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Matheson collection of Leonard Bacon poetry

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0317
Abstract

Leonard Bacon (1887-1954) was an American poet, translator, and literary critic. This collection consists of a small grouping of correspondence and poetry ranging in date from 1928-1953.

Dates: 1928 - 1953

Matheson collection of Mary McCarthy materials

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0318
Abstract

Mary Therese McCarthy (1912–1989) was an American novelist, critic and political activist. The collection includes publicity releases from the publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1979), a hand-written letter (1985), and two photographs of Mary McCarthy.

Dates: 1979-1987

Maurice Bessman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0667
Abstract

Maurice Bessman is an emeritus professor of biochemistry and enzymology in the Department of Biology at Johns Hopkins University. This collection consists of workbooks, lecture notes, slides, transparencies, research notes, manuscripts, exams, conference papers and journal articles, photographs, and correspondence. These materials span 1956 to 2007.

Dates: 1956-2007

Maurice Bloomfield letters

 Collection — Box: BW-13
Identifier: MS-0251
Abstract

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

Dates: 1880, 1901, 1924, 1927, 1928

Melvin L. Kohn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0963
Abstract

This collection contains the faculty papers of sociologist Melvin L. Kohn. It includes notes on research, correspondence, teaching materials, and drafts of an unpublished autobiography.

Dates: 1949 - 2019

Merchants collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0206
Abstract

The manuscripts in this artificial collection are largely the records of Philadelphia merchants dealing with Baltimoreans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1773-1864

Merryman-Crane family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0073
Abstract

The Merryman-Crane family papers document the extended Merryman family, land owners and enslavers in Baltimore County, Maryland, and the Crane family,enslavers from Richmond, Virginia who were related to the Merrymans through the 1871 marriage of Henry Ryland Crane and Clara Merrman. The papers consist of land deeds, legal documents, and correspondence, poetry, prose, financial documents, photographs, etc.

Dates: 1734-1946

Mihály Virizlay papers and cello score collection

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0007
Abstract

Mihály Virizlay (1931-2008) was a Hungarian-born cellist who had an international career as a concerto and recital soloist, was principal cello of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for 40 years, and taught at the Peabody Institute. The Mihály Virizlay papers contain published and manuscript musical scores, chiefly for cello, including Virizlay’s own compositions and arrangements. The collection also includes recordings, concert programs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1912 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1962-2004
Found in: Peabody Archives

Miscellaneous manuscripts collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0034
Abstract This is a collection of single item manuscripts or small groupings of materials, 1730s-1983 and undated. This collection includes signatures of Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson; letters from Jefferson Davis, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Gustave Flaubert, James Madison, James Monroe, George Moore, Edgar Allen Poe, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roger Brooke Taney, Queen Victoria, George Washington, and Woodrow Wilson. There are photostats...
Dates: 1730s-1983 and undated

Morris Moshe Cotel papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0010
Abstract

Morris Moshe Cotel (1943-2008) was a composer and pianist who was a member of the Peabody Conservatory faculty from 1972 to 2000. The Morris Moshe Cotel papers consist of letters from Cotel to his first wife, Karen Schwartzman, while Cotel was living in Rome and Israel in 1967 and 1968, as well as manuscript facsimile scores of two of his early compositions.

Dates: 1963 - 1968
Found in: Peabody Archives

Nerée Dunstan collection of letters (missing)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0291
Dates: 1937, 1956-1957, undated

Nicholas Maw papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0118
Abstract

Nicholas Maw (1935-2009) was a British composer who taught at the Peabody Institute from 1998 to 2008. The Nicholas Maw papers (approximately 1956-2009) contain manuscripts, scores, and recordings of musical compositions by Maw, including the opera Sophie's Choice. The collection also contains correspondence, programs, reviews, lecture notes, and other personal papers.

Dates: 1956 - 2009
Found in: Peabody Archives

Office of General Counsel records

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-02-010
Abstract In 1975 Johns Hopkins University decided to establish the Office of General Counsel due to increased litigation in American society, the Federal Government's regulation of various aspects of the University's academic and non-academic activities, and the new and, at times, complex business and other relationships the University was entering into with outside parties. Series 1 of the records of the Office of General Counsel include contracts, agreements, deeds, leases, wills, receipts and...
Dates: 1839 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1882 - 1997; 2019 - Ongoing

Otto Ortmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0077
Abstract

Otto Ortmann was the director of Peabody Conservatory of Music from 1928 to 1941 and founder of the conservatory's department of research, where he conducted studies on the education, psychology, and physiology of music. His papers include scores of original compositions, writings on music research, research notes, administrative files, concert programs, photographs, and teaching materials.

Dates: 1900 - 1979
Found in: Peabody Archives

Owen M. Phillips papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0636
Abstract

Owen Martin Phillips (1930-2010) was a Johns Hopkins University professor of Geophysics. This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Professor Owen M. Phillips, which date from approximately the 1940s-1990s. This collection has not been processed.

Dates: 1940s-1990s

P. Jouet (?) letter to S. Reinach

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0714
Abstract

This holding contains a letter written by P. Jouet to S. Reinach in May 1911. The correspondents possibly were French scholars, Philippe Jouet, a family researcher, and Salomon Reinach, an archaeologist.

Dates: 1911 May

Paul Bowles correspondence with Mark Dery

 Collection — Box: BW-14, Folder: 11
Identifier: MS-0869
Abstract

This collection consists of twenty-six letters, and one postcard, exchanged between Paul Bowles and Mark Dery between the dates of May 6th, 1980 and August 19th, 1988. Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was an expatriate artist who lived in Tangier, Morocco; Mark Dery (1959) is an American writer, professor and cultural critic.

Dates: 1980 May 5-1988 August 19

Paul Vazkén papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0043
Abstract

Paul Vacek was a violinist, pianist, and composer (using the pen name Paul Vazkén) who studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music from 1946 to 1949. His papers contain manuscript scores of his compositions and arrangements, drafts and fragments of manuscript scores, and personal papers.

Dates: 1940-1996
Found in: Peabody Archives

Paulene Elenora Myers collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0790
Abstract

This collection contains materials relating to Paulene Myers, an American actress who was born in 1913 and died in 1996. The collection dates from approximately the 1950s to the 1990s, and includes ephemera, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and notes documenting her career.

Dates: approximately 1950s-1990s

Peabody Gallery of Art records

 Collection
Identifier: PIRG-08-01
Abstract The Gallery of Art was one of the four branches of the Peabody Institute outlined in the founding letter from George Peabody in 1857. From the 1870s to 1924 the Gallery functioned as an art school and museum for Baltimore and built a collection that was particularly strong in American art. Most of the Peabody Art Collection was subsequently deaccessioned in the 20th century, with the bulk of the collection landing at the Maryland State Archives in 1996. The Peabody Gallery of Art records...
Dates: 1866 - 2018
Found in: Peabody Archives

Peabody Institute Board of Trustees records

 Record Group
Identifier: PIRG-02
Abstract Records documenting activities of the Board of Trustees of the Peabody Institute. Includes: 12 volumes and several additional folders of recorded minutes of board meetings (1857-1985); Treasurer's reports (1867-1969); Provost's reports (1869-1912); Executive Secretary's reports (1912-45); miscellaneous general records and correspondence; records of the Offices of the President (1859-1970), Vice-President (1876-1905), Secretary (1860-1922), and Treasurer (1857-1941), the bulk of the latter...
Dates: Inclusive: 1832-1989; Majority of material found within Bulk: 1857-1985
Found in: Peabody Archives

Peabody Institute Concert Office records

 Collection
Identifier: PIRG-07-14
Abstract

The Peabody Institute Concert Office arranges public performance events, recitals, special events, and tours. Materials in this collection include production files and related documentation about concerts, recitals, tours (including the Peabody Symphony Orchestra tour of the Soviet Union in 1987), concert hall rentals, graduation exercises, and special events at the Peabody Institute.

Dates: 1972 - 2003
Found in: Peabody Archives

Peabody Institute financial records

 Record Group
Identifier: PIRG-05-01
Abstract Documents supporting institutional financial activities. Includes the following: early property deeds and mortgages; Gallery of Art correspondence and reports; 19th century Conservatory of Music receipts; insuranceinformation (1950-1976); grants (1968-78); Dormitory-Cafeteria-Garage Project records (1960s); auditor's reports (1923-1977); comptroller's reports (1960-1970); student enrollment and scholarship statistics (1893-1976); and 173 volumes recording a wide range of financial...
Dates: 1860 - 1983
Found in: Peabody Archives

Peabody Institute founding documents

 Record Group
Identifier: PIRG-01
Abstract The Peabody Institute was founded by George Peabody in Baltimore in 1857 as a cultural institution comprising a library, public lecture series, academy of music, and art gallery. The founding documents in the collection include the original letter establishing the institute drafted by John Pendleton Kennedy and signed by George Peabody, a list of individuals approved by George Peabody for inclusion on the board of trustees, a letter of acceptance signed by 22 original members of the...
Dates: 1857-1859
Found in: Peabody Archives

Peabody Institute Office of the Executive Secretary records

 Collection
Identifier: PIRG-04
Abstract The position of Peabody Institute executive secretary existed from 1911 to 1941 and was a successor to the provost, who served under the trustees' executive committee. Records in this collection include the following: correspondence concerning Gallery of Art exhibitions (1911-1928), including an exhibition in conjunction with the National Star Spangled Banner Centennial exhibition in 1914; correspondence concerning the Rinehart School of Sculpture of the Maryland Institute; minutes of...
Dates: 1911-1941
Found in: Peabody Archives

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Johns Hopkins University 48
Gilman, Daniel C. (Daniel Coit), 1831-1908 9
Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute 9
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 9
Lovejoy, Arthur O. (Arthur Oncken), 1873-1962 8
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Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950 7
Peabody, George, 1795-1869 5
Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927 5
Ames, Joseph Sweetman, 1864-1943 4
Boas, George, 1891-1980 4
Browne, William Hand, 1828-1912 4
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 4
Frary, Richard, 1947- 4
Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924 4
Goodnow, Frank J., 1859-1939 4
Johns Hopkins University. Department of English 4
Johns Hopkins University. Department of History 4
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870 4
Malone, Kemp, 1889-1971 4
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Francis Delano), 1882-1945 4
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 4
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 3
Allen, Don Cameron, 1903-1972 3
Bloomfield, Maurice, 1855-1928 3
Bryn-Julson, Phyllis, 1945- 3
Chew, Samuel C. (Samuel Claggett), 1888-1960 3
Collitz, Hermann, 1855-1935 3
Collitz, Klara Hechtenberg, 1863-1944 3
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 3
Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953 3
Havens, Raymond Dexter, 1880-1954 3
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 3
Jennings, H. S. (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947 3
Johns Hopkins University. School of Engineering 3
Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989 3
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 3
Miller, Charles William Emil, 1863-1934 3
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 3
Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935 3
Robles Pazos, José, 1897-1937 3
Sand, George, 1804-1876 3
Smyth, Herbert Weir, 1857-1937 3
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 3
Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909 3
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 3
Wilson, Robert, 1922-2016 3
Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971 2
Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943 2
Baltimore Museum of Art 2
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 2
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 2
Barth, John, 1930- 2
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 2
Blackmur, R. P. (Richard P.), 1904-1965 2
Boulanger, Nadia 2
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 2
Bridges, Robert, 1844-1930 2
Brown, George William, 1812-1890 2
Brown, Lloyd A. (Lloyd Arnold), 1907-1966 2
Bruce, William Cabell, 1860-1946 2
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922 2
Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961 2
Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 2
Claire, William F. 2
Clark, William Bullock, 1860-1917 2
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 2
Coleman, Elliott, 1906-1980 2
Cox, Richard Threlkeld, 1898-1991 2
Cummings, E.E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 2
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876 2
Davis, William Morris, 1850-1934 2
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 2
Dewey, John, 1859-1952 2
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 2
Eaton, Charles James Madison, 1808-1893 2
Elliott, A. Marshall, 1844-1910 2
Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943 2
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 2
Fabian, Franklin, 1853-1939 2
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 2
Ferguson, Frances, 1947- 2
Fleisher, Katherine Jacobson 2
Fleisher, Leon 2
Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 2
Freeman, Walker Burford, 1843-1935 2
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 2
George Peabody Library 2
Hale, William Gardner, 1849-1928 2
Hall, G. Stanley (Granville Stanley), 1844-1924 2
Hamerik, Asger, 1843-1923 2
Hancock, John, 1737-1793 2
Hansen, Rodney, 1933-1998 2
Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943 2
Haupt, Paul, 1858-1926 2
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 2
Holt, Henry, 1840-1926 2
Hopkins, Edward Washburn, 1857-1932 2
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 2
Jacobsen, Josephine, 1908- 2
James, Edmund J. (Edmund Janes), 1855-1925 2
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