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Brick Fleagle and Luther Henderson papers and collection of jazz recordings
Brick Fleagle and Luther Henderson were jazz musicians and arrangers who were business partners and close friends. The Brick Fleagle and Luther Henderson papers and collection of jazz recordings contain manuscript and published scores of Fleagle's and Henderson's compositions and arrangements, personal papers of Brick Fleagle, photographs, and recordings.
Brinley Music Collection
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.
British advertisements for Valentine's Day lottery
An artificially assembled collection of four lottery advertisements, publicizing what was possibly the largest lottery in Britain in 1816. The items span from approximately 1815 to 1816. The slips were likely printed in 1815, but mass distributed in 1816.
British Illustrators scrapbook
The scrapbook which forms this collection is a bound volume containing around fifty illustrations representative of the subjects and style of nineteenth-century British book illustration. In the scrapbook are caricatures, cartoons, foreign scenes, social commentary, and hand-colored engravings.
British North American household provisions commonplace book
A household account book, dated 1826 to 1827, containing a monthly record of foodstuffs and other goods purchased, perhaps for a hotel or private home on the east coast of Canada. There is currently no biographical information on the creator.
Broadside advertising American elk exhibition at the Lyceum Theatre, London
In 1765, a building was erected on an adjacent site of today's Lyceum Theatre by the architect James Payne for exhibitions and, later, for other entertainments. The theatre finally became a licensed house in 1809. One of these entertainments was that of the exhibition of an American Elk in 1792, as noted in this broadside printed in 1792 in London.
Broadside advertising London exhibition of engraved plates depicting Jean-Baptiste Wicar's Florentine art
Broadus Mitchell papers
Broadus Mitchell was an educator, historian, and biographer of Alexander Hamilton. Mitchell taught economics at Hopkins, 1919-1939, and was active in political affairs and issues of social justice in Baltimore. The collection consists of some papers related to Broadus Mitchell's research for his published work, William Gregg, Factory Master of the Old South, (1928) and Mitchell's biographical materials. The papers span from 1928 to 1929 and 1979-1986.
Broyles Music Collection
A few assorted popular songs and solo piano music.
Bruce Klein collection on Leon Fleisher
In the 1990s Bruce Klein's company Klein Entertainment secured an agreement to the life rights for pianist Leon Fleisher to produce a dramatic film on Fleisher's life, but the film was never made the rights expired and funding could not be secured. The Bruce Klein collection on Leon Fleisher contains two film treatment proposals by Klein and clippings about Fleisher assembled by Klein for background research.
Budget Office records
"Bullfighting in Mexico" postcards
Numbered series of fifteen chromolithographic postcards depicting bullfighting in Mexico, circa 1900.
Burt Edelson papers
These are the professional and personal papers of Burton I. Edelson, who was a commander of the United States Navy, the Associate Administrator for Space Sciences and Applications at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Director for the Institute for Applied Research at the George Washington University.
Butterfly classification manuscript in the Johann Siegfried Hufnagel schemata tradition
Johann Siegfried Hufnagel (1724-1795) was a German parson and entomologist (lepidopterist). This item is a manuscript on the classification of butterflies and moths, in the tradition of the schemata proposed by Hufnagel and illustrated with ten original hand-coloured illustrations of butterflies. The item was once owned by Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau or Cordula [?] Ponickau, or both. This manuscript was approximately created in 1780. The creator is unknown.
C. Grove Haines papers
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.
C. Harvey Palmer, Jr. research and lecture notes
C. Harvey Palmer, Jr. is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in optics. This collection holds selections of Palmer's research notes and teaching files, loose leaf and in binders, ranging from 1968 to 1990.
C. Morton Stewart papers
C. (Charles) Morton Stewart (1829-1900) was a prominent businessman in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as President of the Board of Trustees at Johns Hopkins University. These papers include several speeches by Stewart and a scrapbook of condolences sent to the family of Stewart after his death in 1900. The collection spans circa 1890 to 1900.
Cal Lampley music manuscripts
A record producer, composer, pianist, critic, and educator, Cal Lampley taught at the Peabody Conservatory and Morgan State University for many years after working in the record industry. The Cal Lampley music manuscripts contain scores of his music and a small collection of concert programs and related papers.
Calcutta Photograph collection
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).
Caleb Deschanel photos of Richard Macksey's library
This collection consists of five photographs taken by Caleb Deschanel of Richard Macksey's library.
Caleb Smith letters sent from Hong Kong to Ethelbert Marshall Smith in Amoy (Xieman), China
This collection consists of two letters written on May 28 and December 3, 1864 from Caleb Smith to his younger brother Ethelbert Marshall Smith. The letters describe business dealings overseas during the 19th century, as well as personal matters. Caleb Smith worked in Hong Kong at a small merchant firm, and Ethelbert worked in Amoy (Xiamen, China) as the United States unnoficial Vice-Consul before moving to work at an unnamed private company.
California prisoners photo collection
This collection contains 72 Polaroid photographs of California prisoners spending time with family and friends during visitation day. The photos are largely undated and unidentified.
Camilla Miller commonplace book of riddles and charades
The collection consists of a small handwritten book of puzzles, charades, and riddles in morocco binding with gilt detail. A stamp on the title page includes the date of 1820 and styles the creator, Camilla Miller, a "baronnes."
Camp de Mailly watercolor sketchbook
This watercolor sketchbook was created by a French soldier at Camp de Mailly during the summer of 1915. The sketchbook shows scenes of military camp life and the surrounding landscape.
Campus and lacrosse team negatives
Negatives of the Johns Hopkins University campus and lacrosse team, 1919. Index to negatives is located at front of collection.