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Abstract
Albert Herling (1915-1997) was, among other things, a labor journalist, minister, and community activist. His career in the labor field included positions such as Public Relations Director of the Hatters' Union in New York City, Director of Research for the Commission of Inquiry into Forced Labor, and Director of Public Relations and Managing Editor for the Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers International Union (1955-1979). He was also politically active, working for Democratic...
Dates:
1950-1990; Majority of material found within 1960-1985
Abstract
Phillip Herring (1936-2021) was a scholar and biographer, who taught English at the University of Wisconsin at Madison for over twenty five years. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1966, and later worked at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. Herring is the author of Joyce's Uncertainty Principle (1987), Djuna: the Life and Work of Djuna Barnes (1995), and is the...
Dates:
1972-2008; Majority of material found within 1989-1995
Abstract
Herman S. Hettinger was an executive, legal advisor, academic and author, whose long and varied career frequently brought him into the business of radio broadcasting. The collection documents Hettinger's legal advising work in two cases.
Dates:
1941-1956 and undated; Majority of material found within 1950-1956
Abstract
Ray E. Hiebert, a faculty member and dean in the College of Journalism, wrote a book on Ivy Lee, publicity agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad, entitled Courier to the Crowd: the Story of Ivy Lee and the Development of Public Relations. The book was published in 1966 by Iowa State University Press. During the drafting of that book, Hiebert obtained control over a collection of official press releases of the Pennsylvania Railroad during the first fifty years of its existence. These press...
Dates:
1910-1995; Majority of material found within 1970-1993
Abstract
Richard Irving Hill attended the University of Maryland from 1955 through 1960, graduating with a B.S. in Music Education. While at Maryland, he participated in several music groups including the orchestra and the band. This collection contains a scrapbook made by Hill documenting events of the band and Department of Music at the University of Maryland between 1955-1960. Included in the scrapbook are newspaper and article clippings, programs, and the University of Maryland Band rules and...
Dates:
1955-1957
Scope and Contents
The Grover C. and Diane Skogland Hinds collection covers the period from 1794 to 1859; the bulk of the materials date from 1818 to 1859. The collection consists of correspondence and legal documents, including the Key and Steele families of Maryland. Also mentioned are George Calvert, the Patapsco Female Institute, Thorndale Seminary and St. Timothy’s Hall.
Dates:
1794-1859; Majority of material found within 1818-1859
Abstract
This collection contains Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) drawings from Maryland locations, including the Baltimore Shot Tower, the Wye House Orangery, and the Chase-Lloyd House in Annapolis. A complete set of HABS drawings is available online at the Library of Congress.
Dates:
1933-1969
Abstract
The Campus Unrest records include photographs and documents from the Vietnam War protests at the University of Maryland between 1970 and 1972. The photographs capture demonstrations, police activity, arrests, and destruction, both on- and off-campus, caused by the protestors. Many images of damage in the Main Administration building from May 1970 are included. Documents include posters, news clippings, and recollections of the protests by students. There is also a detailed account of student...
Dates:
1968-1972; Majority of material found within 1970-1971
Abstract
Clark S. Hobbs was the Vice President of Goucher College from 1945 to 1951, and the Director of Civic Development for the Baltimore Association of Commerce from 1951 to 1962. Prior to 1945, Hobbs was a writer and editor for several newspapers based in Baltimore, Maryland, and authored a daily humor column entitled “Good Evening” for the Baltimore Evening Sun from 1921 to 1935. The collection consists of clippings, publications, speeches, biographical material, and...
Dates:
1928-1974; Majority of material found within 1951-1962
Abstract
Jack Hoffenberg (1906-1977) was an advertising executive in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, who became a novelist after relocating to California in the 1950s. In the 1930s, he served in the U. S. Marine Corps in Haiti. In 1937, he joined a Washington, D.C., advertising agency but returned to military service during World War II, serving in the U. S. Army. After relocating to California, he published ten novels, including A Thunder at Dawn and...
Dates:
1944-1977
