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Abstract
The Joseph Raynes papers consist of correspondence from British immigrant Joseph Raynes to his family in Bonsall, Derbyshire, England, describing an Atlantic sea voyage; the Chesapeake Bay; Baltimore life in the nineteenth century, including buildings, prices, and Lexington Market; slavery; the failure of the Bank of Maryland; and the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Cincinnati. Also included is news of friends, family and deaths.
Dates:
1831-1849; Majority of material found within 1831-1843
Abstract
Milton A. Reckord (1879-1975) was a high-ranking officer in the United States Army and the Maryland National Guard. Reckord was also active in the National Guard Association, the National Rifle Association, and numerous civic organizations. Reckord's papers include personal and military documents tracing his professional career and civilian activities. Included are diaries, official orders, memorabilia, publications, awards, and extensive war-time correspondence with his mother, Lydia...
Dates:
1851-1975
Abstract
William "Bill" Thomas Reed (1938-2020) helped create the PBS Elementary/Secondary Service, the PBS Adult Learning Service, the PBS Adult Learning Satellite Service, and the PBS National Narrowcast Service (later called the Business Channel) during the 1980s. He also created the PBS Home Video Project, an operation designed to market PBS videos to home viewers.Reed joined public station KIXE in Redding, CA in 1967 as KIXE's general manager. In 1974, he started working full time at...
Dates:
1969-1991; Majority of material found within 1979-1991
Abstract
An environmental activist, Merilyn B. Reeves (b. 1931) was active in various organizations including the League of Women Voters of Maryland, Lung Association of Southern Maryland, and the Friends of Yamill County (Oregon) between the 1960s and 2011. Her work included testifying in front of Congress for the Clean Air and Safe Water Acts, working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Chesapeake Bay Program, and leading the advisory council for the cleanup of the Hanford...
Dates:
1962-2016; Majority of material found within 1971-2002
Abstract
The Board of Regents is the highest-level governing body of the University of Maryland system. The Regents' records document overall administration of the university. They contain correspondence; statements; proposals; reports; and files from specific committees, boards, and commissions, in particular the Committee on the Presidency, the Agricultural Advisory Board, and the Maryland Agricultural Commission. The University of Maryland also holds a significant unprocessed addendum to the...
Dates:
1916-1990
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Reginald R. Gerig (1919-2018) is Professor of Piano Emeritus at Wheaton College and a music researcher, perhaps best known for writing Famous Pianists and Their Techniques. Gerig also taught piano at both Wheaton College and Eastman School of Music and gave many lectures on piano technique at places such as Brigham Young University Summer Piano Festival, Peabody Conservatory, and the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. The collection contains manuscripts,...
Dates:
1593-2003; Majority of material found within 1968-1991
Abstract
The Office of Registration was an administrative office of the Maryland Agricultural College responsible for recording information about entering students and students' classroom performance. The collection contains student and entrance registers and records of recitations of the Maryland Agricultural College.
Dates:
1859-1916
Abstract
Flora Waldman Reid (1916-2007) graduated from the University of Maryland in 1937. At Maryland, Reid was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, Riding Club, Rife Club, the archery team, and YWCA, in addition to being selected as May Queen in her senior year. This collection contains nine black and white photographs from 1934-1937 of Flora Waldman with friends, sorority sisters, and future husband Bob Reid (Maryland Class of 1936). Two color photographs depict Flora Reid with two 1935...
Dates:
1934-2006; Majority of material found within 1936-1937
Abstract
Francis Calvin Renner (1840-1914) was an inventor, businessman, farmer, New Midway Postmaster, and minister in the Church of the Brethren. The collection contains correspondence, financial records, a ledger, legal documents, and a bankbook, documenting Renner's involvement in the Rose Jelly Manufacturing Company and the Woodsboro and Double Pipe Creek Turnpike Company. The papers relate chiefly to Rose Jelly Manufacturing Company with particular emphasis on agreements made with various...
Dates:
1881-1915 and undated; Majority of material found within 1885-1892
Abstract
This is a collection of ongoing oral histories documenting the existence and experience of Black students, faculty, and staff at the University of Maryland (UMD), as well as community members from the surrounding areas, through the voices and words of the narrators themselves. The Black Experience Oral History Project is part of the larger Reparative Histories initiative, which seeks to address the relative absence of the histories of traditionally marginalized communities within UMD’s...
Dates:
July 23, 2021 to February 24, 2024
