About the Exhibit

The University of Baltimore's Centennial Exhibit highlights the University of Baltimore's hundred-year history with a focus on social change and student activism, changes to its physical campus, and student publications. This online exhibit consists of 50 selected materials from the University Photograph Collection and the Student Publications Collection, both held by the University of Baltimore's Special Collections and Archives.

Credits: 

Exhibit curated by Lexzander Ernst, Library Services Specialist for Special Collections & Archives in March 2025. We thank Lexzander for his work with the collection and the exhibit. 

This exhibit is an online version of The University of Baltimore's Centennial Exhibit, on view in the exhibit space on the first floor of Robert L. Bogomolny Library at 1420 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201. The exhibit was open for a hundred days, from January 23, 2025, through May 3, 2025.

Lexzander Ernst, who earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Baltimore in December 2024, completed this online exhibit for Special Collections & Archives in March 2025. Lexzander also researched, curated, and installed the physical version of this exhibit as the University's Centennial Exhibit Curatorial Fellow (2024-2025). 


Acknowledgements: 

The completion of this exhibit would not have been possible without the help of the Special Collections and Archives team. Lexzander thanks Aiden Faust, Fatemeh Rezaei, and Tom Dettling for their assistance in the Special Collections and Archives Department.

Lexzander would also like to extend his deepest gratitude to Dr. Josh Davis, his mentor in the University of Baltimore’s History Department, for his unwavering support and insightful suggestions in the process of researching and creating this exhibit.