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Abstract
The Department of Botany was established in 1859 as one of the original units of the Maryland Agricultural College. The records of the department consist of correspondence, research notebooks, publications, administrative subject files, and photographs.
Dates:
1898-1980
Abstract
Scott Howe Bowen (1888-1941) became active in radio advertising in 1927 and purchased WIBX in Utica, New York in 1931. He was a pioneer in advertising spot sales, persuading nationally known companies to buy commercials in non-network radio programs. Bowen was also a pioneer in the development of the National Association of Broadcasters.
This collection documents the early career of Bowen and the early history of WIBX, one of the oldest radio stations in Central New York. The collection...
Dates:
1928-1940
Abstract
The Charles E. Bowers Company, formerly known as the Bowers Moving Company, was founded in the late 1840s in Baltimore, Maryland. The company remained in the Bowers family through successive generations until the most recent owner, Charles E. Bowers, Jr., ("Ed") was murdered in 1973. Edward Friedland purchased the business in 1974. The bulk of documents in the collection relate to the sale of the Charles E. Bowers Company and consist of letters, licensing documents, pamphlets, meeting...
Dates:
1919-1976; Majority of material found within 1974-1976
Abstract
Roger Bower (1903-1979) was active in broadcasting from 1925 to 1974. He joined radio station WOR in New York in 1928 and became a combination producer, director, actor, announcer, and sound effects engineer. During that time, WOR became the flagship station of the Mutual radio network, and Bower directed many prominent programs, including It Pays to be Ignorant, and Can You Top This? In the early 1930s, Bower announced the first Macy's...
Dates:
1927-1979 and undated; Majority of material found within circa 1940-1960
Abstract
The Bowie Family papers contain genealogical information, correspondence and legal documents documenting the Bowie, Davis, Hall, and Pottinger families as well as important information about plantation life and the family’s history of enslavement before the American Civil War. The Bowie family had a large plantation, Fairview Plantation, starting around 1810, and during this time there are records of the family enslaving many individuals. The 1860 “U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules”...
Dates:
1748-1956; Majority of material found within 1823-1956
Abstract
This collection consists of the correspondence of Mary Eliza Bradbury, an Elkton, Maryland, schoolteacher who established and taught at her own school, and tutored African-American children on Sundays. The letters, written to Lewis H. Jackson, her friend, suitor, and husband after 1856, offer glimpses of everyday life in mid-19th century Maryland and chronicle local events, Bradbury's school, her family, and her religious experiences in the Methodist Church.
Dates:
January 8, 1855-November 26, 1855
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence between Private Franklin B. Brannan in Korea and his family and friends in Baltimore, Maryland during the Korean War. Brannan writes mostly to his mother, Ethel Mae Brannan, and to his aunt, Gertrude Harrison about his daily life in a U.S. Army salvage yard. In their correspondence with Brannan, they discuss their daily lives in Baltimore. The collection also contains newspaper clippings and a photograph.
Dates:
1951-1953; Majority of material found within 1952-1953
Abstract
Dr. Thomas Bray (1656-1730) was a leading figure in the Church of England in colonial Maryland. The collection includes information on colonial religion, libraries, and the Anglican Church Establishment Act contained in petitions, meeting minutes, correspondence, and theological tracts.
Dates:
1697-1705
Abstract
Rudy Bretz (1915-1997), who first became involved in television production in 1939, was a pioneer in commercial, public, and instructional television, and as an internationally renowned consultant on media for communication. He was the author of The Television Program: It's Production and Direction (with Edward Stasheff) and Techniques of Television Production. Both were, for many years, the primary textbooks in teaching television...
Dates:
1916-1997; Majority of material found within 1950-1985
Abstract
This collection documents the career of Daniel B. Brewster as a United States Senator from Maryland. Brewster's files primarily consist of correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings. Important subjects covered are commerce, the tariff, social security, Medicare, unemployment, the armed services, Vietnam, and foreign politics.
Dates:
1950-2007; Majority of material found within 1962-1968
