Rome, Paula

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Print collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Vienna Biennale, 1960; Mary Cassatt; museum development; the National Gallery of Fine Arts; the Gallery of Modern Art in Washington.

Abstract David L. Glenn (1925-2001) was a civil rights activist and Maryland state government administrator. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Glenn entered the Army Air Forces after high school and served with the Tuskegee Airmen as an aerial radio operator and gunner. In 1965 he joined Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin's administration and from 1967 to 1973 Glenn was the director of the Baltimore Community Relations Commission. In 1978, Glenn was named executive director of the Maryland Human Relations Commission...

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Phoebe Stanton was a Professor of Art at Johns Hopkins University and member of the Advisory Design Panel for Housing and Community Development of Baltimore City and Governor's Consulting Committee for Historic Preservation for the State of Maryland. In this oral history interview, she discusses the past, present and future of Baltimore and draws comparisons with other cities; the Charles Center; rationale for city planning; and public art in the twentieth century.

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Living in New York in the 1940s and 1950s; abstract expressionism; painting styles; Jackson Pollock; Wilhelm De Kooning; Baltimore as a home for the professional artist.

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Personal background; Baltimore as an art community-, comparison withWashington, D.C.; local financial support for the symphony- audiencesand programming; recent growth in subscriptions; chief function of asymphony; the symphony's future in Baltimore.

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Education and previous career in British Army Intelligence during  World War 11; past employment at the Peabody Institute library; description of Maryland Historical Society membership; financial support by city and state; Society's library and basic function in the community; council and trustee membership; plans for the future.

Abstract Peter Marudas (1937-2021) was the Chief Administrative Assistant to Theodore R. McKeldin during his second term as the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. Marudas started his career as a journalist and moved from Detroit, Michigan, to Baltimore in 1963 to work as a government and political reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun newspaper. In 1967, he replaced Richard Andrews as McKeldin’s Chief Administrative Assistant. In this oral history interview, Marudas recounts how he came to work for...

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Personal background; Center Stage staff-, audiences; new buildings; finances; choice of plays; Baltimore's support of the arts.

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 Personal background; Baltimore audiences; support for theatre; new  trends in theatre; plans for the future.

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Personal background; definition of "the arts"; problems of financing ateaching institution; policy-making decisions at the Peabody Institute.