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Abstract
The Elizabeth Weaver collection contains dance and theater programs with related newspaper clippings from the years of 1932 to 1980.
Dates:
1932-2004; Majority of material found within 1950-1967
Abstract
Wilson Homer Elkins, president of the University of Maryland from 1954 until 1978, emphasized a basic curriculum and strict academic standards during his tenure. He oversaw the establishment of a faculty governance structure and administered a major expansion and improvement of the physical plant, including the construction of the McKeldin Library and the Computer Science Center. This collection consists of two different unprocessed accessions. The first consists of publications,...
Dates:
1949-1992; Majority of material found within circa 1960 -1979
Scope and Contents
The Ella Goldstein collection contains papers, scrapbooks, and recordings relating to the life and career of pianist Ella Goldstein. Goldstein was a child prodigy and concert pianist; her first performances took place at the age of 7, in China. She enjoyed an international performance career from the age of 11 onwards, winning the 5th International Busoni Competition in 1953. Goldstein made several recordings for the Concert Hall Society and Musical Masterworks Society as well. Expand the...
Dates:
1927 - 1994
Abstract
A performer and music professor, Emil Danenberg (1917-1982) was extensively involved in chamber music, including performances with the New Hungarian Quartet, with violinists Matthew Raimondi and Andor Toth, and with cellist Pierre Fournier. Danenberg also gave numerous solo recitals and taught at both UNC Chapel Hill and Oberlin Conservatory. In addition, Danenberg was the president of Oberlin College and taught many master classes there. The collection contains concert programs, scrapbooks,...
Dates:
1895-1994; Majority of material found within 1957-1982
Abstract
William H. Emory (1811-1887) was born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1831, Emory devoted most of his life to the U.S. Army. Upon retirement in 1876 he had attained the rank of brigadier general and had served in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and on what is historically known as the "Indian Frontier," land in south-central United States that the US government established after forcibly removing Indigenous people in the east from...
Dates:
1861-1873
Abstract
C. Walter England (1899-1999) graduated from the University of Maryland in 1923 with a Bachelors of Science in Dairy Processing. After earning his Masters of Science and Ph.D. in the same discipline at Cornell University, he returned to Maryland as a faculty member in 1933 and ran the dairy technology program until 1944. Eventually, he established his own dairy testing business. The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources established a scholarship in his name in 1963, as well as an...
Dates:
1923-1986; Majority of material found within circa 1920-1929
Scope and Content of Collection
The Gertrude Entenmann papers documents Entenmann's career in Washington, DC television and advertising. It spans the years 1954 to 1980 with the bulk of the material from the 1950s and 1960s. This collection includes promotional materials, papers, photographs, business materials artifacts, and books.
Dates:
1949-1980; Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s
Abstract
The Department of Entomology was established in 1859 to focus on teaching, research, regulation, extension services, and instructional aspects of entomology. The collection consists of such materials as articles, speeches, and photographs created by the department or its faculty members and documents the administration of the department as well as many of its experiments and projects.
Dates:
1893-1986; Majority of material found within 1926-1965
Abstract
This collection is comprised of sound recordings and other materials related to American jazz and swing clarinetist Benny Goodman (1909-1986), collected by Ephraim Goldberg. Benny Goodman had a notable career lasting from the 1920s into the 1980s. The collection contains over 800 LP Records, as well as cassettes, CDs, open reel tapes, and VHS videotapes. There are also several books, posters, discographies, recording catalogues, and assorted Benny Goodman memorabilia.
Dates:
1927-2000; Majority of material found within 1927-1982
Abstract
Geary Eppley graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the Maryland State College of Agriculture in 1920 and received his M.A. from that institution in 1926. Having been appointed Assistant Professor of Agriculture at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1921, Eppley took on the additional responsibility of coaching track in the early 1930s and became athletic director in 1936. From 1936 to 1964 he was also Dean of Men. His papers include correspondence, minutes, reports, pamphlets,...
Dates:
1913-1995; Majority of material found within 1935-1953
