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E. Roderick and Arthur Shipley papers

 Collection 0134-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract E. Roderick (1915-1984) and Arthur M. (1878-1955) Shipley, were members of an old land-owning family in Maryland; both pursued medicine as a professional career. The Shipley papers consist primarily of a materials documenting late nineteenth and early twentieth century life in Anne Arundel County and Baltimore, Maryland. Included in the collection are 570 picker's checks, tokens used to pay seasonal laborers for havesting crops, other farm-related artifacts, World War II memorabilia,...

H. Burton Shipley papers

 Collection 0146-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Howard Burton Shipley (1890-1976) graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1914 as a multi-sport athlete in baseball, basketball, and football. Shipley returned to Maryland after a brief coaching stint at the University of Delaware and served as the first head coach of the Maryland basketball team from 1923 to 1947, head coach of the baseball team from 1924 to 1960, and assistant coach for the football team in 1923. This collection contains black and white photographs of Shipley...

AFL and AFL-CIO Research Department, Boris Shishkin papers

 Collection 0069-LBR-RG13-001
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Boris Shishkin was a Russian immigrant who became a researcher and economist for the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in the 1930s and 1940s. Later he was the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department director and secretary of the federation's Housing Committee. The collection provides some documentation on Shishkin's early educational and professional career, but, in more depth, his work with the AFL on issues of racial discrimination and housing. Types of materials include subject files, economic...

Ben Shneiderman papers

 Collection 0284-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Ben Shneiderman is a professor in the computer science department at the University of Maryland, College Park. During his career at the university (1976- ), he founded the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (1982), conducted research, taught courses, and contributed to the development of human-computer interaction. The papers largely chronicle Shneiderman's involvement in the discipline of human-computer interaction and contain much correspondence between professionals in the field. Also...

Mark Shoemaker papers

 Collection 0267-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Mark M. Shoemaker (1898-1983) was a professor of horticulture at the University of Maryland, a campus planner, and a landscape designer. Shoemaker's papers contain reports, correspondence, drafts of lectures, radio scripts, news clippings, maps, sketches, and photographs documenting his landscape design work for the University and various agencies of the United States government. The collection also includes some of the personal papers of A. S. Thurston whose duties at the University of...

Mary S. Shorb papers

 Collection 0268-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract A professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, Mary S. Shorb (1907-1990) was known for her work in designing assays to allow for the commercial production of vitamin B12. Shorb served as a research professor in the Poultry Husbandry Department from 1949 to 1972. Her papers consist of correspondence; reports and applications for grants from the National Institutes of Health; lab and research notes; and speeches, articles, and papers written by Shorb. Important topics include vitamin B12,...

Shuttle-UM records

 Collection 0039-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Shuttle-UM, a transportation service provided free of charge to University of Maryland students and employees, began as a nighttime security service in fall of 1972, with four buses and three routes in place by the following spring. Off-campus commuter routes were added in spring 1976. Today, Shuttle-UM offers commuter, security, paratransit, and charter services as a division of the University of Maryland Department of Transportation Services (UM-DOTS). As of the 2011-2012 school year,...

Carlton Ralph Sickles papers

 Collection 0233-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract

Carlton Sickles served in the Maryland House of Delegates and the United States House of Representatives. His papers contain administrative files, press releases, newspaper clippings, bills, and audio tapes. Subjects include the Vietnam War, NASA, civil rights, education, and Sickles' political campaigns. This collection is unprocessed, but a preliminary inventory is available as an external document.

William H. Siemering papers

 Collection 0591-MMC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract This collection documents the professional activities of radio innovator and advocate William H. Siemering from 1962 through 2022. He was a member of the founding board of NPR, wrote the original mission statement, and helped develop the network's flagship program, "All Things Considered." After a decades-long career in American public radio, Siemering embarked on a second career, helping establish independent radio in South Africa and Eastern Europe. In 1993, Siemering was awarded a...

Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter records

 Collection 0137-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract The Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter, can trace its origins to the establishment of the club's Southeastern Chapter in 1968. This chapter eventually split into several smaller groups, among them the Potomac Chapter, which had members in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The Maryland Chapter monitors legislation, works to save natural areas from development, sponsors outings, and disseminates information on environmental matters. The chapter's...

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