Collection consists of 10 items of Maryland author, Betty Adler (1918-1973). Included are two letters, a literary map of Baltimore (MD) and several clippings from "The Baltimore Sun" (March 11-21, 1973).

Collection consists of two letters written (August 23, 1861 and October 28, 1861) to Johnny Wilde in Selma, Alabama from Emilie Bailey in Wilmington, North Carolina at the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Benedict Arnold (1741 – 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War, who fought for the American Continental Army, and later defected to the British Army. The collection consists of a forgery of a note from Arnold ([1780]) as well as later correspondence debating its authenticity from 1942 and 1951.

Authors Junto was a group formed for the purpose of improving the skill of composition. Members were allowed to assume the names of American Revolutionary figures. Collection consists of an undated, printed, signed constitution for the association calling itself, "Authors Junto."

Collection consists of one undated letter of Francis M. Balfour written from Trinity College, Cambridge University. Most likely the letter was written to Johns Hopkins professor of biology, Henry Newell Martin. Balfour wrote of a proposed memorial to Charles Darwin and an endowment for a professorship of physiology at Trinity.

Newton Diehl Baker was United States Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921. Collection consists of one carbon-copy typescript of a letter from Baker, dated January 4, 1915, to Thomas Randolph Ball, registrar of the Johns Hopkins University.

Nora Barlow (1885–1989) was the granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin and a scholar of his work. Collection consists of one letter of Nora Barlow to Johns Hopkins University professor, Maurice Mandelbaum, written January 25, 1959, and one reprint of Mandelbaum's article, "Darwin's Religious Views," published in 1958.

G.T. Beauregard (1818 – 1893) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Collection consists of one letter, dated November 5, 1873, written to Maryland historian J. Thomas Scharf. Beauregard describes the participation of Maryland troops in the battle of Manassas (also known as the Battle of the 1st Bull Run).

Collection consists of one article from "The Johns Hopkins News Letter" describing a speech given by peace activist, Philip Berrigan, on the Hopkins campus, February 8, 1973.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was a British mathematician and physicist. Collection consists of four letters of Thomson, ranging in date from 1878 to 1899, to Henry Dyer. Also in the collection are invoices and correspondence relating to the publication in 1904 of Thomson's lectures at the Johns Hopkins University.

Lloyd Mifflin (1846- 1921) was an American poet and photographer. Collection consists of two letters, four photographs and one manuscript sonnet sent to American philologist and Johns Hopkins professor, James Wilson Bright between 1892 and 1910.

Lucy Biklé was born in 1875. She was the daughter of Confederate officer, and American author, George Washington Cable. Collection consists of two letters written in 1926 to the Johns Hopkins University registrar, Ryland Newman Demster and two carbon typescripts of Newman's replies.

Collection consists of a handwritten bill of sale for Francis, an enslaved woman, dated October 10, 1859.

Collection consists of five letters of Johns Hopkins University professor Maurice Bloomfield.

Collection consists largely of clippings related to Edwin Booth and other 19th century actors. Booth items include notice of a birthday celebration in Baltimore (1898), and the dedication of a memorial window in a church in New York City (1898). Also included are orbituaries of other actors of the period: Stuart Robson, John Sleeper Clarke and Creston Clarke. A photograph of John Wilkes Booth and a clipping describing Greenmount cemetery, where Booth is buried.

Henry W. Bragdon (1906-1980) was an author and instructor of history. Collection consists of researh material collected by Bragdon for his published volume, "Woodrow Wilson: The Academic Years." Bragdon is thought to have collected the research from approximately 1945 to the time of the book's publication in 1967.

Robert Seymour Bridges was an author and founder of the Society of Pure English. This collection contains four letters from Bridges to "Professor Bright" [James Bright] discussing the formation of the Society.

This small collection contains a postage stamp and a poem written by Charles Bromback from August 1948.

One letter of George William Brown to J.W. McCoy.

William H. Buckler (1867-1952) was an archaeologist, lawyer and diplomat. This collection consists of one program for "The Tempest," 1902, one photograph of W.H. Buckler, 1908, and the thesis of William Charles Dunning, "The Diplomatic Career of William Hepburn Buckler," 1954.

One indenture (document), drafted in Philadelphia and dated December 5, 1763, regarding the estate of George Bullock. A portion of the document is missing.

Luís de Camões, 1524-1580, was a Portuguese poet. This collection consists of facsimiles of "Os Luseadas" printed in 1880 for commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the death of Luís de Camões.

Bliss Carman (1861-1929) was a Canadian poet. This collection consists of thirteen pages of mostly undated handwritten poems; one poem is dated February 8, 1901.

W. Calvin Chesnut was a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, 1892. He was an attorney in Baltimore. This collection consists of one article describing the National Democratic Convention held in Baltimore in 1912.

Collection consists of notes of Louis J. Clark, a student at Johns Hopkins University, taken while he was in a course taught by Woodrow Wilson in January 1893.