Tending the Campus Community

White female students in Home Economics class working in aprons at countertops with a Black woman at work in the background

Home Economics Laboratory, c. 1921.

University of Maryland Yearbooks, 1921 Terra Mariae, p. 265.

black and white photograph of Charlie Dory and kitchen staff, Maryland Agricultural College, c. 1912; (left to right: Bill Dory; Ferdinand Hughes; Spencer Dory; Charlie Dory)

Charlie Dory and kitchen staff, Maryland Agricultural College, c. 1912.

Maryland Agricultural College collection, Accession #72-219, Box 3.

Two Black women serving meals at an outdoor campus event

[Yearbook photo featuring Black women serving meals at a campus event, c. 1947.]

University of Maryland Yearbooks, 1947 Terrapin, p. 198.

Black woman making sandwiches

[Yearbook photo featuring a Black woman making sandwiches, c. 1958.]

University of Maryland Yearbooks, 1958 Terrapin, p. 5.

Black woman sweeping a classroom floor while white male students have a discussion

[Yearbook photo featuring a Black woman sweeping a classroom floor, c. 1967.]

University of Maryland Yearbooks, 1967 Terrapin, p. 190.

Two Black kitchen staff and one white kitchen staff members

[Yearbook photo featuring Black members of the kitchen staff, c. 1968.]

University of Maryland Yearbooks, 1968 Terrapin, p. 156.