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The Ernő Balogh collection spans from 1905-1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920-1975. The collection contains both professional and personal papers and materials, featuring correspondence, contracts, published and unpublished manuscripts, programs, reviews, promotional material, scores, recordings, etc. Materials surrounding Balogh's relationship with Bartok are a particular strength of this collection. Expand the menus below for additional information on the collection,...
Dates:
1905 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1975
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The Ernst Levy Collection includes papers, photographs, recordings, and scores relating to the life and career of pianist, educator, conductor, author, composer, philosopher, and musicologist Ernst Levy. Levy was a powerhouse pianist and a prolific composer and scholar. He wrote articles in a variety of disciplines, and an appendix entitled “On the Proportions of the South Tower of Chartres Cathedral” for the book "The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept...
Dates:
1893 - 2007
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The Ethel Leginska Collection contains papers, photographs, recordings, and scores relating to the life and career of pianist, composer, conductor, and teacher Ethel Leginska. Leginska was an internationally recognized concert artist, and she was the first woman to establish a significant career conducting opera. Leginska also composed orchestral and chamber works, with many being performed by leading chamber groups and orchestras. She was also an influential teacher, running a studio in Los...
Dates:
1905 - 1970
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Eugene Morlan (1917-2010) was an American music educator, and an active member and employee of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), know known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). He received a BA from Indiana State Teachers College in 1939 and a MA and Ed. D from the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1946 and 1966 respectively. As an educator, he taught in Westfield, Illinois from 1939-41. He went on to become the Supervisor of Music in Shenandoah County,...
Dates:
1915-2010; Majority of material found within 1932-2000
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Dr. Eunice Louise Boardman was a music educator who taught general and choral music as well as college-level teacher’s courses at multiple institutions, most notably at the University of Illinois where she achieved tenure in 1988. She co-authored an array of pedagogical music books, for which she was well known, such as Exploring Music (1966). She was active within the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) as both a committee member and chair.
Dates:
1943-2009; Majority of material found within 1995-1998
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The European Heritage Documents collection contains a wide variety of documents, written mostly in French, but also Latin, Italian, and Spanish, with a few in German, Dutch, and Portuguese. Most documents are hand written, some on parchment. A significant portion of the collection deals with the history of the Savoy region and includes land, property and other legal records, genealogy, government decrees and correspondence. This material may originally have been collected for the purpose of...
Dates:
1334-1950; Majority of material found within 1600-1899
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Warren Rhys Evans, graduated from the University of Maryland in 1936 with a B.S. in Eductation. Evans, a track star at the University of Maryland, also served as a lieutenant in the R.O.T.C. and as president of the Intramural Athletic Association. This collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and sports schedules from Evans' time as a student-athlete and materials related to his 50th anniversary reunion, as well as a leather wall hanging with the university seal and his name and...
Dates:
1931-2006; Majority of material found within 1934-1937
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The Executive Assistant to the Chancellor records are case and contract files handled by the Office of Legal Affairs, also known as the President's Legal Office. Preliminary inventories are available.
Dates:
1962-1983; Majority of material found within 1971-1982
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Extension Home Economics, an arm of the Cooperative Extension Service, is responsible for teaching Maryland residents about safe food preparation, nutrition, and other home-related topics. Records generated by this unit consist of correspondence, publications, videotapes, reports, and photographs. Prominent subjects are 4-H and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. The files are unprocessed, but preliminary inventories are available.
Dates:
1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1985-1993
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The F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference was established in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland, to commemorate the 100th birthday of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose paternal ancestors were from Montgomery County, Maryland. Fitzgerald is buried, along with his wife Zelda and his daughter Scottie, in the cemetery of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Rockville, Maryland. In 2013, the name of the event was officially changed to the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival. This...
Dates:
1994-2024 and undated
