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Rhea Gaynelle Sikes (1922-2019) was an educator and television producer, professionally active from 1957 through 1980. Sikes specialized in instructional television programming for adults and children during her tenure at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), including programs for local stations WQED and WNET (PBS). The collection includes photographs of Rhea Sikes, internal reports and publications on educational programming, and her independent consulting work between 1978 and 1980.
Dates:
circa 1957-1980
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John D. Silva (1920-2012) was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, the first commercial television station on the West Coast. He designed many innovative ways to make live, remote television – covering breaking news and special events – easier and faster, including inventing the first news helicopter (which he dubbed the "Telecopter") in 1958. Silva won his first Emmy in 1970 for electronic newsgathering and his second in 1974 for developing the telecopter. He served as director of...
Dates:
1946-2012
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This collection contains newsletters and assorted clippings documenting the activities of the Silver Spring Nursery School, Inc., a cooperative nursery school in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Silver Spring Nursery School was started in 1941 by a group of mothers active in the Montgomery County League of Women Voters who expanded their children's play group into a nursery school.
Dates:
1942-1993
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This collection consists primarily of Volumes I through VI of A History of the White House: A Tavern in Vansville, Maryland (1984), a compilation of information on this 1834 structure edited by John William Wohlfarth. Wohlfarth acknowledged Fred Simmons as the principal researcher in this history, but others contributed as well to the investigation of White House Tavern. The Tavern still stands as part of the Del Haven White House Motel complex on Route 1, just north of College Park, and was...
Dates:
1984
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Julian Lincoln Simon (1932-1998) was a professor of business administration at the University of Maryland from 1983 until his death in 1998. Simon was known for his research on economics and population growth which challenged Malthusian theories on global catastrophe. This collection spans from 1972 to 1996 and contains Simon's professional correspondence, as well as reports, publications, conference proceedings, and grant materials. Research notes on a variety of topics including population...
Dates:
1972-1996; Majority of material found within 1984-1994
Collection — Box: 1
0546-GWP
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Roy W. Simonson (September 7, 1908 - November 2, 2008) was a scientist and professor who studied soil across the United States and on islands in the Western Pacific. He was educated at the North Dakota Agricultural College, where he received his Bachelor of Science in 1934, and at the University of Wisconsin, where he received his doctorate in 1938. He taught at Iowa State College from 1938 to 1943, when he took a new position of Soil Correlator for the United States Department of...
Dates:
1947 to 1948
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Helen Sioussat (1902-1995) was the Director of Talks and Public Affairs for CBS radio from 1937 to 1958. In that role, she regularly oversaw as many as 300 broadcasts a year addressing government, labor, education, religion, civil rights, and international affairs. In 1941, Sioussat created and hosted the TV program Table Talk, the first roundtable discussion program on television. She also wrote a book about broadcasting, Mikes Don't...
Dates:
1913-1992 and undated; Majority of material found within 1937-1958
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Myra Sklarew (1934- ), professor of literature and author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction essays, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. The Myra Sklarew papers date from 1858 to 2008 (bulk dates 1970-2008) and include materials that Sklarew created and accumulated during her lifetime, materials about her life and her writings, and the creative output of others that was inspired by Sklarew. The materials include correspondence; manuscripts and drafts of published Sklarew literary works; copies...
Dates:
1858-2008; Majority of material found within 1970-2008
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Joseph Leonard Smallwood was born in 1811 in Charles County, Maryland. He lived and worked on the family farm until the age of 24 when he moved to Alabama. Smallwood married Rebecca Gibson in 1836 and relocated to St. Joseph, Florida. Joseph and Rebecca continued to move for the majority of their lives.
Dates:
August 20, 1856 - May 14, 1929; Majority of material found within 1858-1874
Collection
0049-LBR-RG95-012
Abstract
Anthony Wayne Smith (1906-1992) was an attorney for the CIO and AFL-CIO from the 1940s into the mid-1950s when he became passionate about environmental issues and took up conservation causes at several National Parks. His papers consist of correspondence, legal materials, and ephemera from Smith's personal life, his time at the National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA), CIO, and AFL-CIO.
Dates:
1920-1992
