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Abstract
Charles L. Kades, Deputy Director of the Government Section of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces (SCAP) during the Occupation of Japan, played a leading role in drafting a model constitution for the Japanese. His papers document the revisions to the Japanese constitution between 1946 and 1948 and include drafts of the consitution as well as memoranda, committee minutes, letters, check sheets, and an imperial message regarding the revision of the Japanese constitution.
Dates:
1946-1996; Majority of material found within 1946-1947
Content Description
Jeffrey Kadet amassed a collection of regional and national television program guides over the course of 34 years dating from the 1950s through the 1980. The majority of the regional guides cover the years 1948-1953. The collection consists of weekly national TV Guides as well as a number of regional television guides which cover New England, Washington-Baltimore area, San Francisco-Bay Area, Pennsylvania, New York, the Midwest, the Southwest, and the Deep SouthA preliminary...
Dates:
1950-1985
Abstract
Cheryl C. Kagan was a delegate (Democrat) to the Maryland General Assembly representing the 17th District of Montgomery County. During her legislative career, Cheryl Kagan made women's rights, consumer protection, education and ethics some of her top priorities, and sponsored bills focusing on election law, emergency care for survivors of rape, health insurance for in-vitro fertilization, privacy, and condominiums. The files consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1994-2002; 1980-2002
Abstract
James D. Karayn, Jr. (1933-1996) was the driving force behind the gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings and live coverage of the president’s annual State of the Union address. In 1976, he was instrumental in bringing presidential debates back to television. Karayn was the executive producer and chief of National Educational Television's Washington bureau from 1965 to 1971. He founded the National Public Affairs Center for Television (NPACT) in 1971, serving as its...
Dates:
1960-1981 and undated; Majority of material found within 1971-1980
Collection
0419-SCPA-BRADLEY
Abstract
Karen Kohn Bradley (b. 1951) is a dancer, scholar, educator, and movement therapist. She was an Associate Professor in Dance at the University of Maryland, College Park, from 1999 to 2017. Bradley also studied and practiced as a movement therapist, attaining certification in Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals as a Certified Movement Analyst. She has worked with a diverse array of people on a wide range of subjects ranging from nonverbal communication techniques to injuries...
Dates:
1940-2014; Majority of material found in 1980-2011
Abstract
Karl L. King was an American bandmaster and composer of band and circus music. A baritone player in several town and circus bands, King served as Bandmaster for Barnum andamp; Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth from 1917 to 1918, and became leader of the Fort Dodge Military Band in 1920. In addition, King was one of the founders of the American Bandmasters Association, and was named honorary life president in 1967. King composed many pieces, most notably the march Barnum andamp; Bailey’s...
Dates:
1909-1955; Majority of material found within 1909-1955
Abstract
Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1882-1975) was an American music educator. From 1907 to 1942 he taught at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in the area of Public School Music, later to become Music Education. He coined the phrase "Music for every child-every child for music," which became the official slogan of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), later known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). From 1922 to 23 he served as MENC President and he was President of...
Dates:
1922-1977; Majority of material found within 1952-1965
Abstract
Mead Smith Karras served as an Economist for the Labor Division of the Allied Occupation Forces in Japan from 1946 to 1949. She wrote a monthly report on labor developments and worked with Japanese officials on the development of sound labor statistics. She also worked with U.S. and Japanese officials to develop and implement Occupation policies on problems affecting women and children in the workforce, such as the organization of a Women’s and Minor’s Bureau, participation of women in...
Dates:
1946-1949
Abstract
A pianist and music teacher, Katherine Bacon (1896-1982) performed many solo recitals, chamber ensemble concerts, and concerts with major orchestras around the world, including the New York Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras. Bacon also taught piano at the Chatauqua School of Music in Chatauqua, NY and Mannes College of Music in New York, and she was on the faculty at the Juilliard School. Her husband, Arthur Newstead, gave performances around the world and...
Dates:
1860s-2006; Majority of material found within 1913-1966
Abstract
Oscar Katz (1913-1996) was a veteran television executive for the CBS Television Network who, later in his career, spent time in Hollywood as a studio executive and as an agent. At Desilu Productions, he worked on such series as Mission: Impossible and Star Trek. He rejoined CBS in 1972 as a vice-president of programming. Among other projects, he was involved in the creation and broadcast of The Autobiography of Miss...
Dates:
1938-1996; Majority of material found within 1960-1979
