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Mary Louis Doherty (1896-1995) was an expatriate American and journalist who lived in Mexico most of her life, working for Mexican government officials as well as private institutions and individuals. She corresponded with Katherine Anne Porter after they met in Mexico City in 1921. Doherty and Porter lived together in Mexico City in 1931 and in Washington, D. C., in 1944. She served as one of the models for the character of Laura in Porter's short story, "Flowering Judas." The Doherty...
Dates:
Circa 1917-1989; Majority of material found within 1920-1963
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0428-SCPA-HAMERMAN
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Don Hamerman (b.1954) is a commercial photographer based out of Stamford, Connecticut. Hamerman was a staff photographer for Unicorn Times from 1978-1980, a monthly performing arts periodical from Washington, D.C. Known for his collection "My Found Baseballs," Hamerman’s work has been featured in publications such as Time’s “Lightbox,” NPR’s “Picture Show”, and periodicals such as New York, ...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1979-1980; 1978-1980
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0466-SCPA-MARCOUILLER
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Don R. Marcouiller (1925-2018) was an American music professor, scholar, and conductor of collegiate bands. The majority of his career was spent in tenure at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he served as Director of Bands from 1956-1987. Marcouiller was a Board Member of the American Bandmasters Association, and Past President of College Band Directors National Association, Iowa Bandmasters Association, Iowa Music Educators Association, and Des Moines Civic Music Association. The...
Dates:
1951-2013 and undated
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Broadcasting & Cable is a trade magazine, founded in 1931, focusing on radio and television broadcasting and cable systems. This collection was primarily accumulated by former Broadcasting & Cable editor Don West and now consists of over 30,000 files – mostly photographs – relating to the magazine's subjects. Some folders contain accompanying press releases and newspaper clippings as well.
Dates:
1931-2002; Majority of material found within 1950-2000
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Don Gene Wilcox (b. 1936) is a twentieth and twenty-first century American collegiate band director and clinician. He was director of bands at West Virginia University for over thirty years. He is a member and past president of the American Bandmasters Association. The Don Wilcox collection contains material from 1958 to 2005 with the bulk of the materials from between 1969 and 2001. This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, programs, newsletters, clippings, photos,...
Dates:
1934-2009; Majority of material found within 1969-2005
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Donald Martino (1931 – 2005) was an American, Pulitzer Prize winning composer and a proponent of serialism as composed and instructed by his teacher, Luigi Dallapiccola. The collection consists of five musical greeting cards created by Donald Martino. For the birthdays of his composer friends and peers, Martino composed single-page scores of solo clarinet music. Some of the motifs and inspirations for the compositions are based off of the French musical cryptogram system, which allows the...
Dates:
1966 - 1997; Majority of material found in 1988 - 1997
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Dr. Donald McGinnis (1917-2016) was a prominent band director, clarinetist, flutist, teacher, and clinician through the middle of the 20th century. He served as the woodwind instructor and assistant director of the Concert Band and Marching Band in 1941 at the Ohio State University. In 1952 he was promoted to director of the Ohio State University Concert Band, which he led in performances at Carnegie Hall and other tours. Dr. McGinnis held this position until he retired in 1979. The Donald...
Dates:
1874-2016; Majority of material found within 1940-1990
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0049-SCPA-POND
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Donald Pond (1906-1983) was a music educator, composer, and performer. Born in England, Pond immigrated to New York City at the age of twenty-seven and began working at the Dalton School, the Children's Theatre Arts Workshop, and as a guest lecturer at Teachers College, Columbia University. In 1937, Pond became the Music Director of the Pillsbury Foundation School, which was established with assistance from Leopold Stokowski for the study of young children's spontaneous music-making. After...
Dates:
circa 1910-1987; Majority of material found within 1937-1983
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Donald R. McNeil (1923-1996), founder of the National Public Broadcasting Archives at the University of Maryland, worked much of his life in academia. He was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin's extension services from 1965 to 1968. In 1968, McNeil received the first Emmy given to a public television station (WHA-TV) for his series "Pretty Soon Runs Out," a forum on integration and race relations. He was provost of the unified University of Maine, a merger of five state colleges and...
Dates:
1930-1988 and undated; Majority of material found within 1980-1987
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Jane Donawerth has been a professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, since 1975. The papers cover the years between 1974 and 2009 and document Donawerth's activities at the University of Maryland in the Women's Studies Program, the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies, the Composition/Rhetoric Program, and various appointments and committees within the English department. Included in the collection are correspondence, memoranda, meeting agendas and minutes, grant...
Dates:
1974-2009; Majority of material found within 1985-2006
