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Abstract
WRKL began broadcasting in rural Rockland County, New York on July 4, 1964, at a time when the area was becoming a suburb of New York City. The 1,000-watt AM station featured some music but focused mainly on local news, community bulletins, and talk. The popular call-in show "Hotline" was known for featuring controversial guests and topics. In 1967, WRKL was firebombed after an appearance by a representative from the Congress for Racial Equality. The station resumed broadcasting a few days...
Dates:
1953-1989; Majority of material found within 1964-1977
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Albert R. Wynn represented Maryland's Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2008. Prior to that service Wynn served as director of the Prince George's County Consumer Protection Commission and in the Maryland General Assembly. After his defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary by Donna Edwards, Wynn resigned in order to take a position with the lobbying firm Dickstein Shapiro. Edwards won a special election to serve the remainder of his term....
Dates:
1983-2008; Majority of material found within 1993-2008
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Joan Yarbrough (--) and Robert Cowan (--) were a husband-and-wife piano duo involved in numerous performances throughout their career. They were duo-pianists in residence at the University of Montevallo in Alabama and artist-faculty members at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. They also gave performances throughout the world, including in the Far East, Russia, and Austria. The collection consists of correspondence, programs, articles, recordings, flyers, photographs, music...
Dates:
1900-2007; Majority of material found within 1967-1991
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Arnold Yates, 1900-1971, born in Cheshire, UK, was apprenticed as a tool-maker at age 14. Through his membership in the Liverpool Branch of the Independent Labour Party and his own interest and study, he became an expert on William Morris and began collecting Morris materials. In 1919, he opened a bookshop in Liverpool, but, in 1921, joined Messers A. E. Parry and Co., Booksellers, eventually selling the business in 1949 and retiring to the Cotswolds. A bibliophile and collector from...
Dates:
1850-1976; Majority of material found within 1949-1959
Abstract
Ben Yomen was a cartoonist from the 1930s to the 1990s. This collection consists of 40 original labor cartoons created by Ben Yomen, which were published in Federated Press publications and CIO News in the 1940s. It also includes printed cartoons, an exhibit folder, and an United Automobile Workers Solidarity article.
Dates:
1941-1999; Majority of material found within 1942-1946
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Edgar Paul Young (1928-2008) joined the faculty of the Animal Science Department of the University of Maryland in 1958. He served as chair of the department from 1968 to 1982, and he retired from the university in 1989. The papers document Young's research, writing, advising, and outreach activities during his early career as a professor. Materials consist of lab notes, data charts, research proposals, manuscripts, correspondence, association files, photographs, field day handouts, and...
Dates:
1953-1963; Majority of material found within 1958-1963
Abstract
Dr. Elizabeth L. Young's career in broadcasting spans from the 1960s to the present and includes work in public radio, public television and satellite telecommunications. Starting at American University's WAMU-FM, Young worked at organizations including National Public Radio (NPR), the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Kansas Public Telecommunications Commission and the Public Service Satellite Consortium. This collection documents her work at CPB and NPR including her work for a...
Dates:
1969-1974 and undated; Majority of material found within 1970
Abstract
The Young Socialist Alliance (YSA), a youth organization connected to the Socialist Workers Party, was established at the University of Maryland in the 1970s. This collection contains material from the 1976-1977 school year, including meeting minutes and agendas, press releases and newspaper clippings about domestic and international affairs, event brochures, YSA handbooks, and a program from the 1976 Socialist Party convention.
Dates:
1976-1977
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This collection documents Peter S. Zakroff's work as an independent instructional designer, writer and producer of training programs for a number of national labor unions from 1970-1999. His programs covered topics including political action, lobbying and campaigning, employee benefits, effective communications, and responsibilities and advantages of union membership for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the American Federation of Government Employees...
Dates:
1970-1999
Abstract
John W. "Jack" Zane served as the sports information director at the University of Maryland from 1970 until 1988. Zane received his bachelor's degree in Journalism from Maryland in 1960 and worked as the sports information director at George Washington University before returning to UMD. After Herb Harnett took over as sports information director, Zane took on other responsibilities in the athletic department, including ticket manager and director of the Walk of Fame at the Comcast...
Dates:
1926-2005; Majority of material found within 1965-2000
