Johns Hopkins University
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Georg Luck papers
Georg Hans Bhawani Luck (1926-2013) was a Swiss classicist known for his studies of magical beliefs and practices in the Classical world. For over twenty years he was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. This collection includes the professional papers of Luck, primarily typewritten speeches, annotated drafts of his writings, and some correspondence and research notes. The papers span from 1948 to the 2010s.
Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection
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.
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- CD-ROMs 1
- Children's choirs 1
- Classicists 1
- Collectibles 1
- Concert tours 1
- Drug abuse 1
- Europe 1
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 1
- Jazz 1
- Universities and colleges--Faculty 1
- collecting cards 1
- drafts (documents) 1
- hard drives 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- magazines (periodicals) 1
- notebooks 1
- research notes 1
- serials (publications) 1
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