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Abstract
Edwin G. Cohen (1926-2014) had a distinguished career in educational and instructional television from 1955 to 1990. During those years, his positions included program associate for the Educational Television and Radio Center, director of the National Instructional Television Film Library, and founder and executive director of the Agency for Instructional Television and its successor, Agency for Instructional Technology. The collection documents Cohen's role in the growth of operation of...
Dates:
1958-1990, and undated; Majority of material found within 1961-1975
Abstract
Irwin Cohen (1947- ), a bibliophile and book collector, is manager of the Time Warner, Inc., Bookstore in New York City. When was in high school, Mr. Cohen first encountered and read Djuna Barnes's Nightwood, which led him to collect works by and about her. He eventually met Miss Barnes, when his wife, Francesca Belanger, then senior designer at Dial Press was assigned to Miss Barnes's last book, Creatures in an Alphabet....
Dates:
1896-1995
Abstract
Jane E. Cohen was a broadcast and communications executive. Cohen was a member of American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) and served as the organization's national president from 1975 to 1976. AWRT is a nonprofit organization for women in the broadcasting industries. AWRT was founded in 1951 in response to the National Association of Broadcasters' decision to dissolve its women's division. The organization's mission is to "advance the impact of women in broadcasting and related...
Dates:
1960-1994 and Undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1986
Abstract
The Rhea Cohen papers consist of environmental materials related to Maryland and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. A water quality expert, Cohen worked as a paid lobbyist for the Sierra Club from 1973 to 1980, focusing on water pollution. As leader of Save our Community Committee (in Greenbelt, Maryland), she addressed concerns of environmental activists in Prince George's County. She represented the citizens of Greenbelt, Maryland, as a member of the city council. The collection is...
Dates:
1965-1979; Majority of material found within 1974-1979
Abstract
Gordon H. Cole was the long-time editor of The Machinist, the newspaper for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, from 1947-1976. Prior to 1956, Cole was president of the American Federation of Labor’s (AFL) union press association, the International Labor Press of America. Cole served as the AFL’s chief representative during negotiations with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the move to create the International...
Dates:
1950-1988; Majority of material found within 1960-1980
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The teaching of agriculture at the University of Maryland began with the opening of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1859. The establishment of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station at the college almost thirty years later, in 1888, enhanced the focus on agriculture. The College Park campus of the University of Maryland, created by the Maryland General Assembly in 1920, was originally divided into thirteen educational units, including the College of Agriculture. The college...
Dates:
1916-1973; Majority of material found within 1951-1969
Abstract
The College of Arts and Humanities is one of thirteen colleges and schools on campus. "In 25 departments and centers, the College of Arts and Humanities provides education, research and scholarship in the arts, history, literatures, languages and cultures of people throughout the world." This collection contains documentation of the Maryland Center for Performing Arts building project (now known as the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center) and activities to commemorate the 150th anniversary...
Dates:
1986-2006; Majority of material found within 1993-1995
Abstract
Established in 1949 as the Department of Journalism and Public Relations in the College of Business and Public Administration, the department changed its name in 1966 to Department of Journalism and in 1972 became the College of Journalism. The college's records, including administrative files, course materials, construction planning records, and lecture series tapes, document the evolution of the journalism program on the College Park campus. They also chronicle the connection between the...
Dates:
1949-1974
Abstract
The College Park Campus Senate, established in 1971, was a legislative body created to consider matters of concern to the University of Maryland campus community. The Campus Senate consisted of elected representatives of the administration, faculty, staff, and students. In 1993 the body was re-named the College Park Senate. The College Park Campus Senate collection contains minutes and agenda of meetings; bylaws; plans of organization; mission statements; correspondence; annual reports;...
Dates:
1971-1993
Abstract
The College Park Faculty Assembly was established in 1970. Its dual purpose was to provide faculty at the University of Maryland a voice in the administration and to impress upon them the importance of assuming their responsibilities within the university community. This collection of minutes, correspondence, committee files, and news clippings constitutes the operating records of the Faculty Assembly.
Dates:
1971-1983
