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Anne Tyler inscribed print of self-portrait and letters
The collection includes author Anne Tyler's personally inscribed self-portrait, primarily typewritten letters, a typed draft of her essay "Miss Cone, Miss Cone, Thank You, Thank You," and a few other manuscript items. The collection spans from 1980 to 1985 and 1996 to 1998.
Anthony Eikenbary illustration: "Support Gay Power. Bring Out A Cop"
Original artwork created by Anthony Eikenbary in approximately 1970 for Gay Power, considered New York's first gay newspaper.
Beneficial Corporation and Hodson Trust records
The Benefical Company and Hodson Trust archives spans 1920-1997. The collection includes annual reports, executive correspondence, public relations materials (including advertising), training manuals, photographs (including interior and exterior shots of Beneficial offices), video tapes, and corporate give-aways.
Butterfly classification manuscript in the Johann Siegfried Hufnagel schemata tradition
Johann Siegfried Hufnagel (1724-1795) was a German parson and entomologist (lepidopterist). This item is a manuscript on the classification of butterflies and moths, in the tradition of the schemata proposed by Hufnagel and illustrated with ten original hand-coloured illustrations of butterflies. The item was once owned by Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau or Cordula [?] Ponickau, or both. This manuscript was approximately created in 1780. The creator is unknown.
Clinton Arrowood papers
Clinton Arrowood was a flautist and illustrator best known for his unique drawings of animals as musicians. The collection contains Arrowood's illustrations for musical events at the Peabody Institute and elsewhere, as well as drawings for children's books and other media. It includes original drawings, reproductions, clippings, and other documents related to Arrowood's career.
Correspondance adressee a Berthe Schuster, marraine de guerre [Correspondence addressed to Berthe Schuster, war godmother]
Enrico Caruso papers
Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) was one of the most popular operatic tenors of his era. After beginning his career in his native Italy, Caruso immigrated to the United States and became a star at the Metropolitan Opera. His papers include manuscript and published scores belonging to Caruso, photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks and clippings about his career, caricatures and other artwork, recordings, and ephemera.
Floyd-Urner family papers
Frederick Sandham Waller sketchbooks
This collection contains four sketchbooks created by the British architect Frederick Sandham Waller. The volumes include notes, sketches and watercolors, and are dated to approximately 1870.
French caricature folio: “Un Chapelet de Bêtises”
This item is a folio of caricature sketches created in France in 1861. There is currently no biographical information on the creator.
French prisoner of war journal from World War II titled "La Dernière Heure" ["The Last Hour"]
This collection includes three issues of a prisoner of war camp journal titled "La Dernière Heure," created in April, May, and July of 1943 by French internees at the Baltic port of Wismar.
Henry Wysham Lanier student sketchbook
This collection includes a student sketchbook owned by Henry Wysham Lanier. The sketchbook includes pencil drawings and was likely created in the 1880s. Henry Wysham Lanier was born in 1873, and was the son of American poet, musician, and author Sidney Lanier who was also a Professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Holographic manuscript on drawing
This volume consists of holographic notes on drawing.
Homewood Museum records
Homewood Museum (formerly Homewood House) is a historic property located on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University. This collection consists of material (bulk 1973-1986) related to the 1987 restoration and re-purposing of the structure as a museum.
Hugh R. Newsom papers
Hugh Raymond Newsom (1891-1978) was an organist and composer who lived in Baltimore. The collection includes manuscript scores of music composed by Hugh Newsom or by his wife, harpist Marjorie Brunton Newsom; documents related to Hugh Newsom's career; and reel-to-reel recordings of his music.
Jewish calligraphic mourning certificate
This item is a hand-drawn and illuminated Jewish mourning certificate, created by P.L. Weinstein in the 1880s or 1890s. The certificate appears to have been made on behalf of a son in honor of his late father, David Zelig. The creator, P.L. Weinstein of Baltimore, was possibly a professional calligrapher and illuminator.
J.H. van 't Hoff papers
Jacobus Henricus (Henry) van 't Hoff (1852-1911) was a chemist credited with founding the science of stereochemistry, and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in chemistry. The majority of the papers are those reflecting family affairs or honors accorded van 't Hoff for his work. This collection does not contain his scientific or working papers except for notes of two lectures and copies of his published papers. The papers are mostly in Dutch. The papers span from 1837 to 1924.
Johns Hopkins University Library Support Services Department records
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.
Joseph Schillinger papers
Joseph Schillinger was a theorist and composer famous for developing the Schillinger System, a method of deconstructing music using geometric phase relationships. The collection contains correspondence, recordings, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, manuscript scores, and other documents related to his professional and personal life.
Kyd's studies of Charles Dickens characters
Neil A. Grauer Blue Jay collection
Neil Albert Grauer (born 1947) was a journalist and editorial cartoonist. The collection of Neil A. Grauer consists of memorabilia ranging in date from 1966 to 2016 the features the Blue Jay logo designed by Grauer for the use of athletic teams at The Johns Hopkins University.
P. Hanson Hiss Manufacturing Company furniture designs
This collection contains 54 furniture design drawings and photographs with various notations from furniture maker P. Hanson Hiss Manufacturing, an interior design firm headquartered in downtown Baltimore with addresses in Washington, DC and New York. This collection dates approximately to the 1880s.
Photograph Album of English and Scottish Architecture
The album contains 56 photographs documenting English and Scottish architecture from approximately 1880. This album is from the library of Richard Kelly, a mid-century American architect and lighting designer based in New York City.
Robert A. Wilson collection of Gertrude Stein materials
Robert Childress illustrations of Homewood Museum, Gilman Hall, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital
This collection consists of three illustrations of Gilman Hall, Homewood Museum (Homewood House), and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, created by artist Robert Childress in 1973.