Johns Hopkins University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Johns Hopkins University World's Fair collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0545
Abstract
This artificially-assembled collection consists of materials relating to international World's Fairs and Expositions, including photographs; postcards; written travelogues or personal accounts of the fairs; ephemera, including programs and printed souvenirs; lithographs and engravings; and physical objects. The materials date from the 1830s to the 1960s.
Dates:
1830s-1967
Johns Hopkins University zine collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0587
Abstract
A zine is most commonly a small circulation self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images usually reproduced via photocopier. This collection of zines was assembled by curators within Special Collections and were printed between 2007 to 2013.
Dates:
1990 - 2013; Majority of material found within 2007 - 2013
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- United States 2
- ephemera (general object genre) 2
- African American actors 1
- African American singers 1
- DVDs 1
- Drama 1
- Exhibitions 1
- France--Paris 1
- Illinois--Chicago 1
- Motion pictures, American 1
- New York (State)--New York 1
- Pictorial works 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Theater 1
- Zines 1
- artifacts (object genre) 1
- brochures 1
- diaries 1
- invitations 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- lithographs 1
- magazines (periodicals) 1
- phonograph records 1
- photograph albums 1
- playbills 1
- plays (performed works) 1
- postcards 1
- posters 1
- programs (documents) 1
- scrapbooks 1
- screen prints 1
- souvenirs 1
- tourist maps 1
- travel literature 1 ∧ less
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