Overview

Title: Keith Porter papers
Call Number: Coll018
Creator: Porter, Keith R.
Dates: circa 1950-1987
Size: 110 boxes (110 linear feet)
Language: English
Abstract: Contains materials relating to UMBC faculty member Professor Keith Porter. Includes lab records, experiment notes, research papers, notebooks, photographic prints, microscopic photographs and slides, glass negatives, glass prints, microscopes, awards, certificates, correspondence, personal and professional photographs, and materials relating to Porter's professional association affiliations.
Citation: Keith Porter papers, Center for Biological Sciences Archives, Collection 18, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).

Administrative/Biographical Note

Porter was a UMBC professor from 1984 to his retirement in 1987, serving as professor and chair in the Biological Sciences department.


Provenance Information

Provenance and Acquisition Information

SARCV 1999-06, SARCV 2000-03, SARCV 2000-05, SARCV 2000-07, SARCV 2001-05, SARCV 2010-07, UARC 2008-60; this collection was acquired from various sources in 8 different accessions.

Related Collections

Keith R. Porter Papers (1938-1993), University Libraries, University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, CO).

Processing Note

Collection unprocessed.

Descriptive Rules Used

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including PastPerfect.


Access & Use

Finding Aids

An inventory has been completed and is in the collection folder.

Finding Aid: http://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/findingaids/coll018.php

Access Conditions

No restrictions on access.

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.


Subject Headings

Creators

Porter, Keith R.

Subjects

American Society for Cell Biology

Porter, Keith R. -- Archives

Cytology

Histology

University of Maryland, Baltimore County -- Faculty

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