Johns Hopkins University
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Johns Hopkins University collection of Black Americana materials
The Johns Hopkins University collection of Black Americana materials spans from approximately 1870 to the 1950s. It is an artificially assembled collection of materials purchased and selected by the curators of Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of postcards, broadsides, and other printed ephemera that depict African American people in ways that are often racist and caricatured.
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- African American singers 1
- African Americans 1
- African Americans--Collectibles 1
- Autobiography 1
- Bail 1
- Biographical poetry, American 1
- CD-ROMs 1
- Children's choirs 1
- Collectibles 1
- Concert tours 1
- Cosmetics 1
- Drug abuse 1
- Europe 1
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 1
- Jazz 1
- Maryland--Baltimore 1
- Racism 1
- Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) 1
- advertisements 1
- broadsides (notices) 1
- caricatures 1
- collecting cards 1
- electronic records (digital records) 1
- greeting cards 1
- magazines (periodicals) 1
- photographs 1
- postcards 1
- screenplays 1
- serials (publications) 1
- sheet music 1 + ∧ less