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.
Herbert Baxter Adams (1850-1901) was an American educator and historian. The collection consists of material spanning 1851-1903. The materials include correspondence, lectures, writings, research material, files related to Johns Hopkins University, the United States Bureau of Education, the American Historical Association Committee of Seven, personal files, and prints and photos.
Dates:
1851 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1876 - 1901
Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923-2010) was a composer, pianist, electronic musician, professor, and the founder of the Peabody Conservatory Electronic Music Studio, which she directed from 1969 until her retirement from Peabody in 1997. The Jean Eichelberger Ivey papers contain scores and recordings of Ivey's musical works, writings and notes by Ivey, personal and professional correspondence, programs and clippings, photographs, and other personal and professional papers.
This collection contains Mary C. Walker’s papers acquired throughout her time working at Peabody and years thereafter. The collection consists of personal correspondence, working documents, programs, newspaper clippings of music events, photographs, and personal items.
The Peabody Conservatory scrapbook collection, 1866-1988, contains scrapbooks and clipping books that document the activities of the Conservatory and its Preparatory Department. Most of these scrapbooks were probably compiled by the Institute itself or by a clipping agency. Two boxes of scrapbooks document the activities of the Peabody chapter of the Mu Phi Epsilon music fraternity. Three scrapbooks focus on the Peabody Conservatory Alumni Association.
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Anne Wiggins Brown was a soprano who is best known for creating the role of Bess in George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess and starring in its initial stage run in 1935. The Peabody Institute Anne Brown collection contains press clippings about Brown, photographs, an autographed 78-rpm album jacket of Porgy and Bess highlights, and a videotape of highlights from her visit to the Peabody Institute in 1998 to receive the...
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Records documenting activities of the Board of Trustees of the Peabody Institute. Includes: 12 volumes and several additional folders of recorded minutes of board meetings (1857-1985); Treasurer's reports (1867-1969); Provost's reports (1869-1912); Executive Secretary's reports (1912-45); miscellaneous general records and correspondence; records of the Offices of the President (1859-1970), Vice-President (1876-1905), Secretary (1860-1922), and Treasurer (1857-1941), the bulk of the latter...
Dates:
Inclusive: 1832-1989; Majority of material found within Bulk: 1857-1985
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Documents supporting institutional financial activities. Includes the following: early property deeds and mortgages; Gallery of Art correspondence and reports; 19th century Conservatory of Music receipts; insuranceinformation (1950-1976); grants (1968-78); Dormitory-Cafeteria-Garage Project records (1960s); auditor's reports (1923-1977); comptroller's reports (1960-1970); student enrollment and scholarship statistics (1893-1976); and 173 volumes recording a wide range of financial...
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The Peabody Institute was founded by George Peabody in Baltimore in 1857 as a cultural institution comprising a library, public lecture series, academy of music, and art gallery. The founding documents in the collection include the original letter establishing the institute drafted by John Pendleton Kennedy and signed by George Peabody, a list of individuals approved by George Peabody for inclusion on the board of trustees, a letter of acceptance signed by 22 original members of the...
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This collection contains records of the Peabody Gallery of Art, records related to the stewardship of the Peabody Art Collection after the closure of the Gallery, and records of other fine art acquired by the Peabody Institute.Records include exhibition catalogues and announcements; lists of works in the collection; correspondence with artists, scholars, museums, galleries and dealers; appraisals; collection management and financial records. Exhibition records also include...
Johns Hopkins Homewood Photography is a full-service, on-campus resource for professional photography and photographic services, which provides editorial and news photography, portraits, and research photography for Johns Hopkins University clients on the Homewood campus and beyond. The Peabody Institute Homewood Photography collection contains born-digital photographs taken at or for the Peabody Institute from 2004 to 2015.
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Records documenting the activities of the executive office of the Institute. Includes correspondence from prospective lecturers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Fiske, and James Russell Lowell (1867-1913); correspondence concerning the library, including letters received from Abram Stevens Hewitt of Cooper Union, E. W. Blatchford of the Newberry Library, and Melvil Dewey; numerous letters from the Institute librarian, Philip R. Uhler, to the provost reporting library activities during the...
The Peabody Institute photograph collection contains photographic prints, negatives, slides, contact sheets, and postcards related to the Peabody Institute and associated individuals, events, and places. Images date from the dedication of the Institute in 1866 to 2019, with the bulk of the collection created between approximately 1960 and 2000.
Dates:
1866 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1960-2000
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The Peabody Institute was founded in 1857 by George Peabody, whose founding letter was published the same year. Beginning in 1866, the institute began publishing circulars, annual reports, and organizational documents with vital information about the Conservatory, the library, the art gallery, and the lecture series. In 1904, the Conservatory of Music began publishing its first serial. This collection contains primarily publications created by the Peabody Institute for external...
The Peabody Institute has regularly recorded concerts, recitals, and other events on campus since the 1960s. These recordings form the core of the Peabody Institute's sound and video recordings collection.
Dates:
1939-2023; Majority of material found within 1958 - 2023
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Peabody Premiere Recordings provides students and alumni the opportunity create and release recordings of repertoire by composers whose works have been historically underrepresented in published recording catalogs. The label encourages Peabody artists to explore repertoire beyond the traditional canon and create recordings that will extend the reach of this repertoire.All recordings are professionally recorded, engineered, and mastered by the Peabody Recording Arts Department....
Sidney Clopton Lanier (1842-1881) was an American musician, poet and author. The collection spans the years 1838 to 1998, with the bulk dating from 1838 to 1972. The material consists of correspondence, prose, poetry, lecture and music manuscripts, photographs, memorial information, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1838-1972; 1838-1998
Sounds and Stories began in 2002 as an oral-history project. A Peabody Conservatory musicology seminar of 18 students interviewed dozens of participants in the music of Baltimore's black community to record their memories and to document their world and their legacy. The collection was assembled primarily from 1998 to 2004 and contains oral histories, photographs, and supporting research about African-American musical culture, especially in Baltimore from approximately 1930 to 1960.
Dates:
1923-2012; Majority of material found within 1998-2004