A partnership between the University of Maryland and the Prince George’s County Library system is working to preserve a piece of history about Greenbelt, Maryland.

When Greenbelt was founded in 1937 as a planned cooperative community in the New Deal era, residents were forbidden to own and keep pets. That was the rule for 22 years.

For the last three years, archival studies students in UMD’s College of Information Studies have been preserving and digitizing old newspaper articles, photos and other materials from the original establishment of Greenbelt. Now, that research includes materials on the town’s pets.

They’re preparing the materials for display in the Greenbelt Branch Library on Crescent Road. On Wednesday, students in the program, along with Prince George’s County Library emplo

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