Katz, M. Benjamin
Person
Biography
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Johnnie Newton letters
Collection
Identifier: MS-0616
Scope and Contents
These 54 World War II letters dated from 1943 - 1945 were mostly written by Johnnie Newton. The sensitive young man wrote simple and folksy words to his folks back home. He always began the letters wishing his family well and telling them about the weather. He often told them how lucky he was because he was not yet sent overseas, and sometimes asked for money because his payment was irregular. A recurrent subject was his difficulty to communicate with his brother Samuel:"Mother I...
Dates:
1943-1945
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
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- African Americans--Study and teaching 1
- Baltimore sun 1
- Communication 1
- Correspondence 1
- Housekeeping 1
- Journalism 1
- League of Nations 1
- Legal documents 1
- Manners and customs 1
- Maryland 1
- Maryland--Baltimore 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Television stations 1
- Theatrical productions 1
- World War (1939-1945) 1
- account books 1
- advertisements 1
- albums (books) 1
- appointment books 1
- autograph albums 1
- broadsides (notices) 1
- business cards 1
- calendars 1
- cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 1
- communication (function) 1
- copies (documents) 1
- correspondence 1
- diaries 1
- ephemera (general object genre) 1
- financial records 1
- fliers (printed matter) 1
- indictments 1
- invitations 1
- ledgers (account books) 1
- legal documents 1
- letter books 1
- lithographs 1
- manuscripts (documents) 1
- memoirs 1
- paperwork (visual works) 1
- photograph albums 1
- programs (documents) 1
- promotional materials 1
- receipts (financial records) 1
- television scripts 1
- trade cards (advertising) 1
- transcriptions (documents) 1 + ∧ less
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