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Johns Hopkins University collection of Black Americana materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0844
Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University collection of Black Americana materials spans from approximately 1870 to the 1950s. It is an artificially assembled collection of materials purchased and selected by the curators of Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of postcards, broadsides, and other printed ephemera that depict African American people in ways that are often racist and caricatured.

Dates: approximately 1870-1950s

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 collection of slavery records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0847
Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University collection of slavery records is an artificially assembed collection by the curators of Special collections, with materials that span from the 18th to the 19th century and primarily document the enslavement of African Americans in the United States.

Dates: 1775-1860

"Lucindy on a Diet" by Peggy Reece

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0599
Scope and Contents The 3-page play tells the story of Lucindy and her daughter Ophelia, who are domestic servants in the south. Their employer, Mrs. Gardner, is at church, so Lucindy receives the visit of friend Caroline Johnsing. While having coffee, Lucindy tells Caroline she went to a diet doctor to lose weight after her husband cheated. The doctor prescribed a diet of spinach, dry toast and lean meat, but after almost two weeks her skirt is tighter around the waist than it was before. Lucindy is surprised...
Dates: circa 1920

Manet Harrison Fowler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0615
Abstract

An archive of letters, notes, documents, research papers, and ephemera handwritten by or to noted Black American activist, educator, and performance artist, Manet Harrison Fowler spanning 1933-1973.

Dates: 1933-1973

Paulene Elenora Myers collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0790
Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to Paulene Myers, an American actress who was born in 1913 and died in 1996. The collection dates from approximately the 1950s to the 1990s, and includes ephemera, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and notes documenting her career.

Dates: approximately 1950s-1990s

Screenplays and publicity materials featuring African American actors

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0450
Abstract

The collection contains screenplays and publicity materials of movies that feature African American actors, dating from 1933 to 2004.

Dates: 1933-2004

Screenplays portraying Asian and Asian American characters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0778
Abstract

This collection consists of film scripts that closely follow the depiction of Asian characters in Hollywood film history. It includes drafts, revisions, and final shooting scripts of film screenplays dating from 1929-2003. The scripts illustrate portrayals of Asians by Caucasian actors, as well as Asian American actors.

Dates: 1929-2003

Spelman Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0392
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of writings with additional family papers, photographs, and correspondence. The materials range in date from 1726 to 1972. The content is mostly related to the lives of Leolyn Louise Everett Spelman and Timothy Mather Spelman.

Dates: 1726 - 1972

"The History of African Americans at Johns Hopkins University" oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0782
Content Description Oral history recordings, transcripts, notes, and related material pertaining to "The History of African Americans at Johns Hopkins University" project, active from 2003-2008, which interviewed alumni, faculty, medical professionals, and staff affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. Notable figures interviewed for this project include Ben Carson, Levi Watkins, and Frederick I. Scott (the first Black student to graduate from Johns Hopkins University). More information about the project is...
Dates: 2003-2006 and undated

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scrapbooks 2
screenplays 2
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African American college students 1
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Names
Johns Hopkins University 6
American Cotton Picker Co. 1
American Missionary Association 1
Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977 1
Antioch College 1
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Antioch Gospel Swingers of Camden N.J. 1
Austin, Aleine, 1922- 1
Ball, James Presley, 1825-1904 1
Beal family (New York) 1
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-.... 1
Berry, A.B. 1
Berry, Halle 1
Black Student Union 1
Boddie, James Timothy, Reverend 1
Bondu, Dave 1
Bondu, Mayme 1
Booze, Marshall 1
Bradford, Hiram 1
Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990 1
Brooks, William H. (William Hathorne), 1805-1877 1
C&C Photo Studio 1
Carson, Ben 1
Carter, Beverly 1
Chan, Jackie, 1954- 1
Chester, Frances 1
Chester, Slick 1
Cleveland and the Eruptions Band 1
Columbia University 1
Cosby, Bill, 1937-.... 1
Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965 1
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990 1
Dennis, Mildred 1
Director of Villa Spelman, 257 Mergenthaler Hall, Homewood Campus 1
Doll, Joseph, 1747-1819 1
Elder, Lonne 1
Elridge, Roy, 1911-1989 1
Everett, Henry A., 1856-1917 1
Everett, Leolyn Louise 1
Fairfield Four 1
Ferguson, Matthew 1
Fowler, Manet Harrison, 1895-1976 1
Frederick Douglass High School (Baltimore, Md.) 1
Freeman, Morgan 1
Freemasons. Felix Lodge, No. 3 (Washington, D.C.) 1
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-.... 1
Goutman, Dolya, 1918-2002 1
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 1
Harper, Gertrude 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Hill, Johnny T. 1
Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 1
Hines, Gregory 1
Hocken, Albert 1
Horne, Lena 1
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990 1
Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956 1
Howard, A. Zeno, Sergeant (Alderson Zeno) 1
Huberman, Leo, 1903-1968 1
Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World 1
International Sweethearts of Rhythm 1
Jandrisevits, Ferdinand 1
Jandrisevits, Frank 1
Jesse Cryor & his Rhythm Rascals 1
Johnson, Will T. 1
Julian, Hubert F. (Hubert Fauntleroy), 1897-1983 1
KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.) 1
Katz, M. Benjamin 1
Kemmatter, Anna 1
Kent, John 1
King, Edward 1
Knight, Franklin W. 1
Kriegsmann, James J. 1
Land, Bettie 1
Land, Jessie 1
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950 1
Leaming, Jeremiah Fisher, 1795-1888 1
Lee, Bruce, 1940-1973 1
Lee, Spike 1
Leonard, Herman 1
Luke, Keye, 1904-1991 1
Media Materials, Inc. 1
Mighty Golden Wings 1
Moore, Thomas 1
Murphy, Eddie, 1961-.... 1
Myers, Pauline, 1913-1996 1
National Welfare Rights Organization (U.S.) 1
Negro Historical and Industrial Association 1
Newton, Johnnie 1
Pasadena Photo Studio 1
Pendleton, Robert Lewis, 1865-1929 1
Pennsylvania. National Guard 1
Pilling, Frank N., 1908- 1
Pilling, Muriel L. 1
Poitier, Sidney 1
Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984 1
Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005 1
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 1
Roby, Jessie H. 1
Ross, Diana, 1944-.... 1
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