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Collection
0036-LBR-RG95-011
Abstract
George Delaney served as an international representative of the AFL and AFL-CIO from 1948 to 1958. This collection is comprised of George Delaney's personal papers, including correspondence, ephemera, clippings, and photographs. These are not Delaney's official files from his work at the AFL and AFL-CIO, but do contain material relating to his career and labor issues.
Dates:
1943-1972
Collection
0075-LBR-RG18-005
Abstract
George Delaney was an international representative in the International Affairs Departments of the AFL and AFL-CIO from 1948 to 1970. This collection consists of Delaney's staff files he created and collected during his tenure. Of note are near print and printed materials that documents the conference and governing body activities of the International Labor Organization, 1949-1956. The collection also provides insight into the formation of the International Confederation of Free Trade...
Dates:
1921-1957
Abstract
Former director of publicity and research of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSWA) A. G. Delman played a major role in arranging the transfer of that union's archives to the University of Maryland Libraries. This collection consists of materials from Delman's personal files relating to IUMSWA and to the labor movement in the United States, including correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, memoranda, flyers, pamphlets, and sixteen original...
Dates:
1940-1960
Collection — Multiple Containers
0560-GWP
Abstract
Lt. Colonel Victor E. Delnore commanded the Allied Occupation Forces in Nagasaki Prefecture from 1946 to 1949. As head of the Nagasaki Military Government Team, Delnore supervised early efforts to rebuild the atomic bomb-ravaged city of Nagasaki and to restore peace and stability throughout the prefecture. The Victor E. Delnore Papers include policy statements, directives, speeches (most notably his 1948 address at the historic first Nagasaki ceremony commemorating victims of the atomic...
Dates:
1931-2015; Majority of material found within 1945-1949
Abstract
Fred DeMarr, Class of 1949, was Assistant Dean of Men (1957-1960) and Coordinator of Public Functions in the Stamp Student Union (1971-1995) at the University of Maryland as well as President of the Prince George's County Historical Society. This collection consists of university publications, posters, photographs, news clippings, and architectural drawings relating to campus activities and the renovation of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union Building which DeMarr gathered during his...
Dates:
1946-1999; Majority of material found within 1960-1990
Abstract
George P. Demeroukas (1930-2012) was a technical illustrator and US Army veteran based in Chicago, Illinois. While stationed with the Japan Signal Battalion of the US Army in Japan from February 1955 to March 1956, Demeroukas photographed sites throughout Japan and collected numerous printed materials. This collection consists of items Demeroukas created and collected while in Japan and covers the years 1950 to 1956. Materials include a photograph album of military patches and...
Dates:
1950-1956 and undated
Abstract
During the Civil War, Demorest's New-York Illustrated News published woodcut pictures of life on the battle field. This collection consists of four engraved cherrywood plates that were carved in Philadelphia for the newspaper during the war years. Each block depicts a scene from the war in Maryland. Full-size prints from each block and photocopies of the newspaper issues in which the pictures were originally published accompany the print blocks. Also...
Dates:
1861-1865
Collection
0393-SCPA-EPSTEIN
Abstract
Dena Julia Polacheck Epstein (1916–2013) was an American music librarian, author, and musicologist. The Dena J. Epstein papers contain correspondence, clippings, scholarly material, publication contracts, and grant applications related to Epstein's music librarianship and musicology career. The collection documents Epstein’s education in librarianship, the beginning of her library career, and the scope of her mature scholarly and professional influence.
Dates:
1938–1991
Abstract
The Department of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC), under the Office of Facilities Management was "responsible for the design and construction of capital projects for the University of Maryland College Park and eight other University System of Maryland institutions. AEC also manages capital equipment for College Park capital projects." AEC was divided into three units: Project Management, Design/Construction Quality Assurance, and Support Services. These records contain...
Dates:
1917-1999; Majority of material found within 1980-1995
Abstract
The Department of Horticulture was formally established in 1863 to provide classroom instruction, empirical fieldwork, and research opportunities in horticulture for students and faculty at the Maryland Agricultural College and at the University of Maryland, as well as to provide extension service for the residents of the state of Maryland. The collection consists of the administrative, research, and teaching records of the department.
Dates:
1888-1971
