The Beulah M. Davis Research Room houses all available physical and historical special collections of the university. We house rare books, faculty and student publications, faculty document collections, a faculty-donated art-artifacts-sculpture collection, and Morgan dissertations and theses. In addition, recently digitized collections include the Morgan Promethean yearbooks (1937-2019), The Spokesman newspaper (1944-2012) and Morgan State (College) University Catalogs (1873 - 2019). Other digitized collections of university publications, oral history collections, and paper ephemera of the Morganiana Vertical Files collection are presented.
The Beulah Davis Room, Richardson Library interview with Dr. Ida Jones
Ms. Davis was the first academically trained librarian and second alumna hired at Morgan in 1926. She served the University for 40 years. During her tenure she grew the collection from 7,000 volumes to over 100,000 volumes of books. In addition, she sought and acquired manuscript collections to augment historical research and understanding. In 1941, she received assistance from Dr. McConnell, a professor of history at Morgan and a National Archives federal employee. Beulah Myrtle Davis sought to integrate primary sources into classroom instruction and to bring prominence to them in capturing MSU history in the library.
Monday - Friday:
10:00am - 3:00pm
Thursday, Saturday and Sunday:
Closed.
General Inquires:
Call: (443) 885-3458
Appointments to visit the Davis Room are required.
The Davis Research Room Digital Collections encompass several years of effort to convert precious historical physical records into digital format captured and secured in our databases. We continue to work on digitizing the millions of pages of faculty, student, and university records and rare books. The "Special" in our collections is evident with every new digital conversion we accomplish. Visit this section often to steep yourself in the deep history and broad contributions the National Treasure.
University Publications houses a rich tapestry of events, along with development of the academic offerings and physical plant, populate the university archives section. Visit this section for a representative sampling of our university historical holdings.
Dr. Burney Hollis, a pillar of the Morgan State University English Department
is honored here by his colleagues, October 14, 2025
at the
Dr. Burney J. Hollis Celebration- A Legacy of Leadership, Scholarship and Service event.
1928 Track Team
Champions - Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association - 1932
Colored Intercollegiate Championship Team -1933
Colored Intercollegiate Championship Track Team - 1933
Colored Intercollegiate Championship Team - 1934
1937 C.I.A.A Champs
1955 Championship Team
Morgan State University's Master Theses & Dissertations are housed in the Beulah M. Davis Special Collections Department. Masters theses and dissertation are non-circulating and follow our copyright policies.
They are available online through our Institutional Repository or in the ProQuest Theses & Dissertations Global database, both of which are linked below.
