Overview

Title:	Baltimore Sun memorabilia collection
Call Number:	Coll032
Dates:	1904-1970
Size:	3 boxes (2.25 linear feet)
Language:	English
Abstract:	A collection of artifacts donated to UMBC that pertain to the Baltimore Sun including a section of the old Baltimore Sun building, a Sunpapers mailbox, a Sun Route Owners Association ashtray, a plaque from Vice President Spiro Agnew certifying that reporter Edgar Jones was at the launch of the Apollo 13, and a roll of newsprint.
Citation:	Baltimore Sun memorabilia collection, Baltimore Sun Archives, Collection 32, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).

Administrative/Biographical Note

The Baltimore Sun is the largest daily newspaper in Maryland.

Scope & Content

Arrangement

Provenance Information

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Edgar Jones donated the plaque (MSS 1997-02), James Bready donated the iron front decoration piece (MSS 1997-03), and someone else donated the mailbox (MSS 1997-012) in 1997. The Baltimore Sun Route Owners Association donated the ashtray (MSS 1998-10) in 1998. Michael Bowler donated the newsprint hat and roll in 2010 (MSS 2010-01).

Processing Note

Collection unprocessed.

Descriptive Rules Used

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)

Access & Use

Finding Aids

Finding Aid: /specialcollections/finding-aids/coll032/

Access Conditions

No restrictions.

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use

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

Subject Headings

Creators

Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996

Subjects

Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)

Baltimore (Md.)

Jones, Edgar