From the desk of Felicity Knox ’94, assistant university archivist librarian.
While our digital collections have grown exponentially in recent years, very little of our collections of physical items are available online. This is due to how much storage space, manpower and equipment it takes to create robust online collections that are accessible to all. And this only becomes more complicated as we move from things like physical photos and correspondence to shared online drives and emails.
This year, Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) hired digital archivist Jasmine Malone to help us plan and prioritize how to manage this work. This photo is of one university department’s audio/visual material she recently brought into the archives.
Before his death in early 2024, Sanaullah Kirmani, Ph.D., advised TU’s Muslim Student Association for almost 30 years and was deeply invested in creating space for interfaith dialogue on campus.
While Cook Library honors his legacy with the newly created Kirmani Circle for Faith, Spirituality and Peace, SCUA cares for the Kirmani Family Papers. These documents include his writings but also many photographs of his family and friends, beginning with a view of his early life in India. SCUA will be collaborating with members of the Kirmani family to record more details about the photographs.
1969
TU’s gymnastics won the Division II women’s national gymnastics tournament championship, despite the program only having been established two years prior. The first coach, George McGinty, built the program from scratch and remained until he retired in 1981. In 1991, he was inducted into the Towson Athletics Hall of Fame. The entire 1969 team was inducted a year later as a team of distinction.
1987
The team headed to the NCAA Division I Southeast Regionals under the leadership of Dick Filbert. Filbert coached the team for 28 years and was inducted into the Towson Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.
2025
TU gymnastics’ years of steady progress in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) paid off when, under Coach Jay Ramirez’s guidance, the team won the championship for the second year in a row.