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Sammy Popat is an innovation specialist and director of various University of Maryland initiatives since 2010. This collection consists of items relating to the University of Maryland such as memorabilia, pamphlets, various magazines, a 1996 campus map, a Great Expectations Campaign DVD, Len Elmore's address to students, a computer resources student manual, programs for the memorial service of Meghan E. Price and for the Sadat Lecture for Peace, and a copy of the book Chasing Aphrodite. This...
Dates:
1995-2022
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John S. Porter (1932- ) began his career as a producer of instructional television programs for the Rochester Area Educational Television Association (RAETA). He later worked for Rochester, NY stations WROC and WXXI. From 1966 to 1968, Porter served as a trustee of the Eastern Educational Television Network (EEN). He continued to serve EEN and its later incarnation as the American Program Service (APS) in various ways, including EEN's president from 1989 to 1992 and of APS from 1992 to 1998....
Dates:
1958-2000 and undated; Majority of material found within 1958-1969
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Katherine Anne Porter at 100: New Perspectives was a public program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The University of Maryland, College Park, was the site of this celebration of the hundredth birthday of Katherine Anne Porter, May 9-11, 1991. At various locations on campus, the conference featured presentations commemorating Porter's memory by friends and colleagues, including Porter's literary trustee Isabel Bayley, Cleanth Brooks, Porter's publisher and editor Seymour...
Dates:
1989-1991
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The University of Maryland Libraries house the primary archive for Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980). Porter is known primarily for her short stories and novel, Ship of Fools, but also published nonfiction. She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1966 for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter. Her personal papers reflect her interests in writing, travel, politics, and current events and also document her...
Dates:
1579-2014; Majority of material found within 1932-1975
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Harrison Paul Porter (1921-2012), a nephew of Katherine Anne Porter, was her legal guardian from 1977 to 1980. His papers include correspondence; guardianship records; published materials and notes; audiovisual materials; memorabilia; and photographs documenting Porter's relationship with his aunt and her literary career and reputation. Significant individuals represented in the collection include Robert Penn Warren, Seymour Lawrence, and Joan Daves.
Dates:
1903-2009; Majority of material found within 1977-2002
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Potomac Stages, a theatre review website, was created in 2001 by theatre critic Brad Hathaway. From 2001 until 2010, Potomac Stages published nearly 2,200 reviews of professional and community theatre productions in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, as well as some reviews of productions outside the Potomac region. Potomac Stages sought to educate theatre-goers, providing reviews of a wide variety of productions and information about over two hundred venues in the region, all within a...
Dates:
2001-2009; Majority of material found within 2002-2009
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The Department of Poultry Science was founded in 1906 through the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. The undergraduate program in Poultry Husbandry began in 1923; the first graduate degrees were awarded in 1940. In 1965, the poultry science curriculum became a course of study within the Department of Animal Science. The records include administrative files, Experiment Station reports, correspondence, research notebooks, photographs, and publications of the department. This collection...
Dates:
circa 1930 - 1960
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Shirley Povich (1905-1998) was a sports columnist and reporter for the Washington Post. He joined the Post as a copy boy, then cub reporter, and began his sports writing career in 1924. He worked as the sports editor at the Post from 1925 to 1966. He became a sports columnist in 1933 and continued in that role until his death, except for the time he spent war reporting in the Pacific Theater from 1944-45....
Dates:
1908-2008, and undated; Majority of material found within 1940-1999
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Edwin Powell, Class of 1913, was instrumental in the establishment of lacrosse at the Maryland Agricultural College. This collection of 1911-1913 images of the campus, buildings, and events includes a cadet company review, rifle practice, a baseball game and a football game. Of special note are photographs taken during the 1912 fire on Maryland's campus and afterwards of the ruins. A preliminary inventory is available and can be found in the "Additional Description" section of this finding...
Dates:
1911-1913
Abstract
PowerPoint premiered on September 21, 1997 on National Public Radio member stations as the first live call-in radio show that focused on African American communities’ issues and concerns in their two-hour interactive format. It was broadcast from 1997-2007. The show later moved to WCLK-FM, a jazz radio station in Atlanta, Georgia which is licensed to HBCU Clark Atlanta University. PowerPoint was carried on 30 radio stations that served over 40 markets, as well as 60 public station radio...
Dates:
Broadcast: September 9, 1997 - February 19, 2006
