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Abstract
Jo Ann Orlinsky (born 1939) was deeply involved in Maryland Democratic politics, serving variously as campaign headquarters director, administrative aide, and campaign scheduling chairman for U. S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings. The collection largely documents her work for Senator Tydings and for the Young Democratic Clubs of Maryland. It contains correspondence, press releases, memoranda, schedules, speeches, hearing transcripts, and newspaper clippings. Topics covered include Orlinsky's...
Dates:
1953-1976; Majority of material found within 1964-1971
Abstract
The Thomas H. Osbourn Family papers consist mainly of tax documents for the Prince George's County, Maryland, properties held by various members of the family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The correspondence includes a letter of recommendation from Benjamin Hallowell, who was president of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1859.
Dates:
1840-1949; Majority of material found within 1915-1940
Abstract
The Osburn family papers consist of letters primarily written to Ginnie Osburn by her brothers Lewis and James who served in Maryland regiments of the Union Army during the Civil War. Major topics within the correspondence include life as a soldier, family concerns, illness, financial worries, travel on the frontier, business prospects, and local news.
Dates:
1857-1864; Majority of material found within 1863-1864
Abstract
Oscar W.B. Reed, Jr. (1917-2009) began his career at Jansky and Bailey, engineering consultants based in Washington, D.C., in 1939. He played a role in the construction, operation and maintenance of Baltimore and Washington’s first FM radio station, W3XO. It was the third FM station in the country. He was an expert on the topic of frequency allocation and also became involved in planning cable systems. He also participated in the design of television broadcast facilities, and when Atlantic...
Dates:
1928-1994; Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s
Abstract
Oswald Hurt Saunders graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1910 with a degree in Civil Engineering. This collection contains the 1909 field book of Saunders, presumably kept for a class assignment, including maps and diagrams, statistics, elevation data for the athletic fields, and notations on land surveys taken around the College Park campus. Several other members of the Class of 1910 are listed in the field book as assisting Saunders in his survey: Herschel H. Allen, William...
Dates:
1909-1910
Abstract
The Overseas Education Fund (later OEF International) was a non-profit women’s rights and international development organization, originally part of the League of Women Voters, in operation from 1947 until 1991. Its mission was to support the active participation of women in the socio-economic development of third world countries, assisting them with education and training to increase their earning potential, and bringing the issues and influence of developing countries in the twentieth...
Dates:
1908-1991; Majority of material found within 1981-1989
Abstract
Pacifica Foundation is a non-profit organization that owns five listener-supported radio stations. The flagship station, KPFA in Berkeley, California, was launched in 1949. The foundation also operates the Pacifica Network, a program service supplying over 180 affiliated stations with news, public affairs, talk and cultural programs. It was the first public radio network in the United States, and it is the world's oldest listener-funded radio network. Besides KPFA, Pacifica radio consists of...
Dates:
1946-1991; Majority of material found within 1950-1980
Abstract
Pianist and art connoisseur, Chester Page (1929-) was a close confidant to Modernist American author, Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) during the final decade of her life, as well as a friend to several other major literary figures such as Marianne Moore (1887-1972), Bryher (1894-1983), and Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979). Barnes and Page shared a mutual friendship with Moore. In the spring of 1970 Page wrote to Barnes to introduce himself and to offer his assistance. He was invited to tea at Barnes's...
Dates:
1918-1992; Majority of material found within 1970-1973
Scope and Contents
The Rose and Joseph Pangani Collection of Girls' Series Books consists of 300 books published from 1917-2005, with a large portion published from 1930 to 1969. "Series books" are books that consistently feature the same protagonist. However unlike "books in a series", the characters in "series books" seldom mature, age, or change. The protagonist in a "girls' series" book is usually a girl in her late teens or early twenties who goes on adventures on her own or with a small group of...
Dates:
1917-2005; Majority of material found within 1930-1969
Abstract
The Paint Branch Garden Club began in 1948 with a group of women living in College Park and University Park who were interested in gardening and flower arranging. The current emphasis of the club is on visiting historic garden and home sites; volunteerting at a local nursing center; and providing programming on garden and enironmental topics. The records mainly consists of scrapbooks that detail the history of the club from 1948-2009. These scrapbooks contain photographs, invitations,...
Dates:
1948-2009; Majority of material found within 1971-2007
