Collection: Jonas Rappeport collection

Jonas R. Rappeport attended the University of Maryland in the 1940s and graduated with a B.S. in 1949. While at the university, he served as a student photographer for the Diamondback, the Old Line, and the Terrapin yearbook. Rappeport later graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1952 and established himself as a notable forensic psychiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. This collection contains approximately 120 black and white photographs taken by Rappeport at Maryland between 1942 and 1988. The majority of the images depict various aspects of student life, including banquets, dances, athletics, theater, musical performances, special events, religious life, and greek life in the 1940s. Other images include a photograph from the Queen's Game in 1957 and one of President William "Brit" Kirwan and Maryland Senator Mike Miller in 1988.

Dates

1942-1988
Majority of material found within 1942-1949

Use and Access to Collection

This collection is open for research.

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 reading room staff.