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Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:

Johns Hopkins University Langston Hughes collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0799
Abstract

This is an artificially assembled collection of printed manuscript materials selected by the curators of Special Collections, centered on the musical, theatrical, and public speaking careers of Langston Hughes. Hughes was an American poet, novelist, playwright, columnist, social thinker and activist, and leading figure in New York City's Harlem Renaissance. The collection spans from 1927 to 1999, with the bulk of it dating from 1936 to 1967.

Dates: 1927-1999; Majority of material found within 1936-1967

Johns Hopkins University Latin American collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0737
Abstract

This is an artificially-assembled collection with manuscript materials acquired by Special Collections curators, relating to Latin American history and spanning from the 18th to early 20th century.

Dates: 1759 - 1913

Johns Hopkins University Maryland ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0673
Abstract

This is an artificially-assembled collection with manuscript items selected by curators in Special Collections. This collection contains diaries, postcards, letters, and other material related to history and life in Maryland, 1818-2015 (Bulk: 1818-1957).

Dates: 1818-2015

Johns Hopkins University "May 1968" protests collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0678
Abstract

The volatile period of civil unrest in France during May 1968 was punctuated by demonstrations and massive general strikes as well as the occupation of universities and factories across France. At the height of its fervor, it virtually brought the entire advanced capitalist economy of France to a dramatic halt. This artificially-created collection contains posters, protest leaflets, tracts, and photographs from these student protests in May 1968.

Dates: 1968

Johns Hopkins University oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0404
Abstract

This is an artificially assembled collection of oral histories recorded with administration, faculty, staff, alumni, students, and other Johns Hopkins University affiliates, 1999-2004 and 2014-present. The early oral history interviews were faciliated by Mame Warren starting 1999, and as of 2014 by Hopkins Retrospective.

Dates: 1999 - 2022

Johns Hopkins University Papyri collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0383
Abstract

The collection consists of 70 papyrus fragments collected 1901-1907 and 1921, from Oxyrhynchus and Fayum. The papyri are legal and business documents and fragments of Homer's "Illiad" and Odyssey." Each fragment is preserved between glass and has been photographed.

Dates: 1st to 6th century

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 Philological Association records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-15-010
Abstract On May 31, 1877, at the behest of President Daniel Coit Gilman, Basil Gildersleeve, the first full professor of the Johns Hopkins University, organized the Johns Hopkins Philological Association, for the purpose of "that mutual and informal interchange of opinion ... which is so confessedly essential to the development of the true scholar." The records of the Johns Hopkins Philological Association consist of five bound volumes documenting early seminars and meetings of the department, as...
Dates: 1877-1995

Johns Hopkins University Printed Ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0478
Abstract

This is an artificial collection of printed ephemera purchased since 2004.

Dates: approximately 1800s-1950s

Johns Hopkins University publications collection

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-10-030
Abstract Until 1969, there was no central office for coordinating University publications. These materials are actually an artificial collection rather than a group of records generated by a single University office. The collection consists of both serial and occasional publications of the University. The former include Circulars, Registers, Annual Reports of the President, Directories, Student Directories, The Freshman Record, and Phonebooks. The occasional publications include a wide variety of...
Dates: 1876-1997

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Maryland--Baltimore 33
photographs 27
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College students 22
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College teachers 19
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae 19
correspondence 18
clippings (information artifacts) 17
manuscripts (documents) 16
Maryland 12
lecture notes 12
notebooks 12
research notes 12
scrapbooks 12
Universities and colleges--Administration 11
minutes (administrative records) 11
broadsides (notices) 10
programs (documents) 10
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postcards 9
reports 9
Universities and colleges--Curricula 8
lectures 8
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ephemera (general object genre) 7
pamphlets 7
photographic prints 7
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case files 6
financial records 6
fliers (printed matter) 6
magazines (periodicals) 6
specimens 6
Diaries 5
Educators 5
Historians 5
Printed ephemera 5
University history (university function) 5
administrative records 5
articles 5
artifacts (object genre) 5
invitations 5
leaflets (printed works) 5
legal documents 5
negatives (photographs) 5
Academic writing 4
African Americans 4
Anniversaries 4
Authors, American 4
Classicists 4
Communication 4
Event planning (university function) 4
Finance 4
France 4
France--Paris 4
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Minutes (Records) 4
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Universities and colleges--Societies, etc. 4
World War (1939-1945) 4
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diaries 4
drafts (documents) 4
ledgers (account books) 4
memoirs 4
notes (documents) 4
oral histories (literary works) 4
photograph albums 4
playbills 4
posters 4
sheet music 4
speeches (documents) 4
videocassettes 4
Administration 3
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China 3
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Directories 3
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Lacrosse 3
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Mathematics--Study and teaching 3
Poets, American 3
Public relations (university function) 3
Racism 3
Real photo postcards 3
Research 3
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