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Record Group
Identifier: RG-14-195
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins Black Student Union (BSU) was founded in April of 1968, shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the riots which followed in Baltimore City. The club sponsors social events and lectures, participates in community service activities such as tutoring disadvantaged children, works to promote unity among African Americans, and works to improve the overall climate for African American students at Hopkins. The records of the Black Student Union span the...
Dates:
1972, 1984-1997; Majority of material found within 1992-1996
Collection
Identifier: MS-0376
Abstract
Blanche D. Coll (1916-2003) was an author and historian whose main area of research was the history of social welfare in the United States. Collection ranges in dates spanning 1908, the 1930s, and 1969 and consists of 26 photographs; two published volumes of Mary E. Richmond, a founder of modern social work; Coll's thesis; an oral history transcript; and four audio tapes.
Dates:
1900s; 1930s; 1969
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0262
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1901 February 8 and undated
Record Group
Identifier: RG-04-011
Scope and Contents
The records of the Board of Collegiate Studies date from the years 1887 to 1952 and consist of the Minutes of the Board, as well as records of various committees of the Board. This record group is divided into two subgroups, the first of which, Board of Collegiate Studies, consists of Minutes of the Board spanning the period 1887 to 1945. Subgroup 2 contains records of three committees of the Board of Collegiate Studies, 1922-1952. These committee records, although incomplete, serve to...
Dates:
1887-1952
Record Group
Identifier: RG-06-011
Scope and Contents
The records of the Board of Engineering Studies consist of minutes of meetings dating from September 1921 to May 1963, contained in four bound volumes; minutes from before September 1921 are not extant. In the first three volumes, the minutes are arranged in chronological order; in the fourth one, they are in reverse chronological order. The committee met regularly three times each year, although it sometimes called special meetings in addition. The chairpersons of this committee were: John...
Dates:
1921-1963
Collection
Identifier: MS-0786
Abstract
Video-recorded oral history interviews (and accompanying transcripts) with Bob and Frank Cicero, who ran Globe Poster Printing Corporation from the 1970s until its closure in the late 2000s. The interviews were recorded by Emily Hikes, Globe Archivist, in Summer 2016.
Dates:
2016
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0610
Scope and Contents
This album has 73 photographs taken 1899 - 1904, (most 14 x 20 cm/5.5 x 8 inches), which portray the British side of the Second Boer War in the colony of Natal. Many pictures are credited to photographers 'J.E.M photo' and 'B.W. Caney' (possibly Benjamin William Caney, 1842 - 1918, Durban's first jeweler and an enthusiastic amateur photographer). The album includes portraits of British soldiers, such as Major-General Sir William Fry (1858 – 1934, who later served in World War I and in...
Dates:
1899-1904
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0239
Scope and Content Note
Collection consists of a carbon typescript in the form of a letter, dated January 14, 1938. It describes aerial attacks and subsequent invasion of Wuhu, China by the Japanese army in December 1937.
Dates:
1938 January 14
Collection
Identifier: MS-0252
Abstract
Collection consists of bookplates currently in use in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University. Labels, previously used in an exhibit of the bookplates, are also included and provide descriptive information.
Dates:
undated
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-MUS-003
Scope and Contents
Sampling of various popular songs and "light" classical pieces. Contains some duplicates from Alliker (Begin the Beguine, Deep Purple, etc.) and at least one piece is an instrumental version of a song. Among the pieces of this collection: "Dark Eyes" with an interesting guitar tab notation in the front; "Goin' Home" based on Dvorak; "In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room" based on Mozart piano sonata; and "Liebestraum" based on Lizst, with Hawaiin guitar solo.
Dates:
1903 - 1948
