Loyola University Maryland autograph collection

Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: LUMD-002-004

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Loyola University Maryland autograph collection, 1853-1988, consists of letters written to Loyola College administrators and Dr. Nicholas Varga, Loyola Archivist, by notable people of the time. All letters contain the writer's original signature. Some are historical documents pulled from Loyola collections, such as an 1853 letter from Joseph Henry to Father Ward at the Smithsonian Institution. American composer, Henry Mancini, signed his autograph on the front cover of the October 1980 Loyola College orchestra program, Henry Mancini Conducts The Baltimore Symphony. Other notable autographs include Herbert O'Conor, Ferenc Nagy, Dr. P. Stewart Macaulay, J. Millard Tawes, Chaim Potok, William Donald Schaefer, and Omar Bradley.

Dates

Creation: 1853 - 1988

Creator

Loyola University Maryland (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is located at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Loyola University Maryland autograph collection are the physical property of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Notre Dame Library. Copyright, except in cases where material has passed into the public domain, belongs to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.

Biographical / Historical

This is an artificially assembled collection, so no biographical or historical note is required.

Extent

.167 Cubic Feet (1 legal sized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Loyola University Maryland autograph collection, 1853-1988, consists of letters written to Loyola College administrators and Dr. Nicholas Varga, Loyola Archivist, from notable people of the time. Some are historical documents pulled from Loyola's archival records, such as an 1853 letter from Joseph Henry to Father Ward at the Smithsonian Institution. All letters contain the writer's original signature. American composer, Henry Mancini, signed his autograph on the front cover of the October 1980 Loyola College orchestra program, Henry Mancini Conducts The Baltimore Symphony.