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Mylo S. Downey graduated from the Maryland College of Agriculture in 1927 and earned his Masters of Arts at the University of Maryland in 1940. Downey served as associate director for development for the College of Agriculture for many years. The papers include several yearbooks and commencement invitations from the 1920s as well as Downey's 1940 diploma. A preliminary inventory is available and can be found in the "Additional Description" section of this finding aid.
Dates:
1925-1940; Majority of material found within 1925-1927
Abstract
Dryad Press had its origins in Dryad magazine, a literary journal co-founded by Merrill Leffler and Neil Lehrman in 1967 in the Washington, D.C., area. In 1974, the press published the first book bearing its imprint and has since published over sixty works, primarily volumes of poetry, which often have Jewish themes or subjects. Many of the authors published by Dryad are associated with the state of Maryland, by birth, education, or current residence. Much...
Dates:
1966-2018
Abstract
The George Du Bois Collection of Maryland Labor History consits of photocopies of newspapers articles from the Baltimore Sun and other Maryland newspapers relating to labor issues gathered by DuBois during work on his dissertation at the University of Maryland, Search for a Better Life: Baltimore Workers 1865-1916.
Dates:
1865-1922; Majority of material found within 1865-1916
Abstract
The Thomas S. Duckett family papers consist of correspondence, financial records, and legal documents that span the years 1854-1943 with the bulk of the material dating between 1854 and 1893.
Dates:
1854-1943; Majority of material found within 1854-1893
Abstract
Harold Dudley (1896-1970) was a poet, author, and founder of the Washington Pilgrimage, later known as Religious Heritage of America. The organization actively promoted the Judeo-Christian heritage of the United States. ...
Dates:
1944-1971
Abstract
John Carroll Dunn was an architect who worked in the Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania region from the 1950s through the 1990s. The John Carroll Dunn papers are composed of architectural drawings and plans for commercial and residential structures in the Mid-Atlantic region. This collection is unprocessed.
Dates:
1950-1998
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Donald Dunn Duvall (March 7, 1946–August 7, 2010) was an American information technology consultant and music lover who organized and maintained a sizeable record collection started by his maternal uncle, Claude James Dunn (January 13, 1902–July 23, 1990). The Duvall record collection contains more than 200 LPs from the twentieth century; the bulk of the materials are undated, though two recordings are dated 1949. Styles of music represented in the collection include jazz and big band...
Dates:
1949, undated; Majority of material found in undated
Abstract
William Henry Duvall, Jr. was born on December 26, 1895 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He entered the Maryland Agricultural College as a student in 1916, but was inducted into the U. S. Army in 1918 and did not graduate with the rest of his class in 1919. This collection includes a hand-written laboratory notebook for a mechanical engineering class dated 1917, and a textbook entitled Introductory Course in Mechanical Drawing, by J. C. Tracy, C.E., published...
Dates:
1898-1917
Abstract
William Addison Dwiggins (1880-1956) was a type designer, book designer, calligrapher, illustrator, and writer. He also carved and wrote plays for his marionettes, and had occasional excursions into architecture, furniture design, mural painting, kite flying, weathervane-making, and making his own tools. The collection includes over 130 volumes and over 30 pieces of ephemera documenting Dwiggins's design career, as well as works written about him.
Dates:
1902-1990; Majority of material found within 1920-1960
Collection — Box: 1
0122-MMC
Abstract
DX News is the official bulletin of the National Radio Club, a non-profit hobbyist organization formed in 1933. (DXing refers to making contact between amateur radio stations.) This collection includes the first fifteen years of DX News, from 1933-1948.
Dates:
Publication: Majority of material found within November 8, 1933 - July 31, 1948
