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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0132
Abstract
The collection consists of a few items of correspondence, clippings, pamphlest, and a partially typed manuscript of "The Algebra of Probably Inference."
Dates:
1958-1972
Collection
Identifier: MS-0640
Abstract
Robert B. Pond, Sr. (1917-2007) helped found Johns Hopkins University's Department of Material Science, where he served as chair for eight years. The collection includes papers relating to Professor Pond's involvement with companies such as Marvalaud Inc. and Inland Steel Company, and materials from his various roles at Johns Hopkins University, including advising, administrative, and teaching materials. His papers span from 1946 to approximately 1987.
Dates:
1946-approximately 1987
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07-110
Scope and Contents
The records of the Asian Studies curriculum are very limited in scope. They are contained in two series: (1) Correspondence, 1974-1982, and (2) Student Records, 1968-1977. Although they range in date from 1968 to 1982, the bulk of the records, the chronological correspondence of Nathaniel Thayer, spans only the period 1977 to 1982. The records highlight the duties and interests of a faculty member in the field of Asian Studies. In the correspondence, Thayer discusses his travel, research,...
Dates:
1968-1982
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07-270
Scope and Contents
The records of the School of Advanced International Studies Hopkins-Nanjing Program range in date from 1982 to 1998. The records document the daily administrative activities of the center and the faculty members and students who have participated in the program. Included in the administration records are telex and fax correspondence and memos used by the Office of the Executive Director of the program to communicate with the program center in China. The records also include student records...
Dates:
1982-1998
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07-220
Scope and Contents
This record Group consists of documents generated by the Office of Admissions of the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The bulk of the records date from 1969 to 1981, although a few records are included from as early as 1961. The Admissions Office is and was a department of the SAIS Office for Student Affairs, and is under the supervision of the SAIS Associate Dean for Student Affairs. The Admissions records included in this record date largely from the tenures of two SAIS...
Dates:
1969-1981
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07-240
Scope and Contents
The records of the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs of the School of Advanced International Studies document the School's efforts at fundraising during the period 1943 to 1994. These records, consisting primarily of correspondence, grant proposals, reports, subject files and memoranda, are divided into ten series. Series 1: Financial Data and General Information, 1944-1984 Series 2: Special Campaigns and Funds, 1953-1982 Series 3: Alumni Affairs, 1958-1994...
Dates:
1943-1994
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07-030
Scope and Contents
This record group contains documents created by the Office of the Dean for Student Affairs of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The records cover the period from 1968 to 1995. The bulk of the records date from the tenure of three Associate Deans, Lester Janka (1969-1971), Roger Leeds (1971-1976), and George L. Crowell (1976-1995). Documentation from 1968 through 1976 is meager, whereas that from 1967 to 1995 appears to be fairly complete. The record group is...
Dates:
1968-1995
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07-035
Scope and Contents
The records of the SAIS Student Government range in date from 1976 to 1981, and consist primarily of correspondence and course evaluation results, for which the Student Government is responsible. Other records include those of the Curriculum Committee, 1979-1980, dealing mainly with the controversial implementation of a core curriculum at SAIS, and a file of financial records, 1977-1981. The record group is arranged in one series and folders are filed alphabetically by file title.
Dates:
1976-1981
Collection
Identifier: MS-0395
Scope and Contents
The papers of Sidney Offit relate his career as writer, teacher, and active participant in the literary and civic life of New York City. The collection spans the years 1928-1997 and includes photographs and mementos from his early life in Baltimore, MD to the reviews and accolades for his published volume, Memoir of the Bookie's Son.
Series 1: Writings forms the largest part of the collection, and it is in this series where examples of Offit's manuscript writings...
Dates:
1932-1997
Collection
Identifier: MS-0581
Abstract
Sidney Wilfred Mintz (1922-2015) was an anthropologist best known for his studies of the Caribbean, creolization, and the anthropology of food. The collection spans the years 1950 to 2005, and consists of correspondence, lecture notes, course files, administrative records, talks, manuscript edits, and research files.
Dates:
1950-2006
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0134
Abstract
Collection consists of draft of manuscript "Melos."
Dates:
1935-1947
Collection — Box: BW-7
Identifier: MS-0663
Abstract
Edward "Ted" Athelstan Marshall was born Edward Howard Marshall on May 8, 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Johns Hopkins University from 1939 to 1943, where he majored in English Literature. Upon commencement, Marshall joined the U.S. Army infantry the same year. He was killed in combat in Europe on November 10, 1944. This bound volume, commissioned by his family, contains circa 2008 reproductions (high-quality scans) and transcriptions of letters from Edward Marshall to his family...
Dates:
1943 - 1944
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
Collection — Box: BW-13
Identifier: MS-0277
Abstract
Thomas S. Cullen was a graduate of and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the early 20th century. This collection consists of three letters of Thomas S. Cullen to members of the Johns Hopkins administration written in 1926, 1945, and 1949.
Dates:
1926, 1945, 1949
Collection
Identifier: MS-1029
Content Description
This collection contains the faculty papers of Toby L. Ditz. Contents include teaching files, departmental administrative files, and Ditz's undergraduate and graduate course notes and research files.
Dates:
1968 - 2018
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: COLL-0003
Abstract
The University history scrapbooks collection contains 34 volumes of newspaper clippings and articles featuring Johns Hopkins University history and notable accomplishments by its faculty and students from approximately the 1840s to the 1980s.
Dates:
1843-1987, undated
Record Group
Identifier: RG-16-040
Abstract
In January 1967, Provost and Vice President William Bevan recommended to President Milton Eisenhower the formation of a planning committee. President Eisenhower concurred with the recommendation and appointed the University Planning Committee, with Bevan as chairman. The committee analyzed the needs of both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University. The records of the University Planning Committee consist of reports dating from July 1969 through July 1970. These reports concern planning...
Dates:
1969 July-1970 July
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: BW-3, 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
