Resources From Our Collections

This exhibition provided a unique opportunity to explore topics, such as voting rights, activism and political engagement, that cut across all of our collecting areas in Special Collections and University Archives. Below is the list of resources we consulted to help illustrate the story of voting rights in America. We were only able to share a fraction of the relevant material within our collections, so please explore more content on your own or contact us with your specific research questions.

Rare Books collection

Baltimore News American collection

Maryland Manuscripts collection

Women’s Studies pamphlet collection

Maryland Temperance collection

Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage newsletter collection

League of Women Voters of Maryland records

League of Women Voters of Prince George’s County records

AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department records

AFL-CIO Office of the President, President's Files, George Meany

AFL, CIO, and AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, Research Division records

Frontlash records

Daniel Brewster papers

Joseph Tydings papers

Jo-Ann Orlinsky papers

AFL-CIO Education Department film productions

Labor Posters, Broadsides, and Art collections

AFL-CIO records

National Public Radio records

Maryland Public Television records

University Publications

Diamondback photographs