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Senior Theses collection

 Collection 0240-UA
Abstract Collection of theses, spanning from 1902 to 1948, written to fulfill requirements for a bachelor's degree or advanced degree in engineering at the Maryland Agricultural College (pre-1920) and the University of Maryland. Topics include building, bridge, road, and railroad construction, electrical systems, concrete and building materials, engineering education, water and sewer systems, traffic control, mechanics and machinery, real estate, and air travel. Many of the theses relate to local...
Dates: 1902-1948; Majority of material found within circa 1920-1949

Charles B. Sewell papers

 Collection 0353-MDHC
Abstract Charles B. Sewell (1918-1991) was an alumnus of the University of Maryland (Class of 1949). Sewell had enlisted in the United States Army in 1941 when the United States entered World War II, volunteering to be sent to the frontlines in Europe. Sewell served as a turret gunner in the 8th Air Force, 100th Bomber Group, and in 1944, his plane was shot down over Berlin. The crew was subsequently captured by Nazi soldiers. Sewell spent nearly a year as a prisoner of war, first at Stalag Luft IV...
Dates: 1991-1992

Clyne S. Shaffner papers

 Collection 0285-UA
Abstract Clyne S. Shaffner (1914-1984) had a lengthy career in Poultry Science, during which he made great advances in preserving chicken sperm through freezing. Shaffner was born April 18, 1914, in Freeland, Michigan. As a young man, he was active in the Michigan Junior Farm Bureau. He earned his B. S. degree at Michigan State College in 1938, his M. S. in 1940, and his Ph. D. from Purdue University in 1947. In 1947 he accepted a position as Associate Professor of Physiology and Genetics in the...
Dates: 1938-1947

Shane Media Services records

 Collection 0111-MMC
Abstract Shane Media Services, a radio marketing consulting firm based in Houston, Texas, provided market research and guidance for Texan radio stations, especially country music stations, and other western and southern United States stations. CEO Ed Shane founded Shane Media Services and remained at the helm until his passing in March 2015. This collection documents his contributions to broadcast radio alongside that of his wife and business partner Pam Shane. Shane Media Services...
Dates: 1931-2015

John Shank papers

 Collection 0133-MDHC
Abstract

This collection consists mainly of promissory notes, receipts, and bills relating to the Stoler estate, Shank's guardianship of the McCleary children, and the executorship of his father's estate in Quincy Township, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1830-1859

Karl Shapiro papers

 Collection 0035-LIT
Abstract Karl Shapiro (1913-2000) was an American poet and literary critic who was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was strongly influenced by the works of W. H. Auden, Walt Whitman, and William Carlos Williams. His work has been recognized with a number of major awards, including the Pulitzer prize for V-Letter and Other Poems in 1945; he later became consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress. He also published a novel, an autobiography, and poetry anthologies....
Dates: circa 1917-1968

Florence Green Shay and Thomas Reed Shay papers

 Collection 0498-MDHC
Abstract

Florence Green Shay of Baltimore, Maryland served in World War I in the Army Nurse Corps in France. Her son, Thomas Reed Shay of Denver, Colorado, served in World War II as an Army radio technician in Europe. The collection consists of a diary written by Florence Green Shay, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and a newspaper clipping. The majority of these materials document the service of Florence Green Shay in World War I and of Thomas Reed Shay in World War II.

Dates: 1918-1992; Majority of material found within 1944-1946

E. Roderick and Arthur Shipley papers

 Collection 0134-MDHC
Abstract E. Roderick (1915-1984) and Arthur M. (1878-1955) Shipley, were members of an old land-owning family in Maryland; both pursued medicine as a professional career. The Shipley papers consist primarily of a materials documenting late nineteenth and early twentieth century life in Anne Arundel County and Baltimore, Maryland. Included in the collection are 570 picker's checks, tokens used to pay seasonal laborers for havesting crops, other farm-related artifacts, World War II memorabilia,...
Dates: 1901-1975

H. Burton Shipley papers

 Collection 0146-UA
Abstract Howard Burton Shipley (1890-1976) graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1914 as a multi-sport athlete in baseball, basketball, and football. Shipley returned to Maryland after a brief coaching stint at the University of Delaware and served as the first head coach of the Maryland basketball team from 1923 to 1947, head coach of the baseball team from 1924 to 1960, and assistant coach for the football team in 1923. This collection contains black and white photographs of Shipley...
Dates: 1911-1987; Majority of material found within 1911-1960

AFL and AFL-CIO Research Department, Boris Shishkin papers

 Collection 0069-LBR-RG13-001
Abstract Boris Shishkin was a Russian immigrant who became a researcher and economist for the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in the 1930s and 1940s. Later he was the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department director and secretary of the federation's Housing Committee. The collection provides some documentation on Shishkin's early educational and professional career, but, in more depth, his work with the AFL on issues of racial discrimination and housing. Types of materials include subject files, economic...
Dates: 1918, 1927-1971

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