Nicholas Varga collection of Baltimore ethnic history materials
Scope and Contents
The Nicholas Varga collection of Baltimore ethnic history materials, 1968-1987, consists of newspaper clippings, articles, and research notes related to the ethnic history of Baltimore. The materials trace Baltimore's ethnic history back to the founding of Maryland and the Civil War. Some folders contain research categorized by ethnic group. Other folders contain syllabi, drafts of exams, scholarly writing, and student writing from Varga's Ethnic Heritage of Baltimore course, tracing its development at Loyola College from 1981-1986. Additional items include a copy of the 1973 Ethnic Heritage Studies Bill establishing funds for ethnic history curriculum development and an outline from the 1969 Minorities in American Historyresearch seminar course Varga taught at Loyola.
Dates
- Creation: 1968 - 1987
Creator
- Varga, Nicholas, 1925-2005 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is located at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.
Access is restricted to education records of living students or former students, as defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, unless the student or former student grants access in writing. If it is not possible to verify date of death, the student will be assumed to be deceased 80 years after date of graduation, or date of last attendance.
Conditions Governing Use
The Nicholas Varga collection of Baltimore ethnic history materials 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
0.76 Cubic Feet (2 letter full-sized document boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Nicholas Varga collection of Baltimore ethnic history materials, 1968-1987, consists of newspaper clippings, articles, and research notes related to the ethnic history of Baltimore. The materials trace Baltimore's ethnic history back to the founding of Maryland. Also included are folders containing syllabi, drafts of exams, scholarly writing, and student papers from Varga's Ethnic History of Baltimore course, taught at Loyola College from 1981-1986.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
There is no known acquisition information for this collection.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2019 by Shavonne Munnlyn.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Nicholas Varga collection of Baltimore ethnic history materials
- 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 Loyola Notre Dame Library Archives and Special Collections Repository