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The Sigma Alpha Epsilon collection consists of a cover letter and a letter of reminiscence from alumnus Edwin Giblin, a former member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The letters include an account of athletics and recruiting practices at the Maryland Agricultural College and the University of Maryland. Giblin pays particular attention to the role of Dr. Harry Clifton ("Curley") Byrd, first a coach and then university president, in the growth of the university.
Dates:
1976
Abstract
Sigma Chi, a University of Maryland social fraternity, was chartered on May 16, 1942. This collection contains a Sigma Chi scrapbook from the 1947-1948 academic year that includes photographs and clippings from the Diamondback and the yearbook, documenting the various organizational, athletic, and service commitments of the Sigma Chi brothers. Notable members from this era include Fred DeMarr, who later served as Assistant Dean of Men and Coordinator of...
Dates:
1947-1948, 1955; Majority of material found within 1947-1948
Abstract
Sigma Delta Chi is the University of Maryland chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Sigma Delta Chi records include meeting announcements and agendas, reports, membership directories, chapter newsletters, procedures manuals, flyers, and photographs. The collection also contains the original petition written by the University of Maryland Men's Press Club in 1955 which led to the establishment of Sigma Delta Chi on campus.
Dates:
1955-1980s
Abstract
Founded in 1886 at Cornell, Sigma Xi is a non-profit honor society devoted to scientific research. Members are nominated and elected to join based on their research potential or achievements. As of 2014, Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society hosts over 500 chapters in the United States and abroad. The University of Maryland chapter of Sigma Xi was created in 1928. This accession contains the university's original Sigma Xi charter with all of the founding members listed. Also included are...
Dates:
1928-1996; Majority of material found within 1928-1979
Abstract
Rhea Gaynelle Sikes (1922-2019) was an educator and television producer, professionally active from 1957 through 1980. Sikes specialized in instructional television programming for adults and children during her tenure at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), including programs for local stations WQED and WNET (PBS). The collection includes photographs of Rhea Sikes, internal reports and publications on educational programming, and her independent consulting work between 1978 and 1980.
Dates:
circa 1957-1980
Abstract
John D. Silva (1920-2012) was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, the first commercial television station on the West Coast. He designed many innovative ways to make live, remote television – covering breaking news and special events – easier and faster, including inventing the first news helicopter (which he dubbed the "Telecopter") in 1958. Silva won his first Emmy in 1970 for electronic newsgathering and his second in 1974 for developing the telecopter. He served as director of...
Dates:
1946-2012
Abstract
The Silver Burdett Company collection contains materials dating between 1890 and 1978 with the bulk of the materials dating between 1920 and 1930. The collection consists of company publications, price lists, catalogs, various published, educational volumes, and performance programs relating to the company's publications.
Dates:
1890-1978; Majority of material found within 1920-1930
Abstract
The Silver Spring Nursery School was a cooperative nursery school in Silver Spring, Maryland started in 1941 by a group of mothers active in the Montgomery County League of Women Voters who expanded their children's play group into a nursery school. Ruth Crawford-Seeger, notable both as a composer and collector of American folksong, became affiliated with the school in 1941 when her daughter was a student. As part of her parental cooperative duties for the school, she taught music for that...
Dates:
1854-1975; Majority of material found within 1941-1975
Abstract
This collection contains newsletters and assorted clippings documenting the activities of the Silver Spring Nursery School, Inc., a cooperative nursery school in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Silver Spring Nursery School was started in 1941 by a group of mothers active in the Montgomery County League of Women Voters who expanded their children's play group into a nursery school.
Dates:
1942-1993
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of Volumes I through VI of A History of the White House: A Tavern in Vansville, Maryland (1984), a compilation of information on this 1834 structure edited by John William Wohlfarth. Wohlfarth acknowledged Fred Simmons as the principal researcher in this history, but others contributed as well to the investigation of White House Tavern. The Tavern still stands as part of the Del Haven White House Motel complex on Route 1, just north of College Park, and was...
Dates:
1984
