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Collection
Identifier: MS-0282
Abstract
Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician and philosopher born on the Isle of Thanet in 1861. The bulk of the collection is formed by correspondence between members of the Whitehead family: Alfred North Whitehead, his wife, Evelyn, their son, T. North and his wife, Margaret dating from the 1920s-1940s.
Dates:
1899-1949; Majority of material found within 1924-1939
Collection
Identifier: MS-0228
Abstract
Charles Grove Haines was a Professor of Diplomatic History born in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania December 10, 1906. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and subject files dating to Haines's time as the Director of the Bologna Center at the School of Advanced International Studies dating from 1970-1976. Some personal items are also included.
Dates:
1955-1976; Majority of material found within 1970-1976
Collection
Identifier: MS-0330
Abstract
The collection consists of photographs of Calcutta, India in the early 1940s, a printed map of Calcutta and Howrah, twelve prints of scenes in India, and one informational clipping about Calcutta removed from the Christian Science Monitor (March 1, 1974).
Dates:
approximately 1942-1945, 1974; Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Collection
Identifier: MS-0340
Abstract
Dr. Carrie May Zintl was a Classicist, who after extensive study in Rome, Vienna, Leipzig and Munich, received her doctorate from Hopkins in 1929. She was daughter of Professor William Kurrelmeyer, an expert in German culture and a Bible scholar at Johns Hopkins University. The bulk of the collection dates from 1968-1992 and is mostly related to the latter part of her life and teaching career, but also includes notebooks of Dr. Zintl's paternal grandparents, one of which is dated...
Dates:
1856-1871, 1968-1992
Collection
Identifier: MS-0311
Scope and Contents
This collection of papers relates largely to Christopher Gray's professional life as an art historian and to his extensive research for two important works on 19th century artists. Earlier items in the collection are evidence of Dr. Gray's preparation for his teaching and writing career. Research on many aspects of Art are represented in the papers including architecture, sculpture, and painting from the earliest periods to the modern. Aside from passports, there are no personal items...
Dates:
1937 - 1970
Collection
Identifier: MS-0001
Scope and Contents note
The papers document Gilman's wide-ranging interests especially his travels in Europe and work as attaché in St. Petersburg (1854-1855), his years (1855-1858) at Yale, and his presidencies of the University of California (1872-1875) and the Johns Hopkins University (1876-1902)Gilman's correspondence contains a number of letters from prominent, contemporary educators, scientists, politicians, and literary figures. The collection includes a large number of photographs of Gilman's...
Dates:
1773-1942
Collection
Identifier: MS-0227
Scope and Contents
The papers in this collection relate largely to Sandler's journalism career in Italy from 1957 to 1975. The correspondence deals with journalistic assignments and most of the writings are pieces which she did for the Daily American in Rome, the New York Times, or various travel magazines. Her personal life is somewhat revealed through the material on "Timignano" the home outside of Siena in Tuscany where she and her husband Grove Haines lived from 1973 until his death in...
Dates:
approximately 1920-1987
Collection
Identifier: MS-0235
Abstract
Elisabeth Gilman was born in New Haven, Connecticut, December 25, 1867. She was the younger daughter of Daniel Coit and Mary (Ketcham) Gilman. Her father was a college professor and the first president of The Johns Hopkins University. The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, writings, diaries, newspaper clippings, printed material, memorabilia, and photographs.
Dates:
1872-1949
Collection
Identifier: MS-0013
Abstract
Elliott Coleman founded the Department of Writing, Speech and Drama at Johns Hopkins University in September 1946, the predecessor to The Writing Seminars. The collection consist of correspondence, manuscript poems, printed materials, and photographs. It spans the years 1932 to 1980 with the bulk of the material from 1978-1979.
Dates:
1932-1980
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0233
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook (1914) which forms this collection was assembled by Baltimore judge, Emory Hamilton Niles. Many of the items in the scrapbook are in German and reflect a brief but significant few months, July to November, in 1914. The scrapbook contains tickets, postcards, photographs, and newspaper clippings collected in Europe prior to and immediately following the outbreak of World War I. Tickets and photographs in the scrapbook indicate that Niles traveled from London to...
Dates:
1914
