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Thom Gunn papers

 Collection 0007-LIT
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Thom Gunn (1929-2004) was a British poet, whose residence was primarily the United States beginning in the 1950s. He published over thirty books of poetry, a collection of essays, and four edited collections. His work is widely represented in literary anthologies. Gunn combined an interest in traditional poetics with less traditional subjects, such as Hell's Angels, LSD, and homosexuality. The collection includes drafts, notebooks, publications, correspondence, and photographs. The bulk of...
Dates: 1951-1983; Majority of material found within 1951-1965

Ted R. Gurr papers

 Collection 0199-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Ted Gurr is a Distinguished University Professor emeritus in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland internationally recognized for his theoretical, comparative, and historical studies of societal conflict. Before joining the University of Maryland faculty in 1989, Dr. Gurr held academic positions at Princeton University (1965-1969), Northwestern University, where he was Payson S. Wild Professor from 1970 to 1983, and chair of the political science department...
Dates: 1977-2004

Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana

 Collection 0055-LIT
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Arthur J. Gutman, an expert on the life and work of H. L. Mencken , has spent virtually all of his life in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was born in 1911. From 1979 to1999, Gutman served as president of the Mencken Society, an organization founded to encourage the reading of and research into the writings of Henry L. Mencken. The Arthur J. Gutman collection contains books, serials, correspondence, manuscripts, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, audio-visual materials, and a listing of...
Dates: 1882-2006; Majority of material found within 1979-1999

David Field Gymkana collection

 Collection 0131-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract David A. Field founded the University of Maryland Gymkana troupe in 1946. Gymkana is a gymnastics troupe whose members formally pledge to remain drug, tobacco, and alcohol free, and to promote that lifestyle to their audiences. This collection consists of five photographs of David Field, including two from Gymkana's 50th Anniversary Homeshow in 1996. Also included are three memorabilia items from the 50th Anniversary commemoration -- a Gymkana t-shirt, a patch, and the plaque presented to...
Dates: 1982-1996; Majority of material found within 1996

Gymkana records

 Collection 0166-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Gymkana, an exhibition gymnastics troupe, was established by Dr. David A. Field at the University of Maryland in 1946. While they have always encouraged a healthy lifestyle, in 1985 troupe members formally pledged to remain drug, tobacco, and alcohol free, and to promote that lifestyle to their audiences. They perform at local schools and Maryland basketball games, and conclude with a home show every spring. The troupe is open to all University of Maryland students of all (or no) ability...
Dates: 1946-2001

H. Robert Cohen collection on Teatro alla Scala

 Collection 0174-SCPA
Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Abstract Dr. H. Robert Cohen is notable for founding the Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (RIPM). From 1986-2006, Cohen taught as Professor of Music at the University of Maryland from 1986-2006, and was named Professor Emeritus in 2007. In December of 2007, he donated this collection of serials, programs, catalogues, and newsletters pertaining mainly to 19th century Italian opera, with a particular emphasis on the operas of Verdi. However, the La Scala programs also contain useful information...
Dates: 1963-2006; Majority of material found within 1991-1997

George T. Hagen papers

 Collection 0593-GWP
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract George T. Hagen was a former prosecutor (1946) and Chief of the Prosecution Division (1948) of the Legal Section within the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces (GHQ-SCAP) and the Chairman of the Parole Board (1950) during the United States and the Allied Forces occupation of Japan (1945-1952). The materials cover topics related to Hagen's activities as he prosecuted and reviewed clemency and parole cases of war criminals. In addition, there are documents...
Dates: 1942-1987; Majority of material found within 1942-1958

Hagerstown Bank collection

 Collection 0171-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract This collection is composed almost entirely of letters primarily addressed to Elie Beatty, cashier of the Hagerstown Bank, and concerns various financial matters to be handled by Beatty and other cashiers. Included are requests for collection of debts and transfer of funds as well as transmittals of bank notes and drafts and identifications of counterfeit notes. The collection also includes three checks. The collection provides an overview of banking operations in early to mid-nineteenth...
Dates: 1814-1899; Majority of material found within 1820-1840

Hamilton Family papers

 Collection 0026-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract

The papers of the Hamilton family of Charles County, Maryland, pertain to family members as well as other contemporary leading figures of Charles County. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and addresses such topics as tobacco and agriculture, family matters, slavery, and Catholic schooling, as well as national events such as the Civil War and the development of the West.

Dates: 1803-1923 and undated; Majority of material found within 1827-1883 and undated

Shirley Eggleston Haner papers

 Collection 0170-MMC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Shirley Eggleston Haner was a radio and television actress. She co-starred as the secretary Susie in the 1952-1953 ABC detective program Crime Letter from Dan Dodge. She also played the role of Bonnie Withers in the television soap opera Valiant Lady. Other programs on which Eggleston (sometimes credited as Egleston) performed include Tales of Tomorrow, Dorothy...
Dates: 1952-1955 and undated; Majority of material found within 1952-1955

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