Johns Hopkins University Maryland ephemera collection
Scope and Contents
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 histories and lives in Maryland, 1818-2015 (Bulk: 1818-1957).
Dates
- Creation: 1818-2015
Creator
- Bromo-Seltzer (Organization)
- Buckler, W.H. (William Hepburn), 1867-1952 (Person)
- Kell, Thomas, 1772-1846 (Person)
- Hoffman, Ernst H. (Person)
- Peters, Catherine (Person)
- Baltimore Oriole Festival (Organization)
- Thurston, A.C., Mrs. (Person)
- Causten, James H., 1788-1874 (Person)
- Norddeutscher Lloyd (Organization)
- Cameron, V. V. , Dr. (Person)
- WJZ-TV (Television station : Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
- Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891 (Person)
- Derr & Thompson (Organization)
- Harris, Sally (Person)
- Englar, Mildred F. (Person)
- Whitney, Milton (Person)
- Church, Ann (Person)
- Hopkinson, B. (Person)
- Townsend, Florence, approximately 1886- (Person)
- Polk, J.P. (Person)
- Pugh, Ann Peck, 1782-1865 (Person)
- Tilghman, Oswald (Person)
- Touchstone, Clara (Person)
- Boyd, Albert (Person)
- Koppers Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Bartlett-Hayward Divison (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
- J.H. Schaefer & Son (Organization)
- Johns Hopkins University (Collector, Organization)
- Katz, M. Benjamin (Person)
- Arnold, Rosie J. (Person)
- Baltimore Stationery Company (Organization)
- The Holmes I. Mettee Studio (Organization)
- Creamer, David (Person)
- Wright, Eliza Lea Warner (Person)
- Carroll, Marion V., Miss (Person)
- Thomas, Henrietta M. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Collection is open for use.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Special Collections department. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
Biographical / Historical
The items in this collection have been gathered from multiple sources and reflect numerous creators. Please see individual series for biographical or historical information.
Extent
4.97 Cubic Feet (7 legal size document boxes, 1 letter size box, 2 half legal size document boxes, 1 half letter size document box, 1 custom box (16.5 x 12.5 x 4), 1 flat box (21 x 17 x 3), 1 custom box (13 x 10 x 3.5))
Language of Materials
English
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).
Arrangement
Arranged by accession, which reflects when the items were acquired.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The items in this collection have been gathered from multiple sources. Please see individual series for acquisition information.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Kelly Spring, Jordon Steele, Annie Tang, Austyn Wohlers, and Brooke Shilling. Last processed in May 2022 by Brooke Shilling.
Subject
- Keyser, R. Brent, 1859-1927 (Person)
- Hebb, George (Person)
- Hoffman, Agnes Augusta (Person)
- Carlton, Phebe, Mrs. (Person)
- Lester, John, active 1825-1864 (Person)
- McDonald, Christie, 1875-1962 (Person)
- Barnes, Patrick Henry, Jr. (Person)
- Hejos, Mitzi (Person)
- Ring, Blanche, 1871-1961 (Person)
- Goodnow, Frank J., 1859-1939 (Person)
- Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866 (Person)
- Baltimore sun (Organization)
- Eastern Female High School (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
- Mitchell, Clarence, III (Person)
- Hoffman, Agnes Augusta (Person)
- Hebb, George (Person)
- Lester, John, active 1825-1864 (Person)
- Carlton, Phebe, Mrs. (Person)
- Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866 (Person)
Function
Genre / Form
- account books
- advertisements
- albums (books)
- appointment books
- autograph albums
- broadsides (notices)
- business cards
- calendars
- cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- copies (documents)
- Correspondence
- diaries
- ephemera (general object genre)
- financial records
- fliers (printed matter)
- indictments
- invitations
- ledgers (account books)
- legal documents
- letters (correspondence)
- lithographs
- manuscripts (documents)
- memoirs
- paperwork (visual works)
- photograph albums
- programs (documents)
- promotional materials
- receipts (financial records)
- television scripts
- trade cards (advertising)
- transcriptions (documents)
Geographic
Topical
- Communication
- Housekeeping
- Journalism
- League of Nations
- Legal documents
- Manners and customs
- Printed ephemera
- Television stations
- World War (1939-1945)
- letter books
Uniform Title
- Title
- Guide to the Johns Hopkins University Maryland ephemera collection
- Author
- Annie Tang
- Date
- December 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
3400 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21218 USA
specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu