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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 1949 to 1993. The collection features eight 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: 1949-1993 and undated

Johns Hopkins University collection of Maryland African American history and culture

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0846
Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University collection of Maryland African American history and culture is an artificially assembled collection which spans from the 18th to the 20th century. The collection consists of materials selected by the curators of Special Collections.

Dates: 1788-1944

Johns Hopkins University facilities management records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-09-010
Abstract

Johns Hopkins Facilities & Real Estate (JHFRE) provides full support services for the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus, as well as planning, design, construction, and property management for other Hopkins campuses. These records primarily include files of real estate purchases, renovations, reports, and letters, while another bulk of the records includes the files of the creation of the Shriver Hall Murals. The records range from 1937 to 1971.

Dates: 1937-1971

Johns Hopkins University Furniture Press chapbooks collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0724
Abstract

Furniture Press Books is a Baltimore-area publisher of handprinted chap/books, pamphlets and zines, as well as full-length books and collections. This collection contains chapbooks published by Furniture Press, from approximately 2004 to 2015.

Dates: approximately 2004-2015

Johns Hopkins University Gas Engineering Lab etching

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0712
Abstract

Copied from information provided by donor: Etching made by Susan Walton Kemp (1918 - 2002) for her fiance Joseph Burnham Gray (1915-1998) who was a chemical engineering graduate student at Johns Hopkins, completing his PhD in June 1941. Although he did not invent Lyrica (spandex), he helped develop the mixing process for it while working for DuPont.

Processing note: The Gas Engineering Building later became the office of the Johns Hopkins University News-letter.

Dates: 1939 - 1939

Johns Hopkins University Maryland ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0673
Abstract

This is an artificially-assembled collection with manuscript items selected by curators in Special Collections. This collection contains diaries, postcards, letters, and other material related to history and life in Maryland, 1818-2015 (Bulk: 1818-1957).

Dates: 1818-2015

Johns Hopkins University Printed Ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0478
Abstract

This is an artificial collection of printed ephemera purchased since 2004.

Dates: approximately 1800s-1950s

Kent D. Currie papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0556
Abstract

Kent D. Currie was an expert of printing and typography who lived in Baltimore, Maryland. The bulk of the collection is formed by Currie's collection of type samples. It includes brochures from Europe, in particular Holland and United States, with a significant attention to Baltimorean type designers. Noteworthy is also Currie's correspondence. The papers span the 1920s to 1950s.

Dates: 1920s-1950s

Keyser-Wyman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0082
Abstract

The Keysers and Wymans were two of Baltimore's leading civic-minded and philanthropic families during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The papers consist of diaries, memoirs, correspondence, genealogical information, newspaper clippings, maps, and photographs ranging in date from 1800 to 1968.

Dates: 1800-1968

Larzer Ziff papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0639
Abstract

Professor Larzer Ziff became the Caroline Donovan Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University in 1981. He served as chair of the Department of English from 1991 to 1995. This collection consists of the professional and teaching files of Larzer Ziff from the 1960s to 2008. The collection primarily includes course materials, conference papers, and his writings, both published and unpublished.

Dates: 1960s-2008

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Gilman, Daniel C. (Daniel Coit), 1831-1908 5
Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950 3
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Buckler, W.H. (William Hepburn), 1867-1952 2
Charity Organization Society of Baltimore City 2
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876 2
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Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 2
Haverford College 2
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 2
Homewood House Museum (Johns Hopkins University) 2
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King, Francis T. (Francis Thompson), 1819-1891 2
King, Joseph, 1784-1865 2
King, Tacy E. (Tacy Ellicott), 1795-1872 2
Lanier, Charles D. (Charles Day), 1868-1945 2
Lanier, Clifford Anderson, 1844-1908 2
Lanier, Henry Wysham, 1873- 2
Malone, Kemp, 1889-1971 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Preston, William P., 1811-1880 2
Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935 2
Roland Park Company 2
Spencer, Edward, 1834-1883 2
Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909 2
Thomas, Douglas H. (Douglas Hamilton) 2
Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 2
Wolman, Abel, 1892-1989 2
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Ackerman, Jack (John R. ) 1
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 1
Allen, Don Cameron, 1903-1972 1
American Ballet Theatre 1
American Water Works Association 1
Andrew Clow & Company 1
Angelos, Peter G., 1929- 1
Ansorge, Conrad, 1862-1930 1
Apollo Theatre (1920-1981) 1
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 1
Arnold, Rosie J. 1
Artôt, Désirée, 1835-1907 1
Astley, Thomas, -1839 1
Auer, Leopold, 1845-1930 1
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 1
Baer, Elizabeth 1
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission 1
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Barnett, James, 1821-1911 1
Barney, Joshua, 1759-1818 1
Beirne, Francis F., 1890-1972 1
Belnord Theatre (1911-1969) 1
Berry, A.B. 1
Bispham, David Scull, 1857-1921 1
Black, Elizabeth 1
Block, George H., Jr., died 2015 1
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Bodian, Brenda 1
Boehm, G. Herbert 1
Boehm, Margaret Donaldson, 1894- 1
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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 1
Borden, Lizzie, 1860-1927 1
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Brandt, Marianne, 1842-1921 1
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986 1
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Brickman, John M. 1
Broaders, Eugene, active 1850 1
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Brunetière, Ferdinand, 1849-1906 1
Bryant, Samuel H. 1
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 1
Buchman, Marion 1
Buchman, Marion, 1913-2000 1
Buck family (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Buck, Dudley, 1839-1909 1
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