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Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0005
Abstract
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (October 23, 1831 – January 9, 1924), was a "classicist and Confederate apologist" (David Lupher and Elizabeth Vandiver, "Yankee She-Men and Octoroon Electra: Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve on Slavery, Race, and Abolition," 320), and one of the first faculty members hired at the founding of Johns Hopkins University in 1876. This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, biographic data, diaries, notes, notebooks, drafts, published and unpublished...
Dates:
1820-1953; Majority of material found in 1847-1924
Found in:
Special Collections
Herbert Spencer Jennings papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0062
Abstract
Herbert Spencer Jennings (1868-1947) was an American zoologist, geneticist, and eugenicist. The collection spans the years between 1893-1945 and includes correspondence, reprints, manuscript lecture notes, and biological drawings.
Dates:
1893-1945
Found in:
Special Collections
Ruth J. Stocking Lynch papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0190
Scope and Contents
Dr. Lynch's papers consist of correspondence, commonplace books, diaries, reminiscences, and travel journals.The correspondence dates from l9l0 to l947 and has about 500 items.The bulk of the letters are between Ruth Stocking and Vernon Lynch from l9l5 to their marriage in l918. Ruth's letters detail her teaching at Agnes Scott College, Wells College, and the Carnegie Institute. The letters also discuss her attempts to get new teaching or research positions. These letters are...
Dates:
1906-1979
Found in:
Special Collections