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Abstract
Boden Sandstrom earned her PhD in Ethnomusicology in 1997 at the University of Maryland and continued on as a professor in the department until her retirement in 2013. This collection contains materials she used to teach courses in world popular music and ethnomusicology, recordings, program budgets, textbooks, and articles, and papers written by Sandstrom, her colleagues including Marcia Herndon and Carolina Robertson, and students. Also included are programs and abstracts from the Society...
Dates:
1971-2013; Majority of material found within 1997-2008
Abstract
Douglas F. Bodwell (1943-1998) worked for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as director of the Office of Education, an office he created, from 1974 to 1998. He helped acquire funding for 22 television series, including the Emmy Award winners Reading Rainbow, 3-2-1 Contact, and Square One TV. He also advised on Kids America, a 90-minute public radio show for young children that aired from 1984 through...
Dates:
1961-1971 and undated; Majority of material found within 1965-1971
Abstract
Mary Boergers was a delegate and senator to the Maryland General Assembly representing the 17th and 18th Districts of Montgomery County. During her legislative career, Mary Boergers focused on the issues of education, drugs and crime, environment, labor, and women's concerns. She was president of the Women Legislators of Maryland from 1990-1991. In 1994, Boergers ran for Governor of Maryland. The files consist of correspondence, agenda, newspaper clippings, press releases, and subject...
Dates:
1980-1996
Abstract
Frederick Martin Bohen (1938-2015) was the Director of News and Public Affairs at WNET television in New York and Executive Editor of the Public Broadcast Library (PBL). He also served as editor of the experimental public affairs series, Public Broadcast Laboratory (1968-1969). The collection consists of Bohen's correspondence, speeches, memoranda relating to the programming and administration of WNET and PBL.
Dates:
1968-1974
Content Description
Sophia Bolgiano lived in Baltimore and died sometime after 1925. The Sophia Bolgiano papers span the years 1921 to 1925 with the bulk of the material dated 1925. The collection contains tax levy receipts and correspondence from Louis P. Bolgiano concerning his mother Sophia's real estate investments.
Dates:
1921-1925; Majority of material found in 1925
Abstract
Dr. A. Lynn Bolles was a professor of Women's Studies at the University of Maryland from 1989 to 2015. Her scholarship centers around black feminist anthropology and black feminism in the United States and English-speaking Caribbean. She played a leading role in emphasizing the importance of intersectionality in academic feminism as early as the 1990s. This collection contains materials documenting Bolles' work as a scholar and includes academic papers, books, newsletters, correspondence,...
Dates:
1950-2016; Majority of material found within 1970-2016
Abstract
The Department of Botany was established in 1859 as one of the original units of the Maryland Agricultural College. The records of the department consist of correspondence, research notebooks, publications, administrative subject files, and photographs.
Dates:
1898-1980
Abstract
Scott Howe Bowen (1888-1941) became active in radio advertising in 1927 and purchased WIBX in Utica, New York in 1931. He was a pioneer in advertising spot sales, persuading nationally known companies to buy commercials in non-network radio programs. Bowen was also a pioneer in the development of the National Association of Broadcasters.
This collection documents the early career of Bowen and the early history of WIBX, one of the oldest radio stations in Central New York. The collection...
Dates:
1928-1940
Abstract
The Charles E. Bowers Company, formerly known as the Bowers Moving Company, was founded in the late 1840s in Baltimore, Maryland. The company remained in the Bowers family through successive generations until the most recent owner, Charles E. Bowers, Jr., ("Ed") was murdered in 1973. Edward Friedland purchased the business in 1974. The bulk of documents in the collection relate to the sale of the Charles E. Bowers Company and consist of letters, licensing documents, pamphlets, meeting...
Dates:
1919-1976; Majority of material found within 1974-1976
Abstract
Roger Bower (1903-1979) was active in broadcasting from 1925 to 1974. He joined radio station WOR in New York in 1928 and became a combination producer, director, actor, announcer, and sound effects engineer. During that time, WOR became the flagship station of the Mutual radio network, and Bower directed many prominent programs, including It Pays to be Ignorant, and Can You Top This? In the early 1930s, Bower announced the first Macy's...
Dates:
1927-1979 and undated; Majority of material found within circa 1940-1960
