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Philip James (1890-1975) was an American music educator, conductor, and composer of over 300 choral and orchestral music works. In 1922 James co-founded and became the first conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. In 1923 James began a long teaching career at New York University, serving as head of the music department from 1934-1956. His students at NYU included Milton Babbitt, Bernard Herrmann, and Marvin David Levy.From 1929 to 1936, James was conductor of the Bamberger...
Dates:
1929-1960; Majority of material found within 1929-1936
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Alonzo W. Phillips was a Union corporal in Company F of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteers during the American Civil War. The collection includes twelve letters written by Alonzo to his aunt, Hannah Folsom, and one letter to her husband, Simeon. Major topics include military life, the health and affairs of numerous family members, and civilian attitudes toward the war. His letters detail his travels throughout Maryland, his defense of the Potomac River near Poolesville, and the Battle of...
Dates:
May 9, 1858 - December 11, 1861; Majority of material found within 1861
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The Department of Physical Plant was established in 1924-1925 as the Buildings and Grounds Division of the General Services Department. The department's files include maps, blueprints, photographs, computer tapes, and financial materials relating to University of Maryland campus construction, structures, landscaping, and maintenance.
Dates:
1888-1987; Majority of material found within 1933-1945
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Elmo N. Pickerill (1885-1968) was a wireless telegraphy enthusiast in the first decades of the twentieth century who later worked for the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). During World War I, he served in the United States Army Signal Corps as a radio instructor in 1917 and then joined the Army Air Service in 1918. Pickerill joined RCA in 1920 and became the chief pilot of the aviation division in 1928. He retired from RCA in 1950. Beginning in the 1930s, Pickerill asserted...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1909-1969; 1910-1976
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The Pillsbury Foundation School was established in 1937 by the Pillsbury Foundation for the Advancement of Music Education. The goal of the school was to study the music-making of young children, and is the only known long-term study of spontaneous musical expression among preschool children. The Pillsbury Foundation School records include daily observation notes taken by Directors Gladys Moorhead (1893–1976) and Donald Pond (1906–1983), annual enrollment, attendance, and student reports,...
Dates:
1936-1979; Majority of material found within 1936-1956
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Elmer Plischke (1914-2005) was a professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland from 1948 to 1980 and special historian for the office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. His papers consist of correspondence, notes and information about the Allied High Commission on Germany, and writings on such topics as diplomacy, international relations, and government in Wisconsin and Germany. The collection also contains manuscripts and drafts for several of Plischke's...
Dates:
1941-1974
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Stanley Plumly (1939-2019) was a poet, professor of English, and director of the creative writing program at University of Maryland.
This collection includes materials related to Plumly's life and career and covers the period 1953 to 2019. It also includes a number of undated materials. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, titled works, publications, audiovisual materials, photographs, memorabilia, a 2009 Maryland Poet Laureate Award, and other numerous awards.
Dates:
1953-2019 and undated
Abstract
Louis Wulphly Jean Baptiste Pocquet was a pensioner of the French Empire who served in the army during the French Revolution. His papers consist of one letterbook, written entirely in French, in which he records his correspondence, notes and observations, and chronologies of events. Pocquet's letters are primarily war-related but several also outline his personal plans and thoughts. The letters are addressed to a variety of individuals, including Pope Pius VII, the Prince, the Empress,...
Dates:
1805-1811
Abstract
The Poetry Book Society was founded in 1953 under the auspices of the Arts Council of Great Britain to foster the art of poetry and to promote the work of contemporary poets. It continued to operate as recently as 2005. The society mails subscribers a book of poetry quarterly, accompanied by a Bulletin containing a contribution from the selected poet of the quarter. The collection includes proofs and issues of the society's ...
Dates:
1962-1970; Majority of material found within 1966-1970
Abstract
The largest prison camp run by the Union during the Civil War, Point Lookout served not only as a prisoner of war camp, but also as a hospital for both Union and Confederate soldiers between 1862 and 1865. The prison camp at Point Lookout was well-known for its crowded and poor living conditions. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and official documents from ordinary Union and Confederate soldiers who were stationed, treated, or imprisoned at Point Lookout, as well as...
Dates:
1861-1865 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1922
