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Facilities Management, Planning and Construction records

 Collection 0607-UA

Facilities Management at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD is responsible for the physical campus including its academic, research and administrative spaces, the infrastructure that supports the buildings, and the landscape that surrounds them. The facility records cover the years 1949 - 2010 and include photographs and documentation of facility projects.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949 - 2010s and undated

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is minimally processed. This means that materials are in the same state we received them and have not been reviewed for content or condition. The collection may need to be screened prior to use. Please contact us before visiting the Special Collections reading room to view this collection. A preliminary inventory is available under the Inventories/Additional Information section.

Materials of a sensitive nature, such as those containing personally identifiable information, are restricted for 75 years or the life of the individual and may be screened and removed by special collections staff. Please speak with a staff member if you believe that materials have been unnecessarily removed.

Conditions Governing Use

Photocopies or digital surrogates may be provided in accordance with Special Collections and University Archives duplication policy.

Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs unless otherwise specified. It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission to publish materials from the appropriate copyright holder.

Archival materials may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal and/or state right to privacy laws or other regulations. While we make a good faith effort to identify and remove such materials, some may be missed during our processing. If a researcher finds sensitive personal information in a collection, please bring it to the attention of the special collections reading room staff.

Extent

117 Linear Feet (78 Paige boxes)

1 Folders (1 oversize file)

1 Items (1 oversized, rolled photograph)

Language of Materials

English

Content Description

Facilities Management at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD is responsible for the physical campus including its academic, research and administrative spaces, the infrastructure that supports the buildings, and the landscape that surrounds them. This collection contains documentation of projects from the 2000s, personnel files, and photographs and other photographic materials of campus from 1949 to the 2010s.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

This collection is stored offsite. For more information about requesting offsite materials please see our offsite policies: https://www.lib.umd.edu/special/policies/offsite.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This accessioned was transferred to the University of Maryland Libraries by Dawn McHale on behalf of Facilities Management, Planning and Construction on April 26, 2022.

Processing Information

This collection has been minimally processed. Materials that were transferred in boxes that were oversized or in poor condition were reboxed. Two oversize photos/illustrations were removed from their frames, and the frames were discarded.

Preservation concerns include one oversize photograph that is rolled is stored separately, and two other oversize photos/illustrations adhered to foam board.

The majority of the collection is stored offsite including restricted materials and photographs, however oversize materials are stored onsite.

Title
Guide to the Facilities Management, Planning and Construction records
Status
Minimally Processed
Author
Processed by Jennifer Gathings.
Date
2024-11-05
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Library Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives

Contact:
University of Maryland Libraries
Hornbake Library
4130 Campus Drive
College Park Maryland 20742
301-405-9212