The Resident Life scrapbook was created by former University of Maryland student John Krause in the 1980s and includes images of resident life in the Washington Hall dormitory. Washington Hall dormitory was constructed in 1940. The scrapbook contains campus maps, articles about the groundbreaking and construction, photographs, dormitory rules, information about the dormitory from the Building Data Books, and photocopies from various yearbooks.
Albert C. Ritchie (1876-1936) was a professor of law at the University of Maryland and governor of Maryland from 1920 to 1934. His papers relate primarily to his four terms as governor and address such subjects as election campaigns, government involvement in economics, state taxes, and state government and politics, as well as Ritchie's financial affairs.