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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
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0253
Scope and Contents
Collection consists largely of clippings related to Edwin Booth and other 19th century actors. Booth items include notice of a birthday celebration in Baltimore (1898), and the dedication of a memorial window in a church in New York City (1898). Also included are orbituaries of other actors of the period: Stuart Robson, John Sleeper Clarke and Creston Clarke. A photograph of John Wilkes Booth and a clipping describing Greenmount cemetery, where Booth is buried.
Dates:
1890-1940
Collection
Identifier: MS-0103
Abstract
Edwin Litchfield Turnbull (1872-1927) was a musician who helped create both the Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The collection spans the years 1881-1971 and consists of approximately 400 letters, photographs, loose newspaper clippings, juvenile notebooks, and 13 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to musical, social, or other events.
Dates:
1881-1971
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0161
Abstract
The Ellicott-King papers (1804-1837) which form this collection consist of a notebook (1804-1826) of Eliza Ellicott, a notebook (1819-1851) of Tacy E. (Ellicott) King, and an autograph album (1835- 1837) of Thomas King. The Ellicott family of Howard County, Maryland settled in Maryland in 1772 on the Patapsco River about 10 miles west of Baltimore, where Ellicott City now stands.
Dates:
1804-1851
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0720
Abstract
Eugene L. Weston is a retired medical surgeon living in Oro Valley, Arizona, who attended Johns Hopkins University as a student in the 1950s. It is likely that these materials resulted from Weston's personal project to create an official Hopkins blazer jacket. This collection primarily includes order forms and receipts from the sale of the jackets. Also included are Weston's ledger detailing buyer information, a letter from a clothing manufacturer with a Hopkins emblem design, as well as one...
Dates:
1950 - 1951
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0164
Abstract
Collection consists of one bound receipt book (1815-1823) and seven unattached receipts of a Maryland firm, Evans & Iglehart. The receipt book contains entries received by leading nineteenth century merchants in Baltimore and Annapolis, including the signature of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore merchant and founder of The Johns Hopkins University.
Dates:
1815-1823
Collection
Identifier: MS-0360
Scope and Contents
The collection spans the years, 1849-1977, and is a study of the Family and Children's Society and its predecessor agencies in Baltimore, MD. The history materials, office files, and financial records provide a remarkable record of more than a century of charity work in an American city. The collection does not include any references to the most recent merger completed in 1985 from which the Society became known as Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland. The collection...
Dates:
1849-1977
Collection
Identifier: MS-0738
Abstract
Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. contributed over fifty years of service to The Johns Hopkins University as a student, faculty member and administrator. The personal papers of Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr., spanning the years 1924 to 1986, include professional publications, lectures, addresses, and class and seminar notes. There are also records pertaining to Hamburger's service as Director of Centennial Planning for The Johns Hopkins University, records concerning the founding of the Archives, and files...
Dates:
1924-1986
Collection
Identifier: MS-0229
Scope and Contents
This small collection gives a glimpse of the literary life of Baltimore in the late nineteenth century. Francese Turnbull was an author and patron of the arts. This collection is not her complete papers but deals with two of her interests: the patronage of Sidney Lanier and her membership in the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore. The material on Lanier briefly describes the Turnbull's friendship with Sidney and Mary Day Lanier and details some of the activities the...
Dates:
1870-1927
Collection
Identifier: MS-0405
Abstract
Francis D. Murnaghan Jr. (1920–2000) was a United States federal judge based in Baltimore, Maryland. This collection consists of materials dating from 1946 to 2000, including appellate briefs authored while a practicing attorney, judicial decision files, papers reflecting his role of a Trustee of both the Johns Hopkins University and The Walters Art Gallery, appointment books, and a limited amount of personal correspondence.
Dates:
1946-2000
