More Archival Treasures at Langsdale: BRISC
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The material housed in Special Collections at UB's Langsdale Library is varied and extensive. A significant portion of library's archival material was once part of a collection called the Baltimore Region Institutional Studies Center (BRISC), assembled in the 1970s under the leadership of urban sociologist and UB professor Ted Durr.
In this blog post, Aiden Faust, head of Special Collections, reflects on his discovery of BRISC and interviews Durr about the origin of the collection, its purpose and history
