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Collection
Identifier: MS-0788
Abstract
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was an expatriate American poet, literary critic, a highly influential figure in the development of Imagism, as well as a major contributor to the early modernist poetry movement at the turn of the century. This collection represents the manuscript portion of a larger holding of materials created by or relating to poet Ezra Pound, compiled by collector Richard Frary. The holdings range in time from 1909 to 1986, with most of the materials dating from 1909 to 1960.
Dates:
1909-approximately 2010; Majority of material found within 1909-1960
Collection
Identifier: MS-GAR-029
Abstract
The Garrett autograph collection contains signed letters and documents that record U.S. history and culture, including presidents, statesmen, and military figures.
Dates:
1642-1933
Collection
Identifier: MS-0744
Abstract
Georg Hans Bhawani Luck (1926-2013) was a Swiss classicist known for his studies of magical beliefs and practices in the Classical world. For over twenty years he was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. This collection includes the professional papers of Luck, primarily typewritten speeches, annotated drafts of his writings, and some correspondence and research notes. The papers span from 1948 to the 2010s.
Dates:
1948, 1954-approximately 2010s
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0269
Abstract
George B. Coale (1819-1887) was an insurance executive in Baltimore. This collection consists of ten letters to George B. Coale ranging in date from 1832 to 1881.
Dates:
1832, 1852, 1853, 1877, 1878, 1881
Record Group
Identifier: RG-03-017
Abstract
In 1857, philanthropist George Peabody gave the amount of $300,000 for the funding of a library in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The construction of what was then known as the Library of the Peabody Institute (also the Peabody Institute Library) in Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood began in 1858. Due to the difficulties of opening such a library during the Civil War (1861-1865), the building was not officially dedicated to the public until 1866 and 1878, the west wing and east wing,...
Dates:
1860-1980s; Majority of material found within 1860-1970
Collection
Identifier: MS-GAR-021
Abstract
This collection includes six letters, two printed certificates, and an inscribed set of two volumes of Buffon's Natural History Abridged, all signed by George Washington between 1776 and 1798.
Dates:
1776 - 1798
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0257
Abstract
One letter of George William Brown to J.W. McCoy.
Dates:
1880 March 26
Series
Identifier: MS-0858
Abstract
George Wills served as assistant to Milton S. Eisenhower following Eisenhower's retirement as President of Johns Hopkins University in 1967. This collection comprises photocopies of correspondence, speeches, reports, and other materials related to Wills's work as assistant to Eisenhower. The collection also includes materials related to Wills's work as chair of the Citizens Commission on the Maryland Government. The collection spans 1954-1982, with the bulk of the collection from 1967 to...
Dates:
1954 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1971
Collection
Identifier: MS-0970
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera associated with author Gertrude Stein.
Dates:
1930 - 1934
Collection
Identifier: MS-0620
Abstract
A native of Baltimore, Gilbert V. Levin obtained his B.E. in Civil Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1947 and his M.S. in Sanitary Engineering in 1948, and received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 1963. He is the founder of Spherix Inc., and the principal investigator of the Mars Viking Mission Labeled Release Experiment. This collection of his papers represents Levin’s professional scientific career, including correspondence with colleagues, the pursuit of over 50...
Dates:
1950-2009
