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Abstract
Lawrence Joseph Hogan was a former Maryland Congressman for the 5th District (1969-1975) in the House of Representatives and Prince George’s County Executive (1978-1982). Hogan served on the House Judiciary Committee (1971-1974), which investigated the Watergate break-in and led the impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974. Subjects covered include the Maryland state legislature, Prince George's County, and his work related to various Congressional committees...
Dates:
1940s-2014; Majority of material found within 1969-1982
Abstract
Milton Mingis Holden (1902-1973) graduated from the University of Maryland in 1923. While at Maryland, Holden played baseball and was a member of the Sigma Phi Sigma social fraternity. This collection contains photographs of the 1919 football team, as well as other university athletes, students, buildings on campus and in College Park. Notable images include action shots of football, baseball, and lacrosse players, H.C. "Curly" Byrd as football coach, and athlete Geary Eppley. Documents in...
Dates:
1919-1920
Abstract
Celia M. Holland (1911-1993), a Baltimore, Maryland, native, was a local history writer who became, through her research, the unofficial historian of Howard County, Maryland. Her most important work was the monograph entitled Old Homes and Families of Howard County, Maryland. She also produced numerous newspaper and magazine articles on Maryland history topics and conducted an extensive correspondence with many individuals sharing similar local history interests....
Dates:
1861-1993; Majority of material found within 1861-1993
Content Description
The James Clarence and Mary Griset Holland Collection covers the period from 1809 to 1984; the bulk of the materials date from 1830 to 1870 and 1930 to 1976. The collection consists of artwork in various formats including prints, photographs, and original pieces of art. There are also a number of historically significant newspapers and pages from books and magazines. All of the pieces depict locations, events, or figures associated with the state of Maryland (except for two from Washington,...
Dates:
1616-1984 and undated; Majority of material found within 1809-1984 and undated
Abstract
Congresswoman Marjorie Sewell Holt represented the 4th District of Maryland in the U.S. Congress from 1973 to 1987 and was noted for her leadership in national legislation for urban homesteading, matters concerning the Chesapeake Bay, and women's issues. Other central topics represented in the collecton include national defense, campaign issues, and National and Dulles airports. Holt's career is documented through voting records, appointment schedules, speeches, correspondence, political...
Dates:
1971-1986; Majority of material found within 1972-1986
Abstract
Samuel C. O. Holt (1936-2023) was a radio and television executive who made significant contributions to the early development of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio. He directed a Public Radio Study, commissioned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation in 1969. This study "outlined a course of action followed by CPB in developing a national system of public radio." From 1970 to 1973, he was Coordinator of Programming...
Dates:
1951-1995 and undated; Majority of material found within 1967-1983
Abstract
Literary scholar, professor, and translator William Milne Holton (1931-2000) was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1954, and shortly thereafter received his L.L.B. from Harvard Law School in 1957. Holton practiced law in Chatanooga, Tennessee, for nearly a year before continuing his education at Yale University, receiving his Ph.D. in literature in 1965. Holton began his teaching career at the University of Maryland in 1961, a tenure that lasted...
Dates:
circa 1926-2004; Majority of material found within 1976-1996
Abstract
This collection contains approximately 20 photographs and negatives of Homecoming celebrations and festivities at the University of Maryland spanning from the 1930s to 1950s. Homecoming activities pictured include football games, the University Band, parade preparations and floats, and the crowning of the Homecoming queen and courts, as well as a pig-chasing contest. Two envelopes of glass slides are also part of this collection.
Dates:
1933-1950; Majority of material found within circa 1940-1949
Abstract
Roy Hoopes (1922- ), author, journalist, photographer, and editor was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, he grew up in Washington, DC, where his family moved when he was four. After active duty in the Naval Reserves in WWII, he completed his M.A. in 1948 at George Washington University, where he had previously completed his A.B. in 1943. Thereafter he edited and wrote for various magazines such as National Geographic Magazine, ...
Dates:
1941-2007; Majority of material found within 1970-1990
Collection
0320-SCPA-MONTONI
Abstract
Hope Haley Montoni (1931 – 2013) was a singer, educator, activist, and feminist. The Hope Haley Montoni collection of chamber music with voice covers the period of 1949 to 1977, with the bulk of the materials from 1950 to 1977. The collection consists of notated music scores and some personal correspondence.
Dates:
1949-1977, undated; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1977
