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Carl Alfred Jacobson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0449
Abstract

Carl Alfred Jacobson (1876-1952) was a scientist and chief editor of The Encyclopedia of Chemical Reactions from 1946 to 1956. The collection consists of diaries dating from 1899 to 1947 and reprints of publications dating from 1908 to 1930. The diaries form the bulk of the collection.

Dates: 1899 - 1947

Ebenezer Emmett Reid papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0104
Abstract

E. Emmet Reid (born 1872) was a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins. The collection consists of reprints, extensive student notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and patents dating from 1889 to 1974.

Dates: 1889-1974

Ernst Cloos papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0124
Abstract

Ernst Cloos (1898-1974) was a structural geologist and professor at The Johns Hopkins University. The collection documents Cloos's field work and research through his meticulous, detailed field notebooks and research data dating from 1921-1980.

Dates: 1921-1980

George S. Roberts notebooks

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0423
Abstract

Little is known about George S. Roberts except that he was a boarding student at Benjamin Hallowell's academy in Alexandria, Virginia in 1855. The collection consists of two volumes of geometric calculations.

Dates: 1855 or after

John McGill papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0043
Abstract

John McGill was a lawyer in Urbana, Virginia (in Middlesex County), and flourished between 1827 and 1848. The collection consists of incoming letters, financial records, records of the William Shepherd estate, and J. Hopkins Brothers and Company records all ranging in date from 1827 to 1849. The bulk of the incoming letters are from Baltimore merchants.

Dates: 1827-1849

John Weatherburn collection

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0044
Abstract

John Weatherburn was born in the village of Kenton, England, April 23, 1750 and immigrated to the United States in 1772. The collection consists of a diary, letterbook, daybook, and two journals of Baltimore merchant, John Weatherburn ranging from 1766-1816.

Dates: 1766-1816

Lucy Rebecca Buck diary

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0159
Abstract

This collection consists of a copy of a diary (1861-1865) of Lucy Rebecca Buck written during the American Civil War. In 1973, the diary was published under the title of Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven. Lucy Rebecca Buck was born in 1842 and resided near Front Royal, Virginia.

Dates: 1861-1865

Merryman-Crane family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0073
Abstract

The Merryman-Crane family papers document the nineteenth century life of two families of enslavers related by marriage, one centered in Richmond, Virginia, and the other in Baltimore County, Maryland. The Merryman family papers consist of land deeds, legal documents, and correspondence spanning 1742-1908 The Crane Family papers consist of correspondence, poetry, prose, and financial documents. The material spans 1821-1908 but mainly dates from 1850-1890.

Dates: 1742-1908

Moncure-Lyne Family scrapbooks

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0171
Abstract

The collection (1897-1943) consists of three scrapbooks, the subjects of which are the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and Edgar Allan Poe. The scrapbooks were compiled by Miss Cassandra Moncure Lyne (born 1875) in collaboration with her mother, Mrs. Cassandra Moncure Lyne (1845-1934).

Dates: 1897-1943

Roger Brooke Taney letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0064
Abstract

Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States. Collection consists largely of letters (1838-1856, 58 items) written by Taney to his son-in-law lawyer James Mason Campbell (1810-1869).

Dates: 1815-1856

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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 2
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.) 1
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 1
Arlington, Henry Bennet, Earl of, 1618-1685 1
Balk, Robert, 1899-1955 1
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Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 1
Buck, Alvin, 1838-1922 1
Buck, Elizabeth Ann Ashby, 1820?-1904 1
Buck, Irving A. (Irving Ashby), 1840-1912 1
Buck, Lucy Rebecca, 1842-1918 1
Buck, William Mason, 1809-1895 1
Campbell, J. Mason (James Mason), 1810-1869 1
Cloos, Ernst, 1898-1974 1
Cloos, Hans, 1885-1951 1
Crane Family 1
Crane, Clara Merryman, 1845-1909 1
Crane, Henry Ryland, 1845-1899 1
Crane, Isabella, 1894- 1
Crane, James Campbell, 1803-1856 1
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Esso Research and Engineering Company 1
Geological Society of America 1
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 1
Humble Oil and Refining Company (Incorporated in Tex.) 1
Jacobson, C. A. (Carl Alfred), 1876-1952 1
Johns Hopkins University. Department of Geology 1
Key, Philip Barton, 1757-1815 1
Kimball, Nathan, 1823?-1898 1
Lee family 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Littlejohn, Catherine, -1791 1
Littlejohn, Miles, -1816 1
Lyne family 1
Lyne, Cassandra Moncure, 1845-1934 1
Lyne, Cassandra Moncure, 1875- 1
Lyne, William, 1873-1905 1
Lynn family 1
McGill, John, 1827-1849 1
Merryman, Micajah, 1750-1842 1
Merryman, Micajah, 1788-1854 1
Merryman, Moses 1
Merryman, Rachel, 1836- 1
Moncure family 1
Moncure, William A., 1803-1862 1
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 1
Pettijohn, F. J. (Francis John), 1904-1999 1
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 1
Reid, E. Emmett (Ebenezer Emmett), 1872-1973 1
Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927 1
Richmond College (Richmond, Va.) 1
Roberts, George S. 1
School of Arts and Sciences. Department of Chemistry 1
Singewald, Joseph T. (Joseph Theophilus), 1884-1963 1
Taney family 1
Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864 1
Thomasville Stone and Lime Company 1
United States. Supreme Court 1
Weatherburn, John, 1750-1811 1
West Virginia University 1
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