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Record Group
Identifier: RG-06-090
Scope and Contents
The records of the Department of Mathematical Sciences range in date from 1954 to 1992. They are divided into two subgroups. Records in subgroup 1 are primarily those of Dr. Eliezer Naddor, a Hopkins faculty member from 1956 to 1986 and Professor from 1964 to 1986, although they do contain a large amount of departmental administrative and student records. When removed from Naddor's office, these records were without order or arrangement; a series and file arrangement was imposed upon the...
Dates:
1954-1992
Record Group
Identifier: RG-11-002
Scope and Contents
These records document the University's fundraising efforts during the period between the founding of the University and the establishment of the Johns Hopkins Fund in 1951. Although the records span the years 1893 to 1952, the bulk of the material dates from 1926 to 1938, during which time Hopkins conducted three major campaigns (the Half-Century Fund, the Emergency Campaign of 1933, and the Sustaining Fund of 1936) in rapid succession. Since there was no official development office during...
Dates:
1893-1952
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0019
Abstract
Douglas Southall Freeman (1886 – 1953) was an American historian, biographer, newspaper editor, and author best known for his multi-volume biographies of Robert E. Lee and George Washington. The collection spans the years 1902-1911, and consists primarily of correspondence between Freeman and his parents.
Dates:
1902-1911; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1908
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0185
Scope and Contents
The collection of Hopkins alumnus and professor, Edward Henry Spieker, consists of one holographic notebook containing his notes from classes in Greek literature prepared while he was a graduate student at the University, 1880-1881.
Dates:
1880-1881
Collection
Identifier: MS-0056
Abstract
Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) was a classics teacher and author of historical romances, short stories and poetry. The papers span the period 1885-1934 and consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, and personal papers.
Dates:
1885-1934
Collection — Box: BW-13
Identifier: MS-0274
Abstract
Edwin Charles Cort received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1907 and was a medical missionary in Siam (Thailand) from 1908 intil 1949. This collection consists of an essay entitled "Thirty Years of Medical Practice in Siam" from approximately 1948.
Dates:
approximately 1948
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0145
Abstract
This collection contains items regarding the "Badianus Manuscipt," of which Emmart wrote a translation and commentary.
Dates:
1935-1951
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0184
Scope and Contents
The colletion consists of one bound volume of student notes in Greek literature and oratory prepared by Ernest G. Sihler while he was a graduate student at Hopkins, 1876-1878.
Dates:
1876-1878
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0720
Abstract
Eugene L. Weston is a retired medical surgeon living in Oro Valley, Arizona, who attended Johns Hopkins University as a student in the 1950s. It is likely that these materials resulted from Weston's personal project to create an official Hopkins blazer jacket. This collection primarily includes order forms and receipts from the sale of the jackets. Also included are Weston's ledger detailing buyer information, a letter from a clothing manufacturer with a Hopkins emblem design, as well as one...
Dates:
1950 - 1951
Collection
Identifier: MS-0738
Abstract
Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. contributed over fifty years of service to The Johns Hopkins University as a student, faculty member and administrator. The personal papers of Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr., spanning the years 1924 to 1986, include professional publications, lectures, addresses, and class and seminar notes. There are also records pertaining to Hamburger's service as Director of Centennial Planning for The Johns Hopkins University, records concerning the founding of the Archives, and files...
Dates:
1924-1986
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07-002
Scope and Contents
The records of Foreign Service Educational Foundation include correspondence, minutes of Trustee meetings and financial records, dating from 1944 to 1972. Most of the records date from after the affiliation of the School of Advanced International Studies with Hopkins in 1950. There is very little documentation from the years 1944 to 1949, during which the Foundation was engaged in the founding and administration of SAIS as an independent graduate school. The record group is divided into four...
Dates:
1944-1972
Collection — Box: BW-6
Identifier: MS-0777
Content Description
One subject file regarding the topic of women at Johns Hopkins University, compiled by Frances Ferguson. Items include a Futures Seminar lecture about the Program for Women, Gender, and Sexuality (2011), news clippings, as well as a letter and essay from a former student. The file ranges from 2000 to 2011.
Dates:
2000 - 2011
Collection
Identifier: MS-0229
Scope and Contents
This small collection gives a glimpse of the literary life of Baltimore in the late nineteenth century. Francese Turnbull was an author and patron of the arts. This collection is not her complete papers but deals with two of her interests: the patronage of Sidney Lanier and her membership in the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore. The material on Lanier briefly describes the Turnbull's friendship with Sidney and Mary Day Lanier and details some of the activities the...
Dates:
1870-1927
Collection
Identifier: MS-0405
Abstract
Francis D. Murnaghan Jr. (1920–2000) was a United States federal judge based in Baltimore, Maryland. This collection consists of materials dating from 1946 to 2000, including appellate briefs authored while a practicing attorney, judicial decision files, papers reflecting his role of a Trustee of both the Johns Hopkins University and The Walters Art Gallery, appointment books, and a limited amount of personal correspondence.
Dates:
1946-2000
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0322
Abstract
Collection consists of a holographic manuscript (14 pages) of Francis T. King spanning the years 1826-1843, along with a typescript translation.
Dates:
1826-1843
Collection
Identifier: MS-0003
Abstract
Frank Johnson Goodnow, Ph.D., LL.B. (January 18, 1859 – November 15, 1939), President of Johns Hopkins University, was an American educator and legal scholar, born in Brooklyn, New York. The collection consists of about 12,000 items and spans the years 1880 to 1940. The majority of the material is Goodnow's correspondence, but there are also lectures, addresses, writings and printed material.
Dates:
1880-1940
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0133
Abstract
The collection consists of pamphlets, reprints, a list of Stockton's publications, Curriculum Vitae and various memoirs of Stockton.
Dates:
1908-1970
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0108
Abstract
Frederick B. Noyes was born in 1872. He attended Johns Hopkins University and received his B.A in 1893. This collection consists of classroom notes written by Noyes while he was an undergraduate student at Johns Hopkins University during the years 1891 to 1893.
Dates:
1891-1893
Collection
Identifier: MS-0744
Abstract
Georg Hans Bhawani Luck (1926-2013) was a Swiss classicist known for his studies of magical beliefs and practices in the Classical world. For over twenty years he was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. This collection includes the professional papers of Luck, primarily typewritten speeches, annotated drafts of his writings, and some correspondence and research notes. The papers span from 1948 to the 2010s.
Dates:
1948, 1954-approximately 2010s
Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-017
Abstract
In 1857, philanthropist George Peabody gave the amount of $300,000 for the funding of a library in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The construction of what was then known as the Library of the Peabody Institute (also the Peabody Institute Library) in Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood began in 1858. Due to the difficulties of opening such a library during the Civil War (1861-1865), the building was not officially dedicated to the public until 1866 and 1878, the west wing and east wing,...
Dates:
1860-1980s; Majority of material found within 1860-1970
Collection
Identifier: MS-0620
Abstract
A native of Baltimore, Gilbert V. Levin obtained his B.E. in Civil Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1947 and his M.S. in Sanitary Engineering in 1948, and received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 1963. He is the founder of Spherix Inc., and the principal investigator of the Mars Viking Mission Labeled Release Experiment. This collection of his papers represents Levin’s professional scientific career, including correspondence with colleagues, the pursuit of over 50...
Dates:
1950-2009
Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-003
Scope and Content Note
The Records of the Graduate Board range in date from 1963 to 1992. They were primarily compiled under committee chairs Dean Michael Hooker 1978-1982, Dean John W. Gryder 1982-1984, Dean Matthew Crenson 1984-1987, Dean P. Kyle McCarter 1987-1989, and Dean Michael Beer 1989-1992. Although the records covering the first 16 years of Graduate Board activity are missing, the years from 1985 to 1988 are thoroughly covered with varying amounts of information from 1978-1984 and 1989-1992....
Dates:
1963-1992
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0751
Abstract
John Henry Sirich, Sr. (1848-1911) was born in West Virginia but moved to Baltimore as a child. He worked his way up from being a clerk, and worked as a manager for the Boston Marine Insurance Co. He was at one time president of the Fire Board and president of the Board of Directors of the City Jail.
His son Edward H. received his PhD at Johns Hopkins University. This collection includes 26 scrapbooks full of newspaper clippings regarding politics, as well as 4 handwritten indexes for the...
Dates:
approximately 1870s-1890s
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0131
Abstract
Herman Louis Ebeling (1857-1945) was a classics scholar and Johns Hopkins University alumnus. The collection consists of student notebooks from his graduate and undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University and a small amount of correspondence from his teaching career at Goucher College. The collection spans 1886-1927.
Dates:
1886-1927
Collection
Identifier: COLL-0009
Abstract
Homewood Museum (formerly Homewood House) is a historic property located on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University. This collection consists of material (bulk 1973-1986) related to the 1987 restoration and re-purposing of the structure as a museum.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973-1986; 1898 - 1986