{"id":259,"date":"2026-03-26T15:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:05:37","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/home\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are many ways to learn more about UMBC&#8217;s history.&nbsp; Find useful resources below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/speccoll\/umbc.php\">University Archives<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lib.guides.umbc.edu\/umbchistory\">History of UMBC Research Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timemapper.okfnlabs.org\/sgraha1susan\/umbc-at-50-\">UMBC at 50 timeline<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lib.guides.umbc.edu\/umbchistory\/umbctimeline\">UMBC timeline (1955-2009)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/speccoll\/evolution\/index.php\">UMBC: An Evolution<\/a>, a ten part essay series from The Retriever exploring the development of UMBC from 1955 to 1981<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/my.umbc.edu\/groups\/library\/posts?tag=archives-gold\">Archives Gold: 50 Objects for UMBC&#8217;s 50th<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/50.umbc.edu\/\">UMBC50: Grit &amp; Greatness<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can also purchase a copy of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bookstore.umbc.edu\/MerchDetail.aspx?MerchID=1336330&amp;num=0&amp;start=1&amp;end=10&amp;type=1&amp;CategoryName=FACULTY&amp;CatID=4029&amp;Name=FACULTY#.V9y4Sa1Gnct\">catalog<\/a>&nbsp;for this exhibition, with an enlightening essay on the history of UMBC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. George LaNoue&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bookstore.umbc.edu\/MerchDetail.aspx?MerchID=1333512&amp;type=6#.WCtux7IrKUk\"><em>Improbable Excellence: The Saga of UMBC<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;is now available for sale&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to learn more about UMBC&#8217;s history.&nbsp; Find useful resources below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":252,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/259\/revisions\/596"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}