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Box 1

 Container

Contains 22 Results:

Edna St. Vincent Millay letter

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0526
Abstract

Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 - October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Collection consists of a one page letter containing a 14-line handwritten poem. An envelope is included and post-marked in New York in 1954, four years after the author's death.

Dates: undated (postmarked 1954)

Contraband's Song of Freedom lyric sheet

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0534
Abstract

Joseph Eastburn Winner (1837-1918) was an American composer and music publisher. This collection consists of a lyric sheet for his Contraband's Song of Freedom, an American Civil War song dealing with African Americans and slavery, dated 1865.

Dates: 1865

Ferdinand Jandrisevits letters

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0535
Abstract

Ferdinand Jandrisevits of of Bergenland, Austria was born October 1, 1906 and died February 11, 1984. This collection consists of 1 card and 2 letters dated 1935 from Ferdinand Jandrisevits of Bergenland, Austria to family in Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1935

Daniel Garrison Brinton letter

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0536
Abstract

Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837 – 1899) was an American archaeologist and ethnologist. Collection consists of one letter (undated) from Brinton to "P."

Dates: undated

Excerpts from Geistenberg's correspondence

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0537
Abstract

Two volumes of notes taken in the 19th century on Geistenberg's letters (1760-1800).

Dates: 19th Century

Notes on Johannes Rothe

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0538
Abstract

One volume of notes on two articles about Johannes Rothe: "Report on Rothe's Chastity" and "New Announcement about Johannes Rothe."

Dates: 1784-1861

D. E. Roberts Paleontology notebook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0539
Abstract

A notebook of notes taken during a paleontogy course taken at Johns Hopkins University in 1893, likely by a student named David Ellsworth Roberts.

Dates: 1893 - 1894

Francis E. Spinner signature

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0540
Abstract

Francis Elias Spinner (1802-1890) was an American politician from New York. He was Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875. The item is his clipped signature.

Dates: approximately 1861-1875

Clarence Edward Dutton manuscript

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0546
Abstract

This collection consists of an unpublished typescript with hand-written corrections of a manuscript entitled "China and Western Imperialism: a study of the motive forces of modern empires." It was written in Englewood, New Jersey, and dated 1903.

Dates: 1903

"Since All My Money has Give Out" sheet music

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0547
Abstract

Three pages of sheet music inscribed: "To Mr. Warren H. Williams, with compliments of Jack L. Ottenheimer," dated 1900.

Dates: 1900