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Ella Shields collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0971
Content Description
This collection contains sheet music for "You Oughta See My Baby" and "Why Did I Kiss That Girl," both editions featuring Ella Shields on the cover, as well as a playbill for a 1949 showing of the nostalgia music hall show "Thanks for the Memory," and five photographs of Ella Shields from various points in her career.
Dates:
Circa 1905-1949
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University Josephine Baker collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0725
Abstract
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress who came to be known in various circles as the "Black Pearl," "Bronze Venus" and even the "Creole Goddess". Baker was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, Zouzou (1934) and to become a world-famous entertainer. The materials span from 1926 to circa 1970 and contain photographs, promotional flyers, and ephemeral books.
Dates:
1926-approximately 1970
Found in:
Special Collections