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Abstract
WENR and KYW were both AM radio stations in Chicago that began broadcasting in the 1920s. This collection documents the personnel and broadcasting history of both stations during the early years of radio and includes the contents of several scrapbooks with photographs, letters, pamphlets, notes, reports, and newspaper articles. There is also material relating to a survey of 18 broadcasting stations in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions conducted in 1929.
Dates:
1921-1971; Majority of material found within 1927-1933
Collection — Box: 1
0535-LBR
Content Description
Thurman Wenzl was a longshoreman in Baltimore, Maryland from 1974-2011. His papers include his memoir, journals describing his time working at the Baltimore Docks, dock safety information, and information on his union activities, as well as some photographs and photographic slides from different docks. Most of the papers are related to the Baltimore area. Wenzl worked with the International Longshoreman’s Association from 1974-1982 to promote safe working environments. The papers...
Dates:
1974-2011
Abstract
Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) was the author of novels, poetry, short stories, and essays. He met Katherine Anne Porter in Paris in the 1930s, and they remained friends for many years. Wescott's papers include several versions of the manuscript for a never-completed edition of some of Porter's letters. The book was titled Letters to a Circle of Friends 1933-1962: Thirty Years of Friendship and was to include correspondence from Porter, Wescott, Monroe Wheeler,...
Dates:
1932-1977; Majority of material found within 1932-1962
Abstract
Sarah Virginia "Dinny" Forwood Pate Wetter (1919-2018) was a radio broadcast manager and executive. Wetter co-founded and served for many years as the chair and CEO of the Chesapeake Broadcasting Corporation, which managed stations WASA (AM) and WHDG (FM) in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Wetter was also a member of American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) and served as the organization's national president from 1970 to 1971. AWRT was founded in 1951 to "advance the impact of women in...
Dates:
1944-2009 and Undated
Abstract
The WGAZ/WSBT Station Records contain information pertaining to the origins and early operations of radio station WGAZ/WSBT in South Bend, Indiana. WGAZ was Indiana's first commercial radio station, owned by the South Bend Tribune newspaper. WGAZ broadcast its first commercial radio program on July 3, 1922. The station was started and managed by Tribune staff member, Eugene Leuchtman. In 1925, the station's call letters were...
Dates:
1922-1973; Majority of material found within 1922-1955
Abstract
The papers of John T. Whalen (1898-1980) consist of fifty-five letters written by Whalen to his mother in Mt. Hebron, Maryland, between 1917 and 1918, when Whalen was in the U. S. Army during World War I. Whalen wrote from Fort Howard, Maryland; Locust Point, Maryland; Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C.; Sparrows Point, Maryland; and Fort Monroe, Virginia. The letters inquire about family matters and describe his life as a member of the Coast Artillery Corps and as a patient in the...
Dates:
1910; 1917-1919; Majority of material found within 1917-1919
Abstract
Carol Wharton (1907-1958) was a staff correspondent for the Baltimore Evening Sun and wrote articles on art and politics. The collection consists of her scrapbooks containing copies of her articles.
Dates:
1942-1958
Abstract
John T. Schilling and Sam Adair founded radio station WHB in Kansas City in 1922. WHB became affiliated with the Mutual Radio Network in 1936. The WHB Radio Scrapbooks span the years 1922-1953 with the bulk of the material dating from the 1930s and 1940s. The collection is comprised of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, correspondence, advertisements and photographs relating to publicity for radio station WHB. One poster, "America's Newest Major Network Comes to Kansas City Over...
Dates:
1922-1953; Majority of material found within 1930s-1940s
Abstract
Charles Edward White (1901-1973) was a professor of chemistry at the University of Maryland from 1926 to 1969 and author of numerous articles and textbooks. The White papers cover the years 1925 to 1973 and consist primarily of personal, research, and teaching files including graduate and research notes, course materials, publications, equipment and supply catalogs, memorabilia, photographs, and lantern slides.
Dates:
1925-1973
Abstract
The Richard White Collection, which covers the period 1905 to 1920, includes correspondence between the Director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, H. J. Patterson, and the Superintendent of the Ridgely Sub-station, Charles Opperman. The two men discuss administrative details concerning the setup of the farm as an experiment sub-station, including questions about how expenses will be handled and what repairs should be made to the existing structures. The correspondence also...
Dates:
1905-1920
