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Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-014
Abstract
This collection contains administrative files related to the operation of the Resource Services Department within the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Sheridan Libraries, at Johns Hopkins University dating from 1974 to 1995. The collection contains meeting minutes, annual plans, statistics, and in-house guides related to providing reference services to the Hopkins community.
Dates:
1974-1995
Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-012
Abstract
This collection contains administrative files regarding the operation of subdivisions under the Department of Special Collections within the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University dating from 1927 to 2009. Materials include correspondence, subject files, project plans, information and statistics regarding patron use, records of gifts, references requests, and other information concerning the day-to-day operations of special libraries.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1927 - 2009; 1917 - 2023
Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-015
Abstract
This collection contains administrative files related to the operation of the Support Services Department within the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Sheridan Libraries, at Johns Hopkins University dating from 1975 to 1993. Materials include reports, blueprints, space surveys, subject files, and other information concerning the day-today logistical operations of a library.
Dates:
1975-1993
Record Group — Box: 1
Identifier: RG-15-040
Abstract
The records of the Metaphysical Club of the Johns Hopkins University range in date from 1879 to 1885. They comprise one bound volume, which contains the club's constitution and by laws and the minutes of its monthly meetings.
Dates:
1879-1885
Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-010
Abstract
On May 31, 1877, at the behest of President Daniel Coit Gilman, Basil Gildersleeve, the first full professor of the Johns Hopkins University, organized the Johns Hopkins Philological Association, for the purpose of "that mutual and informal interchange of opinion ... which is so confessedly essential to the development of the true scholar." The records of the Johns Hopkins Philological Association consist of five bound volumes documenting early seminars and meetings of the department, as...
Dates:
1877-1995
Record Group — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: RG-06-150
Abstract
The university-wide General Assembly, an advisory body of faculty members which gave recommendations to the Academic Council at Johns Hopkins University, influenced some of the divisional schools to create their own internal General Assembly. These records include the typed meeting minutes, from 1963 to 1965, of the General Assembly of the School of Engineering.
Dates:
1963 - 1965
Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-150
Abstract
The Women’s Forum officially began with the first meeting of the advisory board on October 10, 1987. The Women’s Forum describes itself in its mission statement as being, “an advocacy organization established to improve the status of women, and thereby the human climate, in all divisions of the university. The Forum also seeks to facilitate communications among Hopkins women and to support and foster their professional development through education, social, and cultural programs and...
Dates:
1987-1998
Collection
Identifier: MS-0781
Abstract
José Robles Pazos was a Spanish academic and left-wing activist who was born in 1897 and died in 1937. The collection includes administrative records concerning José Robles Pazos' career at Johns Hopkins University, and a letter from Michael Gold. The date ranges from approximately 1920-1930.
Dates:
approximately 1920-1930
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0089
Abstract
The Lyric Theatre of Baltimore opened in 1894 and was one of the most important concert venues in the city for much of the twentieth century, hosting regular performances by the Metropolitan Opera Company, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore Opera Company, and many notable individual musicians. The Lyric Theatre records contain materials from 1893 to 1976 including correspondence, financial records, minutes of trustees meetings, photographs, concert programs, guest lists, and...
Dates:
1893 - 1976
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0563
Scope and Contents
Manuscript minute book kept by Baltimore, Maryland's Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church's Board of Trustees from 1865 (8 years after building started) to the church's closing in 1927.
Dates:
1865-1927
Record Group
Identifier: RG-07-020
Abstract
This collection consists of materials from the Office of Academic Affairs of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, circa 1983-1992.
Dates:
1983-1992
Collection
Identifier: PIRG-07-53
Abstract
The Peabody Computer Music Department originated from the Peabody Electronic Music Studio, founded by composer Jean Eichelberger Ivey in 1969, and the Peabody Computer Music Studio, founded by Geoffrey Wright in 1982. The Peabody Computer Music Department records, 1985-2002, contain administrative files related to the department's major public events, faculty and staff meetings, and the Peabody Ventures technology transfer program.
Dates:
1985 - 2002
Collection
Identifier: PIRG-08-01
Abstract
The Gallery of Art was one of the four branches of the Peabody Institute outlined in the founding letter from George Peabody in 1857. From the 1870s to 1924 the Gallery functioned as an art school and museum for Baltimore and built a collection that was particularly strong in American art. Most of the Peabody Art Collection was subsequently deaccessioned in the 20th century, with the bulk of the collection landing at the Maryland State Archives in 1996. The Peabody Gallery of Art records...
Dates:
1866 - 2018
Record Group
Identifier: PIRG-02
Abstract
Records documenting activities of the Board of Trustees of the Peabody Institute. Includes: 12 volumes and several additional folders of recorded minutes of board meetings (1857-1985); Treasurer's reports (1867-1969); Provost's reports (1869-1912); Executive Secretary's reports (1912-45); miscellaneous general records and correspondence; records of the Offices of the President (1859-1970), Vice-President (1876-1905), Secretary (1860-1922), and Treasurer (1857-1941), the bulk of the latter...
Dates:
Inclusive: 1832-1989; Majority of material found within Bulk: 1857-1985
Collection
Identifier: PIRG-04
Abstract
The position of Peabody Institute executive secretary existed from 1911 to 1941 and was a successor to the provost, who served under the trustees' executive committee. Records in this collection include the following: correspondence concerning Gallery of Art exhibitions (1911-1928), including an exhibition in conjunction with the National Star Spangled Banner Centennial exhibition in 1914; correspondence concerning the Rinehart School of Sculpture of the Maryland Institute; minutes of...
Dates:
1911-1941
Collection
Identifier: PIRG-11-01
Abstract
The Peabody Institute was founded in 1857 by George Peabody, whose founding letter was published the same year. Beginning in 1866, the institute began publishing circulars, annual reports, and organizational documents with vital information about the Conservatory, the library, the art gallery, and the lecture series. In 1904, the Conservatory of Music began publishing its first serial. This collection contains primarily publications created by the Peabody Institute for external...
Dates:
1857 - 2023
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0098
Abstract
This collection contains the personal papers of Randolph S. Rothschild from 1930 to 2005 and the administrative records of the Chamber Music Society (CMS) of Baltimore from its founding in 1949 to its dissolution in 1997, for which Rothschild served as an executive for most of its existence. The CMS records include administrative documents, concert programs, publicity materials, and clippings related to its programming, which regularly featured commissions and other new music. Rothschild's...
Dates:
1930 - 2005
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0030
Abstract
The Baltimore-area musical group Cross Country performed folk music in the 1980s and early 1990s. The collection contains the trio's administrative documents, photographs, and recordings.
Dates:
1983 - 1993
Record Group
Identifier: RG-04-001
Abstract
The records of the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences cover the administrative functions of the department from 1933 to 1993 (bulk of the files from 1951-1993). The records include departmental correspondence, committee files, subject files, memoranda, and policy statements.
Dates:
1933 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1951 - 1993; 2015 - Ongoing
Collection
Identifier: MS-0504
Abstract
The Roland Park Company was incorporated in 1891 in Baltimore, Maryland, and was known primarily as the developer of the Baltimore neighborhoods of Roland Park, Guilford, Homeland, and Original Northwood. The records date from 1865-1970 (bulk 1891-1960), and consist primarily of correspondence, including every day activities, sales, and management of land and resources. The collection also contains the governance and operational records of the Roland Park parent company and its subsidiaries;...
Dates:
1865-1970 (bulk 1891-1960); Majority of material found within 1891 - 1960
Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-020
Abstract
The Scientific Association of the Johns Hopkins University was originally organized by Professor Ira Remsen on October 24, 1877 "for the purpose of keeping those connected with one of the departments (then mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology) informed as to the work being done in kindred subjects." The records of the Scientific Association of the Johns Hopkins University comprise the minutes of the Society from its inception in October 1877, to October 1919, bound in one volume.
Dates:
1877 October-1919 October
Record Group
Identifier: RG-14-070
Abstract
Formed in 1911 at the suggestion of the Athletic Board, the Student Council at first tackled small problems such as the supervision of Freshman Class Elections and the securing of non-fraternity representation on the Cotillion Board. By the mid-1970s, the Student Council adopted its present form: equal representation for all classes, election of the Executive Board at large and the structure of the standing and independent committees. The record group includes minutes, correspondence,...
Dates:
1911-1994
Record Group
Identifier: RG-14-001
Abstract
One of the first Hopkins student organizations, the Matriculate Society, was formed in 1883 to "foster the interests and promote the unity of the undergraduates." Since then, well over 150 student organizations have been established, most with similar goals; many have disbanded after a short period of time, while others have endured for as long as one hundred years. Types of records vary widely from organization to organization; many include membership lists, posters or announcements, while...
Dates:
1890s-2000s; 2015 - Ongoing
Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-090
Abstract
The American Association of University Professors was founded in 1913. The Records of the Johns Hopkins Chapter of the American Association of University Professors range in date from 1916 to 1956. They are by no means complete. There are no records at all dating between 1940 and 1953. The record group consists of three files, containing minutes of meetings, correspondence, membership lists, treasurer's reports, circular letters, invitations, and notices of election results, by laws,...
Dates:
1916-1940, 1953-1956
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0070
Abstract
The Theater Chamber Players, founded by Peabody Institute faculty members Dina Koston and Leon Fleisher, were a chamber music ensemble that featured 20th-century music and was based primarily in Washington, D.C., from 1968 to 2003. The TCP records include administrative and business documents, correspondence, working files, concert programs, publicity material, photographs, recordings, scores, and reference material.
Dates:
1960-2007
