The collection consists of the original anti-slavery pamphlets assembled by the American abolitionist, James G. Birney. The collection spans the years 1784-1909. It contains only the items duplicated by those that were processed as books with individual call numbers and items that were deemed too fragile. In the case of fragility, photocopies were made as use copies.

This collection includes donations from Johns Hopkins University alumni that document student life, frequently reflecting the donor's personal experience as a student at Johns Hopkins University. The collection includes photographs, letters, student notes, and other material. The collection spans the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Johns Hopkins University women's suffrage collection documents the history of the women's suffrage movement both in the United States and abroad from 1879 to approximately 1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1900 to 1920. It is an artificially assembled collection of materials selected by the curators of Special Collections.

One small pamphlet produced by the KKK on December 15, 1920 titled "Americans, take Heed!" containing a reprinted editorial by Herbert Kaufman from the April 1920 issue of McClure's Magazine titled "Scum o' the Melting-Pot," as well as three pieces of ephemera related to KKK membership: two forms for ordering KKK paraphernalia and a Knights Kamelia certificate from the Atlanta, GA chapter of the KKK.

Leonard Leopold Mackall, American bibliographer, editor and collector was born in Baltimore on January 29, 1879. The collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, subject files and other research materials. The correspondence in the collection spans the years 1547 to 1937 with the bulk of the material spanning 1900-1937. There is additional information dating from 1949 regarding the collection after it was acquired by Johns Hopkins Libraries.

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

This subseries contains drafts of speeches and talking points, op-eds, press releases and newsletters produced by Mikulski and her press office, as well as newspaper clippings that mention her work.

This subseries contains files associated with project and grant requests that Mikulski's office received. Project files document assistance from Mikulski's office to an organization or community in their interactions with one or more federal agencies on an issue.

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

This subseries contains material related to Mikulski's political campaigns for the Baltimore City Council, U. S. House of Representatives, and U. S. Senate, as well as materials related to her service to Democratic party organizations such as the Democratic National Committee.

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

Pamphlets produced by the NAACP providing information and statements on notable NAACP supporters, a statement by lawyers on segregationist attacks on the Supreme Court following Brown v. Board of Education, the history of the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, federal aid to schools, and an attempt by Mississippi White Citizens Councils to stoke anti-miscegenation hatred using a falsified speech from a fictitious NAACP member.

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

This subseries contains drafts of speeches and talking points, op-eds, press releases and newsletters produced by Mikulski and her press office, as well as newspaper clippings that mention her work.

This subseries contains correspondence, scheduling materials and meeting notes for Mikulski and her staff, travel records, political planning materials, and administrative files associated with Mikulski's office operations in Washington, DC and state offices. Examples of material that may be found in this subseries include staff manuals, "NAV" folders prepared to brief Mikulski for events and meetings, staff memos, form letters, and constituent correspondence.

This subseries contains legislative materials related to committee work, drafts of bills, and floor activity.

This subseries contains drafts of speeches and talking points, op-eds, press releases and newsletters produced by Mikulski and her press office, as well as newspaper clippings that mention her work.