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Joseph Irwin France (1873-1939) was a physician, state and U.S. senator, and a Maryland politician. His papers consist of scrapbooks, correspondence, pamphlets, speeches, and financial records. They relate to such subjects as Maryland and national politics; Republican party politics; suffrage; child welfare; trade; Russia; World War I; conscription; food control; farm relief; prohibition; labor strikes; disarmament; election campaigns; and Washington, D.C. society.
Dates:
1873-1935 and undated
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Frances Elliott Clark (1860-1958), born near Angola, Indiana, taught in the public schools of Illinois and Iowa until 1903, when she became the supervisor of the Milwaukee public schools. In 1911, she became the director of the Education Department of the Victor Talking Machine Company, where she promoted the use of the phonograph in music education. A founding member of the Music Educators National Conference (now the National Association for Music Education), she presided over the annual...
Dates:
1890-1963; Majority of material found within 1911-1957
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Frances M. Andrews was an influential force in the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), later known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), steering the Goals and Objectives Project and then serving the 1970-72 term as MENC’s president. Her career began in the school systems of her native Pennsylvania, where she worked as a clinician, instrumental and choral music director, and also as a supervisor in the 1930s. In 1948 she earned a doctorate from Penn. State with a...
Dates:
1962-1976; Majority of material found within 1962-1976
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Peter Franchot, Democrat, represented the 20th District, Montgomery County, Maryland (Takoma Park and Silver Spring), in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1987 to 2006. He was a member of the Appropriations Committee and served as the chair of the Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee. Through his career, Franchot has been an advocate for education, health care, transportation, and environmental protection initiatives. His papers include documentation pertaining to bills that he...
Dates:
1989-2006; Majority of material found within 1994-2005
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Francis Francois served as a member of the Prince George's County Council. The collection includes a history of Prince George's County, correspondence, and official documents. Among the topics covered are zoning, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and the Model Neighborhood Action Board. The papers are unprocessed but preliminary inventories are available as external documents.
Dates:
1944-1980; Majority of material found within 1964-1980
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François Loup (b. 1940) is a Swiss-born bass, actor, director, and was an associate professor at the University of Maryland's School of Music from 1996 to 2011. During a career in opera that has lasted more than half a century, Loup has given more than one hundred performances in major roles at the Metropolitan Opera of New York. The materials in this collection date from 1936 to 1990 and consist of scores Loup used and annotated extensively for his directorial work.
Dates:
1936-1990; Majority of material found within 1960-1975
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The Frank B. Wickes papers document the bandmaster's career and professional activities, including photographs, programs, and press from his three decades leading the band program at Louisiana State University. The papers also contain documentation of Wickes' early career as a basketball star for the University of Delaware.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-2015
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Dr. Frank Burdon Withrow, Jr. (1926-2019) worked for the United States Department of Education from 1966 to 1992. During the 1980s, he served as the Director of the Division of Educational Technology under the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Educational Research and Development. When he retired in 1992, he was head of the Star Schools Project. The collection documents the development and funding of educational television programs with an emphasis on math and science curricula.
Dates:
1981-1990; Majority of material found within 1982-1988
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Dr. Frank Peter Anthony Bencriscutto was known as a conductor, educator, and composer. A longtime Director of Bands at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Bencriscutto and the band toured the USSR for seven weeks in 1969, with a final performance at the White House. An avid jazz musician, performing on saxophone and clarinet, he is also credited with introducing jazz into the music curriculum at the University of Minnesota. After retiring in 1993, Dr. Bencriscutto soon joined the faculty at the...
Dates:
1972-1997; Majority of material found within 1972-1997
Abstract
Frank Colantuono (1929-2015) was an American clarinetist, freelance musician, and member of the International Clarinet Association (ICA) involved in many bands and ensembles throughout his lifetime. This collection consists of both personal and professional papers including handwritten notes, correspondence, sheet music, clarinet exercises, diagrams/charts, clarinet technique papers, catalogs, articles and clippings related to clarinet techniques, and his membership in the International...
Dates:
1994-2006, undated; Majority of material found in 1994-2000
