A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts from Joanna click HERE. Even a butler has his favorites, and so too an honest Collections Manager. In my
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From “A Woman’s Thoughts” to “Welcoming the Ladies” – A Few Thoughts for the End of Women’s History Month
A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts from Joanna click HERE. When you’re researching in our (or any museum’s) collections, intriguing artifacts often lead you
Get Ready for National Umbrella Day!
A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts from Joanna click HERE. Tomorrow, as I’m sure everyone knows, is a very important holiday: it’s National Umbrella
Hutzler family porcelain dishes, circa 1878
A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts from Joanna click HERE. To read even more posts about our collections click HERE. Today we have two pieces from
An engagement ring of a different color, 1904
A spooky blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts from Joanna click HERE. To read even more posts about our collections click HERE. Happy Halloween, blog readers! I’d
“Mazel” cufflinks, 1950s
A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts from Joanna click HERE. Thanks to our online database, much of our collections can be investigated from the
Mendes’ Star Spangled Banner
A blog post by Program Manager Trillion Attwood. There are due to be some amazing objects on display within our upcoming exhibit, The A-Mazing Mendes Cohen, one of which is the
On the Corner: Growing up Jewish in a Gentile Neighborhood Part 2
By Deborah Rudacille. Ms. Rudacille is Visiting Professor of the Practice at UMBC and the author of ROOTS OF STEEL: Boom & Bust in an American Mill Town, a workers history of
On the Corner: Growing up Jewish in a Gentile Neighborhood
By Deborah Rudacille. Ms. Rudacille is Visiting Professor of the Practice at UMBC and the author of ROOTS OF STEEL: Boom & Bust in an American Mill Town, a workers
MS 215 The Eli Frank Collection of American Jewish Relief Committee Papers
Sometimes differentiating between a personal collection and institutional records can be a bit tricky. In the case of this collection we have papers collected and compiled by an individual – Eli Frank –