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Johns Hopkins University

 Organization

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Johns Hopkins University alumni collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0683
Abstract

This collection includes donations from Johns Hopkins University alumni that document student life, frequently reflecting the donor's personal experience as a student at Johns Hopkins University. The collection includes photographs, letters, student notes, and other material. The collection spans the 19th and 20th centuries.

Dates: 1840-1994

Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0826
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1949-1993 and undated

Johns Hopkins University collection of African American history and culture

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0845
Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University collection of African American history and culture is an artificially assembled collection of printed materials, diaries, photographs, and other items created from 1800 to 1988.

Dates: 1800 - 1988

Johns Hopkins University collection of Maryland African American history and culture

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0846
Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University collection of Maryland African American history and culture is an artificially assembled collection which spans from the 18th to the 20th century. The collection consists of materials selected by the curators of Special Collections.

Dates: 1788 - 1967

Johns Hopkins University French Avant-Garde ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0448
Scope and Contents

The material is diverse, including engravings, drawings, posters, and medals, ranging from the 18th to the 20th century. Much of the collection is oriented toward the avant-garde, so even the 18th-century material tends to be literature of the margins. It is especially strong in 19th and 20th century avant-garde material (Symbolisme, Cabaret literature, political and social satire, Surrealism).

Dates: 1700s-1900s

Johns Hopkins University graphic and pictorial collection

 Collection
Identifier: COLL-0002
Abstract

The Johns Hopkins University graphic and pictorial collection consists of over 15,000 images in the form of photographs, lantern slides, and negatives of individuals, events, and places associated with the entire history of Johns Hopkins University from the 1790s to 2015, whith the bulk of the collection dating from the 1870s to the 1980s.

Dates: 1790s-2000s; Majority of material found within 1870s-1980s

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 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 Robert Pirosh collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0747
Abstract Robert Pirosh (1910-1989) was an American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. The holding contains materials relating to, owned, or created by Robert Pirosh. The collection is composed of primarily leather bound typewritten screenplays, which were Pirosh's presentation volumes of his scripts from movie productions he was involved in. The rest of the collection includes film stills, candid photographs, photographic negatives, and a press book relating to his films. The...
Dates: 1937 - 1967

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photographs 28
letters (correspondence) 14
Maryland--Baltimore 12
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clippings (information artifacts) 7
Universities and colleges 6
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae 6
manuscripts (documents) 6
ephemera (general object genre) 5
lecture notes 5
negatives (photographs) 5
postcards 5
scrapbooks 5
Universities and colleges--Faculty 4
diaries 4
invitations 4
magazines (periodicals) 4
notebooks 4
photograph albums 4
photographic prints 4
College students 3
College teachers 3
France--Paris 3
Maryland 3
Printed ephemera 3
World War (1914-1918) 3
World War (1939-1945) 3
articles 3
broadsides (notices) 3
correspondence 3
financial records 3
fliers (printed matter) 3
leaflets (printed works) 3
lectures 3
legal documents 3
lithographs 3
minutes (administrative records) 3
pamphlets 3
publications (documents) 3
reports 3
specimens 3
videocassettes 3
African American singers 2
African Americans 2
African Americans--Social life and customs 2
Autographs 2
Commencement ceremonies 2
Courtship 2
Diaries 2
Exhibitions 2
France 2
Johns Hopkins University 2
Lacrosse 2
Legal documents 2
Letters 2
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Musicians 2
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Pictorial works 2
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Real photo postcards 2
Segregation in education 2
Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) 2
administrative records 2
announcements 2
appointment books 2
artifacts (object genre) 2
cabinet photographs 2
card games (game sets) 2
collecting cards 2
compact discs 2
contact sheets 2
drafts (documents) 2
ledgers (account books) 2
membership lists 2
memoirs 2
muster rolls 2
phonograph records 2
playbills 2
poems 2
posters 2
promotional materials 2
receipts (financial records) 2
reminiscences 2
research notes 2
screenplays 2
slides (photographs) 2
souvenirs 2
tracts (documents) 2
trade cards (advertising) 2
typescripts 2
16mm (photographic film size) 1
A gathering of eagles (Motion picture) 1
Academic writing 1
African American actors 1
African American entertainers 1
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