Johns Hopkins University
Found in 3 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 Dashiell Hammett collection
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist. The items in this artificially-assembled collection were created by or are related to Hammett and his literary career. The holding spans 1942 to 1943.
Johns Hopkins University Robert Pirosh collection
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- Motion picture plays, American 2
- photographs 2
- A gathering of eagles (Motion picture) 1
- African American singers 1
- Autobiography 1
- Bail 1
- Battleground (Motion picture : 1949) 1
- Biographical poetry, American 1
- CD-ROMs 1
- Children's choirs 1
- Collectibles 1
- Concert tours 1
- Criticism 1
- Criticism, interpretation, etc. 1
- Day at the races (Motion picture) 1
- Detective and mystery stories, American 1
- Drug abuse 1
- Europe 1
- Film criticism 1
- Film noir 1
- Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. Glass Key 1
- I married a witch (Motion picture) 1
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 1
- Jazz 1
- Man about town (Motion picture : 1947) 1
- Maryland--Baltimore 1
- Motion pictures 1
- Motion pictures, American 1
- Noir fiction, American 1
- Rings on her fingers (Motion picture : 1942) 1
- Spring reunion (Motion picture : 1957) 1
- The girl rush (Motion picture) 1
- The night of January 16th (Motion picture : 1941) 1
- The quarterback (Motion picture : 1940) 1
- Up in arms (Motion picture) 1
- What's so bad about feeling good? (Motion picture : 1968) 1
- broadsides (notices) 1
- collecting cards 1
- electronic records (digital records) 1
- film stills 1
- magazines (periodicals) 1
- negatives (photographs) 1
- press books (private press books) 1
- serials (publications) 1
- specimens 1 + ∧ less