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Roy H. Waite collection

Collection 0176-UA

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives

Abstract Roy Harrison Waite (born in 1885) began lecturing at the Maryland Agricultural College in 1911 and later became a professor in the College of Agriculture and a poultry expert on the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station staff. This collection contains 28 black and white photographs of the College Park campus and buildings taken by Waite between 1932 and 1944. Many of Waite's photographs of campus were used in the Reveille yearbook between the 1910s and...

Hubert Kelly Waldron papers

Collection 0154-MDHC

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives

Abstract The Hubert Kelly Waldron papers span the years 1815 to 1962 and include Waldron's papers as well as those of his mother, children and grandchildren. Waldron and his family lived at Ashfort (sometimes spelled Ashford) House in Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland. They were Anglo-Irish, King James I having granted Dromellan Castle to Sir Richard Waldron in 1609. The papers consist primarily of correspondence relating to day-to-day business and family subjects, including Hubert Kelly Waldron's...

Polly Walker papers

Collection 0270-MDHC

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives

Abstract

This collection is comprised of material documenting the activities of the Coalition to Preserve Oregon Ridge and the Black Marsh Coalition. This collection includes Reports, Memos, Clippings, Flyers, Newsletters, Correspondence, Financial Statements, Articles of Incorporation, Awards, Certificates, Presentations, Transcripts, Original Art, Applications, Statistics, Personal Notes, Minutes, Maps, and Photographs.

Thomas Walsh papers

Collection 0029-LIT

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives

Abstract Thomas F. Walsh (1925-1991) was an American literature professor at Georgetown University beginning in 1956. In his early career, he concentrated his research on Nathaniel Hawthorne and the American Transcendentalists; he later focused on Wallace Stevens and Flannery O'Connor. He met Katherine Anne Porter in 1960 and subsequently published several scholarly works on her writing. Walsh also became acquainted with Porter's friend, Mary Louis Doherty, during his frequent visits to Mexico, where...

Walter Robert Collection

Collection 0009-IPAM

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract A pianist, music educator, and writer, Walter Robert (1908-1999) performed often in solo piano recitals and also extensively as a collaborative pianist with singers and other instrumentalists. He performed in New York, Vienna, Italy, Austria, Taiwan, and most notably, at Indiana University. In addition, Robert taught at North Texas University and Indiana University and was a professor for brief periods of time at many places worldwide. Robert also wrote articles on various composers and...

Walter Winslow papers

Collection 0425-SCPA-WINSLOW

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Abstract Walter Keith Winslow (b. September 26, 1947; Salem, Oregon - d. February 12, 1998; Princeton, New Jersey) was an American composer, pianist, and teacher. He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory as an undergraduate, receiving degrees in both music composition and Russian. He then received a Ph.D. in music from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975. Winslow’s composition teachers included Richard Hoffmann, Edward Dugger, Andrew Imbrie, and Olly Wilson. His compositions range from solos...

WAMU records

Collection 0074-MMC-NPBA

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives

Abstract WAMU is a public radio station owned by American University in Washington, D.C. Beginning in 1948 as a low-power, student-run radio station, WAMU was granted a non-commercial broadcast license in 1961 and joined the infant National Educational Radio Network, a predecessor to NPR. In 1971, it became a founding member of National Public Radio.The WAMU archives include material from 1952 to 1992 with the bulk of the materials dating between 1970 to 1990. Materials in this collection...

Warfield Family papers

Collection 0155-MDHC

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives

Abstract This collection includes the papers of Edwin A. Warfield (1848-1920), Governor of Maryland, politician, and gentleman farmer, and of his son, Edwin Warfield, Jr. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, financial records, diaries, scrapbooks, maps, pamphlets, memorabilia, and photographs. Topics covered include banking; European trips; the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland; historical societies; the Maryland National Guard; Maryland politics; St. John's College; and World...

Warren F. Seibert papers

Collection 0062-MMC-NPBA

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives

Abstract Dr. Warren Frederick Seibert (1927-2001), an educational psychologist and television researcher, worked at Purdue University as a TV program research consultant and head of instructional media research from 1956 to 1963. His positions at Michigan State University, from 1969 to 1972, included work as a senior research scientist at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. In 1980, Seibert moved to the Washington, D.C. area to be chief of the Educational Research and Evaluation Branch...

Washington Area Women's Center archives

Collection 0355-MDHC

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives

Abstract The Washington Area Women's Center was founded in 1972 with the intention of promoting the education of women in regard to their history, current situations, and future achievements. The Center cultivated feminist principles and adopted a democratic method of administration. It moved several times during its history but always remained within the bounds of Washington, D.C., and ceased to exist in the early 1980s. The collection consists of administrative files, newsletters, subject files,...

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Roy H. Waite collection

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Polly Walker papers

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Warfield Family papers

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Washington Area Women's Center archives

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