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Alice Walker ephemera

Collection

Identifier: MS-0822

Abstract

The Alice Walker ephemera collection, 1988 to 2001, contains ephemera relating to American author, poet and activist Alice Walker.

Dates: 1988 - 2000

Found in: Special Collections / Alice Walker ephemera

Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-0826

Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection is an artificially assembled collection with manuscript material chosen by the curators of Special Collections, dating from approximately 1949 to 1993. The collection features eight items related to the life, career, and death of jazz singer Billie Holiday, 1915-1959. Holiday, or "Lady Day," was known for her disctinct vocal delivery and had a profound influence on jazz and blues music.

Dates: 1949-1993 and undated

Found in: Special Collections / Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection

Robert A. Wilson collection of Gertrude Stein materials

Collection

Identifier: MS-0785

Abstract Robert A. Wilson (1922-2016) was a Baltimore native who owned the Phoenix Book Shop in Greenwich Village, New York and was a well-known collector of signed first editions of works by his favorite literary figures, particularly Gertrude Stein. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American expatriate novelist, playwright, poet, and art collector. She was born outside Pittsburgh, lived in Oakland, California, and then spent the rest of her life in Paris, France, becoming a part of the Parisian...

Dates: 1874-2009

Found in: Special Collections / Robert A. Wilson collection of Gertrude Stein materials

Valentine Victorian sweetheart fan

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030134492]

Identifier: MS-0706

Abstract

Copied from dealer description: [Valentine Victorian Sweetheart Fan]. [Np. c. 1890s]. Folding hand fan. 8½ x 14½ inches (opened). Six die-cut vanes; heavy card stock, embossed and printed by chromolithography in color and metallic inks; vanes interwoven with a cream silk ribbon; a brass grommet pivots at tail. Bright gilt; sharp die-cut edges; very good.

Dates: 1890s

Found in: Special Collections / Valentine Victorian sweetheart fan

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alice Walker ephemera

Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection

Robert A. Wilson collection of Gertrude Stein materials

Valentine Victorian sweetheart fan

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