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Carl L. Todd collection on A.H. Benade and the NX Clarinet

 Collection 0386-SCPA
Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Abstract Arthur H. Benade (1925-1987) was a professor of physics at Case Western Reserve University. Because of his skill as a woodwind player, he was able to translate his research on acoustics into practical changes to woodwind instruments. This collection relates to his studies on the mechanics and physics of the clarinet. Initially, those studies resulted in small changes to the Boehm System of clarinet design. Eventually, he developed the NX System Clarinet, which elaborates and refines the...

Caroline Francke Scripts collection

 Collection 0042-MMC-LAB
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Caroline Francke (1899-1960) studied playwriting at Columbia University before finding success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Her first play was successfully produced in 1928, and an unproduced play of hers became the basis for the Jean Harlow movie Bombshell in 1933). During the 1940s, she worked as a scriptwriter for the popular "Henry Aldrich" radio series. This collection includes scripts for The Aldrich Family radio...

Committee on Catalogue, Registration, and Entrance records

 Collection 0027-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract The Committee on Catalogue, Registration and Entrance addressed issues concerning admissions, the school calendar, the status of incoming students, and the format and preparation of the annual catalogue. The committee succeeded the Committee on Catalogue, Student Enrollment, and Entrance. The documents in this record group consist of correspondence and minutes concerning committee meetings and discuss such topics as the admission of individual students, standards of admission, and the format...

Committee on Catalogue, Student Enrollment, and College Entrance records

 Collection 0029-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract

The Committee on Catalogue, Student Enrollment, and College Entrance consisted of University of Maryland faculty and administrators whose responsibilities included determination of class schedules, the school calendar, format of the catalog, standards of admission, and the admission status of incoming students. The minutes and correspondence in this record group document the activities and decisions of the committee.

Committee on Catalogue, Student Enrollment, and Entrance records

 Collection 0028-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract

Formed in 1920 to succeed the Committee on Catalogue, Student Enrollment, and College Entrance, the Committee on Catalogue, Student Enrollment, and Entrance determined the format of the university catalogue, school calendar, status of incoming students, and standards of admission. These records consists of correspondence, reports, and minutes documenting the activities and decisions of the committee.

C.C. Birchard Company collection

 Collection 0207-SCPA
Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Abstract The C.C. Birchard Company collection contains materials dating between 1928 and 1956 with the bulk of the materials dating between 1929 and 1936. The C.C. Birchard Company was a Boston-based music and textbook publisher founded by Clarence C. Birchard. Birchard's 1946 obituary in The New York Times referred to him as "a pioneer in the community singing movement [who] published several million copies of a collection of community songs." The collection...

Records of the Centennial Committee-Land Grant Colleges

 Collection 0153-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract In 1959, University President Wilson E. Elkins drew together a Centennial Committee to make arrangements for the campus observance of the centennial anniversary of the Land-Grant Act during the 1961-1962 academic year. This collection is primarily comprised of publications of the Centennial Office of the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities, the national oversight group, as well as some correspondence of the university committee. Recognition of the anniversary...

Central Atlantic Environment Center records

 Collection 0071-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract The Central Atlantic Environment Center was established in 1967 as the Potomac Basin Center. Until it ceased operations in 1974, the Center collected, analyzed, and disseminated information on issues relating to natural resources. Its records include correspondence, newsletters and news releases, annual reports, and court cases concerned primarily with protecting Maryland's resources from developers. Subjects and organizations documented in the collection include Maryland wetlands, the...

Office of the Chancellor records

 Collection 0002-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract The Office of the Chancellor was created in 1970 in the course of the reorganization of the University of Maryland system. The Chancellor was the highest-ranking administrator for the College Park campus until the expansion of the University of Maryland in 1988, at which time the office was renamed Office of the President. The records consist of the administrative files of the Chancellor and include reports, financial and budget records, committee and task force files, publications, and...

Chancellor's Commission on Women's Affairs records

 Collection 0030-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract The Chancellor's Commission on Women's Affairs was established by University of Maryland Chancellor Charles E. Bishop on December 3, 1973, to address the needs and concerns of women on the University of Maryland campus. Among the commission's goals were to maintain systematic contact with organizations on campus concerned with women's affairs and to identify unique problems faced by women at the university, including safety, implementation of Title IX in women's athletics, and the needs of...

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