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Abstract
Correspondence between Thomas Kensett to his Baltimore fiancee, Gertrude W. Brown, during their courtship. Topics include day-to-day life, ill health, dental work, a poem about the joys of smoking, and skin problems. Also included are documents pertaining to the couple's daughter, Gertrude Kensett Vanderhoef, including her 1906 will. A sister collection may be found at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore (MS 2854).
Dates:
1856-1908; Majority of material found within 1873-1879
Abstract
"Mona Kent'' was the pen name of Ramona Huesselmann (1909-1990), a prolific radio and TV script writer noted for having written every episode of the radio soap opera Portia Faces Life, from 1940 to 1951. Kent also created several other radio soap operas, contributed scripts to TV's early science fiction series Captain Video & His Video Rangers, and wrote innumerable stories, adaptations, and treatments for both radio and...
Dates:
1940-1988 and undated; Majority of material found within 1945-1954
Abstract
Frank J. Kerr (1918-2000) was a University of Maryland Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy. He was among the first radio astronomers in the years following World War II and the first ot systematically study the echo of radio waves bounced off of the moon. He came to the University of Maryland as a researcher in 1966, and stayed on to become the Director of the Astronomy Program in the mid-1970s and was Provost of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering Division...
Dates:
1945-2000
Abstract
Poet Walter Howard Kerr (1914-1994) was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He relocated to Washington, D.C., in 1931 to work for the Government Printing Office as a printer, a position which he held for over 35 years. Kerr's poetry has been widely anthologized and has been featured in publications such as Southern Poetry Review and Red Clay Reader. Kerr also served as an editor for several publications, including as co-editor of...
Dates:
circa 1925-1996; Majority of material found within 1990-1991
Abstract
This collection relates primarily to the affairs of the Kerr family of Catonsville, Maryland. Subjects include local society, politics, and business and church affairs in Baltimore.
Dates:
1915-1927
Abstract
Noran Edward "Nick" Kersta (1911-2003), with a background in engineering and television research, was manager of the television department at NBC from 1942 to 1949 (excluding a period of military service). This collection is particularly important because of the information it provides about the early development of television before World War II. Kersta left NBC in 1949 to become vice-president in charge of radio and television at an advertising agency and concluded his...
Dates:
1935-1966; Majority of material found within 1938-1956
Collection
0431-SCPA-SALK
Abstract
Kevin Salk is an American photographer who was active in the first half of the 1980s and again in the 2020s. The subject of Salk's photography was generally the American hardcore punk subculture in Southern California. The materials in this collection consist of prints of Salk's photographs of the Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band Minor Threat, as well as a signed copy of Salk's 2021 book, Punk: Photos From a Fan's Perspective. The photographs in this collection...
Dates:
1982-1983
Collection
0042-LBR-RG96-003
Abstract
The Keystone Viewing Company, located in Pennsylvania, was formed in 1892. The Keystone Viewing Company is best remembered today as a manufacturer of stereoscopes, but lantern slides were an important secondary item. This collection of glass lantern slides depicts international labor activity. The best documented industries are agriculture, forestry, maritime, and textiles.
Dates:
1892-1918
Abstract
Colonel Edward M. Kirby (1906-1974) came to Washington in 1938 to handle public relations for the National Association of Broadcasters. In 1941, he went to work for the War Department's press relations division and organized the radio branch. Kirby worked as the de facto liaison between the broadcast industry and the War Department and coordinated all radio coverage of the D-Day invasion. Kirby organized the Allied Radio Network, which supplied news and entertainment to troops in...
Dates:
1923-1983; Majority of material found within 1938-1959
Collection
0040-LBR-RG95-007
Abstract
Joseph Lane Kirkland was president of the AFL-CIO from 1979-1995. This collection of his personal papers is especially rich in documenting his official activities as seen in the popular press and his wide-ranging domestic and international social and political contacts. Also of interest are the papers pertaining to his family's history in South Carolina and elsewhere; some of the early activities in his life, including his maritime and wartime years; an extensive array of artifacts; and...
Dates:
1863-1998
