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Henry Carrington Lancaster papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0083
Abstract

Henry Carrington Lancaster, a scholar and educator in the fields of French literature and history, was born in 1883 in Richmond, Virginia. The collection spans the years 1913-1954 and includes correspondence, a scrapbook, research notes outlining and analyzing the plays of 17th and 18th century French dramatists and the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise, drafts and typescripts, and galley proofs. A large part of the collection is in French.

Dates: 1919-1953

Henry Harrisse items

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0310
Abstract

Henry Harrisse was a scholar and bibliographer whose particular interest was the discovery of America. He was born in Paris in 1829. The collection consists largely of items removed from books in the Harrisse Collection in Special Collections at Johns Hopkins dating from approximately 1876-1910, as well as correspondence about Harrisse after his death, dating from 1937-1941.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1876-1910; 1876-1941

Horace Porter typescripts

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0426
Abstract

Horace Porter (1837-1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ulysses S. Grant and to General William T. Sherman, vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company and U.S. Ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905. The collection consists of four typescripts presumably written by Porter, but dating from approximately 1923.

Dates: 1923

Jean-Baptiste Adanson papers

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0396
Abstract

Jean-Baptiste Adanson (1732-1804) was the brother of the well-known naturalist and traveler, Michel Adanson (1727-1806). This collection consists of unpublished volumes devoted to the deciphering of hieroglyphics and were drawn from notes and sketches made during his voyages in Egypt between 1762 and 1782.

Dates: 1762-1782

Jean-Jacques Lebel "3e Festival de la Libre Expression" poster

 Collection — Box: OB-1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-0883
Abstract

Poster advertising the daily events of the third annual Festival de la Libre Expression, organized by Jean-Jacques Lebel.

Dates: 1966

Jean Marie Goulemot collection of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0809
Abstract

This collection of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic items donated by Jean Marie Goulemot, ranging from the 1790s to approximately 1806, includes four manuscript items, and two committee badges. The letters are state correspondence to Le Ministre de la Justice, Prefécts des departements, and Le Ministre de l'Intérieur.

Dates: 1790s-approximately 1806

Jean-Marie Goulemot Dreyfus affair collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0422
Abstract

The Jean-Marie Goulemot Dreyfus affair collection contains published and illustrated material that documents the trial of Alfred Dreyfus, accused of treason in 1894 during the French Third Republic (1871-1940). The collection is entirely in French. Materials date from 1895-1900, 1906, and 1994, and include published writings, original drawings, posters and other illustrations that capture the events and reactions of leading figures.

Dates: 1895-1900; 1906; 1994

Johns Hopkins University collection of vintage games and toys

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0843
Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University collection of vintage games and toys is an artificially assembled collection of materials purchased and selected by the curators of Special Collections. It spans from 1796 to 1972.

Dates: 1796 - 1972

Johns Hopkins University French Avant-Garde ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0448
Scope and Contents

The material is diverse, including engravings, drawings, posters, and medals, ranging from the 18th to the 20th century. Much of the collection is oriented toward the avant-garde, so even the 18th-century material tends to be literature of the margins. It is especially strong in 19th and 20th century avant-garde material (Symbolisme, Cabaret literature, political and social satire, Surrealism).

Dates: 1700s-1900s

Johns Hopkins University George Sand collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0494
Abstract

Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin (1804-1876), best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and memoirist. This is an artifically assembled collection with items chosen by the curators of Special Collections, related to or created by George Sand in the 19th century.

Dates: 1850-1859

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Berry, Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de, 1798-1870 1
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Bonaparte, Lucien, prince de Canino, 1775-1840 1
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Bowles, Thomas, -1767 1
Brown, Bob, 1886-1959 1
Buffier, Louis 1
Carreras Tobacco Company 1
Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England) 1
Century 21 Exposition (1962, Seattle, Wash.) 1
Century of progress international exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chad Valley (Firm) 1
Champion, Édouard, 1882-1938 1
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 1
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836 1
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Debord, Guy, 1931-1994 1
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Gay, Sophie, 1776-1852 1
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Grévin, Alfred, 1827-1892 1
Guiraud, Alexandre, 1788-1847 1
Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468 1
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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910 1
Harry Margary 1
Hermann-Paul, 1864- 1
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Isou, Isidore 1
J.F.J. 1
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) 1
Janin, H. 1
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Jaques and Son (London, England) 1
Joan of Arc, 1412-1431 1
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Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973 1
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Lafon, Pierre, 1773-1846 1
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Lemaître, Maurice, 1926- 1
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Littlefield, Walter, 1867-1948 1
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
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Luguet, René, 1813-1905 1
Mahérault, Marie Joseph François, 1795-1879 1
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McMaster, Richard H. 1
Meriwether, Robert Lee, 1890-1958 1
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Montfort, Michael 1
Morrison, Murray 1
Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870 1
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