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American newspaper clipping scrapbook
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0608
Scope and Contents
Composed of 148 pages (some numbered by hand) of newspaper clippings from various American newspapers, with occasional notations and the dates of some articles written in ink, and a hand-inscribed material laid in. Most of the articles date from 1881 to 1899 and encompass a wide variety of subjects. A few interesting clippings include the scandal over Democratic presidential candidateGrover Cleveland's illegitimate child and his relationship with a woman of "intemperate habits"; the...
Dates:
1881-1899
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University collection of African American political activism
Collection
Identifier: MS-0848
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of African American political activism in the United States consists of broadsides, photographs, and newspaper clippings that were primarily created around the time of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements between the 1950s and 1970s.
Dates:
1861 - 2004
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University publications collection
Record Group
Identifier: RG-10-030
Abstract
Until 1969, there was no central office for coordinating University publications. These materials are actually an artificial collection rather than a group of records generated by a single University office. The collection consists of both serial and occasional publications of the University. The former include Circulars, Registers, Annual Reports of the President, Directories, Student Directories, The Freshman Record, and Phonebooks. The occasional publications include a wide variety of...
Dates:
1876-1997
Found in:
Special Collections
Raymond Dexter Havens papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0024
Abstract
Raymond Dexter Havens, educator and author, was born in Rochester, New York in 1880. In 1925, he joined The Johns Hopkins University faculty as Caroline Donovan Professor of English, a post he held until his retirement in 1949. In 1931, Havens was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.The collections consists of correspondence; reprints, articles, and clippings; outlines, course note, study guides, and bibliographies; an autograph album contains holographic messages...
Dates:
1769-1954
Found in:
Special Collections
William Churchill papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0225
Abstract
William Churchill, philologist, ethnologist, and writer, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1859. He was appointed United States consul-general to Samoa (1896-1899) where he pursued his interest in philology and ethnology. Churchill also studied African languages and culture but less seriously than those of Polynesia. This collection contains two scrapbooks which Churchill compiled on Africa and the South Pacific, respectively, as well as a written draft of his 1892 book, ...
Dates:
1908-1911
Found in:
Special Collections