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0221-SCPA-CHESLOW
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...
Dates:
May 1979-December 1991; Majority of material found within 1980-1990
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0449-SCPA-KENNEY
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...
Dates:
1984-2023; Majority of material found in 1988-1994
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.
Dates:
1918-1992; Majority of material found within 1944-1946
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,...
Dates:
1901-1975
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...
Dates:
1911-1987; Majority of material found within 1911-1960
Collection
0069-LBR-RG13-001
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...
Dates:
1918, 1927-1971
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...
Dates:
1968-2004; Majority of material found within 1968-2004
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...
Dates:
1920-1971; Majority of material found within 1927-1948
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,...
Dates:
1910-1971; Majority of material found within 1945-1965
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,...
Dates:
1975-2008
