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Abstract
A member of the Montgomery County Council, Lathrop E. Smith was also a member of the Upper County Planning Commission and of the Board of Education. His papers, consisting of corres- pondence, conservation reports, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings, relate to his membership in these and other civic organizations, and also address the issues of parks, soil conservation, and racial discrimination.A preliminary inventory is available for this collection in the "External Documents"...
Dates:
1930-1972
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Leora Smith joined her husband in Japan in 1947, where he was on leave from the Air Force to the Counter Intelligence Corps. He arrived in Japan in 1946 and was stationed in Yokohama. Dependent housing was just being built in Yokohama at that time, so Smith and her husband were temporarily housed in the Fujiya Hotel. In the interview, she describes the hotel and the dependent housing in which they later lived. Smith returned to the United States, but soon came back to Japan — this time she...
Dates:
1947-1951
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Mildred Pauline Smith graduated from the University of Maryland in 1922 with a degree in Home Economics Education. As an undergraduate, Smith was responsible for organizing the first women's basketball team and was a member of Lambda Tau sorority. She later served on the University of Maryland Alumni Council in the 1940s (as Mrs. Mildred Smith Jones). This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Smith that documents her undergraduate years at Maryland and includes newspaper clippings,...
Dates:
1915-1949; Majority of material found within 1921-1925
Abstract
Naomi Duff Smith (1902-1973) was a poet, author of short stories and radio scripts, and owner of a Baltimore, Maryland, public relations firm. Her collection consists of poems, short stories, correspondence, and awards documenting her literary output and business and civic achievements. Significant correspondents represented in the collection include Lizette Woodworth Reese, R. P. Harriss, Millard E. Tydings, Amy Winslow, Alan P. Hoblitzell, E. Paul Mason, Joseph R. Byrnes, Emory J. Niles,...
Dates:
1928-1959
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The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) was founded in 1955 by David McAllester, Alan Merriam, Willard Rhodes, and Charles Seeger to promote the research, study, and performance of music in all historical periods and cultural contexts. Through its publications and its national and regional meetings, the Society provides a forum for discussion of current scholarly research and fosters the promotion and development of a variety of traditional art forms. The SEM records consist of administrative...
Dates:
1953-present; Majority of material found within 1955-present
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The Society of Music Theory (SMT) was created in 1977. SMT branched off from the American Musicological Society to fulfill a need for a national Music Theory Society. SMT holds annual meetings at different universities and publishes SMT Newsletter and Music Theory Spectrum. This collection contains records from past Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurers, records from the Executive Board meetings, By-laws and business office records,...
Dates:
1966-2022; Majority of material found in 1978-2008
Abstract
Sol Taishoff was founder, editor-in-chief, and later sole owner of Broadcasting magazine for 51 years. The magazine found its greatest niche in providing station executives insight into the inner workings of the federal government vis-à-vis the broadcasting industry. Taishoff's close friendships with many Washington insiders of both political parties scored the magazine's most notable scoops. The collection contains mostly business correspondence and...
Dates:
1918-1982 and undated; Majority of material found within 1962-1982
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A performer and music educator, Solveig Lunde Madsen (1920-2011; originally known as Dorothy Lunde) performed in many recitals and orchestra concerts, including a concert tour of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden with the Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra of Detroit. Madsen also taught music at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah and was an active member of the American Liszt Society. This collection includes press books, publicity files, articles, clippings, concert programs and...
Dates:
1923-2004; Majority of material found within 1939-1951
Abstract
Sound and Color of Poetry (SCOP) Publications (1976-2002) was a non-profit, literary press based in College Park, Maryland. SCOP Publications subsisted mostly on grants and contributions. Its better known publications include American Classic: Car Poems for Collectors (1985) and Laurels: Eight Women Poets (1998), a publication documenting the biographies and including poems of eight female Poets Laureate. This collection...
Dates:
1974-2002; Majority of material found within 1990-1999
Abstract
The Space Shuttle was a spacecraft system operated by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1981 to 2011. The Space Shuttle program carried out routine transportation of both people and cargo, from Earth into orbit. During the thirty years of its operation, the Space Shuttle flew 135 missions, two of which were failures. The Challenger disaster in 1986 (flight STS-51-L) resulted in the grounding of the Space Shuttle program for two years, and the...
Dates:
Broadcast: April 12, 1981-April 3, 1986
