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Abstract
Alumnus Dick Byer, Class of 1967, spent much of his time on campus working for various student publications, including the Diamondback and the Terrapin yearbook. He photographed scenes of student life around campus.
Dates:
September 21, 1963 - December 1965, and undated
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Elbert M. Byrd served as a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and at the University of Maryland, during which time he authored several publications on constitutional theory and the judicial process. Byrd also served as delegate and platform committee chairman at state conventions of the Young Democratic Club and as treasurer of that organization. His papers address such subjects as home rule, the expansion of the Prince George's County's Board of Commissioners, and...
Dates:
1961-1966
Abstract
Harry Clifton Byrd (1889-1970) was president of the University of Maryland from 1935 to 1954. After his retirement he became chairman of the Tidewater Fisheries Commission and was involved with the revitalization of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. His papers relate mainly to the University of Maryland, its buildings, lands, governing bodies, and programs. Other subjects documented include the Defense Orientation Conference Association, Far East Command, and state elections. Byrd's...
Dates:
1895-1970; Majority of material found within 1909-1969
Abstract
Sterling Byrd was the youngest of the four children of Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd, a 1908 graduate of the University of Maryland who served as its president from 1935 to 1954. The bulk of his collection documents his father's remarkable life and career and includes an extensive number of photographs, memorabilia items, newspaper clippings, and publications chronicling the elder Byrd's personal life and professional achievements. The Sterling Byrd estate also donated a substantial number of...
Dates:
1804-1982
Abstract
The Byron Family papers cover the period from the 1860s through the 1990s, with several sections of materials with bulk dates of the 1880s to the 1920s, 1938-1942, and the 1960s-1970s. The collection consists of personal and professional papers of the family and ancestors of William Devereux Byron II (1895-1941) and Katharine McComas Edgar Byron (1903-1976). The personal papers of this collection include correspondence, photographs, sheet music; memorabilia, blueprints of and information...
Dates:
circa 1860s-1993; Majority of material found within circa 1880s-1920s; 1938-1942; circa 1960s-1970s
Abstract
Arch Campbell has been reporting on film and local theater and entertainment in Washington, D.C. since the 1970s. He is most known for his coverage of movies and the arts on WRC-TV, the local NBC-owned station on which he hosted segments for 32 years. In January of 2007, he joined WJLA-TV/ABC7 and NewsChannel 8. Campbell has won many awards during his career. The collection consists of television scripts and personal notes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and correspondence from...
Dates:
1974-2006
Abstract
Interested faculty, staff, and graduate students founded Campus Mediation Services (CMS) during the fall 1979 semester in response to a perceived increase in tensions at the University of Maryland, College Park. Until CMS ceased operations in 1986, the organization's volunteer mediators helped students, faculty, staff and College Park residents reach mutually satisfactory agreements to resolve interpersonal disputes. The records of Campus Mediation Services cover the period from 1978 to...
Dates:
1979-1987 and undated; Majority of material found within 1982-1986
Abstract
The Campus Rights Committee was founded to protect "student rights in administration-student and police-campus conflicts." It became involved in many different issues on campus such as sex discrimination, gay rights, and access to Board of Regents committee meetings. This collection covers the years 1973-1977 and contains contains newspaper clippings and publications, as well as meeting notes and other memoranda, documenting the operation of the committee.
Dates:
1973-1977; Majority of material found within 1973-1974
Abstract
The Capital Centre served as concert venue and sports arena for the Washington Bullets and Capitals from 1973-2002, and became a center of community activity. Abe Pollin, real estate developer and later owner of Washington’s NBA and NHL franchises, built the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland in 1973. This collection documents the community of Marylanders and Washingtonians that formed around the Centre, including ephemera from former staff, volunteers, and event-goers. The collection...
Dates:
1971-1996 and undated
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...
Dates:
1941-1945 and undated; Majority of material found within 1945
