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Abstract
The Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS) is a non-profit educational organization, centered in Brooklyn, New York, with a global network of movement professionals. Founded in 1977 and formally established in 1978 by Irmgard Bartenieff and a small group of movement analysts, LIMS trains individuals in movement observation and analysis. Upon completion of a full course (four modules plus a final project), LIMS trainees are given the title Certified Movement Analyst (CMA)....
Dates:
1977-1997
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Founded by Joe Glazer, Joe Uehlein, and Saul Schniderman in 1979, the Labor Heritage Foundation promotes the use and value of music and arts in labor activism. Saul Schniderman also created the Inventory of American Labor Landmarks, which documents historical markers and monuments of labor history in the United States. Notable people represented in this collection include Pete Seeger, Archie Green, and Si Kahn.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1972-2017; 1930-2017
Abstract
The Lafayette family papers span 400 years and document the activities of many family members of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), including his paternal grandmother, father, wife, children, and grandchildren, among others. Mainly comprised of correspondence (including original autograph letters, facsimiles, and transcriptions), the collection also contains legal, business, and research materials. Most of the materials are in French.
Dates:
1549-1957; Majority of material found within 1757-1859
Abstract
Luke F. Lamb (1932- ) had a long career in educational and public television before retiring in July 1995. He was the associate director of ITV (Instructional Television) at the University of Missouri in the early 1960s. In 1963, Lamb became the director of educational media for the Division of Continuing Education of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, representing stations KOAP and KOAC (Corvallis/Portland). He was nominated to the National Association of Educational Broadcasters'...
Dates:
1964-1992; Majority of material found within 1964-1969
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of the family of William Lamping, a Baltimore commission merchant. Most topics are financial in nature, including the dispersal of property after the death of William’s wife Rebecca and of their grandson, William Lamping, Jr. Correspondence regarding a Lamping ancestor in the War of 1812 and the family’s plot in Green Mount Cemetery are also included.
Dates:
1887-1902; Majority of material found within 1890-1896
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Dr. Aubrey Land, a member of the History Department at the University of Maryland at College Park from 1958 to 1968, authored several books on colonial Maryland, including The Dulanys of Maryland and Bases of the Plantation Society. His papers contain extensive late colonial and early federal documentation on various shipping companies.
Dates:
1755-1881; Majority of material found within 1785-1810
Abstract
Helmut E. Landsberg (1906-1985) was a geophysist and professor of meteorology at the University of Maryland at College Park. Among his many research interests were biometeorology, climatology, and the effects of urbanization on the environment. Other important subjects in the collection are Landberg's editorial projects, his activities in numerous professional and scientific organizations, and his work as special consultant with the U.S. Air Forces in World War II. The collection contains...
Dates:
1906-1985
Abstract
William Preston Lane (1892-1967) was a lawyer, newspaper publisher, Attorney General for Maryland, and governor of Maryland from 1947 to 1951. The bulk of Lane's papers consists of correspondence and speeches, and concentrates on his gubernatorial campaigns of 1946 and 1950. Other topics include the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Washington County's industrial and economic development during the early 1960's.
Dates:
1898-1966; Majority of material found within 1946-1950
Abstract
Helen Bradley Lang graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1935 and later worked as a registrar and instructor of economics at the Maryland State Teachers College. The Helen Bradley Lang papers consists of five scrapbooks and one trophy. The collection spans the years 1931 to 1984. The scrapbooks document events at the Univeristy of Maryland during Lang's years as a student. The majority of clippings in this collection can also be found in campus publications such as the...
Dates:
1931-1984; Majority of material found within 1931-1935
Abstract
This collection consists of the correspondence and business records of Isaiah S. and Martha Lang, New Hampshire farmers. It includes significant groupings of letters from Isaiah Lang's uncle, David M. Sanborn, a Baltimore physician, and from relatives farming on the Minnesota frontier. The letters from Sanborn are especially interesting in light of their particular references to economic and social conditions in a "border state" immediately before and during the Civil War.
Dates:
1858-1928
