The Maryland Agricultural College (MAC) was chartered on March 6, 1856, and opened to the first 34 students in the fall of 1859. From 1916 to 1920, the school was known as the Maryland State College of Agriculture before being renamed the University of Maryland, College Park. This collection mostly consists of photographs documenting life for early MAC students between the 1880s and 1920. The images cover a broad range of topics, including students and faculty; buldings, classrooms and laboratories; the campus farm and greenhouses; athletic events -- specifically football, lacrosse, baseball, and track; and the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. Photographs of particular interest are those capturing the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1912, the annual Freshman-Sophomore tug-of-war, and many of the college's first athletic teams. Also included in this collection are several MAC pennants belonging to Urah Long, Class of 1907; Principles of Soils Management, a textbook used for a soils short course in 1914; and the 1892 diploma of Pyon Su, the first Korean college graduate in the United States.
Dates
circa 1880-1920
Majority of material found within 1895-1918
Use and Access to Collection
This collection is open for research.
Duplication and Copyright Information
Photocopies of original materials may be provided for a fee and at the discretion of the curator. Please see our Duplication of Materials policy for more information. Queries regarding publication rights and copyright status of materials within this collection should be directed to the appropriate curator.
Contact:
University of Maryland Libraries Hornbake Library 4130 Campus Drive
College ParkMaryland20742
301-405-9212
askhornbake@umd.edu
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Citation
Maryland Agricultural College records, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries. http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42628 Accessed April 14, 2021.
