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PandemoniUM is a co-ed a cappella vocal group at the University of Maryland, organized in 1993. In 2010, PandemoniUM won first place at the International Champions of A Cappella (ICCA) South Quarterfinals and moved on to the South Regional semifinal competition. This collection contains several audio recordings of the group, including "Organized Chaos" (1997), "PandemoniUM: Syncopated" (2002), "Music to Spoon to" (2006), "PandemoniUM" (2008), and "Momentum" (2010).
Dates:
1997-2010
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Vox Pop was a radio program of interviews, quizzes, and human-interest features heard from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. (Vox Pop is a shortened form of the Latin phrase "vox populi," which means the "voice of the people.") The program, originally called Sidewalk Interviews, began on local radio in Houston in 1932. KTRH advertising salesmen Parks Johnson and Jerry Belcher went out onto...
Dates:
1932-1966; Majority of material found within 1932-1948
Abstract
Linda Pastan (1932-2023) was a Maryland poet whose awards and recognition includes Poet Laureate of Maryland from 1991-1995, the Dylan Thomas award, and the Ruth Lily Poetry Prize. This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, audiovisual materials, photographs, and publications.
Dates:
Circa 1940-2011; Majority of material found within Circa 1960-2011
Abstract
The Patapsco Female Institute was a finishing school for women which operated from 1837 to 1891 in Ellicott City, Maryland. From 1841 to 1856, it was run by the noted educator Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps. The Patapsco Female Institute Collection is comprised of programs for events at the Institute, as well as a manuscript book of compositions written by the students, advertisements for the lotteries benefitting the Institute, and images of the building.
Dates:
1846-1960; Majority of material found within 1846-1883
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Patrick ("Patsy") Conway was a prominent band leader in the early 20th Century. While a music teacher at Cornell University, he organized and directed the Ithaca Band, which later became known as Patrick Conway and His Band around 1908. During the summer season Conway's band toured the mid-western and western United States performing at state fairs and expositions, including the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915, and had regular engagements at Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia, and Young's...
Dates:
1906-1980; Majority of material found within 1908-1928
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Patrick S. Gilmore (1829-1892) was an American bandleader before the time of John Philip Sousa. His career highlights include leading the regimental band for the 24th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War, founding Gilbert and Wright: a musical instrument manufacturer, and organizing concerts of an enormous scale consisting of thousands of instrumentalists and singers for the National Peace Jubilee and World Peace Jubilee. In 1876, Gilmore's new band, the 22nd New York Regiment Band,...
Dates:
1864-1893; Majority of material found within 1864-1893
Abstract
This collection consists of original scripts, including a copy of Star Trek's original pitch, and shooting scripts for several other popular American television programs from the 1960s and 1970s. Donor W. Lawrence Patrick is president of Patrick Communications, LLC, a media investment banking and brokerage firm, and also president of Legend Communications, a 13-station radio group.
Dates:
1964-1974
Abstract
Patsy P. Layne (1938- ) began her professional career as an elementary classroom teacher in Kentucky. In 1958, her school district began using educational television to meet the teacher shortage needs in large classroom situations. In 1960, Layne was chosen to be an on-camera teacher and, in this position, wrote and produced 300 televised lessons for grades three and four and trained 200 classroom teachers.In 1964, Layne went to American Samoa as part of the first television...
Dates:
1961-1976 and undated; Majority of material found within 1964-1973
Abstract
Harry J. Patterson was associated with the University of Maryland for fifty years, from 1888 to 1937. He arrived as part of the staff of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and made significant contributions to agriculture in the state of Maryland. Patterson was instrumental in raising awareness throughout the state of the value of research in agriculture for the improvement of the state's economy and tax base. And, through his work on the applications of chemistry to farming, new...
Dates:
1886-1945; Majority of material found within 1890-1917
Abstract
Dr. Patti P. Gillespie was born c. 1938 and was the co-author of The Enjoyment of Theatre, which, in 2010, entered its eighth printing. As a professor, she taught courses on the history of theatre and drama, theatre criticism, theatre education, the history of directing, as well as masters and doctoral seminars at various universities from 1970 to 2000, retiring in 1999. She also chaired the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland from 1982 to 1989. In 1992 Dr. Gillespie...
Dates:
1982-2000; Majority of material found within 1982-2000
