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Senior Theses collection

 Collection 0240-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
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...

Serge de Gastyne compositions collection

 Collection 0372-SCPA
Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Abstract Serge de Gastyne (1930-1992) was a French American composer and pianist. Serge de Gastyne received his education from the University of Portland, the Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland. In 1952, de Gastyne enlisted in the Air Force and joined their Composing and Arranging staff in Washington DC, where he created various works for band, voice, and organ and won awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. The collection consists of manuscripts,...

Charles B. Sewell papers

 Collection 0353-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
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...

Clyne S. Shaffner papers

 Collection 0285-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
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...

Shane Media Services records

 Collection 0111-MMC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
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...

John Shank papers

 Collection 0133-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
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.

Karl Shapiro papers

 Collection 0035-LIT
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
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....

Sharon Cheslow punk flyers collection, 1979-1991

 Collection 0221-SCPA
Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Abstract Sharon Cheslow (b. 1961, Los Angeles, CA), an American musician, artist, author, and educator, is a notable figure in Washington, DC punk rock history, particularly in terms of the scene’s rise in prominence internationally. She was both an eyewitness and participant during the bedrock years of DC punk (late 1970s through early 1990s). The Sharon Cheslow Punk Flyers collection contains items that span the period of May 1, 1979 to December 30, 1991; the bulk of the material dates from 1980...

Shawna Kenney collection on punk and alternative rock

 Collection 0449-SCPA-KENNEY
Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Abstract Shawna Kenney (b. 1969) is an author and instructor who was active as a concert promoter in the Washington, D.C. punk subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s. She also co-edited and published the fanzine No Scene with Pam Gendell from 1986 through 1988, which features interviews with punk bands and reviews of concerts and recordings. Along with Gendell, Kenney promoted concerts at the Safari Club in Washington, D.C., helping to build a second wave of hardcore...

Florence Green Shay and Thomas Reed Shay papers

 Collection 0498-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
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.

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Agnew, Spiro T. 5
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Brown, Irving, 1911- 3
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald 3
McKeldin, Theodore R. (Theodore Roosevelt) 3
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Goldberg, Arthur J. (Goldberg, Arthur Joseph) 2
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Hoover, Herbert 2
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 2
Johnson, Lyndon Baines 2
Lovestone, Jay 2
Meany, George 2
Morrison, Frank 2
Nixon, Richard Milhous 2
Ruttenberg, Stanley H., 1917- 2
Schnitzler, William F. 2
Stevenson, Adlai E., II 2
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Woll, Matthew 2
Abel, Iorwith Wilber 1
Adolph Coors Company 1
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America 1
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Local 63 (New York, N.Y.) 1
American Federation of Hosiery Workers 1
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Ayers, Jake 1
Bacon, Denise 1
Baldinger, Wilbur H. 1
Barkin, Solomon, 1907-2000 1
Basharah, Michael 1
Blaydes, Laurel 1
Boggs, Michael D., 1948- 1
Braunthal, Alfred 1
Brookwood Labor College 1
Brown, George T. 1
Brown, Theodore E. 1
Bryant, Elise 1
Carranza, Venustiano 1
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Association 1
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (Agency : U.S.) 1
Cohen, Larry 1
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Davis, Jerame 1
Delaplaine, Rocky 1
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund) 1
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Ellenberger, James N. 1
Epstein, Dena J. Polacheck, 1916–2013 1
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Food Lion 1
Friedman, Martin L., 1923- 1
Gavran, Peter 1
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Gold, Robin 1
Goldberg, Harry, 1901- 1
Gomez, Susan 1
Graeve, Cheryl 1
Greater Washington Central Labor Council. AFL-CIO (1896-) 1
Green, Archie 1
Green, Karin 1
Greiff, Helen 1
Greyhound Lines, Inc. 1
Hardesty, Doris Gibson 1
Harriman, W. Averell 1
Harrington, Richard 1
Hays, Claudia C. 1
Henle, Peter 1
Hillquit, Nina 1
Hodell, Chuck 1
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 49 (Boston, Mass.) 1
Italian Communist Party 1
Italian Confederation of Labor 1
Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions 1
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Italian Federation of Labor 1
Italian Labour Union 1
Italian Socialist Federation (U.S.) 1
Italian Socialist Party 1
Italian-American Labor Council 1
J.P. Stevens & Co. 1
Justice for Janitors 1
Kahn, Si 1
Kahn, Thomas 1
Kassalow, Everett M. (Everett Malcolm) 1
Kefauver, Estes 1
Kehrer, E. T., 1921- 1
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