Notre Dame of Maryland University audiovisual collection
Scope and Contents
The Notre Dame of Maryland University audiovisual collection, 1946-2016, consists of audio recordings, videos, films, and interviews documenting the university's history as a women's college and an adult learning center. The audiovisual materials document signature events such as commencements, convocations, annual Charles J. Busta lectures, Sing Song, Concert Choir shows, poetry readings, and Notre Dame Day. Weekend College and Continuing Education television and radio advertisements are included along with undergraduate recruitment and Loyola Notre Dame Library campaign videos. Textbook chapter readings and notes can be heard on many of the audiocassettes. The audiovisual materials also document Notre Dame's search for a new president and tributes to beloved faculty members such as Sister Maura Eichner and Sister Kathleen Feeley. The collection features the following audiovisual formats: VHS, DVD, audiocassette, 16mm film, betacam, U-matic, reel-to-reel, Super 8 film, video tape V-32, and Karex Silver Chrome video tape.
Dates
- Creation: 1946 - 2016
Creator
- Notre Dame of Maryland University (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 Notre Dame of Maryland University audiovisual 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
25 Cubic Feet (20 records center cartons)
18.2 Gigabytes (One file)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Notre Dame of Maryland University audiovisual collection, 1946-2016, consists of audio recordings, videos, films, and interviews documenting the university's history as a women's college and an adult learning center. The audiovisual materials document signature events such as commencements, convocations, annual Charles J. Busta lectures, Sing Song, Concert Choir shows, poetry readings, and Notre Dame Day. The collection also documents Notre Dame's search for a new president and tributes to beloved faculty members such as Sister Maura Eichner and Sister Kathleen Feeley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
There is no known acquisition information for this collection.
Existence and Location of Copies
Select material in this collection has been digitized and is available in the Loyola Notre Dame Library Digital Collections.
Processing Information
The collection was processed in 2019 by Shavonne Munnlyn. The film Because It Makes Sense was digitized in 2017.
In 2020 seven audio reels (Objects 375-381) and two audio cassettes (Objects 649-650) were transferred to the Notre Dame of Maryland oral history collection (NDMU.002.006). The reels form the "Dr. Charles Ritter oral history project" series in that collection, and the cassettes are the Charles Ritter interview in the "Oral histories by students in the course 'Dynamics of History' (HIS101)" series.
Subject
- Seurkamp, Mary Pat (Person)
- Maura, Sister, S.S.N.D., 1915- (Person)
- Notre Dame of Maryland University. Concert Choir (Organization)
- Loyola-Notre Dame Library, Inc. (Organization)
- Notre Dame of Maryland University. Weekend College (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Notre Dame of Maryland University audiovisual collection
- Author
- Shavonne Munnlyn
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Notre Dame of Maryland University Archives Repository