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Abstract
The papers of Baltimore Sun reporter Howard M. Norton consist of files relating to Henry A. Wallace's presidential campaign of 1948. Included are newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications. The collection is unprocessed.
Dates:
1946-1963
Abstract
Morris S. Novik (1903-1996) entered broadcasting in 1932 when he took over the management of the relatively new radio station WEVD (named for labor organizer Eugene V. Debs) in New York. During this period, he founded the University of the Air, a regular series of lectures, discussions, and debates. In 1938, he accepted a position as director of communications for New York City and also the public radio station WNYC. While in this post, Novik is said to have coined...
Dates:
1940-1992; Majority of material found within 1949-1964
Collection
0084-LBR-RG95-001
Abstract
Morris S. Novik was a career as a radio and television consultant for the AFL, AFL-CIO, various unions, and other organizations. The collection focuses on the radio and television outreach in AFL and AFL-CIO campaigns as well as other union involvement in the radio and television industry. Materials consist mostly of scripts, correspondence, transcripts, reports, press releases, speeches, clippings, photographs and posters.
Dates:
1940-1989
Abstract
This collection includes 6 letters written to and by U.S. Navy Assistant Surgeon Aaron S. Oberly. The majority are "love letters" from Oberly to his future wife, Anna M. (Maria A.) Woodford while he was in Baltimore. In 1863, he served aboard the Union gunboat Kineo and in 1865, the steamer Santiago de Cuba.
Dates:
1863-1865
Abstract
Off Our Backs was a non-profit feminist news journal by, for, and about women, published from 1970 until 2008. It was the longest continuously published surviving feminist newspaper in the United States. The paper was run by a collective where all decisions were made by consensus. Although based out of Washington, D.C., the newsjournal covered local, national, and international topics pertaining to women's, feminist, and lesbian issues and culture. The...
Dates:
1970-2009; Majority of material found within 1990-2006
Abstract
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life oversees the Greek system at Maryland. Its mission is to "foster, promote and support the development of a community made up of values-based organizations." This collection documents Greek life on campus.
Dates:
circa 1950-2010; Majority of material found within circa 1980-1999
Abstract
The city of College Park, Maryland celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Old Parish House in 2017 with a three-day event featuring lectures, art, music, dance, storytelling, and hands-on activities. This accession consists of fliers, a brochure on the history of the Old Parish House, the schedule for the event, speeches made by emcee Leslie Montroll, a College Park Municipal Scene newsletter, and three DVDs with videos and photos from the event.
Dates:
August 23, 2017-September 17, 2017.
Abstract
David Mark Olds (1920-2009) was a program director and general manager of several radio stations. He received a B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the European theater from 1942 to 1946, attaining the rank of captain. He began his commercial radio career as an announcer. He first moved into a management role at KYW, Philadelphia. Olds was the longtime general manager of WWRL in New York, a prominent station catering to a primarily Black audience....
Dates:
1930-2009; Majority of material found within 1968-1977
Scope and Contents
The Olga Samaroff Collection contains papers, photographs, scores, and recordings relating to the life and career of pianist, teacher, and author Olga Samaroff. Samaroff was amongst the foremost women pianists of the day, such as Clara Schumann and Teresa Carreño; she was also the first woman to be given a scholarship to the piano class at the Paris Conservatory. Samaroff maintained a highly successful career as a performing artist, until an injury to her left arm in 1926 compelled Samaroff...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1906 - 1948
Abstract
Between 1970 and 1972, students at the University of Maryland initiated several protests on campus as a result of President Nixon's Vietnam War policies. This collection contains 17 photographs and approximately 70 negatives documenting the campus unrest, as captured by Patrick Olmert, a 1972 graduate of the university. The images include riots on U.S. Route 1 and on McKeldin Mall on campus, teargassing, and response from local and state police. A preliminary inventory is available.
Dates:
1972
