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Sarah Elizabeth Freeman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-GAR-030

Scope and Contents

The collection documents Freeman’s work on the Johns Hopkins University coin and medal collection with material dating from 1944 through 1969. The correspondence includes general research inquiries, letters regarding her work on medical medals, and letters regarding her research on Charles Cushing Wright, an American draftsman and medallist of the nineteenth century.

It also includes accession books, general notes on the numismatic collection, and photographs used in her book on medical medals.

Dates

  • Creation: 1944-1969

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Collection is open for use.

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

Sarah Elizabeth Freeman received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke in 1928, and her Ph.D. in Archaeology from Johns Hopkins in 1934. From 1935 until 1944, she worked as a research assistant in the Johns Hopkins Archaeology Department; in 1944 she was named Curator of Fine Arts for the university.

Freeman was an expert on coins, and cataloged the John Garrett and Henry Barton Jacobs coin collections, and wrote extensively on coins and medals.

She died in 1986 as the result of a robbery.

Extent

1.63 Cubic Feet (1 record center carton, 1 full-sized letter box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Sarah Elizabeth Freeman received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke in 1928, and her Ph.D. in Archaeology from Johns Hopkins in 1934. From 1935 until 1944, she worked as a research assistant in the Johns Hopkins Archaeology Department; in 1944 she was named Curator of Fine Arts for the university. The collection documents Freeman’s work on the Johns Hopkins University coin and medal collection with material dating from 1944 through 1969.

Other Finding Aids

A legacy online finding aid for this collection is available: https://wayback.archive-it.org/3181/20170216235853/http://old.library.jhu.edu/collections/specialcollections/manuscripts/msregisters/msgar30freeman.pdf

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were created by Sarah Elizabeth Freeman during her duties as fine arts curator at Evergreen House.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Margaret Burri in 2004.

Title
Guide to the Sarah Elizabeth Freeman papers
Author
Margaret Burri
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the John Work Garrett Library (Evergreen Museum and Library) Repository

Contact:
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