Johns Hopkins University
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0826
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection is an artificially assembled collection with manuscript material chosen by the curators of Special Collections, dating from approximately 1939 to 1993. The collection features eleven items related to the life, career, and death of jazz singer Billie Holiday, 1915-1959. Holiday, or "Lady Day," was known for her disctinct vocal delivery and had a profound influence on jazz and blues music.
Dates:
approximately 1939-1993
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University collection of African American history and culture
Collection
Identifier: MS-0845
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of African American history and culture is an artificially assembled collection of printed materials, diaries, photographs, and other items created from 1800 to 1988.
Dates:
1800 - 1988
Found in:
Special Collections
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- African American entertainers 1
- African American farmers 1
- African American singers 1
- African Americans 1
- African Americans--Social life and customs 1
- Airmen 1
- Armed Forces 1
- Armed Forces--African American officers 1
- Autobiography 1
- Bail 1
- Biographical poetry, American 1
- Blues (Music) 1
- CD-ROMs 1
- Children's choirs 1
- Collectibles 1
- Concert tours 1
- Drug abuse 1
- Europe 1
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 1
- Jazz 1
- Maryland--Baltimore 1
- Personal narratives 1
- Popular culture 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Segregation in education 1
- World War (1914-1918) 1
- World War (1939-1945) 1
- booklets 1
- broadsides (notices) 1
- cabinet photographs 1
- card games (game sets) 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- contracts 1
- correspondence 1
- electronic records (digital records) 1
- fliers (printed matter) 1
- leaflets (printed works) 1
- ledgers (account books) 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- magazines (periodicals) 1
- military records 1
- muster rolls 1
- promotional materials 1
- scrapbooks 1
- screenplays 1
- serials (publications) 1
- sheet music 1 + ∧ less
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