This CoLab project was called “Ghosts in the Stacks: Exploring Spiritualism in the UMBC Special Collections Library.” Our team consisted of Bella Berry (B.A. in Media and Communication Studies, Minor in Spanish, ‘26), Lillian Huynh (B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Minor in Writing, ‘25), and Taylor Phelps (B.A. in American Studies and Sociology, ‘24).
Special thanks to Dr. Lindsay DiCuirci (our project leader and Associate Professor of English), Jim Doran (Webmaster and Head of LITS), Susan Graham (Special Collections Librarian), Lindsey Loeper (Reference and Instruction Archivist), and Beth Saunders (Curator and Head of Special Collections) for their support.
We also thank the Parapsychology Foundation for donating this extensive and significant collection.