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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,...

Booker T. Washington Papers Editorial Project collection

 Collection 0242-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract The Booker T. Washington Papers Editorial Project collection includes photocopies of selected papers of Booker T. Washington, in particular his correspondence, speeches, writings, and reports of Tuskegee Institute. The collection also contains card files, annotated research notes, and proofs of some of the thirteen volumes of the published edition, as well as the business records of the editing project. The collection is unprocessed, but preliminary inventories of additional accessions are...

WAVES United States Naval Training Center Photograph Album

 Collection 0526-MDHC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract

This collection documents the training of women to serve as WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during and after World War II at the United States Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland. WAVES served in the United States and overseas in a variety of roles including clerical, aviation, medical, technology, and communications duties among others.

George Weber collection

 Collection 0180-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract George O. Weber (1912-2000) graduated from the University of Maryland in 1933 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and later served as Director of the Physical Plant at the university from 1946 to 1972. As senior class president, Weber helped organize the Class of 1933 gift -- Maryland's original bronze Testudo statue. During his career, Weber oversaw the construction of Byrd Stadium, Cole Field House, and the University Golf Course. This collection contains material related to the Class of...

Joseph Weber papers

 Collection 0293-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Joseph Weber (1919-2000) was a University of Maryland physicist credited with conducting early research into the fields of laser theory and gravitational wave detection. Dr. Weber's wave detection experiments began in 1958 and while he reported positive results, these could not be duplicated. Weber's work would inspire other scientists in these fields, and he is considered one of the pioneers in these areas due to his creative thinking. The papers consist of working notes, correspondence,...

Maurice Webster papers

 Collection 0191-MMC
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract Maurice Webster (1913-2001), veteran CBS radio executive, began as a radio announcer at KVI in Seattle in 1932 before moving to KNX in Los Angeles in 1937. He was 21 and featured in Broadcasting magazine as one of the three youngest network radio announcers in the country. He was named general manager at KCBS in San Francisco in 1958 and, in 1961, became vice-president and general manager of radio spot sales at CBS. This collection covers his professional activities from the 1930s to the...

Bill Weems collection

 Collection 0179-UA
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives
Abstract

This collection consists of approximately 2,640 color slides taken in 1985 by photographer Bill Weems for the publication Maryland: A University Portrait. The slides cover a wide range of campus life in the 1980s. Athletics, graduation, academic buildings, and campus scenes are all strongly represented. Other categories include art, dance, music, science, theater, marching band, reunions, and faculty, staff, and students.

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Brown, Irving, 1911- 3
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald 3
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Johnson, Lyndon Baines 2
Lovestone, Jay 2
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Abel, Iorwith Wilber 1
Adolph Coors Company 1
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America 1
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Carranza, Venustiano 1
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Association 1
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Greater Washington Central Labor Council. AFL-CIO (1896-) 1
Green, Archie 1
Green, Karin 1
Greiff, Helen 1
Greyhound Lines, Inc. 1
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Harriman, W. Averell 1
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Henle, Peter 1
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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Local 49 (Boston, Mass.) 1
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Kahn, Thomas 1
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Kefauver, Estes 1
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