women's athletics, honor societies, student groups, and campus news. Arrangement is chronological.
Series II consists of a trophy awarded to Helen Mary Bradley from the Women's Senior Honor Society at the University of Maryland for achieving the "highest scholastic average 1934." It is located in the memorabilia collection as number 1829.
Helen Bradley Lang papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.
Helen Bradley Lang papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries. http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1413 Accessed January 20, 2025.
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