Autobiography
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dame Katharine Furse handwritten letters to Sir Gavin Rylands de Beer with photographs
Collection — Box BW-2: [Barcode: 31151034438071], Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-0818
Abstract
This collection contains three handwritten letters written by Dame Kathleen Furse to Sir Gavin Rylands de Beer, dated from 1941 to 1945. Also included are a published image of Furse and a printed image of the cover of her autobiography, Hearts and Pomegranates, published in 1940. Furse was a pioneer in the British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs), and eventual Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. She was born in 1875...
Dates:
approximately 1941-1945
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0826
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University Billie Holiday collection is an artificially assembled collection with manuscript material chosen by the curators of Special Collections, dating from approximately 1949 to 1993. The collection features eleven items related to the life, career, and death of jazz singer Billie Holiday, 1915-1959. Holiday, or "Lady Day," was known for her disctinct vocal delivery and had a profound influence on jazz and blues music.
Dates:
1949-1993 and undated
Found in:
Special Collections