Johns Hopkins University
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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 eleven 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 Paul Robeson collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0674
Abstract
Born on April 9, 1898, in Princeton, New Jersey, Paul Robeson went on to become a stellar athlete, civil rights activist, and an immensely popular singer and actor, known for his stage and film performances in The Emperor Jones and Show Boat. The collection contains ephemera documenting Robeson's career from 1924 to 1973, including: programs, souvenir books on his life story, magazines, playbills, photographs (black-and-white movie stills),...
Dates:
1924-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
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- CD-ROMs 1
- Children's choirs 1
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- Drug abuse 1
- Europe 1
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 1
- Jazz 1
- Maryland--Baltimore 1
- Motion pictures, American 1
- Theater 1
- United States 1
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- electronic records (digital records) 1
- ephemera (general object genre) 1
- invitations 1
- magazines (periodicals) 1
- phonograph records 1
- photographs 1
- playbills 1
- posters 1
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