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Collection
Identifier: COLL-0006
Abstract
The Vertical Reference File is an "artificial" collection consisting of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, curriculum vitaes, and other informational materials concerning Hopkins-related topics, such as individuals, buildings, athletic events, and lecture series. Files on individuals often contain obituaries or other biographical materials.
Dates:
1900s-2000s
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
Identifier: MS-0762
Abstract
Wei-Liang Chow (1911-1995), known as Chow Wei-Liang in the Chinese tradition, was a Johns Hopkins University professor and mathematician, renowned for his breakthroughs in algebraic geometry.
This collection includes some of the professional papers of Professor Chow, including typed letters to and from the mathematician, as well as typed, sometimes handwritten, drafts of some of his essays. The papers range from 1948 to 1995, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1940s and 1950s.
Dates:
1946 - 1995
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
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0148
Abstract
The collection consists of a mimeographed typescript, "The William Gates Collection," Sections C-G, and contains correspondence between William Gates and General Gildardo Magana about the Mexican revolutionary, E. Zapata. It also includes photos of Mayan inscriptions.
Dates:
1922-1923
Collection
Identifier: MS-0619
Abstract
William H. McClain was born in Cleveland, OH in 1917 and died in 1994. McClain joined the Department of German at Johns Hopkins University in 1953 and retired in 1982, serving as Professor Emeritus until the end of his life. He served as chairman of the Department of German from 1972 to 1979, president of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and also chaired during its final years the Humanities Group (1968-70), the last instrument of interdepartmental self-government among the Hopkins...
Dates:
1950s-1994; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1994
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
