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Johns Hopkins University. Department of History

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1876-

Biography

The study of history at Johns Hopkins began with the university's founding in 1876. The Hopkins history department has the oldest PhD program in the United States.

Dr. John Marshall joined the faculty in 1997 and was appointed chair of the department in 2013.

Source: http://history.jhu.edu Source: Lisa Enders, Department Administrator

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Rourke Butler papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0091
Abstract

Alexander Rourke Butler (1920-1985) was professor of humanities at Michigan State University. The collection contains student notes from Butler's graduate work in history at Johns Hopkins, notes for his lectures at the University of Helsinki, and items related to the Butler Prize. The materials range in date from 1947 to 1982.

Dates: 1947-1982

Department of History records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-04-110
Scope and Contents The records of the Department of History range in date from 1877 to 1991. Most of the records are those kept by departmental chairmen John Holladay Latané (1913-1930), Kent Roberts Greenfield (1930-1943), Sidney Painter (acting chairman 1943-1945, chairman 1945-1960), Frederic C. Lane (1960-1961), Charles A. Barker (1961-1966), Alfred D. Chandler (1966-1970), Jack P. Greene (1970- 1973), Orest Ranum (1973-1976, 1982-1985), Vernon L. Lidtke (1976-1979), Mack Walker (1979-1982), and A.J.R...
Dates: 1877-1991

Frederic C. Lane papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0381
Abstract

Frederic Chapin Lane was a professor of history at Johns Hopkins and a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance. The papers span the years 1943-1984 during which he was teaching at Johns Hopkins and conducting extensive research for his writings on the history of Venice in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Dates: 1943-1985, 2001

Frederic C. Lane Venetian account books

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0155
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two series: microfilms of Italian mercantile records (1416-1535); and a typescript entitled "Translation of Selected Ordinances on Banking". The material reflects Lane's work as a scholar, and provides little biographical information. The microfilmed records (190 rolls) form the bulk of the collection, and contain information not otherwise available outside Italy. The film was shot in very short reels, so each is only 100- 200 frames long....
Dates: 1900-1984

Frederick Stansbury Haydon papers

 Collection — 1: [Barcode: 31151030049286]
Identifier: MS-0094
Abstract

Frederick Stansbury Haydon (died 1992) was a US Army officer and military historian. Collection consists of the research notes, illustrations, and photographs assembled by Haydon for his published work Aeronautics in the Union and Confederate Armies (1941), as well as some personal and student material. Materials range in date from 1937 to 1977.

Dates: 1937-1977

Henry Wilkinson Bragdon collection on Woodrow Wilson

 Collection — Box BW-13: [Barcode: 31151030055580]
Identifier: MS-0254
Abstract

Henry W. Bragdon (1906-1980) was an author and instructor of history. Collection consists of researh material collected by Bragdon for his published volume, "Woodrow Wilson: The Academic Years." Bragdon is thought to have collected the research from approximately 1945 to the time of the book's publication in 1967.

Dates: approximately 1945-1967

Herbert Baxter Adams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0004
Abstract

Herbert Baxter Adams (1850-1901) was an American educator and historian. The collection consists of material spanning 1851-1903. The materials include correspondence, lectures, writings, research material, files related to Johns Hopkins University, the United States Bureau of Education, the American Historical Association Committee of Seven, personal files, and prints and photos.

Dates: 1851 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1876 - 1901

John G. A. Pocock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0425
Abstract

This collection contains lectures, speeches and writings; reprints; book manuscripts; and the conference papers of John G. A. Pocock, a historian of political thought and professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins University. His papers spans the years of 1962 to 2017, with the majority of the materials dating from Pocock's time at Hopkins. This holding notably includes his handwritten manuscripts of Barbarism and Religion (1999).

Dates: 1962-2017

John Higham papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0358
Abstract

John Higham was a historian and professor at Johns Hopkins University with a principal field of interest in American social and intellectual history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection consists of holographic course notes, outlines, examination booklets, and other assignments completed during his undergraduate years at The Johns Hopkins University, 1937-1939, as well as material relating to Dr. Higham's teaching and writing career.

Dates: 1937-1990s

John Holladay Latané papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0130
Abstract

John Holladay Latané was a history professor at Johns Hopkins University born in Staunton, Virginia on April 1, 1869. The collection consists of writings, lectures and speeches, correspondence, research material, and material on the invention of the McCormick Reaper spanning 1913-1930.

Dates: 1913-1930

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