diaries
Subject
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Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Frank Frick papers
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0066
Overview
Frank Frick was a Baltimore businessman and supporter of the arts. His papers include a family scrapbook and six volumes of his personal diary from 1860 to 1909.
Found in:
Peabody Archives
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Frank Frick papers
John Pendleton Kennedy papers
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0058
Overview
John Pendleton Kennedy was an influential writer, politician, and businessman in the Baltimore area who was instrumental in the establishment of the Peabody Institute. His papers include correspondence with many notable American cultural and political figures of the 19th century, as well as manuscripts, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous business documents.
Found in:
Peabody Archives
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John Pendleton Kennedy papers
Canby A. Alexander diary
Collection — Box 1: [translation missing: en.instance_container.barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-0723
Overview
This diary was started by Canby A. Alexander in January 1883, when he was 10 years old and living in Cecil County, Maryland. At 10, Alexander was no longer enrolled in school but instead was occupied with the family farm and the comings and goings of his extended family, neighbors and friends. The Alexanders may have been descendants of Robert Alexander, once a delegate to the Continental Congress, who later defected to the Royal Navy. His estate became the town of Elkton, Maryland. Canby...
Found in:
Special Collections
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Canby A. Alexander diary
French prisoner-of-war journals from World War II: "La Dernière Heure"
Collection — 1: [translation missing: en.instance_container.barcode: 31151030141711]
Identifier: MS-0771
Overview
This item is a prisoner-of-war camp journal made up of three issues prepared in April, May and July of 1943 by three French internees at the Baltic port of Wismar. There is currently no biographical information on the creators.
Gilbert V. Levin papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0620
Overview
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...
Found in:
Special Collections
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Gilbert V. Levin papers
Handwritten manuscript diary of an upstate New York Black woman
Collection — 1
Identifier: MS-0607
Scope and Contents
1928 handwritten manuscript diary of an upstate New York hardworking Black woman:This 'single entry ledger' was probably used as an accouting type book for the first 74 pages, which were then excised and the book was turned into a journal starting on page 75. It has a total of 113 pages in pencil running from March 29 through December 19, 1928. The author is believed to be an African- American woman belonging to 'Harry Family House' in Montgomery, Orange County, New York. She is an...
Hopkins Family collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0078
Overview
Johns Hopkins (1795-1873) was a highly successful Baltimore merchant and philanthropist. He left much of his wealth to found a university and hospital in Baltimore. This collection contains manuscripts, photographs and printed material by or about Johns Hopkins and his ancestors, 1743-2005.
Found in:
Special Collections
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Hopkins Family collection
Hugh L. Dryden papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0147
Overview
These papers consist of writings, diaries, printed material, photographs, and correspondence relating to NASA administrator and Johns Hopkins University alumnus Hugh L. Dryden's personal and professional life. Also included are his student work, diaries, sermons, awards, and honorary degrees. The overall collection spans from 1908 to 1966.
Found in:
Special Collections
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Hugh L. Dryden papers
James Morrison Arnell journal
Collection — Box 1: [translation missing: en.instance_container.barcode: 31151030070852]
Identifier: MS-0507
Overview
This collection consists of a Journal of a tour through the middle and southern United States from December 7, 1822 to June 25, 1823. The journal is an account of the first large-scale missionary effort to convert American Jews to Christianity.
Found in:
Special Collections
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James Morrison Arnell journal
Janney family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0572
Overview
The Janney family papers include correspondence, photographs, marriage certificates, photocopies of family trees, and travel diaries. The collection spans the 19th and 20th centuries.
Found in:
Special Collections
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Janney family papers