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Abstract
Paul Kenneth Taff's (1920-2013) participation in educational and public broadcasting focused primarily on children's programming. After working for various Midwest stations, he joined National Educational Television (NET) in 1960. There, he was assistant program director, director of program operations, and director of children's programming. Notably, Taff arranged for national distribution on NET of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and Julia Child's ...
Dates:
1959-1984; Majority of material found within 1963-1984
Abstract
Paul R. Lehman, Professor of Music Education, has taught in the public schools of Ohio and at the University of Colorado, the University of Kentucky, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan. He has also held an appointment as music specialist with the United States Department of Education in Washington. He has served the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), now known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), as chair of the National Commission on...
Dates:
1942-2000; Majority of material found within 1942-2000
Abstract
This collection includes administrative and personal records of Paul Traver (March 27, 1931 - March 27, 2011). Traver served on the faculty of the University of Maryland, Department of Music from 1957 to 1999. During his tenure, he founded the University of Maryland Chorus in 1967, co-founded the Maryland Handel Festival with Howard Serwer in 1981, and co-founded the American Handel Society with Serwer and J. Merrill Knapp in 1986. The bulk of the records pertain to Traver’s position as a...
Dates:
1743-2007; Majority of material found within 1979-1992
Abstract
Paul Van Buskirk Yoder (1908-1990) was an internationally known conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. He was elected president of the American Bandmasters Association (ABA) in 1963, and served on their board of directors as well as the board for the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Dr. Yoder was instrumental in establishing the ABA Research Center at the University of Maryland and the Journal of Band Research, published by the ABA. He co-wrote a series of music theory and...
Dates:
1959-1981; Majority of material found within 1959-1981
Scope and Contents
The Paul Wittgenstein Collection contains papers and scores relating to the career of pianist Paul Wittgenstein. Paul Wittgenstein was a concert pianist known mainly for his contribution to repertoire for the left hand alone, following the amputation of his right arm during World War I. He frequently commissioned new piano concerti for the left hand, receiving works from well-known composers such as Maurice Ravel, Benjamin Britten, Sergei Prokofiev, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Bortkiewicz,...
Dates:
1887 - 1961
Scope and Contents
The Pearson Papers cover the period from 1832-1854;the bulk of the materials date from 1844 to 1854. The collection consists of two oversized books detailing the daily workings on a farm, the items planted, harvested, and sold and who did the work and what they were paid. Entries occur for rent collected from properties they owned. Also included are daily entries for weather conditions, labor performed on the farm by hired men and the wages paid to each. The diary entries are recorded daily;...
Dates:
1832-1854
Abstract
Robert W. Pemberton, Jr. was an active member of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSWA), serving a variety of roles including Business Agent (1979-1981), District Representative, and National Vice President - Secretary General for IUMSWA (1984-1990). He was a member of IUMSWA Local 24 and was most associated with the Sparrow Point and Key Highway shipyards in Baltimore, Maryland. His duties included grievance arbitration, negotiations, insurance claims,...
Dates:
1918-1999; Majority of material found within 1974-1995
Abstract
The collection consists of scanned images from the scrapbook of Lee Pennington, Maryland Agricultural College Class of 1915. Baseball, football, and track and field action shots are included. There are also pictures documenting the construction of Calvert Hall and damage to the Maryland Agricultural College resulting from the 1912 campus fire. A preliminary inventory is available of the images is available in the "Additional Description" section of this finding aid.
Dates:
1912-1915
Abstract
Included in this artificial collection are 18 individually described autographs, correspondence, photographic items, and other historic manuscripts (broadsides, handbills, etc.) related to the performing arts from 1872 to 1995. Additions are expected.
Dates:
1872 - 1995
Abstract
Philip Perlman was a prominent Maryland lawyer and political leader during the 1930s and 1940s who served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1947 to 1952. His papers consist of files relating to Baltimore mayoral, Maryland gubernatorial, and U.S. House and Senate elections; the creation of Maryland laws and legislation; Baltimore City Government; the Great Depression; Maryland and Baltimore political campaigns; presidential campaigns of 1932 and 1940; Assessment of Maryland Zoning Ordinances;...
Dates:
1926-1942; Majority of material found within 1927-1942
