Abstract Jo Ann Orlinsky (born 1939) was deeply involved in Maryland Democratic politics, serving variously as campaign headquarters director, administrative aide, and campaign scheduling chairman for U. S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings. The collection largely documents her work for Senator Tydings and for the Young Democratic Clubs of Maryland. It contains correspondence, press releases, memoranda, schedules, speeches, hearing transcripts, and newspaper clippings. Topics covered include Orlinsky's...

Abstract Adrienne A. Mandel, Democrat, represented the 19th District, Montgomery County, Maryland, in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1995 to 2006. She was a member of the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, and the chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing. Her papers include documentation pertaining to bills that she supported, primarily relating to health care. Other topic areas covered include Jewish issues, action items of importance to Montgomery...

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This collection consists of the records of the Klavern of the Knights of Ku Klux Klan, Mt. Rainier Klan No. 51, which was founded in 1915. Documents include minutes and correspondence of Klan No. 51, publications concerning the Ku Klux Klan in Maryland and the United States, and a movie poster advertising "The Burning Cross."

Abstract Philip Perlman was a prominent Maryland lawyer and political leader during the 1930s and 1940s who served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1947 to 1952. His papers consist of files relating to Baltimore mayoral, Maryland gubernatorial, and U.S. House and Senate elections; the creation of Maryland laws and legislation; Baltimore City Government; the Great Depression; Maryland and Baltimore political campaigns; presidential campaigns of 1932 and 1940; Assessment of Maryland Zoning Ordinances;...

Abstract The collection documents the life and career of Joseph D. Tydings: lawyer, Maryland politician, and U. S. Senator. The Joseph D. Tydings papers relate primarily to Tydings' term as senator from Maryland from 1964 to 1970. The collection also relates to Tydings' maternal grandfather, Joseph Davis; his stepfather, Millard Tydings; his term in the Maryland House of Delegates; his appointment as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland; and his work for John F. Kennedy's 1960...