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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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
John Faber was a professor of microbiology at the University of Maryland from 1927 until 1969. He was chairman of the Microbiology Department from 1945 until his retirement in 1969. He became head coach of the Maryland lacrosse team in 1928 and led the team to nine national championships and eight Atlantic Coast Conference championships. He retired as head coach in 1963 with a career record of 249 wins and 57 losses. The Faber papers consist of memorabilia, certificates, books, newspaper...
Dates:
1928-1988
Abstract
Facilities Management at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD is responsible for the physical campus including its academic, research and administrative spaces, the infrastructure that supports the buildings, and the landscape that surrounds them. The facility records cover the years 1949 - 2010 and include photographs and documentation of facility projects.
Dates:
1949 - 2010s and undated
Abstract
This collection consists of minutes of faculty meetings of all teaching personnel of the College Park campus. The years covered by the records saw the transition of the Maryland Agricultural College to the University of Maryland, and this topic receives some discussion in the minutes. The minutes primarily cover the day-to-day functioning of the university, however, and document a wide variety of subjects, such as the punishment of cadets for "disorderly conduct," effects of a diphtheria...
Dates:
1897-1922
Abstract
The records of the Farmers' Institutes, a Department of the Maryland Agricultural College, cover the years 1896 to 1910. Document types include correspondence, news clippings, inventories, a scrapbook of programs, broadsides, and syllabi, and a history of the Institutes. The Farmers' Institutes were created by state legislation in 1896 in order to provide agricultural education to farmers throughout the state. Instruction took place in the form of meetings held in each county, with national...
Dates:
1896-1910; Majority of material found within 1896-1910
Content Description
Fielden Ward Farrington (1909-1977) was an author, radio announcer, and long-time CBS staffer. This collection includes scripts and proposed scripts written by Farrington for the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, ABC radio's Theatre 5, ABC-TV's General Hospital, NBC radio's True Confessions, and NBC-TV's General Hospital and True Story....
Dates:
1958-1976; Majority of material found within 1974-1976
Abstract
William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an American author of novels, short stories, essays, poems, and dramatic works. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, and was a two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. This collection represents an artificially assembled group of lesser-known writings by and about Faulkner in the form of manuscripts, correspondence, and clippings from literary journals, as well as items related to his life in Oxford, Mississippi, his work in Hollywood, and...
Dates:
1925-1973; Majority of material found within 1925-1959
