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Edward E. Ayer typescript memoir

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0719
Abstract Edward Everett Ayer (1841-1927) was an American business magnate, best remembered for the endowments of his substantial collections of books and original manuscripts to the Newberry Library and Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He had over time built an immense fortune out of supplying timber to the 19th century's fast-growing railroad industry. The collection contains a bound volume of a memoir written by Ayer, titled Reminiscences and Travels of Edward E....
Dates: circa 1924

Edward Spencer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0149
Scope and Contents Papers consist largely of Edward Spencer's personal papers although there are some papers of his parents and of his grandson Gellert S. Alleman. Edward Spencer's papers relate to his literary career. The earliest papers are school notebooks from the Trinity School in Baltimore (1848-49) and Princeton University (1853-58). Spencer reused his student notebooks for his later literary work so some of these notebooks also contain his stories. Also in the papers are notebooks and drafts of...
Dates: 1803-1960

Eleanor Turnbull papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0055
Abstract

Eleanor L. Turnbull was a poet and translator born in Baltimore in 1875. The Collection consists of correspondence, translations of Spanish poetry, notes, and personal items. Most of the collection dates from the 1930s through the 1950s, and deals with Turnbull's work as a translator.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1874 - 1960; 1874 - 1992

Elgin Ralston Lovell Gould papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0085
Scope and Contents The papers consist of 4 series: scrapbooks, lectures, writings and correspondence covering the years 1881-1925. The scrapbooks, the largest series, comprise 10 volumes that span 1899-1915 and contain newspaper clippings, dinner invitations, and articles. The clippings focus primarily on Gould's efforts as an urban Progressive, both in politics and housing reform. Gould was a founding member of the Citizens Union and an active campaigner for Seth Low's fusion candidacy in the mayoral race of...
Dates: 1881-1925

Elisabeth Gilman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0235
Abstract

Elisabeth Gilman was born in New Haven, Connecticut, December 25, 1867. She was the younger daughter of Daniel Coit and Mary (Ketcham) Gilman. Her father was a college professor and the first president of The Johns Hopkins University. The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, diaries, newspaper clippings, printed material, memorabilia, and photographs.

Dates: 1872-1949

Emilie Bailey letters to Johnny Wilde

 Collection — Box: BW-13
Identifier: MS-0238
Abstract

Collection consists of two letters written (August 23, 1861 and October 28, 1861) to Johnny Wilde in Selma, Alabama from Emilie Bailey in Wilmington, North Carolina at the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861

Emory Hamilton Niles scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0233
Scope and Contents The scrapbook (1914) which forms this collection was assembled by Baltimore judge, Emory Hamilton Niles. Many of the items in the scrapbook are in German and reflect a brief but historically significant few months (July to November) leading up to World War I in 1914. The scrapbook contains tickets, postcards, photographs, and newspaper clippings collected in Europe prior to and immediately following the outbreak of World War I. Tickets and photographs in the scrapbook indicate that...
Dates: 1914

Flahavan and Willcox letterbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0211
Abstract

Flahavan & Willcox was a Philadelphia firm established for the import/export trade in 1784. The collection consists of one letterbook of the company containing letters over the period April 14, 1784 to November 16, 1792.

Dates: 1784-1792

Francis Lieber papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0071
Abstract

Francis Lieber was a publicist, educator, and political philosopher born in Berlin on March 18, 1800. The Lieber Papers span the years from 1829 to 1873 and include correspondence; interleaved copies of Lieber's books; a small number of original manuscripts; printed speeches, lectures, articles and poems; administrative materials, printed briefs and manuscript decisions for the United States and Mexican Claims Commission (1868-1872).

Dates: 1829-1873

Frank Shivers papers

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Identifier: MS-0666
Abstract

Frank Shivers was a Baltimore historian and former Johns Hopkins professor of history and literature. His papers consist of his research notes and teaching materials and spans the years 1949-2004.

Dates: approximately 1949 - approximately 2004

Free Negro Education newspaper clippings

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0389
Abstract

The collection consists of 100 orignal newspaper clippings removed from newspapers, 1848-1905, largely dealing with public policy for the education of African-Americans after the period of Reconstruction. The bulk of the clippings discuss efforts to educate a population recently freed from slavery.

Dates: 1848-1905

George Yeisley Rusk papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0118
Abstract George Yeisley Rusk was a theologian, philosopher, writer, and teacher. The bulk of the collection consists of Rusk's published and unpublished writings on mainly philosophical and religious subjects. Included also are personal financial records, papers related to societies and organizations, research on a planned resident community in Columbia, Md., notes and recommendations from Rusk's tenure at the University of Baltimore, handwritten sermons, most likely from the 1920s, and a selection...
Dates: 1921-1974

Gerhard H. Dieke papers

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Identifier: MS-0349
Abstract

Gerhard H. Dieke, an authority on spectroscopy and solid state physics, was born in Rheda, Germany in 1901. The collection, dated 1922 to 1963, includes some personal correspondence, letters of introduction, travel passes, notices of conferences, and a bibliography of Dr. Dieke's personal library; most items are unrelated to his teaching and research at the University.

Dates: 1922-1963

Grafflin cashbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0327
Scope and Contents The collection consists of one, bound, holographic cashbook which contains financial entries, July 1, 1910 to May 2, 1918, largely for Grafflin Family members. The accounts of Anne L. Grafflin, W. H. Grafflin, J. C. Grafflin, and G. W. Grafflin are recorded. Apparently, business interests of the Buck Family were closely connected to the Grafflins. Accounts of Mary R. Buck, George G. Buck, Lawrence M. Buck and the Buck Glass Co. are included in the cashbook. Other persons and businesses are...
Dates: 1910-1918

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 Poole letter

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0344
Abstract

Henry Poole lived in Adelaide, South Australia during the late nineteenth century. Collection consists of one hand-written letter written by Henry Poole to his brother from Adelaide and is dated June 15, 1876.

Dates: 1876 June 15

Herbert Baxter Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0004
Abstract

Herbert Baxter Adams (1850-1901) was an American educator and historian. The collection consists of material spanning 1851-1903. The materials include correspondence, lectures, writings, research material, files related to Johns Hopkins University, the United States Bureau of Education, the American Historical Association Committee of Seven, personal files, and prints and photos.

Dates: 1851 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1876 - 1901

Horstmeier Family scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0166
Abstract

The Horstmeier family resided in the Boston, Massachusetts area in the 1890s. The scrapbook (1855-1863) contains clippings of poems and prose removed from newspapers and most likely assembled during the Civil War period.

Dates: 1855-1863

Howard-Ridgely-Maynard Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0076
Abstract

The papers consist of land records, legal documents, family correspondence, family bibles, diaries, scrapbooks, and photographs of multiple families dating from 1684 to 1972. The families represented include the Maynard-Owen-Eastman families, the Ridgely family, and the Howard family.

Dates: 1684-1972

Invitations and announcements to Surrealist artist exhibitions

 Collection — Box: BW-3, Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-0688
Abstract

Invitations and announcements to Surrealist artist exhibitions, 1947-1976, featuring Camille Bryen, Rene Crevel, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, Wilfredo Lam, Rene Magritte, and other painters.

Dates: 1947-1976

J. Montgomery Gambrill papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0669
Abstract

J. Montgomery Gambrill (1880-1953) was a historian and professor at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University. This collection consists largely of typed and handwritten correspondence, subject files, and teaching files reagarding his research and administrative duties, from 1794 to 1966.

Dates: 1794-1966 and undated; Majority of material found within 1910-1952

Jacob Harry Hollander papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0059
Abstract

Jacob Harry Hollander was born in Baltimore in 1871 and was appointed by Presidents McKinley and T. Roosevelt to represent the United States in economic policy abroad. The papers date from 1895-1940 and are largely Hollander's professional correspondence dealing with his teaching at Hopkins, his writings on economic theory, and his work in the areas of social welfare and economic reform.

Dates: 1895-1940

James D. McCabe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0080
Abstract

James D. McCabe, Jr. (1842-1883) was a Confederate supporter and a popular writer of more than 30 works including histories, biographies, and plays. The collection consists of letterbooks, unpublished manuscripts, and photographs dating from 1862 to 1881.

Dates: 1862-1881

James G. Birney collection of anti-slavery pamphlets

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0378
Abstract

The collection consists of the original anti-slavery pamphlets assembled by the American abolitionist, James G. Birney. The collection spans the years 1784-1909. It contains only the items duplicated by those that were processed as books with individual call numbers and items that were deemed too fragile. In the case of fragility, photocopies were made as use copies.

Dates: 1784-1909

James Louis Kuethe papers

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0026
Abstract

J. Louis Kuethe (born 1905) served as assistant librarian at Johns Hopkins University for 43 years. The collection consists of articles published by Kuethe in Baltimore newspapers, correspondence related to his writings, and Kuethe's notes for a survey of place names of Maryland all dating from 1939-1968.

Dates: 1939-1968

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Gilman, Daniel C. (Daniel Coit), 1831-1908 4
Knight, Franklin W. 3
Latané, John Holladay, 1869-1932 3
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Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901 2
Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943 2
Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948 2
Birney, William, 1819-1907 2
Bodenstedt, Friedrich, 1819-1892 2
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 2
Carson, Ben 2
Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943 2
Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924 2
Gould, E. R. L. (Elgin Ralston Lovell), 1860-1915 2
Grauer, Neil A. 2
Greenfield, Kent Roberts, 1893-1967 2
Haines, C. Grove (Charles Grove), 1906- 2
Hollander , Jacob H. (Jacob Harry), 1871-1940 2
Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 2
Johns Hopkins University. Bologna Center 2
Johns Hopkins University. Department of Political Economy 2
Laboulaye, Édouard, 1811-1883 2
Lane, Frederic C. (Frederic Chapin), 1900-1984 2
Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989 2
Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 2
Painter, Sidney, 1902-1960 2
Pocock, J. G. A. (John Greville Agard), 1924- 2
Sandler, Dorothy L., 1917-1987 2
Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898 2
Seligman, Edwin R. A. (Edwin Robert Anderson), 1861-1939 2
Smith College 2
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 2
Warren, Mame, 1950- 2
Washington, George, 1732-1799 2
Watkins, Levi, Jr., 1944-2015 2
Adams, Brooks, 1848-1927 1
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902 1
Adams, Ephraim Douglass, 1865-1930 1
Adams, George Burton, 1851-1925 1
Adams, Henry C. (Henry Carter), 1851-1921 1
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 1
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940 1
Agle, Nan Hayden 1
Alexander, John G. (John Gurnels), 1888- 1
Alexander, Karl 1
Alleman, Gellert Spencer, 1913- 1
Alonso, Dámaso, 1898-1990 1
American Ballet Theatre 1
American Council on Education 1
American Economic Association 1
American Historical Association 1
American Veterans Committee 1
Ames, Herman Vandenburg, 1865-1935 1
Ames, Joseph Sweetman, 1864-1943 1
Amherst College 1
Amicale des Étudiants en Droit 1
Amicale des Étudiants en Lettres 1
Amicale des Étudiants en Sciences 1
Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916 1
Appelton-Century-Crofts 1
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 1
Association Générale des Étudiants de Nancy 1
Association Nationale des Assistantes Sociales 1
Association Nationale pour le Soutien de l'Action du Charles de Gaulle 1
Association of American Universities 1
Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth 1
Auerbach, Berthold, 1812-1882 1
August, James A. 1
Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927 1
Aylett, Judith Page Waller, 1804-1860 1
B4 Youth Theatre 1
Bailey, Emilie 1
Bain, Alexander, 1818-1903 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Baker, Russell, 1925-2019 1
Balachandran, Sanchita 1
Baldwin, John W., 1929-2015 1
Ball, Gregory F. (Gregory Francis) 1
Balsafiori, Arriano 1
Baltimore (Md.). Police Department 1
Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission 1
Baltimore Naturalists Field Club 1
Bancroft, Frederic, 1860-1945 1
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 1
Bank of Maryland 1
Banks, William B. (William Bradford), 1908-2006 1
Bard, Philip, 1898-1977 1
Barker, Charles A. (Charles Albro), 1904- 1
Barth, John, 1930- 1
Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928 1
Bates, Ernest A. 1
Baudissin, Wolf, Graf, 1789-1878 1
Bauernfeld, Eduard von, 1802-1890 1
Baughan, Charles 1
Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898 1
Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958 1
Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866 1
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