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Abstract
Convened in October of 1964, The Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) was an international community of dance researchers, scholars, teachers, and performers who sought to encourage, facilitate and disseminate dance scholarship. The organization promoted a discursive approach to researching and understanding dance as more than just art and expression, but the value of the form as a manifestation of universal communication, resonant ideas, and cultural commodity. In 2017, CORD was merged with...
Dates:
1964-1999; Majority of material found within 1975-1999
Scope and Contents
The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was founded in 1913 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to campaign for a federal suffrage amendment. This collection consists of eight issues of The Suffragist, the weekly periodical published by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. The issues in this collection all date from 1916 and are issues 4-10, and 27.
Dates:
January 22, 1916-July 1, 1916
Abstract
The Ernest A. Connally papers document US participation in the international preservation movement in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection contains materials related to Connally's work with the International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), UNESCO, and the National Park Service. This collection is unprocessed but a preliminary inventory is available.
Dates:
1967-1997; Majority of material found within 1970-1982
Abstract
The Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (CRGE) is an organization originating from the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. It was founded in 1998 as a university-wide interdisciplinary research center of its kind focused on advancing qualitative and mixed-methods research to promote and advance intersectional scholarship and transfer knowledge to the next generation of scholars.The collection materials date from 1997 to 2023...
Dates:
1997-2023
Scope and Contents
The Constance Keene Collection contains papers, photographs, and recordings relating to the life and career of pianist and teacher Constance Keene. Keene was a renowned performer and educator. She married Abram Chasins in 1949, and together they created many duo-piano recordings; under his influence, she performed for important figures such as Leopold Godowsky and Josef Hofmann. On her own, Keene performed as a soloist with major orchestras across Europe and the United States, and received...
Dates:
1951 - 2006
Abstract
The Contemporary Music Project (CMP) spanned a fourteen-year period from 1959 to 1973. Originally named the The Young Composers Project (YCP), the CMP consisted of three programs: Professionals-in-Residence to Communities, the Teaching of Comprehensive Musicianship, and Complementary Activities. The CMP records consist of approximately twenty-five linear feet of documents; scores donated by the young composers, taped performances of CMP compositions, video tapes of the Eastman workshops; the...
Dates:
1957-1973; Majority of material found within 1959-1973
Abstract
Giles B. Cooke received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in organic chemistry. This collection contains four photographs of campus life at Maryland, circa 1924, including Gerneaux Hall and its house mother, Miss Pearl Anderson. Also included is an oversize photograph of an unidentified group of men.
Dates:
1924
Abstract
Patricia A. Cooper is a labor historian and writer. This collection consists of oral history interviews, oral history transcripts, book manuscript drafts, and research notes for one published book about the Cigar Makers International Union, "Once a Cigar Maker: Men, Women, and Work Culture in American Cigar Factories, 1900-1919," and one unpublished book about the history of Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1895-2008; Majority of material found within 1976-2003
Abstract
Founded in 1914 to administer federal and state funding for programs to improve community life, the Cooperative Extension Service concentrated its activities in eight areas: agricultural profitability; natural resources; diet, nutrition and health; human capital development; family economic stability; agricultural technology for urban audiences; profitability of marine industries; and enhanced community vitality. Publications, contracts, reports, photographs, and correspondence document the...
Dates:
1914-1972
Abstract
Founded in 1967, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is the steward of the U.S. federal government’s investment in public broadcasting and the nation’s largest single source of funding for public radio, television, and related services. CPB distributes funding to locally-owned public radio and television stations and ensures universal access to non-commercial-high quality content and telecommunications services. The CPB does not own or operate any television or radio broadcasting...
Dates:
circa 1967 - 2005
