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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
Abstract
Edward Reed Whittemore, Jr. (1919-2012) was a poet and emeritus professor of English at the University of Maryland, where he taught from 1967 to 1984. He served twice as the Poetry Consultant for the Library of Congress. The author of a major biography of William Carlos Williams, he also wrote numerous volumes of poems and essays. Whittemore's papers include correspondence, manuscripts, drafts, notes, galleys, proofs, scrapbooks, diaries, published materials, newspaper and magazine...
Dates:
circa 1913-1985; Majority of material found within 1965-1980
Abstract
William R. (Bill) Wilkins (1928- ) was born in Loveland, Colorado. His family moved to northern California during Wilkins's childhood, and Wilkins later attended Humboldt State College, graduating in 1951. Wilkins and his college sweetheart, Fern Stahl (born 1927), married in 1952. After graduation, Wilkins joined the Navy, for which he served until his retirement in 1974 at the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Wilkins's military career resulted in many moves for him, Fern, and their two...
Dates:
1956-2007 and undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1999
Abstract
Joseph Wilkinson graduated with a B.S. from the College of Business and Public Administration at the University of Maryland in 1950. This collection consists of six images (photographs and accompanying negatives) donated by Wilkinson portraying life for veterans on campus that appeared in a 50th anniversary exhibit for the Class of 1950.
Dates:
circa 1950-1959
Abstract
Dr. William M. Brish (1906-1999) served as the Superintendent of Schools for Washington County (Maryland) from 1947 to 1973. During his tenure, the Washington County closed-circuit television program was developed and instituted. Brish became known as an expert in using television for instructional purposes. As a result of the closed-circuit program, Washington County was selected by the U.S. government to partner with Nigeria's education system in developing instructional television. Brish...
Dates:
1939-1992 and undated; Majority of material found within 1958-1976
Abstract
Justin Williams, a former professor of history and chairman of the Social Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin in River Falls, joined the Army Air Corps in July 1942 as a first lieutenant. After attending the School of Military Government (SMG) at the University of Virginia in 1944, and the Civil Affairs Training School (CATS) at Yale University during 1944-1945, he arrived in Tokyo in September 1945 as a staff member of General Headquarters' Military Government Section, soon to...
Dates:
1945-2001; Majority of material found within 1946-1953
