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Richard Estep Lankford served as a Democrat in the Maryland House of Delegates and the United States House of Representatives from the 5th Congressional District. The collection includes press releases, subject files, and correspondence which cover subjects such as national defense, pollution, and education. Mr. Lankford's papers are unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available as an external document.
Dates:
1955-1965
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Charles Lanman (1819-1895) was the compiler of the Dictionary of the United States Congress (1859). His papers consist of autobiographies assembled between 1823 and 1868 in preparation for that work.
Dates:
1823-1868
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A choreographer, dancer, and professor, Larry Warren (1932-2009) taught modern dance at the University of Maryland from 1971 until 1995. The collection consists of historic dance materials collected by Warren, specifically programs and promotional materials programs, but also art, photographs and documents.
Dates:
1913-1995, undated; Majority of material found within 1930-1977
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Laurence Ariel Jarvik is a writer, scholar, filmmaker and a conservative critic of public broadcasting. His two book-length works are PBS: Behind the Screen (1997) and Masterpiece Theatre and the Politics of Quality (1999). The collection contains research files pertaining to Jarvik's critical studies of public broadcasting. The files, the bulk of which date from 1990 to 1998, include interviews with public broadcasting personalities, and...
Dates:
1935-1998; Majority of material found within 1990-1998
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This collection documents the professional activities and personal life of journalist Connie Lawn, and dates from 1966 to 1987. Connie Lawn was an American news reporter who covered American politics and world affairs starting in the mid-1960s. Connie Lawn's early work in radio and television led her to create, in 1971, the Video News Bureau, which produced customized news reports to stations throughout the world. The collections provides insight into the work of...
Dates:
1966-1987; Majority of material found within 1968-1972
Abstract
Lawrence Kenneth Moss (b. Los Angeles, 1927- d. June 24, 2022) was an American composer and teacher. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1957 where he studied with Leon Kirchner (1919-2009). Dr. Moss served as a composition professor at Mills College (1956-1958), Yale University (1960-1968), and the University of Maryland (1969-2014). The collection consists of scores, sketches, audio and visual recordings, programs, reviews, publicity, materials related to his...
Dates:
1910-2016 and undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2014
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Lee Lawrence (1923-2003) was a production aide, researcher, and producer for NBC. Originally intent on being an actress, Lawrence (née Kalech) began her career as a production assistant to Broadway producer Billy Rose. She joined NBC-TV in 1956 as a production assistant on the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Lawrence began working for television personality Dave Garroway on the ambitious weekend program Wide Wide World. When that show was...
Dates:
1957-1999 and undated; Majority of material found within 1958-1959
Abstract
Seymour Lawrence (1926-1994) was Katherine Anne Porter's publisher, first at Atlantic Monthly Press and later with Seymour Lawrence, Inc., his independent imprint. He was also associated with Alfred Knopf, Dell/Delacorte, E. P. Dutton, and Houghton Mifflin. As editor-in-chief at Atlantic Monthly Press, Lawrence oversaw the publication of Ship of Fools, Porter's novel. The collection consists of correspondence, galley proofs, editing notes, and clippings...
Dates:
1955-1980; Majority of material found within 1955-1969
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Lewis A. Lawson (b. 1931), a literary critic and editor, was a professor of English at the University of Maryland from 1963-1997. He specializes in Southern American fiction, particularly Walker Percy and Flannery O'Connor, and edited The Added Dimension: The Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor with Melvin J. Friedman. His other works include Following Percy: Essays on Walker Percy's Work, a collection of his essays; ...
Dates:
1963-1967 and undated
Abstract
The League of Women Voters of Maryland was founded in 1921, shortly after the passage of the nineteenth amendement granting women the vote. The League has antecedents in a number of suffrage organizations, including the Just Government League of Maryland and the Women's Suffrage League of Maryland. The League of Women Voters has organized county leagues and developed a program for voicing the concerns and furthering the interests of its members. The League has also been particularly...
Dates:
1910-2014; Majority of material found within 1910-1985
