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Collection
Identifier: MS-0727
Abstract
C. Harvey Palmer, Jr. is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in optics. This collection holds selections of Palmer's research notes and teaching files, loose leaf and in binders, ranging from 1968 to 1990.
Dates:
1968 - 1990
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0050
Abstract
C. Alphonso Smith (1864 – 1924) was an American Professor of English, college dean, philologist, and folklorist. The collection consists largely of clippings from newspapers and periodical regarding the English language and the introduction of slang words used by the military, ranging from 1905-1923.
Dates:
1905-1923
Collection
Identifier: MS-0311
Scope and Contents
This collection of papers relates largely to Christopher Gray's professional life as an art historian and to his extensive research for two important works on 19th century artists. Earlier items in the collection are evidence of Dr. Gray's preparation for his teaching and writing career. Research on many aspects of Art are represented in the papers including architecture, sculpture, and painting from the earliest periods to the modern. Aside from passports, there are no personal items...
Dates:
1937 - 1970
Collection
Identifier: MS-0060
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscript notes, reports, meteorological observations, reprints, drawings, and lecture notes of astronomer and meterologist, Cleveland Abbe, dating from 1851 to 1952.
Dates:
1851-1952
Collection
Identifier: MS-0368
Abstract
Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr. was born in Baltimore in 1903. During the 1930s, he served in the Maryland legislature. In 1938, he founded the Mount Vernon Improvement Association and spent much of the rest of his life fighting to retain the original architectural integrity of Baltimore's Mount Vernon Place. He was also a founder of the Johns Hopkins University Milton S. Eisenhower Library's Friends of the Library. The collection of Douglas Huntly Gordon, Jr. consists mostly of items related to...
Dates:
approximately 1800-1975
Collection
Identifier: MS-0063
Abstract
Earl Reeves Wasserman, authority on 18th century and romantic poetry, was born in Washington D.C. on November 11, 1913. This collection primarily consists of correspondence, notes, and meeting minutes dating from 1938-1973.
Dates:
1938-1973
Collection
Identifier: MS-0104
Abstract
E. Emmet Reid (born 1872) was a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins. The collection consists of reprints, extensive student notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and patents dating from 1889 to 1974.
Dates:
1889-1974
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
Collection
Identifier: MS-0653
Abstract
Frederick Holborn was July 9, 1928 in Heidelberg, Germany and raised in New Haven, Conneticut. His father Hajo Holborn was an early faculty member of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). After holding many public policy-related positions with the federal government, and lecturing at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frederick Holborn himself became a faculty member of SAIS in 1971. Additionally, he was a consultant to Congress and the...
Dates:
1970s-early 2000s
Collection
Identifier: MS-0136
Abstract
George Huntington Williams (1856-1894) was a mineralogist, petrologist, and professor of Geology at Johns Hopkins University. The collection primarily consists of four bound volumes of lecture notes (in German) on petrography and mineralogy taken by George Huntington Williams dating from 1881-1887, with some additional material from 1894.
Dates:
1878 - 1894
