Digital Collections at the University of Maryland Libraries supports the teaching and research mission of the university by facilitating access to digital collections, information, and knowledge. This is accomplished through enhancing access to selected library resources through the development, maintenance, and preservation of digital collections; by serving as a knowledge resource within the university for digital library issues and development; by participating in national and international initiatives which further the development of new forms of scholarly communication, tools, standards, and applications; and by providing training and support in digital library standards and formats.
As part of the Lyrasis Mass Digitization Collaborative, the University of Maryland Libraries has digitized the Maryland Terrapin Football media guides from the 1940s through 2008. They are now available via the Internet Archive.
These media guides follow the Maryland Terrapin Football team from the 1940s through their national championship in 1953, as well as their their numerous appearances in bowl games, with victories in the Gator (1950, 1975, 2003), Sugar (1952), Hall of Fame (1977), Sun (1984), Cherry (1985) and Peach (2002) Bowls. Packed with pictures, player and coach profiles, and lots of historical information, they are a treasure trove for the true Terrapin fan. Follow the careers of Terp players and coaches Jack Scarbath, “Boomer” Esiason, Randy White, Jim Tatum and Jerry Claiborne, or read the game-by-game summaries and relive past glories.
For a complete list of digitized media guides, please visit the University Archives.
First game in Byrd Stadium, September 30, 1950. From the University Publications Collection.
The University of Maryland Libraries recently digitized over 200 pre-1923 books and pamphlets documenting historic preservation activities in the United States, through the Mass Digitization Collaborative program, a collaboration between Lyrasis and the Internet Archive.
Topics vary widely, from historical publications, such as Public school buildings of the city of Philadelphia from 1853 to 1867 by Franklin Davenport Edmunds to the practical publications, covering topics such as the “art of lettering“, an 1868 treatise on house painting, and wood fibre carvings for trim and mantels.
For more titles, please visit the University of Maryland, College Park’s Internet Archive collection.
Images from Wood fibre carvings / Decorators Supply Co. (1900)
The University of Maryland Libraries have continued to contribute materials for digitization to the Internet Archive as part of the Lyrasis Mass Digitization Collaborative.
These media guides follow the Maryland Terrapin Men’s Basketball team from their first days in Cole through the national championship season of 2002 and up to 2009, when paper guides were no longer printed. Packed with pictures, player and coach profiles, and tons of historical information, they are a treasure trove for the true Terrapin fan. Follow the careers of Terp greats Len Elmore, Tom McMillen, Len Bias and Joe Smith, or read the game-by-game summaries and relive past glories.
