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Archaeological Institute of America, Baltimore Society records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-070
Abstract
The Archaeological Institute of America, Baltimore Society was the first established, local chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America. The Baltimore Society was officially formed in 1888 by faculty of The Johns Hopkins University and other Baltimoreans who shared a scholarly interest in antiquities and classical studies. Though officially formed in 1888, minutes of the organization show that in 1886, an early iteration of the group was known as the Archaeological Society of The...
Dates:
1885-1939, 1982-1985; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1935
Found in:
Special Collections
Eugene Weston materials on Johns Hopkins University blazer
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. papers
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
Found in:
Special Collections
George Peabody Library records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-017
Abstract
In 1857, philanthropist George Peabody gave the amount of $300,000 for the funding of a library in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The construction of what was then known as the Library of the Peabody Institute (also the Peabody Institute Library) in Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood began in 1858. Due to the difficulties of opening such a library during the Civil War (1861-1865), the building was not officially dedicated to the public until 1866 and 1878, the west wing and east wing,...
Dates:
1860-1980s; Majority of material found within 1860-1970
Found in:
Special Collections
Gilbert V. Levin papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0620
Abstract
A native of Baltimore, Gilbert V. Levin obtained his B.E. in Civil Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1947 and his M.S. in Sanitary Engineering in 1948, and received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 1963. He is the founder of Spherix Inc., and the principal investigator of the Mars Viking Mission Labeled Release Experiment. This collection of his papers represents Levin’s professional scientific career, including correspondence with colleagues, the pursuit of over 50...
Dates:
1950-2009
Found in:
Special Collections
Globe Poster Printing Corporation records
Collection
Identifier: MS-0755
Abstract
Globe Poster Printing Corporation was founded in 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland by business partners Harry Shapiro and Norman Goldstein. The shop specialized in printing showcard posters for movie theaters, vaudeville and burlesque acts, the earliest performers of country and Western music, motorsports events, and carnivals. The company later extended its services to a variety of products such as banners, tickets, and bumper stickers, in the process reaching a clientele based in the birth of...
Dates:
1929-2011
Found in:
Special Collections
Hodson family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0514
Abstract
The Hodson family was a prominent Maryland family that began in Dorchester, Maryland. "Colonel" Clarence Hodson, who founded the Beneficial Corporation (originally the Beneficial Loan Society), was a Hodson descendant. The Hodson Family papers consists of materials related to the Hodson family spanning 1665 to 1950, with the bulk of the materials from 1665 to 1920. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and genealogical information, but also includes newspaper advertisements,...
Dates:
1665 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1665 - 1920
Found in:
Special Collections
John McGill papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0043
Abstract
John McGill was a lawyer in Urbana, Virginia (in Middlesex County), and flourished between 1827 and 1848. The collection consists of incoming letters, financial records, records of the William Shepherd estate, and J. Hopkins Brothers and Company records all ranging in date from 1827 to 1849. The bulk of the incoming letters are from Baltimore merchants.
Dates:
1827-1849
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University Latin American collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0737
Abstract
This is an artificially-assembled collection with manuscript materials acquired by Special Collections curators, relating to Latin American history and spanning from the 18th to early 20th century.
Dates:
1759 - 1913
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University Maryland ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0673
Abstract
This is an artificially-assembled collection with manuscript items selected by curators in Special Collections. This collection contains diaries, postcards, letters, and other material related to history and life in Maryland, 1818-2015 (Bulk: 1818-1957).
Dates:
1818-2015
Found in:
Special Collections
Peabody Gallery of Art records
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
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Peabody Institute Board of Trustees records
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
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Peabody Institute Office of the Executive Secretary records
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
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Peabody Institute Office of the Provost records
Collection
Identifier: PIRG-03
Abstract
Records documenting the activities of the executive office of the Institute. Includes correspondence from prospective lecturers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Fiske, and James Russell Lowell (1867-1913); correspondence concerning the library, including letters received from Abram Stevens Hewitt of Cooper Union, E. W. Blatchford of the Newberry Library, and Melvil Dewey; numerous letters from the Institute librarian, Philip R. Uhler, to the provost reporting library activities during the...
Dates:
1861 - 1916
Found in:
Peabody Archives
Ralph W. E. Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, World War I papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0901
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and financial records dated between 1909 and 1917 relating to Ralph W. E. Beckett's family and service during World War I.
Dates:
1909 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1917
Found in:
Special Collections
Records of the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences
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
Found in:
Special Collections
William Henry Rinehart papers
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0135
Abstract
William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874) was a sculptor from Maryland whose estate led to the creation of the Rinehart Fund for artists, administered by the Peabody Institute. The William Henry Rinehart papers, 1858-1903, contain materials from Rinehart and from the trustees of his estate. A bound volume of correspondence contains letters to and from Rinehart and correspondence among his trustees, most notably William T. Walters, John W. Paine, and William H. Herriman. Additional papers of...
Dates:
1858-1892 and 1903
Found in:
Peabody Archives