Tenants Union Group Records
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Scope and Contents
The Tenants Union Group Records collection documents the south Baltimore citizens' community group that protested unwarranted evictions and advocated for renters' needs and landlord repairs to properties. Materials include organizational records and meeting minutes, posters, a scrapbook, vacant house surveys, correspondence, rent control literature, and complaint sheets. Photographs and negatives are also present in the collection.
Dates
- 1910-1975
Creator
- Tenants' Union Group (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Historical Note
The Tenants Union Group Records (TUG) was a south Baltimore citizens' organization that organized to force landlords to repair property, reduce rents, and improve the community for both tenants and homeowners. The group also advocated rent control and freedom from unwarranted eviction in the 1970s.
Extent
2.50 Linear Feet (4 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection is arranged as a folder inventory.
Custodial History
Source of acquisition is unknown
Accessing Digital Copies
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Processing Information
Collection processed by Special Collections and Archives staff after acquisition. Items in the collection were digitized and made available online.
Creator
- Tenants' Union Group (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Tenants Union Group Records
- Author
- Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives staff after collection accession. Updated by archives staff (2011-2016). Revised by Laura Bell (2022).
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository
H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, Room 104
1415 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore Maryland 21201 USA
410-837-4253
specialcollections@ubalt.edu