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Collection
0069-LBR-RG13-001
Abstract
Boris Shishkin was a Russian immigrant who became a researcher and economist for the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in the 1930s and 1940s. Later he was the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department director and secretary of the federation's Housing Committee. The collection provides some documentation on Shishkin's early educational and professional career, but, in more depth, his work with the AFL on issues of racial discrimination and housing. Types of materials include subject files, economic...
Dates:
1918, 1927-1971
Abstract
Ben Shneiderman is a professor in the computer science department at the University of Maryland, College Park. During his career at the university (1976- ), he founded the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (1982), conducted research, taught courses, and contributed to the development of human-computer interaction. The papers largely chronicle Shneiderman's involvement in the discipline of human-computer interaction and contain much correspondence between professionals in the field. Also...
Dates:
1968-2004; Majority of material found within 1968-2004
Abstract
Mark M. Shoemaker (1898-1983) was a professor of horticulture at the University of Maryland, a campus planner, and a landscape designer. Shoemaker's papers contain reports, correspondence, drafts of lectures, radio scripts, news clippings, maps, sketches, and photographs documenting his landscape design work for the University and various agencies of the United States government. The collection also includes some of the personal papers of A. S. Thurston whose duties at the University of...
Dates:
1920-1971; Majority of material found within 1927-1948
Abstract
A professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, Mary S. Shorb (1907-1990) was known for her work in designing assays to allow for the commercial production of vitamin B12. Shorb served as a research professor in the Poultry Husbandry Department from 1949 to 1972. Her papers consist of correspondence; reports and applications for grants from the National Institutes of Health; lab and research notes; and speeches, articles, and papers written by Shorb. Important topics include vitamin B12,...
Dates:
1910-1971; Majority of material found within 1945-1965
Abstract
Shuttle-UM, a transportation service provided free of charge to University of Maryland students and employees, began as a nighttime security service in fall of 1972, with four buses and three routes in place by the following spring. Off-campus commuter routes were added in spring 1976. Today, Shuttle-UM offers commuter, security, paratransit, and charter services as a division of the University of Maryland Department of Transportation Services (UM-DOTS). As of the 2011-2012 school year,...
Dates:
1975-2008
Abstract
Carlton Sickles served in the Maryland House of Delegates and the United States House of Representatives. His papers contain administrative files, press releases, newspaper clippings, bills, and audio tapes. Subjects include the Vietnam War, NASA, civil rights, education, and Sickles' political campaigns. This collection is unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available as an external document.
Dates:
1955-1967
Abstract
This collection documents the professional activities of radio innovator and advocate William H. Siemering from 1962 through 2022. He was a member of the founding board of NPR, wrote the original mission statement, and helped develop the network's flagship program, "All Things Considered." After a decades-long career in American public radio, Siemering embarked on a second career, helping establish independent radio in South Africa and Eastern Europe. In 1993, Siemering was awarded a...
Dates:
1967-2022
Abstract
The Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter, can trace its origins to the establishment of the club's Southeastern Chapter in 1968. This chapter eventually split into several smaller groups, among them the Potomac Chapter, which had members in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The Maryland Chapter monitors legislation, works to save natural areas from development, sponsors outings, and disseminates information on environmental matters. The chapter's...
Dates:
1966-2004
Abstract
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon collection consists of a cover letter and a letter of reminiscence from alumnus Edwin Giblin, a former member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The letters include an account of athletics and recruiting practices at the Maryland Agricultural College and the University of Maryland. Giblin pays particular attention to the role of Dr. Harry Clifton ("Curley") Byrd, first a coach and then university president, in the growth of the university.
Dates:
1976
Abstract
Sigma Chi, a University of Maryland social fraternity, was chartered on May 16, 1942. This collection contains a Sigma Chi scrapbook from the 1947-1948 academic year that includes photographs and clippings from the Diamondback and the yearbook, documenting the various organizational, athletic, and service commitments of the Sigma Chi brothers. Notable members from this era include Fred DeMarr, who later served as Assistant Dean of Men and Coordinator of...
Dates:
1947-1948, 1955; Majority of material found within 1947-1948
