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Jo-Ann Orlinsky papers

Collection 0116-MDHC

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives / Jo-Ann Orlinsky papers

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...

Mollee Coppel Kruger papers

Collection 0048-LIT

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives / Mollee Coppel Kruger papers

Abstract Mollee Coppel Kruger (b. 1929) is a Maryland poet, journalist, playwright, and humorist. She attended the University of Maryland, College Park, from 1946 to 1950 and received her degree in Education. From 1967 to 1983, she authored a weekly poetry column, entitled Unholy Writ, which was syndicated nationally in several Jewish periodicals. Kruger has also published six poetry collections under the Maryben Books imprint. Kruger's papers include correspondence,...

Nora Davenport collection on Drum Set Methods

Collection 0123-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library / Nora Davenport collection on Drum Set Methods

Abstract

Nora Davenport (1954-1996) was a composer, percussionist, and percussion teacher in the Washington, D.C. metro area. She performed with the Washington Opera and the Washington Ballet at the John F. Kennedy Center, and with the Washington Chamber Symphony. Davenport taught percussion at the Rockville Jewish Community Center for twenty years. This collection contains 103 method books primarily for drum set, but also several titles for basic drumming technique.

Adrienne Mandel papers

Collection 0316-MDHC

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives / Adrienne Mandel papers

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...

Maurice Annenberg papers

Collection 0011-LIT

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives / Maurice Annenberg papers

Abstract Maurice Annenberg (1907-1979) was a Baltimore printer, businessman, entrepreneur, and author of works on the history of printing, advertising, and the graphic arts. He wrote three books: Advertising, 3000 B.C.-1900 A.D., Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogues, and A Typographical Journey through the Inland Printer, 1883-1900. The collection consists of correspondence; typography and...

Dryad Press records

Collection 0014-LIT

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives / Dryad Press records

Abstract Dryad Press had its origins in Dryad magazine, a literary journal co-founded by Merrill Leffler and Neil Lehrman in 1967 in the Washington, D.C., area. In 1974, the press published the first book bearing its imprint and has since published over sixty works, primarily volumes of poetry, which often have Jewish themes or subjects. Many of the authors published by Dryad are associated with the state of Maryland, by birth, education, or current residence. Much...

Nazi Motorcycle Military Band score collection

Collection 0401-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library / Nazi Motorcycle Military Band score collection

Abstract The Nazi Motorcycle Military Band score collection contains 66 scores. At one point most of them were owned by the Nazi Musikkorps, as indicated by stamps reading "Musikkorps J.R. 81" and, less frequently, "Kradschützen Bataillon 3, Bad Freienwalde (Oder)". Before accession into Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland these scores were at the Music Library, University at Buffalo. They were donated to Buffalo by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Librarian, Albert...

Lester N. Trachtman papers

Collection 0542-LBR

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives / Lester N. Trachtman papers

Abstract Lester N. Trachtman (1934-2012) was a labor union activist and historian active from approximatley 1960-2000. These papers document his career and personal life. He held a number of positions related to the labor movement in Africa and the United States, first as an Africa Specialist for the U.S. Department of State from 1960-1965, and most notably as the Deputy Director for Program Planning at the African American Labor Center (AALC), AFL-CIO, from 1965-1982. In that capacity, he managed...

Aaron Avshalomov scores collection

Collection 0388-SCPA

Found in: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library / Aaron Avshalomov scores collection

Abstract Aaron Avshalomov was born in Nikolaievsk, Siberia on October 31, 1894 to Jewish-Russian parents. His father wanted Aaron to study medicine and sent him to Switzerland for that purpose in 1913. Instead, he enrolled in the Zürich Conservatory, where, for a few months, he received his only formal training in music. After the outbreak of World War I, Avshalomov left Europe, returning to Russia and then moving on to China and the United States, where he married his first wife, Esther Magidson, in...

Jerry "Tucker" Schatz papers

Collection 0040-MMC-LAB

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives / Jerry "Tucker" Schatz papers

Abstract Jerome H. Schatz (1925-2016) was a child actor of both film and radio during the 1930s and 1940s. Schatz, performing under the name Jerry Tucker, became the youngest actor ever placed under contract to Paramount Studios. His most prominent roles were in the Our Gang comedy shorts from 1931-1938. Feature films included Babes in Toyland (1934), San Francisco (1936), Captain January...

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