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postcards

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Peabody Institute photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PIRG-12-01
Abstract

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
Found in: Peabody Archives

Pierre Restany letters and postcards

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1010
Abstract

This collection contains letters and postcards sent to French art critic and theorist Pierre Restany by his friends Roman Cieślewicz, Alina Szapocznikow, Szapocznikow's son Piotr Stanisławski, and other artists and friends.

Dates: 1969 - 1977

Postcards, 1918 - 1945

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034393052], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Six postcards inscribed by the Modernist writer Djuna Barnes date from 1918-1945. One, addressed to M. E. Fitzgerald in 1924, features a scene of the Strand in London; the message discusses the weather on Barnes’ trip and inquires whether Fitzgerald had received a gift. Three postcards are addressed to her mother, Elizabeth Chappell Barnes; these date from between 1918 and 1945 and were sent from Tarrytown in New York, Berlin, and Nice, featuring photographic scenes from each place. These...
Dates: 1918 - 1945

Ralph W. E. Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, World War I papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0901
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and financial records dated between 1909 and 1917 relating to Ralph W. E. Beckett's family and service during World War I.

Dates: 1909 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1917

Sherwood Anderson postcard

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030051407]
Identifier: MS-0222
Scope and Contents The holographic postcard was sent by Sherwood Anderson to Broadus Mitchell (1892-1988), writer, historian, and Professor of Political Economy at The Johns Hopkins University. The postcard was mailed from New York city, April 9, 1934. In a brief message, Anderson expresses thanks to Mitchell and remarks that "we will come to see you later."It is known that Anderson gave a lecture on drama at The Johns Hopkins University in 1933 and apparently was acquainted with Broadus...
Dates: 1934

Société des Amis d’Isidore Isou correspondence

 Collection — Box BW-7: [Barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-0739
Abstract

The Société des Amis d’Isidore Isou, or the Friends of Isidore Isou, was organized in 1970s France to assist and support Isidore Isou (1925-2007), founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism. This collection primarily includes the society's earliest correspondence, which documents requests for financial contributions to the newly-formed group, spanning 1970 to 1972.

Dates: 1970 - 1972

Soren Lura correspondence collection

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0006
Abstract

Soren Lura was a cellist and conductor who also worked for the Library of Congress. His collection consists of 22 letters by Brahms, Sarasate, Richard Strauss, Moscheles, Spohr, Grainger, Wilhelmj, Saint-Saëns, and others, collected by Lili Scholz and given to Lura in 1950. In 2007, Lura's daughters, Donna Fink and Dody Martin, donated the letters to Peabody in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Peabody Archives.

Dates: 1829-1931 and undated
Found in: Peabody Archives

Stefans Grové correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31857001665468]
Identifier: PIMS-0054
Abstract

The collection contains letters and postcards from composer Stefans Grové to Peabody music librarian Brad O'Keefe from 1972 to 1974, shortly after Grové had stopped teaching at the Peabody Conservatory and returned to his native South Africa.

Dates: 1972 - 1974
Found in: Peabody Archives

William H. McClain papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0619
Abstract William H. McClain was born in Cleveland, OH in 1917 and died in 1994. McClain joined the Department of German at Johns Hopkins University in 1953 and retired in 1982, serving as Professor Emeritus until the end of his life. He served as chairman of the Department of German from 1972 to 1979, president of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and also chaired during its final years the Humanities Group (1968-70), the last instrument of interdepartmental self-government among the Hopkins...
Dates: 1950s-1994; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1994

William Rush Dunton, Jr., scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0092
Abstract William Rush Dunton, Jr., was an occupational therapist and psychiatrist who was an instructor for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 1903 to 1942. Dunton was also a music lover and amateur percussionist who performed in several ensembles in the Baltimore area, including the Doctors’ Orchestra of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, the Clifton Orchestra, and the Johns Hopkins Orchestra. In addition, he collected materials related to musical activities in...
Dates: 1912 - 1936
Found in: Peabody Archives