DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Many American Studies classes have contributed to the Virtual Greenbelt project over the years. For the final assignment in Dr. Jenkins' and Dr. Sies's courses, Material Aspects of American Life, students were asked to curate an object from the Greenbelt Museum or to analyze some aspect of Greenbelt's built environment. This is a selection of those online papers.








Daniel Kapust, Toys in Greenbelt
Erin Kelman, Monopoly
Rachel Kopp, Popeye
Michael Kravitz, The Erector Set
Mark Lewis, Toys in Greenbelt
Denise Logsdon, Comic Books from 1937-1945
Brian Mayhew, Tennis Racquets
James Melonas, Model Train Set
Cherise Neville, The Kodak Still Cameras
Mike Wyrsch, The Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat

BATHROOM

Asher Kobin, Men's Shaving
Rachel Lynn Geiger, Cosmetics
Shane Shaffer and Sean McCartney, Toilet and Bathtub
Andy Wardlaw, Dental Hygiene 1937-1945
Neil Zuckerman, Sink and Medicine Cabinet

GARAGE

Robert Madison Shearman, Jr., Automobiles in Greenbelt, 1937-1945
Jeff Stone, Bicycles

LIFE IN GREENBELT

Mohammed Burney, Music in 1930s and 1940s America
Dee Campo, Women's Roles Outside of the House in Greenbelt, Maryland between 1937 and 1945
Rob Cantrell, Greenbelt's Utopian Ideal and Lenore Straus's Friezes
Alex Imholtz, Popular Literature in Greenbelt
Matt Moffatt, Women's Club of Greenbelt
Hannalore Quigley, Lenore Straus's Sculptures
Chris Rivers, Baseball In Greenbelt
Michael Schoen, Civilian Defense
Angela Willard, Women in Greenbelt
Jennifer Zwahlen, Holidays in Greenbelt

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