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"Lernt Deutschland kennen!" postcard collection
This collection includes postcards from a series titled "Lernt Deutschland kennen!" which depict images and descriptions of German towns and landmarks. The cards were created between 1930 and 1963 and are pre-printed with stamps of Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler, and Martin Luther.
Lloyd Logan papers
Lloyd Logan was a chimst and Johns Hopkins professor born in Nova Scotia in 1890. The collection consists of material relating to Lloyd Logan's days as a student at Johns Hopkins, his service in World War I, and his research and patents spanning 1918-1939.
Louis Buffier postcard featuring Guy Debord graffiti: "Les Conseils Superflus. Ne travaillez jamais"
This item is a French postcard created in the 1960s. The postcard was designed by French postcard maker Louis Buffier, and features a colorized photograph of graffiti done by Guy Debord in Paris. Guy Debord was French Marxist theorist, philosopher, author, and filmmaker who was born in 1931 and died in 1994. Louis Buffier was a French postcard maker active during the 1960s.
Marianne Moore correspondence with Stephen Garmey
Padraic Colum postcard
Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was an Irish poet and playwright. Collection consists of one postcard (dated 1961) from Padraic Colum to Mabel Whiteley of Baltimore.
Paris Commune photo album
Copied from dealer description: "Album offering extensive photographic documentation of the Paris Commune and its aftermath, 1871-circa 1985." The Paris Commune was a revolutionary socialist government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May, 1871.
Paul Bowles correspondence with Mark Dery
This collection consists of twenty-six letters, and one postcard, exchanged between Paul Bowles and Mark Dery between the dates of May 6th, 1980 and August 19th, 1988. Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was an expatriate artist who lived in Tangier, Morocco; Mark Dery (1959) is an American writer, professor and cultural critic.
Peabody Institute photograph collection
The Peabody Institute photograph collection contains photographic prints, negatives, slides, contact sheets, and postcards related to the Peabody Institute and associated individuals, events, and places. Images date from the dedication of the Institute in 1866 to 2019, with the bulk of the collection created between approximately 1960 and 2000.
Pierre Restany letters and postcards
This collection contains letters and postcards sent to French art critic and theorist Pierre Restany by his friends Roman Cieślewicz, Alina Szapocznikow, Szapocznikow's son Piotr Stanisławski, and other artists and friends.
Ralph W. E. Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, World War I papers
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.
Sherwood Anderson postcard
Société des Amis d’Isidore Isou correspondence
The Société des Amis d’Isidore Isou, or the Friends of Isidore Isou, was organized in 1970s France to assist and support Isidore Isou (1925-2007), founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism. This collection primarily includes the society's earliest correspondence, which documents requests for financial contributions to the newly-formed group, spanning 1970 to 1972.
Soren Lura correspondence collection
Soren Lura was a cellist and conductor who also worked for the Library of Congress. His collection consists of 22 letters by Brahms, Sarasate, Richard Strauss, Moscheles, Spohr, Grainger, Wilhelmj, Saint-Saëns, and others, collected by Lili Scholz and given to Lura in 1950. In 2007, Lura's daughters, Donna Fink and Dody Martin, donated the letters to Peabody in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Peabody Archives.
Stefans Grové correspondence
The collection contains letters and postcards from composer Stefans Grové to Peabody music librarian Brad O'Keefe from 1972 to 1974, shortly after Grové had stopped teaching at the Peabody Conservatory and returned to his native South Africa.