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This collection documents the career of Ruth Lawless Busbey, who received her B.S. (1930) and M.S. (1931) in chemistry from the University of Maryland and a second M.S. in languages (Russian) from Georgetown University in 1964. Ruth Busbey was a chemist for the United States Department of Agriculture throughout her career. Her papers consist of academic records, personnel files, correspondence, biographical information, and publications. Files documenting Busbey's 1966 information exchange...
Dates:
1922-1990; Majority of material found within 1934-1971
Abstract
The Bureau of Business and Economic Research was founded in 1946 to conduct academic research into regional economic concerns. The administrative records of the Bureau include reports, computer printouts, book manuscripts, and publications, concerning such subjects as a Maryland tax study, state and local government, conservation, industrial planning and development, and demographic processes.
Dates:
1946-1970; Majority of material found within 1953-1966
Abstract
These records consists of the administrative files of the College of Business and Public Administration. Important subjects addressed are the projection of class enrollment; graduate statistics; the history of the College; dedication of new buildings; faculty organizations; ten-year projections for the college; and departmental projections. In addition, activities of the Committee on Style of the Maryland Constitutional Convention Commission (1965-1968), marketing research criteria, and...
Dates:
1954-1973
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Alumnus Dick Byer, Class of 1967, spent much of his time on campus working for various student publications, including the Diamondback and the Terrapin yearbook. He photographed scenes of student life around campus.
Dates:
September 21, 1963 - December 1965, and undated
Abstract
Elbert M. Byrd served as a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and at the University of Maryland, during which time he authored several publications on constitutional theory and the judicial process. Byrd also served as delegate and platform committee chairman at state conventions of the Young Democratic Club and as treasurer of that organization. His papers address such subjects as home rule, the expansion of the Prince George's County's Board of Commissioners, and...
Dates:
1961-1966
Abstract
Harry Clifton Byrd (1889-1970) was president of the University of Maryland from 1935 to 1954. After his retirement he became chairman of the Tidewater Fisheries Commission and was involved with the revitalization of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. His papers relate mainly to the University of Maryland, its buildings, lands, governing bodies, and programs. Other subjects documented include the Defense Orientation Conference Association, Far East Command, and state elections. Byrd's...
Dates:
1895-1970; Majority of material found within 1909-1969
Abstract
Sterling Byrd was the youngest of the four children of Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd, a 1908 graduate of the University of Maryland who served as its president from 1935 to 1954. The bulk of his collection documents his father's remarkable life and career and includes an extensive number of photographs, memorabilia items, newspaper clippings, and publications chronicling the elder Byrd's personal life and professional achievements. The Sterling Byrd estate also donated a substantial number of...
Dates:
1804-1982
Abstract
The Byron Family papers cover the period from the 1860s through the 1990s, with several sections of materials with bulk dates of the 1880s to the 1920s, 1938-1942, and the 1960s-1970s. The collection consists of personal and professional papers of the family and ancestors of William Devereux Byron II (1895-1941) and Katharine McComas Edgar Byron (1903-1976). The personal papers of this collection include correspondence, photographs, sheet music; memorabilia, blueprints of and information...
Dates:
circa 1860s-1993; Majority of material found within circa 1880s-1920s; 1938-1942; circa 1960s-1970s
Abstract
Charles William Johnson (1927-2013), a music educator, served as the Band Director of the Oxon Hill Senior High School Band from 1952 to 1981. During his time as Band director, Johnson led the OHHS Band in performances at many prestigious national clinics and festivals, including the Mid-West National Band Clinic and the 1964 World’s Fair. In addition to serving as Band Director, Johnson was inducted into the American Bandmasters’ Association in 1964, an honor typically reserved for college...
Dates:
1950-2013; Majority of material found within 1950-1981
Abstract
Arch Campbell has been reporting on film and local theater and entertainment in Washington, D.C. since the 1970s. He is most known for his coverage of movies and the arts on WRC-TV, the local NBC-owned station on which he hosted segments for 32 years. In January of 2007, he joined WJLA-TV/ABC7 and NewsChannel 8. Campbell has won many awards during his career. The collection consists of television scripts and personal notes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence from...
Dates:
1974-2006
