Johns Hopkins University Library Special Collections department records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains administrative files regarding the operation of subdivisions under the Department of Special Collections within the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University dating from 1927 to 2009. Materials include correspondence, subject files, project plans, information and statistics regarding patron use, records of gifts, references requests, and other information concerning the day-to-day operations of special libraries.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1927 - 2009
- Creation: 1917 - 2023
Creator
- Library. University Archives (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
All collections are closed except to office of origin or original owner until processed. University records are closed for 25 years from the point of creation. These files contain personnel records, which are subject to further restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Biographical / Historical
Special Collections, a division within the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, houses rare books, manuscripts, personal papers of such Hopkins scholars as Daniel C. Gilman, Herbert Baxter Adams and Isaiah Bowman, and collections such as the Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection, the Hutzler Collection of Economic Classics and the Byron collection. The Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Archives also constitutes part of Special Collections.
Extent
76.71 Cubic Feet (47 record center cartons, 36 letter size document boxes, 6 letter half-size document boxes, 1 legal half-size document box, 1 flat box (15.5 x 12 x 3 inches), 3 oversize boxes (19 x 13 x 6 inches))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains administrative files regarding the operation of subdivisions under the Department of Special Collections within the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University dating from 1927 to 2009. Materials include correspondence, subject files, project plans, information and statistics regarding patron use, records of gifts, references requests, and other information concerning the day-to-day operations of special libraries.
Arrangement
This record group is subdivided into seven Sub-Groups: Departmental Files; Garrett Library; Manuscripts Unit; Peabody Library; Rare Books Unit; The Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Archives; Events.
Other Finding Aids
An offline inventory is available. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most of the materials transferred by Special Collections were probably originally part of John C. French's "University History Collection." The materials in Accession Number 78.43 came from the Gilman Hall Stacks. The materials in Accession Number 81.44 were located in Special Collections on A Level of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. Accession 2023-24-RG-03-012-001 containing Edible Book Festival materials was transferred to the archives by Heidi Herr in 2023.
Processing Information
Records of this collection were formerly part of Record Group 03.010: Records of the Johns Hopkins University Library (divided into 13 Sub-Groups). Information regarding the re-processing of this collection was retained.
Finding aid created by Andrew Gelber, Katrina Tautz, Craig Passmore, Aravinda Pillalamarri, Charlene Mendoza, Kim E. Bettcher, Jennifer Rallo, Brian McFaddin, Evan Yost, Holly Callahan. Edited by James Stimpert and Kelly Spring. Sub-group 7: Events was added by Kristen Diehl in 2024.
Subject
- Library. University Archives (Organization)
Function
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Johns Hopkins University Library Special Collections department records
- 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