United States

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This collection documents the history and work of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland between 1919 and 2019 and includes case files, correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and programs. Notably the collection contains materials related to the nonprofit’s work regarding discrimination, housing, education, employment, gender, and other issues in Maryland.

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The American Society of Pension Actuaries was founded in 1966 as a non-profit professional organization acting on behalf of actuaries policy. This collection includes subject files related to pension benefits from the non-profit.

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The Giles Sutherland Rich Papers contains draft legislation, correspondence, and supporting documents dealing with design protection law. The papers were created between 1950 and 1987 and mainly relate to the period when Giles Rich headed the Coordinating Committee on Revision and Amendment of Patent Laws of the National Council of Patent Law Associations, after having come to prominence in the field through his work drafting a federal patent statute which took effect in 1953.

Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of political campaign materials from local, state, and national elections, with an emphasis on Maryland Democratic Party candidates. Campaign materials include bumper stickers, political brochures, flyers, cards, and circulars. The collection also contains governmental reports and publications on a variety of issues, including civil rights, urban planning, highways and roads, juvenile courts and criminal justice, and state economic data from the 1960s...

Scope and Contents Note Jo Ann Robinson, Professor of History at Morgan State University, collected the materials in this collection while active as a parent volunteer at Barclay Elementary-Middle School. A major portion of the material informed oral interviews conducted by Robinson with Gertrude Williams and Williams’ associates, resulting in the book, "Education As My Agenda: Gertrude Williams, Race and the Baltimore Public Schools" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). This collection consists of reports,...

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This collection documents the activities of John A. Donaho & Associates between 1950 and 1969. John A. Donaho and Associates was a consulting firm based in Baltimore County, Maryland, owned and operated by John A. Donaho, that worked with local, state, and international governments and clients. Materials are mainly textual and include preliminary and finished company reports.

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This collection includes the transcripts of manuscripts, plays, and poetry written by John Van Alstyn Weaver, a novelist, poet, and screenwriter, between 1920 and 1932.

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Lineage papers and administrative records