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Scope and Content of Collection
The Stanbrook Abbey Press Collection consists of approximately 300 items, including books, booklets, and ephemera printed at the Press. The collection also includes original drawings, manuscript leaves, and individual specimen sheets of printing, most of which are either mounted, in paper folders, or framed. Many of the items are religious texts, and are in English or Latin. Additionally, many materials are hand illuminated. While the Stanbrook Abbey Press still exists, the collection...
Dates:
1876-1978; Majority of material found within 1876-1978
Abstract
This collection contains the photographic work of Stanford Barouh, a graduate of the University of Maryland and a photographer/photojournalist active in the Washington, D.C. area. Barouh’s photography spans many genres, including the performing arts, portraits, and art photography. This collection contains his promotional photography for performing arts productions in the Washington, D.C. area, predominantly in theatre.
Dates:
1989-2002; Majority of material found within 1989-2005
Abstract
Stanley F. Michalski, Jr. is a twenty and twenty-first century American music professor, scholar and conductor of collegiate bands. The majority of his career was spent in tenure at Clarion University of Pennsylvania as a professor, conductor, administrative assistant, coordinator, committee member, chairman, and advisor from 1961 to 1992. Dr. Michalski became a member of the American Bandmasters Association in 1974, and was elected president in 1998. The Stanley F. Michalski Jr. Collection...
Dates:
1934-2024; Majority of material found within 1956-1992
Abstract
The Star Music Company was founded in 1904 by Benjamin George McFall, owner of The Eagle, a newspaper in Eldred, Pennsylvania. The Star Music Company served as a publisher for McFall's personal works as well as those of Russell Alexander, Frank Losey, Charles J. Rockwell, George Mann, and many others. The Star Music Company Collection contains 94 folio size pieces, with parts.
Dates:
undated
Abstract
Francis C. Stark (1919-2003) was a professor in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Maryland. Stark's papers include photographs of students, student grade books, copies of his master's thesis and dissertation, miscellaneous research materials relating to horticulture, and medals awarded to the Maryland State Horticulture Society by the National Agricultural Congress in 1909. The collection also includes Stark's two-volume memoir "Another Day, Another Adventure" and a speech...
Dates:
1936-2002; Majority of material found within 1950-1970
Abstract
The State Board of Agriculture, whose members included the Regents of the University of Maryland, was founded in 1916 as an authority to enforce the laws of the state of Maryland relating to agriculture. The board was abolished in 1972 with the creation of the Maryland Department of Agriculture. The collection consists of the administrative records of the board and includes annual reports, forms, pamphlets, and charts documenting animal disease control and the administration of the board.
Dates:
1916-1958 and undated; Majority of material found within 1916-1917
Scope and Contents
Duane Gene Straub (1933- ) collected these materials while working at Michigan State University, Ohio State University, and the University of Indiana in various positions relating to the fields of broadcasting, television, and education. Subjects include the Public Television Library, National Association of Educational Broadcasters, copyright, and satellite communications. Memorandums, technical and administrative reports, program catalogs, and IPD sheets from the Public Broadcasting...
Dates:
1959-1983 and undated; Majority of material found within 1961-1975
Abstract
Phyllis Knode Steen (1930-2014) graduated from the University of Maryland with B.S. in Physical Education in 1954. This accession consists of a scrapbook compiled by Steen during her undergraduate days at the university between 1951 and 1954. The 80 photographs in the album include depictions of co-ed life in the dormitories, including Somerset Hall (formerly known as Dormitory II), and of campus activities including the Ugly Man Contest, May Day 1952 and the 1954 graduation ceremony. The...
Dates:
1951-1954
Abstract
Newton I. Steers was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the 8th Congressional District. The collections covers legislation, atomic development, and campaigning and consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, and scrapbooks. The papers are unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available upon request.
Dates:
circa 1955-1980; Majority of material found within circa 1970-1980
Abstract
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American-born poet, novelist, and playwright who lived for a time in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of her life in France and England. The collection consists of correspondence, biographical materials, work papers, and photographs and is mostly in French. Significant figures represented include Georges Hugnet, Georges Maratier, Jacques Stettiner, John Boulton, Bernard Fry, and Pablo Picasso.
Dates:
1927-1938; Majority of material found within 1927-1938
