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Robert D. Swezey (1907-1979), an attorney and broadcasting executive for nearly 40 years, was prominent in the drafting of both the radio and TV codes of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) as chairman of special committees which revised the radio code in 1947 and wrote the TV code in 1952. He was director of the NAB's Code Authority from 1961 to 1963 before serving as secretary-treasurer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 1968 to 1970.Swezey entered...
Dates:
1938-1964
Abstract
Thomas Baddeley Symons (1880-1970), a 1902 graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College, served the University of Maryland for almost seventy-five years. Symons's many offices included state entomologist, dean of the School of Horticulture, director of the Cooperative Extension Service, and dean of the College of Agriculture. He was active in numerous agricultural organizations, including the Maryland Horticultural Society, Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee, and both the National...
Dates:
circa 1910-1969; Majority of material found within 1954-1969
Abstract
Martha Tabor was an educator, laborer, and photographer who documented people on the job from the 1970s to the 1990s. Tabor’s photographs of women workers are particularly well-known. The collection contains forty-one photographs taken by Martha Tabor, particularly photographs of women workers, blue collar workers, and District of Columbia municipal workers.
Dates:
1976-1992; Majority of material found within 1978-1983
Abstract
The University of Maryland chapter of Tau Beta Pi, a national honorary engineering society, was established in 1929. The Tau Beta Pi records span from its founding to 2002 and include minutes of meetings, both local and national; pledge papers; information on chapter activities; membership records; financial records; and information on chapter history. The collection also includes a series of photographs documenting Tau Beta Pi activities.
Dates:
1929-2002; Majority of material found within 1940-1980
Collection
0028-LBR-RG95-003
Abstract
Virginia Tehas was George Meany's secretary from 1940-1979. This collection consists of a series of eight interviews with Virginia Tehas in 1996.
Dates:
1996
Abstract
This collection consists of various materials from radio and television stations throughout the United States, including clippings, promotional brochures, pamphlets, and market data. The collection was created to facilitate research on specific TV and radio stations.
Dates:
1925-1995; Majority of material found within 1930-1960
Abstract
This collection contains photographs and negatives used in the University of Maryland Terrapin yearbook. One folder of black and white photographs depicts buildings on campus and student life in the 1930s and 1940s. Several of these images appeared in the 1948 yearbook. In addition, three boxes of negatives span from 1935 through 1976 and include both photographs and artwork that appeared in the yearbooks. The collection is arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1935-1976
Abstract
The Terrapin Trail Club was founded in 1937 by Elinor Cody and is considered the oldest active club on the University of Maryland campus. Materials in the collection span the entire club history from the 1930s to 2012. The earliest item is a scrapbook from 1931-1939 containing over 275 photographs of outdoor scenes, featuring men and women hiking, skating, camping, and canoeing. However, only the post-1937 photographs are specifically designated as Terrapin Trail Club events. Eight...
Dates:
1931-2012; Majority of material found within circa 1960 - 1999
Abstract
Thad Holt (1898-1984) was a radio and television executive in Alabama and a figure in the New Deal's emergency agencies in the 1930s. Holt headed the Works Project Administration in Alabama under the Roosevelt administration from 1932 to 1936 and served in Washington as assistant administrator of the WPA in 1936 and 1937. In 1956 he served as a special consultant on overseas television projects for the United States Information Agency's Voice of America.A pioneer Alabama...
Dates:
1930-1980; Majority of material found within 1930-1970
Collection
0087-LBR-RG95-014
Abstract
The Trades Unionist was a weekly newspaper published from 1896-1976 by the Central Labor Union, Washington Branch of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). It was published every other week until 1982, when it ceased publication. This collection contains volumes 1 (1896) through 67 (1973) of the paper.
Dates:
1896-1973
