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Collection
Identifier: MS-0763
Abstract
Included is a large group of letters and ephemera from the Thomas family, a family with deep Maryland roots known for its ancestors, politicians John Hanson and John Hanson Thomas. John Hanson (1715-1783) was the first elected President of the United States in Congress Assembled, the first to serve a one-year term under the provisions of the Articles of Confederation. Dr. John Hanson Thomas (1813-1881) was a renowned Maryland legislator arrested during the Civil War for voting for Secession,...
Dates:
1835 - 1976
Collection
Identifier: CC-002
Abstract
Thomas F. Flannery was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania in 1919. In 1957, he moved to Baltimore and became the first editorial cartoonist for The Evening Sun in 1957. Topics include: Baltimore and Maryland, sports and personages, national issues and world affairs in the late 1950s through the 1960s, including the Kennedy presidency, the war in Vietnam, and the Cold War.
Dates:
approximately 1957- approximately 1967
Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-100
Abstract
The formation of the Tudor and Stuart Club was initiated by Sir William Osler and his wife, Lady Grace Osler. Their intention to provide an endowment for these activities was expressed in a letter to Johns Hopkins University President Frank J. Goodnow, dated October 30, 1918. Their endowment provided not only interest bearing securities for the book purchasing and other operations of the Club, it also contributed to their son Edward Revere Osler's personal book collection, about 800 volumes,...
Dates:
circa 1829-1997
Collection
Identifier: MS-GAR-023
Scope and Contents
The collection (1943) of the Urban Planning Conferences consists of the mimeographed proceedings, newspaper clippings, May to November, 1943, announcements of the printed report from the Johns Hopkins Press, a program outlining the agenda, and invitations from Mrs. John Work Garrett.It is likely the mimeographed report of the Urban Planning Conferences is a copy of the material submitted for the published volume. Michael Rosenauer, Chairman of the Conferences, was responsible for...
Dates:
1943 - 1944
Collection
Identifier: MS-0313
Abstract
Victoria Lincoln was an American writer of fiction and journalistic articles born in 1904. The papers consist largely of drafts of her many articles, stories, poems, and novels. The collection spans 1833-1986, with the bulk of the material from 1925-1985.
Dates:
1833-1986; Majority of material found within 1925-1985
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0264
Abstract
W. Calvin Chesnut was a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, 1892. He was an attorney in Baltimore. This collection consists of one article describing the National Democratic Convention held in Baltimore in 1912.
Dates:
1912
Collection
Identifier: MS-0644
Abstract
Dr. Warren S. Torgerson was internationally known for his work in psychological measurement at Johns Hopkins University. The files include primarily experiment notes and data sets, some lecture notes, and some correspondence, dating from 1962 through 1983.
Dates:
1962 - 1983
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-0686
Abstract
Wilbert E. "Bill" Locklin served as Vice President and Assistant (?) to President Milton Eisenhower. This colleciton includes correspondence and reports reflecting university business, 1965-1976, including copies of letters sent to President Milton S. Eisenhower and two handbooks: "An Experimental Approach to English" and "The Undergraduate at Johns Hopkins."
Dates:
1965-1976
Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-130
Abstract
The collection spans 1950-2010. In 1930, Mrs. Mary Willard Berry, wife of Dean Edward Berry presided over the first organizational meeting of the "Women's Faculty Club," founded by request of President Joseph S. Ames to "promote social contacts among the members." Although the records of the Woman's Club of The Johns Hopkins University span the years 1939 to 1985, they consist primarily of minutes of the group's meetings from 1939 to 1980. There are also directories of club members and...
Dates:
1939-2010
Record Group
Identifier: RG-14-030
Scope and Contents
The records of the Yearbook (Debutante, Hopkinsian, Hopkins Medley and Hullabaloo) consist of issues of each yearbook from 1889 to the present, as well as photographs, negatives and slides published in the yearbook from 1976 to 1985, and artwork displayed in the yearbook. There is no correspondence, nor are their any business or financial records pertaining to publication of the Yearbook. The record group is divided into five series: (1) Issues of the Yearbook, 1889-present; (2) Photographic...
Dates:
1889-1985
