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Box 1

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Contains 9 Results:

Italian visiting cards

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0692
Abstract

This collection consists of six engraved Italian visiting cards from approximately 1780.

Dates: approximately 1780

Handbill advertising services of "Audiger, libraire"

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0695
Abstract

Handbill advertizing the services of a Monsieur Audiger, a French bookseller active in the early 19th century.

Dates: approximately 1808

Paris Commune photo album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0693
Abstract

Copied from dealer description: "Album offering extensive photographic documentation of the Paris Commune and its aftermath, 1871-circa 1985." The Paris Commune was a revolutionary socialist government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May, 1871.

Dates: approximately 1871-approximately 1985

Campus and lacrosse team negatives

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0691
Abstract

Negatives of the Johns Hopkins University campus and lacrosse team, 1919. Index to negatives is located at front of collection.

Dates: 1919

Samizdat manuscript

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0694
Abstract

This collection includes one volume of Veche, a samizdat manuscript of underground Russian literature, published in 1972 by Vladimir Osipov. Samizdat means "self-published" in Russian.

Dates: 1972

Anthony Trollope collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0697
Abstract

Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. This collection includes materials related to Anthony Trollope, including pamphlets about Trollope and an item from the Trollope Society. Of particular interest is a February 16, 1862 letter written by Trollope to A.N. Zevely (?) of Baltimore. The collection spans 1862 to the mid-20th century.

Dates: 1862-mid-20th century

August Mencken letters to James H. Bready

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0700
Abstract August Mencken was an American civil engineer and author. He was the younger brother of Henry Louis Mencken, and the son of cigar magnate August Mencken, Sr. James Hall Bready was a Baltimore Evening Sun editorial writer for more than three decades and originator of the "Books and Authors" column that was published in The Baltimore Sun for nearly 50 years. This collection consists of 11 letters from August Mencken to James Bready, a columnist at The...
Dates: 1952-1961

Joseph Hopkinson letter to Abraham Walton

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0702
Abstract

Letter from Joseph Hopkinson, author of "Hail, Columbia!" to Abraham Walton, 1797 November 26.

Dates: 1797 November 26

Iraqi political cartoons from the first Iraq War

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0704
Abstract

20 original drawings, created for an unknown Iraqi newspaper, of cartoons from the first Iraq War, 1990-1991.

Dates: 1990-1991