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Abstract
The biography files collection in Special Collections in Performing Arts results from clippings by curators or librarians, or from membership surveys of performing arts organizations with records at the various iterations of the repository. Included in this collection are news clippings from Washington and Baltimore-area newspapers, or clippings found online in other serial publications. The clippings were made by performing artists, educators, or performing arts librarians. The bulk of the...
Dates:
1963-current; Majority of material found within 1998-2005
Abstract
Charles E. Bishop (1921-2012) was chancellor of the university from July 1970 to July 1974, overseeing a major academic reorganization on campus during his tenure. This collection of photographs depicts Bishop speaking with students, both formally and informally, and with other members of the university faculty and administration and state officials, including President Wilson H. Elkins, State Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein, Coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell, and Governor Marvin Mandel. A...
Dates:
1971
Abstract
A 1920 graduate of the Maryland State College of Agriculture, Theodore Lemuel Bissell (1899-1992) was an entomologist for the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology and Georgia Experiment Station, who also taught entomology at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1947 to 1969. The collection contains correspondence, news clippings, notes, and horticultural meeting and conference programs. The bulk of the materials document Mr. Bissell's interest in the history...
Dates:
1859-1982 and undated
Content Description
The Black Student Union(BSU) records includes materials such as scrapbooks, a yearbook DVD, photographs of BSU events, awards and plaques, and 4 posters used to promote BSU events. Material dates from 1986-2012.
Dates:
1986-2012 and undated; Majority of material found within 1998-2008
Abstract
Joe F. Blair, known widely as "Joe Blair," served as the University of Maryland sports information director from 1950 until 1962, as well as the football publicist from 1988 until his death in November 1995. This collection primarily consists of photographs of the football program from the 1950s, including the "Queen's Game" in 1957. This collection also contains a small portion of photographs related to University of Maryland basketball. A preliminary inventory is available and can be found...
Dates:
1951-1990; Majority of material found within 1951-1961
Abstract
R. Howard Bland, upon receiving his law degree from Harvard in 1905, joined the Baltimore law firm of Poe, Claggett, and Bland, where he remained until 1916. He subsequently made his mark in the business world, serving variously as a director of the Chespeake and Potomac Telephone Co. and of the Consolidated Gas, Electric, Light, and Power Company and as president of the U.S. Fidelity and Guarantee Company. His papers contain correspondence relating to his years at Harvard as a law student;...
Dates:
1903-1917
Abstract
Betty Bloom attended the University of Maryland from 1935 until 1938. This collection includes snapshots of University of Maryland co-eds, including Bloom, and campus scenes from the mid- to late 1930s. Also included in the collection are receipts for Bloom's tuition, room and board for the first semester of the 1935-1936 academic year and her bid letter from the Alpha Sigma sorority. A preliminary inventory is available and can be found in the "Additional Description" section of this...
Dates:
circa 1935-1938
Abstract
Carl Bode (1911-1993) was an author, professor of English at the University of Maryland, and officer of several literary and cultural organizations. His scholarly interests included Emerson, Thoreau, and H. L. Mencken. His books included Mencken, the first full biography to be published after Mencken's death; Maryland, a 350-year history of the state; The Man Behind You, a volume of poetry;...
Dates:
1941-1984
Abstract
Boden Sandstrom earned her PhD in Ethnomusicology in 1997 at the University of Maryland and continued on as a professor in the department until her retirement in 2013. This collection contains materials she used to teach courses in world popular music and ethnomusicology, recordings, program budgets, textbooks, and articles, and papers written by Sandstrom, her colleagues including Marcia Herndon and Carolina Robertson, and students. Also included are programs and abstracts from the Society...
Dates:
1971-2013; Majority of material found within 1997-2008
Abstract
Douglas F. Bodwell (1943-1998) worked for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as director of the Office of Education, an office he created, from 1974 to 1998. He helped acquire funding for 22 television series, including the Emmy Award winners Reading Rainbow, 3-2-1 Contact, and Square One TV. He also advised on Kids America, a 90-minute public radio show for young children that aired from 1984 through...
Dates:
1961-1971 and undated; Majority of material found within 1965-1971
