{"id":4302,"date":"2026-08-17T21:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll018\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:13","slug":"coll018","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll018\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Porter papers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h1>\n
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Title:<\/td>\nKeith Porter papers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Number:<\/td>\nColl018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creator:<\/td>\nPorter, Keith R.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates:<\/td>\ncirca 1950-1987<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size:<\/td>\n110 boxes (110 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract:<\/td>\nContains 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation:<\/td>\nKeith Porter papers, Center for Biological Sciences Archives, Collection 18, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n

Porter was a UMBC professor from 1984 to his retirement in 1987, serving as professor and chair in the Biological Sciences department.<\/p>\n

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Scope & Content<\/h1>\n

Arrangement<\/h2>\n\n
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Provenance Information<\/h1>\n

Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Related Collections<\/h2>\n

Keith R. Porter Papers (1938-1993), University Libraries, University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder, CO).<\/p>\n

Processing Note<\/h2>\n

Collection unprocessed.<\/p>\n

Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access & Use<\/h1>\n

Finding Aids<\/h2>\n

An inventory has been completed and is in the collection folder.<\/p>\n

Finding Aid: \/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll018\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Access Conditions<\/h2>\n

No restrictions on access.<\/p>\n

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n

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Subject Headings<\/h1>\n

Creators<\/h2>\n

Porter, Keith R.<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/h2>\n

American Society for Cell Biology<\/p>\n

Porter, Keith R. — Archives<\/p>\n

Cytology<\/p>\n

Histology<\/p>\n

University of Maryland, Baltimore County — Faculty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4302","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}